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- Comment on Physical resistance, rocks and how to build a mass movement [Part of a discussion of protest tactics] 2 days ago:
I suppose Red Flag are claiming the tactics used are why it’s not broadly supported? I’m not sure.
Where does one get anti-fascist combat training? I don’t know about any projects in Australia, apart from possibly LIFT Collective in Melbourne. There are probably a few affinity groups without internet presence rather than open organisations, maybe a SHARP might know.
Contrast with other countries with loud and proud red gyms and open martial community defense projects like 0161.
- Physical resistance, rocks and how to build a mass movement [Part of a discussion of protest tactics]independentaustralia.net ↗Submitted 3 days ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 2 comments
- Comment on I can agree Pauline Hanson is a problematic individual, but did they have to ban her from the Australian senate just for that one stunt with that burqa? I have more questions than we started out with. 3 days ago:
Here is a copy of the censure motion (25 November 2025) which explains why they believe the censure was necessary:
aph.gov.au/…/EEC94CC7AC00476E9A80D151BD9CB504.ash…
Articles report the motion passed 55 votes to 5 (90%+) so it’s fair to say this represents the parliament’s standards.
- Comment on 'Lions of Zion' group event celebrating Israel's pager attacks condemned 4 days ago:
The United Nations officially published this article, in which their experts consider the pager attacks to be war crimes. Interestingly, in the final paragraphs, they characterise the reckless booby-trap method as terroristic to civilians.
- Comment on Millennials are the first generation to move left as they age 4 days ago:
If you mean all the cuts and animations in the introduction, that eases up afterwards.
- Comment on Millennials are the first generation to move left as they age 6 days ago:
And, in case anyone doesn’t already know, the left-right model of politics and all its variants (political compass, horseshoe, etc.) are not useful models for analysing politics.
- Comment on Question: I don't agree with what Pauline Hanson did, but doesn't it kind of challenge the senate's stance on the issue to have reacted the way they did? Imagine if they had shrugged what she did off. 6 days ago:
in a similar fashion to how we don’t allow motorcycle helmets and other headgear which fully obscures one’s face?
…these are allowed. In fact, it’s illegal to ride a motorcycle without a motorcycle helmet.
I’m guessing you’re talking about special or private places like banks, but that’s not what Pauline Hanson was proposing, at all.
- Comment on Question: I don't agree with what Pauline Hanson did, but doesn't it kind of challenge the senate's stance on the issue to have reacted the way they did? Imagine if they had shrugged what she did off. 6 days ago:
Correct in a vacuum, but in context we must acknowledge that people like Pauline Hanson use anti-Islamic arguments as a proxy for racism against Middle Easterners. It’s distinct from mere opposition to the religion itself.
We see the same thing with critique of Judaism being used as a pretext by antisemites to launder their racism against people with Jewish ethnicity. Bigots know that the majority of society object to overt racism, so the more tactful ones use proxies like cultures and religions to attack race.
- Comment on Neo-Nazi's bank accounts frozen as private sector moves to cut off group's funding pipeline 1 week ago:
The article says that apart from the ASIC parts, companies are doing this independently, not due to government pressure. There are a few foreign neo-Nazi groups on Australia’s terrorist entity list, but the NSN are not officially considered a terrorist group, despite repeatedly committing violent political terrorists acts on citizens. (Also, the AEC has said it appears White Australia will likely be able to register that party name electorally)
That all said, it is important that we as citizens continue to develop the power to push these companies to repress neo-Nazis and not pro-social political activists.
- Comment on Neo-Nazi's bank accounts frozen as private sector moves to cut off group's funding pipeline 1 week ago:
Maybe everyone considers this to be good progress
I don’t see it as progress, but good in this scenario. Like you said, this isn’t a new development at all.
this is a pretty dystopion look when you take a step back
I think it already is. Has been for over a century, for many people. The bottom line is private companies can essentially shut people out of employment, if they want. It’s tough to live like that, that’s why anti-discrimination legislation has been so important. So yes, I do cheer when a company decides to, or is pressured into, removing confirmed neo-Nazis from employment, but I’m aware that we don’t want to revert to a society where people are unreasonably removed due to age, ethnicity, sex/gender, union status, etc… Not all politics is equal or equivalent, neo-Nazism is inherently and proudly harmful to most of society, there’s no “both sides” symmetry.
I’m definitely familiar with censorship and oppression powers being used against both reactionary and progressive groups. In fact, that’s an important part of how Lemmy was founded and grew. And it’s also why socialist groups campaigned against some of the protest laws introduced under the guise of being anti-Nazi legislation, which clearly didn’t achieve it’s purported goals. You’re right to be skeptical about institutions making political decisions with their power.
As for private companies, these political decisions are typically either guided by the personal beliefs of the owners/shareholders (see Elon Musk’s influence on twitter’s speech restrictions, or any mass media company) or by public pressure and reputational risk (see reddit only deleting some controversial communities once they make it into a newspaper, or the millions of companies making paper-thin political signalling efforts in line with whatever political positions are widely popular).
Because of this, I believe it’s important for us to build worker power as citizens to be able to pressure these companies into making pro-social political decisions, instead of anti-social political decisions in the interests of their rich shareholders. In a word, make private companies care about us, because most of them don’t.
- Submitted 1 week ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 2 comments
- Comment on Neo-Nazi's bank accounts frozen as private sector moves to cut off group's funding pipeline 1 week ago:
Good to see these financial institutions doing the right thing here. Our current political economy is dominated by private institutions so it’s important that some are doing this, and it’s important for us to build the power to pressure others into doing likewise.
- Comment on Microsoft in damage control over Copilot bundling bungle 3 weeks ago:
Mate I get the flex but def restart them occasionally unless you understand the security risk you’re taking on.
- Comment on Man critical after being mauled by dog in Sydney apartment 4 weeks ago:
Hoist with his own pet
- Comment on Tensions erupt in Melbourne as immigration rallies held across Australia 1 month ago:
Oh yuck. Big tent is one thing, but someone just opportunistically doing this is not on.
- Comment on Tensions erupt in Melbourne as immigration rallies held across Australia 1 month ago:
It’s strange that this comment is demanding skepticism while declaring “Authoritarians always hold counter protests, always.”
To contradict that assertion: The flash bang video in that article clearly shows many flags front and centre of the Melbourne counter-protest are anarcho-socialist flags. Out of all ideologies, it’s tough to get any more anti-authoritarian than them.
And, as we’ve seen, the March for Australia protests that these people are counter-protesting is organised and lead by neo-Nazis, Nazism being infamously and proudly authoritarian.
Looking at history, I don’t think “authoritarian/anti-authoritarian” is a useful lens for analysing state politics, but if we’re using it, we can tell that the counter protest is not the authoritarian side. I mean, some of them are literally throwing things at the authority, how could they be any clearer.
- Comment on Tensions erupt in Melbourne as immigration rallies held across Australia 1 month ago:
I hear a lot of theorists talk about how being involved in a movement forces people to come to terms with the reality of it. Propaganda often doesn’t hold up against what’s in front of your face. And it’s reassuring to see that it’s sometimes the case.
- Comment on Tensions erupt in Melbourne as immigration rallies held across Australia 1 month ago:
Commander Wayne Cheeseman said police officers were pelted with rocks, glass bottles and rotten fruit
Well then don’t stand in front of nazis.
English police officers in Brighton figured this one out and let the '43 Group throw bricks at the BUF, Mosley didn’t appear in public again.
- Comment on Turning Point Australia moves into SA 1 month ago:
(OP usually refers to the original poster, which for this post would be hazel@blahaj. Thanks for adding the account name to avoid confusion)
- Submitted 2 months ago to meta@aussie.zone | 16 comments
- Comment on what is up with u/dwazoup 2 months ago:
Whether or not you meant it, your post is quite poetic. A tragedy in two lines, or perhaps a koan, the irony of their inactivity screaming out to them in vain.
- Comment on what is up with u/dwazoup 2 months ago:
Do you know if anyone’s tried to contact the person running all those accounts? Their Lemmy accounts would be flooded with post replies so I doubt the owner even looks at them. I don’t have a microblog account so let’s see if this ping works:
@Dwazoup@mastodon.social, hello! I’d like to hear your point of view on these posts :)
- Comment on It turns out there is a Lemmy alternative with categories - anyone got stories about it? 2 months ago:
I haven’t tried any Piefeds or mbins. My impression is similar to yours: interpreted language and “no fancy design patterns” gives me the idea it’s probably great for quickly prototyping new features like categories and moderation tools, possibly at the cost of performance. If you’re looking at hosting, maybe reach out to a few piefed admins, ask what they think about it and if/when they tried Lemmy for a comparison.
The great thing about the Fediverse is afaik you can test other instances and even other softwares while still getting access to the same communities and posts.
- Comment on Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell arrested outside court [DE-PAYWALLED LINK IN POST] 2 months ago:
Police confirmed Tuesday’s arrests were over the attack on Camp Sovereignty.
Alright, let’s see how wrist slaps they get for leading a violent gang to beat up an encampment (without a police uniform).
- Comment on Not The Onion: "Six people gather for Albany rally, drawing six counter-protesters" 2 months ago:
It’s not an insult. It’s a political association, which as we saw in Melbourne and Sydney, the neo-Nazi group who call them selves Nazis and named their group after the German Nazi Party, played a key role in organising many of these rallies and were given the platform to speak on stage at them. Adelaide thankfully had some people with a bit of dignity who fought back when they saw actual, actual, nazis insert them into the protest.
considering the left smeared everyone associated with the rally a nazi
Who is this “the left”? I, for one, know the difference between a nazi and a nazi collaborator.
- Comment on Not The Onion: "Six people gather for Albany rally, drawing six counter-protesters" 2 months ago:
They did say that included counterprotesters. but still seems a bit high. They showed with the March for Humanity how far off their estimates can be so I’ll wait for others.
- Comment on Not The Onion: "Six people gather for Albany rally, drawing six counter-protesters" 2 months ago:
- Submitted 2 months ago to news@aussie.zone | 8 comments
- Comment on Tell them to fuck off 3 months ago:
ex card carrying marxist here
I’m extremely interested to hear which card you carried, as this Marxist group sounds very strange and, well, not Marxist.
The sentences you said after clearly contradict Marx’s own theory and actions, as well as those of every Marxist group I’ve talked to in this country. The only one (1) I’ve know to be anti-union was the SEP, who are tiny and inconsequential.
- Comment on Tell them to fuck off 3 months ago:
and I see the excuse that protesting is still useful because it gives you a means to organize for further action
That’s not “an excuse”. Look at basically all revolutions which weren’t just military coups and you can find meaningful protests. They’re a major entry point to those “better ways” you mention.
A protest isn’t inherently effective, going there and simply standing around listening to speeches is a waste of your time, but it is still an important tool in social change.
