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- Comment on ABC, SBS reject federal government, special envoy’s definition of antisemitism [DE-PAYWALLED LINK IN POST] 2 weeks ago:
Good to see, hopefully this institutional pushback gives some extra mainstream legitimacy to the objection.
- Comment on One Nation's popularity is rising. Which Australians are supporting the party and why? 2 weeks ago:
A neat little array. Worth an actual read or at least a skim, it’s not just PHON voters.
It also helps to see this kind of thing so we can notice lines of parallel and work on top of them to bring people away from ON. Many have [I believe sincerely] said “I don’t agree with many of her policies”, so we should build on that and show parties which have the same focus on real working issues but without the nationalist garbage.
- Comment on 'No place in Australia': Burke adds 'neo-Nazis' to proscribed hate group list 2 weeks ago:
How can you possibly ban a “group” under any name they “reform” under?
What’s the issue? The NSN officially disbanded, yet almost all the same members created a ‘new’ organisation (i.e. they reformed), continue to run events through their front group (March for Australia) and continue to show up to various events together as a group. It is clearly a continuation of the same violent organisation in an attempt to circumvent the ban, something Sewer even talked about at the time of their disbandment, referencing what National Action members in the UK did, many getting arrested afterwards for trying the same thing.
Is this a preemptive ban on any groups that could be anti Israel - before they exist?
Very obviously no. Now, if you’re concerned that these anti-hate laws could be abused to censor groups critical of the Zionist Regime, then that’s a valid concern, especially if Libs or ON take government in the future. But no, neo-Nazis are a distinct ideological phenomenon, even distinct from Nazism these days.
- Comment on Today's Murdoch front pages are about as unhinged as we've come to expect 2 weeks ago:
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- Comment on It's Our Gas - Answering your questions on taxing gas 3 weeks ago:
would squeeze a dollar out of a rock!
Wish they’d squeeze a dollars out of those rocks insteada us. Gina Writeoff could pay their share…
- Comment on MAGA federation query 3 weeks ago:
Oh it’s really simple: the admin doesn’t follow them.
- Comment on Budget opinion poll 3 weeks ago:
This. There were a few nice moves, but they were far too moderate, not even enough to offset the bad moves.
- Comment on MAGA federation query 3 weeks ago:
I don’t use All as much as I do Local so I’m ambivalent. That said, I would consider defederating to make a point - we do not support instances which are hypocritical and whose entire userbase is based in bigotry.
- Comment on 'Go for government': Western Sydney One Nation's next target after by-election win 3 weeks ago:
Western Sydney? Between that and the Inner West, I don’t know which would be the least likely place in NSW to vote for them.
I’m trying to avoid underestimating them and their ultrawealthy backing, but this is ridiculous. We had outstanding reception there with pro-Palestine protests. Maybe they’ll have half a chance if Hanson breaks flatbread at the Lakemba Night Markets this time.
- Comment on Why are people trying to raid Scientology buildings around the world? 3 weeks ago:
This reminds me: I’ve heard that Mormons are notoriously common CIA recruits. The religion gives them US religious values, loyalty, they’re (theoretically) less likely to engage in compromising activities, and those who do mission work often know a foreign language and culture.
- Comment on Why are people trying to raid Scientology buildings around the world? 3 weeks ago:
“Why are people trying to raid Scientology buildings around the world?”
Another interesting question is, why did Scientology raid the FBI?
- Comment on VicPol at the NDIS rally yesterday afternoon 3 weeks ago:
It’s a shame the video doesn’t begin a second or two earlier, it would help paint a clearer picture.
Reporting OP reply to “Could someone post literally any context so the rest of us don’t have to enter the Zuckerberg dimension?”
The NDIS rally was a bit of a mess: there was a Falun Gong event going on at the same time and location, they’d already set up well before anyone got there, rally organisers did not want to move, Falun Gong had a marching band arriving as the rally was supposed to start, there was a great deal of argy bargy just getting the parade to wait for disabled people to move over to the north side of the SLV.
And their band played through many of the speakers.
Anyway, 10-15 minutes after the rally concluded David Limbrick the Libertarian Party MLC showed up to address the Falun Gong rally. Some of the people lingering around recognised him and started heckling him, and then police started arresting.
And you see what happened next: as they’re escorting someone away out of nowhere one of the cops runs out of their escort cordon to knock an old man to the ground, someone tries to stop him further assaulting the old bloke, and he gets pulled to the ground and punched and maced.
The old guy was then completely forgotten by police and walked away, raising the question what was this all about?
One witness says they saw cops knock people over into the path of an oncoming tram: www.instagram.com/p/DYG4B4dTUeS/
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- Comment on UK Labour suffers historic local election wipeout as Reform surges 3 weeks ago:
I heard some pre-election excitement around their Green Party. While they did make notable gains, their vote share:councils ratio is unfortunate.
- Comment on Public forum on Minn's slogan ban, targeted by reactionary media: Call for more attendees today! 4 weeks ago:
[forwarding from cross-post] I missed some news from last night:
Stop The War On Palestine said in an Instagram post: “Venue cancelled but forum going ahead.” The group said the meeting would instead be held at Charles Kernan Reserve in Darlington.
The organisers wrote: “We reject the implication from Clover Moore that our meeting risks public safety and respect for members of the community.”
“It is the Murdoch media that has been spreading fear and lies about the forum and about the slogan ‘globalise the intifada’,” they said.
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- Comment on Google age verification 5 weeks ago:
I’ve found the mobile website (as opposed to apps) fine, although I generally avoid apps unless they’re necessary. Which app are you using? (and who are its developers)
- Comment on Car hits pedestrians in Melbourne, killing Supernova Comic Con attendee 1 month ago:
It’s a pretty reasonable long-term goal in many areas, like cities. There are pedestrian-only streets near me already. We just need a long-term vision and the infrastructure to follow it.
- Comment on Former US Marines pilot Dan Duggan loses bid to avoid extradition from Australia 1 month ago:
Dude has been in solitary confinement in Lithgow for over three years so far. That’s frankly pretty damn harsh all on its own for the accusation of ‘three cases of military training’.
I thought the max security prison was a bit extreme - their alleged crime is obviously serious to the state, but hardly one that requires high security or solitary.
- Comment on Man charged with using newly banned phrases in Queensland tries to argue law 'insane' 1 month ago:
It’s important to understand that Australia, like plenty of other countries, has its own imperial interests in the region. It’s unhelpful to blindly assert someone has to be blackmailed in order to abide by these horrors.
- Comment on Man charged with using newly banned phrases in Queensland tries to argue law 'insane' 1 month ago:
Damn it, he’s using the reverse-insanity plea!
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- Comment on Anti-war activist to face court over 'From the River to the Sea' banner 1 month ago:
Mr Dowling said he had a banner with the words: "From the River to the Sea-
“OOO he said it again!”
- Comment on Israel said it targeted Hezbollah, so we went to the site of a strike 1 month ago:
Oh, you ain’t kidding: aussie.zone/post/30293643/21777175
- Comment on U.S. Pushes Allies to Chase a New Terrorism Target: The Far Left 1 month ago:
Yeah, CPAC.
- Comment on U.S. Pushes Allies to Chase a New Terrorism Target: The Far Left 1 month ago:
Last Christmas, a friend of the family said “Every journalist in Australia is a communist.”
- Comment on U.S. Pushes Allies to Chase a New Terrorism Target: The Far Left 1 month ago:
“It is important to recognize their actions as political terrorism rather than mere protest or criminality,"
The silver lining is, we know they’re terrified.
- Comment on U.S. Pushes Allies to Chase a New Terrorism Target: The Far Left 1 month ago:
a ‘far left’
Electorally? None with any real hope, in my view. Possibly some local council members?
There are certainly people with communist and anarchist ideas, organising with like-minded people and engaging in antifascism. I don’t know to what degree they’re organised, and there are efforts from the government to chill them, but they exist.
- Comment on Max Chandler-Mather to lead revamped Green Institute (official press release) 1 month ago:
From Wikipedia:
The Green Institute is an Australian public policy think tank founded in 2008. The institute “supports green politics through education, action, research and debate”.
In disclosure returns lodged with the Australian Electoral Commission, the institute indicated that it is an associated entity of the Australian Greens. The institute is similar to the Liberal Party aligned Menzies Research Centre and Labor’s Chifley Research Centre.
Forming a “mass movement” approach would be an interesting shift for an institute affiliated with The Greens.
