Another community blockade is established at Webb Dock, blocking and preventing the loading of a ZIM-contracted MSC ship, with all work at the port being disrupted for the evening shift. Similar to the previous community blockade, dozens of Public Order Response Team (PORT) were deployed outfitted in riot control gear including shields. Rubber bullets, tear... Continue Reading →
On the evening of 20 December, a group of eight (yes, eight!) autonomous actionists blocked the entrance to Victoria International Container Terminal, using their bodies, banners and the power of yelling (optional).Trucks were hella backed up from Webb Dock Drive all the way past West Gate Bridge. Unpredicted disruption goes to the level of risk... Continue Reading →
Activists have blockaded the Defence Science Technology Group (DST) and the Leonardo weapons corporation in Port Melbourne to protest against Australia’s complicity in Israel’s war on Gaza. Several people have locked themselves onto vehicles and concrete barrels, obstructing six lanes of inbound and outbound traffic, preventing worker access to the weapons facilities. The DSTG conducts... Continue Reading →
* BREAKING Students, staff, and community members have blockaded the University of Melbourne's 'Melbourne Connect' on Swanston street this morning calling for an end to the Israeli regime's occupation and genocide in Palestine. Workers have been blocked from entering all three public entrances to the building, bringing the University's usual business of supplying, supporting, and... Continue Reading →
Pro-Palestine protesters have again blocked access to the Pine Gap US military facility outside Alice Springs after the group claimed the facility was “committing war crimes”. About 35 protesters – two of which have attached themselves to concrete barrels on the main access road – are once again calling for the facility’s closure and the... Continue Reading →
A large group stormed the office of Defence Minister Richard Marles, with some chaining themselves by the neck and refusing to leave. Police have begun removing protesters who stormed the electorate office of Defence Minister Richard Marles and refused to leave. The group, which describes itself as being anti-Zionist, entered the building on Brougham Street... Continue Reading →
At 6am am today, Vickers entered the Kooragang Island terminal of the Port of Newcastle with a bike scaling a stacker reclaimer with a lock on and stopped all operations. The solo activist explained: “This act of resistance is happening on stolen, unceded Awabakal and Worimi Country. I pay my respects to First Nations people... Continue Reading →
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