On Sunday morning, before the sun is over Sydney Heads, up to 40 current and former soldiers of the Israel Defence Forces will jog across the Sydney Harbour Bridge with numbers pinned to their chests and a cheer squad waiting at the Opera House.
On Thursday night in Perth, a stage will be empty. Bassem Youssef will not be on it. Home Affairs wanted an FBI clearance and a criminal record from Egypt, whose generals forced him into exile in 2014. His passport had lapsed. Cairo took its time. The tour is gone.
The State Premier for NSW, Chris Minns is very happily in bed with rightwing Israeli forces. Importing foreign state actors (last month is was a bunch of athletes).
This is because whilst being from the nominally leftwing Labor party, he’s from it’s rightwing faction.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Fucking embarrassing how little pressure it takes Labor to cave to literal Zionist Lobby pressure tactics that cost them far more in the US, breaking against their own longstanding laws and policy as the reporter points out.
Though I will say that they are helping me convert former Labor voters into future Greenies. So… not a total loss.
This excellent (as always) reporting from MWM is helping.
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 40 minutes ago
100%. The Labor party is beyond reform and people who identify as left-wing really ought to abandon it en masse for parties that actually represent their values.
There’s literally no downside to leaving the Labor party for another party.