Even if you think it means to evict/kill all Jews in the land (which many people don’t mean when they say it), banning free speech threatens democracy itself, if people can be restricted from criticising unjust governments or policies.

Banning genocide advocacy, like suggesting people in a place should be killed because they are Jewish, really does not threaten democracy. Nor do anti-racism laws in general (the problem is that hate laws are being abused to include states like the Zionist Regime).

And of course, as we both know, this is just a hypothetical: the chant obviously isn’t anti-Jewish.

Yes.

(On the bright side, comments like that show just how blatant and out of touch the cops are, to a point where even those with faith in the police are starting to see what happens on the ground and can no longer find excuses. Moments of escaping a media filter bubble is often an early step towards changing ones own political worldview. So, while this event was horrible, I’m optimistic that it’s thrown away the curtains and shown clear unprovoked state + police violence on display to those who wouldn’t have otherwise seen it)

Thanks for rehosting the video. Cool add-on, always good to see people explaining how to do this. (yt-dlp, and friendlier tools using it under the hood, is also useful for all kinds of websites)

That police action is absolutely egregious. I’ve seen plenty of police violence and other abuse, but this is an example that they had to know was offensive and unnecessary. Secularism and a general freedom of religion are widely-accepted Australian national values. And to see PAG organisers among those pushed away while praying just makes it even clearer.

It’s moments like this which clarify just how alienated, or simply uncaring, these officers are. At some point, they will each choose between standing with Australians or standing with governments to keep their job.

If you want a crazierfuckingvideo, look what happened when the coppers came across some Muslims in the middle of prayer, including some of the protest organisers in yellow.

Edit: see it at https://aussie.zone/post/29490599

Unfortunately reddit is the only source I can find right now: https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/1r00oj1/nsw_police_assaulted_muslims_praying_peacefully/

Amazing how big the list of protest locations has gotten. I wonder what impact this will have in the places outside of major cities. I hope this makes it easier for those out in the sticks to network and fight for change.

Correct. They’re wearing a White nationalist symbol and their speech left no room for imagination, no hiding behind soft language this time.

It’s what this rally aims to do and then does every single time with their “Open Mic” segment: have a Nazi plant speak openly, then pretend it’s just a regular member of the public and not the views of the event (despite using the Nazi organisations podium and megaphone and using them as uniformed marshals).

I reckon you’re right, I didn’t hear any complaining this year about the Triple J Top 100 being on a different date.

the wiki says its a movement to establish a jew only land in current Palestine.

More or less, yes.

How come they have so much power over protestant countries?

Long story short, they proved themselves in the 1940s to be a powerful force in the region. The Middle East is known to be rich in resources such as petroleum oil, and it also has major trade routes like the Suez Canal (I’m sure you saw the impact of the Evergreen blockage) and land routes through Afghanistan, Iran, etc… One can see how important the region is in China’s Belt and Road Initiative. So, having a military outpost able to credibly threaten this region with overwhelming force is a very powerful tool for Western imperial powers like the US and (historical) NATO allies.

So, the Zionist Regime has influence over these countries because they want the Zionist Regime to help us keep power in the region.

CXORA mentioned the Evangelical Christianity aspect of it, which is real, but I consider that to be more the cultural propaganda reason than the underlying material reason.

Let’s not give Israel all the credit for the Australian governments’ complicity and the weapon parts we send over.

Australia is an imperial power too, you just hear less about the islands our police occupy.

These are flimsy slogans: The prison colony of Australia always had wardens in charge. And if one considers Australia to be “authoritarian”, then what states aren’t authoritarian? Wouldn’t we at least be siding with Russia, Iran, and North Korea? Australia sides with the Zionist Regime because of our imperialism; because our rich can get richer by war profiteering.

No investigation, no right to shitpost.

No, it doesn’t. They’re not omnipotent.

And it would honestly be helpful if you have evidence of any alt accounts, because those will need to be banned.

I agree, just let people lay in peace. Don’t embalm them, bury them in a wooden box or burn them up. It’s a waste, and insane that people still continue to do it.

I knew before I clicked that some good options would have legal blocks, although it’s good to see that green cemeteries exist in most states, even if they’re currently sparse.

I just want to feed some plants and animals when I’m gone. Is that too much to ask?

It’s disappointing to see that the organ donation options seem to default to wasteful options. Although it would have been nice if the article author reached out to the university to clarify if green options are available, as it may simply be unlisted and in the hands of the family to organise.

At this point, it’s clear that the ongoing genocide is not a retaliation. The Oct 7 attacks were simply an excuse to escalate their genocide and complete the occupation of Palestine. This is common practice in invasions and wars, there’s very rarely a solid reason for war beyond seizing resources like land or oil.

Do you want to supply some evidence when you make accusations about our instance?

Good to hear the event has been organised. Food Not Bombs have catered up in Sydney so I assume they’ll be here today.

I appreciate that the competition is a tongue-in-cheek awareness stunt, but mate, if it doesn’t look like the (metaphorically) plastic monoculture grassscape that lawn enthusiasts make, it’s far from the world’s ugliest. I’ve seen people in the US dyeing their lawns green with a gurney. If it can’t attract butterflies and other bugs, it’s an ugly lawn!

Good video on lawns - plenty of its content applies to Aus as well: https://youtube.com/watch?v=KLYMjPNppRQ

When a lot of criminals keep getting unlucky in prison, it’s a sign that we might need to fix an issue with the prisons (supported by the coronial inquest findings). It’s likely more of a straw that broke the camel’s back than Dungay being special, or perhaps there was just stronger evidence of the issues this time.

Compare with other well-known social justice names, like Renée Good, recently shot and killed by immigration officers. They weren’t the first person shot and killed by ICE agents in the past month alone. And they won’t be the last. It was probably only a big catalyst because of either the video evidence of the murder, existing tensions with LEA abuse in the city, or possibly because the victim was more relatable to most Americans, and couldn’t be easily dismissed as a potential immigrant by their ethnicity (and therefore making them an unexpected victim). Renée’s case wasn’t particularly special, in fact it’s eerily similar to another murder back in September. It was simply a big enough straw on the camel’s back.

Stop dividing ourselves by race.

Yes. Although unfortunately, such divisions are already deeply ingrained into our society (e.g. casual racism in news and media, lack of historical representation in government, generational loss of land, segregation in many towns within living history), and we can’t mend these systemic divides by simply ignoring race. So it’s tough to mend the divide without giving some preferential treatment to the groups who need to be lifted back up.

I agree that the constitutional referendum wasn’t the best way to help lift up Indigenous people and mend the divide, I agree with your point that it presented some issues of its own, and I also believe it doesn’t make sense to treat it as similar to white-supremacist racism, which serves the dominant side in the divide, splitting it further.

it sends a clear signal to guys like this that it is OK

Ultimately, Nazism just does not care about what society thinks is ok. They claim to themselves that most people are brainwashed by a “Jewish conspiracy”.

To them, liberalist concepts like free speech, democracy, equality before the law are interpreted as weakness, foolish or just tools to be exploited on their path to dictatorship (like how their leadership is currently crying about their democratic rights while they want to strip those same rights from most of the population; they don’t care about these rights, they just want to exploit them when convenient). In their worldview, the constitution is just a list of tools that governments politely gave them.