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There are no “Jewish victims”, only protesting “right from wrong” and what a nation values. 14,000 dead children aren’t understandable 1139 dead Israelis are wrong, but understandable.
Source: I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged.
The media misrepresents the united front of protesters as being antisemitic when it’s fundamentally not. Mass graves are less critical than amplifying the feelings of some pro-Israel supporters.
The Guardian reported that “hundreds of members of the teaching cohort at Columbia walked out in solidarity with the students who were arrested” while “students put protest tents back up in the middle of campus on Monday after they were torn down last week when more than 100 arrests were made.”
Yonah Lieberman, co-founder of IfNotNow, a Jewish-led U.S. group that organizes against Israel’s apartheid, declared: “Solidarity with these faculty members. Shame on establishment politicians and agitators who are smearing the anti-war protest at Columbia as anything other than what it is: a courageous stand for freedom and peace.”
Source: Columbia Faculty Walk Out Over Student Suspensions, Arrest for Gaza Protests – ScheerPost
In the days leading up to the lecture, Ascherman used his car to block a convoy of settlers, which was accompanied to a Palestinian village by a military Jeep “to do who knows what to a shepherding family that they’d already the day before, sent three of them to the hospital, and broke windows, solar panels and cars.”
Ascherman was hit with a rifle butt and had his phone stolen.
“But … they didn’t get to the family. We protected them, as a human being should do,” he said.
When Ascherman went to the police station to file a complaint against the settlers and soldiers, he was shouted at by a cop on the balcony, who told him he wasn’t welcome in the police station. The officer called him a traitor and accused him of doing human rights work for the money.
(Wonder who gets paid more — a rabbi volunteering to put himself in physical danger to protect Palestinians in the West Bank, or a cop?)
Source: Israeli Rabbi Describes Settler Rampages Across West Bank – CounterPunch.org
Australia won the last election. Why hasn’t the UK, US, Sweden, Italy, Brazil and so many more turned back the right-wing tide?? Only 900 attended the CPAC conference in Melbourne. So Albo should set a global example and make Australia a beacon of what can and needs to be done moving forward.
‘As wages fall while profits soar, our message is clear… We are here to win.’
Source: ‘Enough is Enough’: Hundreds of Thousands March Across the UK
The peaceful Washington protests according to Trump weren’t “legitimate”. he had them violently closed down. The generals who accompanied him on his walk to the Baptist Church for his photo op were shamed.
“January 6th was not ‘legitimate political discourse’—it was a violent insurrection on our Capitol,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal retorted. “I didn’t know if I’d make it out alive. Some didn’t. We cannot let the GOP whitewash what happened.”
Source: GOP Declares Deadly Capitol Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’
The self-styled leaders of these protests are not stupid, but calculating. They do not represent the community of Melbourne and they never will. Their fleeting moment in the spotlight must end. We must have zero tolerance for those who undermine community harmony with violence and do so for personal profit. The answer to isolated street violence is better policing and more peaceful picnics.
We saw how easy it was for right-wing thugs to organize and attack the US Capitol in Washington on 6/1 flags here even had Trump on them. The majority of union members in fact support vaccinations and mandated ones.
It’s just as easy for the organized right-wing in Victoria to create chaos in the name of a Union when that union’s organizers the CFMEU loudly deny the reality that’s being described. They aren’t the organizers of this chaos being witnessed nor are many really “workers” let alone union members. However, the media certainly weren’t looking for truth. The truth might be slower than mainstream media but it will prevail and will come out.
Protesters wore high-vis gear to look like tradies: CFMEU boss.Union secretary John Setka says “professional protesters” from the far-right were behind Monday’s violent demonstration
Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas says half of inspected construction sites failed COVID compliance checks Some of today’s protesters have identified as CFMEU members who do not want to be vaccinated Union secretary John Setka says “professional protesters” from the far-right were behind Monday’s violent demonstration
Source: Protesters march through Melbourne’s CBD in wake of construction industry shutdown – ABC News
Thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday at various places against Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who is being tried for corruption, as the country goes to the polls Tuesday. This was the 39th consecutive weekly demonstration against the beleageured prime minister, who polls suggest faces an extremely close election. If he loses, and if the courts convict him, he could go to jail like his predecessor, Ehud Olmert. The biggest demonstration was staged in Jerusalem in front of the prime minister’s official residence, with an estimated 20,000 joining in. It was the largest such rally since they began last week.
Tens of Thousands Protest “Crime Minister” Netanyahu in Israel as his Political Survival hangs in Balance
Rihanna Is Right About the Importance of India’s Massive Farmer Protests
The massive farmer protests in India are facing down a Modi government that has no qualms about using repression to push through its neoliberal agenda. The farmers’ resolve has been remarkable — and they’re providing a glimmer of hope that Modi’s far-right government may not be as invincible as it seemed just months ago.
Rihanna Is Right About the Importance of India’s Massive Farmer Protests
As Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews described protesters as “selfish and unlawful”, at least four participants at one of the planned protests were led away by police officers on Saturday in handcuffs.
‘Selfish’: Premier slams anti-lockdown protesters as crowds fizzle
In a new interview, Mr Trump said that he believes his predecessor is helping to organise the protests.
Source: Donald Trump says Barack Obama is helping to organise protests against his presidency
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Source: French Citizens Rise Up In Their Millions To Protest Ruling Elite – Choice and Truth
Masked members of a splinter anti-fascism group have set Australian flags on fire and scuffled with police and media in the latest Melbourne rally between rival protest groups. However, there was no repeat of the violent clashes seen at recent protests as police kept the opposing groups separate on Sunday. About two dozen people dressed in black and wearing masks still managed to interrupt an anti-Islam rally, setting flags alight and scuffling with news photographers.
Source: Flags burned at Melbourne racism protests | SBS News
Seven men arrested after a violent brawl erupted between rival protesters at an anti-racism rally in Melbourne’s inner-north on Saturday.
Source: Melbourne race rally: seven arrested as rival protesters clash in Coburg
Over 35 protests were organized in US cities to mark opposition to the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a huge international trade deal between 12 Pacific Rim nations representing 40 percent of the global economy.
Source: TPP signing sparks dozens of protests across US over biggest trade pact — RT USA
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