Protest round up time!
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Short subthread about Australia's new "anti-hate" laws.
"Almost every [Australian] media outlet has had senior editorial leaders go on Israel-funded junkets."
Lebanese-Australian journalist Antoinette Latouff draws comparisons between Australian pro-Israel lobbying groups and Americaβs ADL and AIPAC.
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Short subthread about Australia's new "anti-hate" laws.
"Almost every [Australian] media outlet has had senior editorial leaders go on Israel-funded junkets."
Lebanese-Australian journalist Antoinette Latouff draws comparisons between Australian pro-Israel lobbying groups and Americaβs ADL and AIPAC.
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"Tyranny is not too strong a word to use about this shoddy, appallingly drafted, and dangerous piece of legislation. Legislation that has all the hallmarks of being dictated by power hungry desperate politicians to overworked parliamentary drafts people."
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https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/bad-laws-are-the-worst-sort-of-tyranny/
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"Tyranny is not too strong a word to use about this shoddy, appallingly drafted, and dangerous piece of legislation. Legislation that has all the hallmarks of being dictated by power hungry desperate politicians to overworked parliamentary drafts people."
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https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/bad-laws-are-the-worst-sort-of-tyranny/
"A bill so bad, that it saw the Greens, One Nation, the Senate crossbench and the Nationals join together on the same side of the chamber opposing it."
Amy Remeikis is Chief Political Analyst at the Australia Institute.
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"A bill so bad, that it saw the Greens, One Nation, the Senate crossbench and the Nationals join together on the same side of the chamber opposing it."
Amy Remeikis is Chief Political Analyst at the Australia Institute.
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The Australian Centre for International Justice is demanding police investigation of Israeli President, Herzog for incitement to genocide:
Meanwhile, in major cities including Canberra (below), activists are mobilising to prevent the visit.
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The Australian Centre for International Justice is demanding police investigation of Israeli President, Herzog for incitement to genocide:
Meanwhile, in major cities including Canberra (below), activists are mobilising to prevent the visit.
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Plans to privatise parts of the public school system in Spain met with significant backlash this week, as three days of strike were called.
Zaragoza
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Plans to privatise parts of the public school system in Spain met with significant backlash this week, as three days of strike were called.
Zaragoza
Similar crowds came out in AragΓ³n
In Gazteis, protesters gathered to call for the acquittal of 19 anti-fascists on trial for taking action against Falangists:
In Wijk aan Zee, climate activists disrupted the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, dumping coal and blocking entrances with banners reading
βNo chess on a dead planet.β19
#FuckTheFash #EducationIsAHumanRight #ClimateEmergency #GlobaliseTheIntifada
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Similar crowds came out in AragΓ³n
In Gazteis, protesters gathered to call for the acquittal of 19 anti-fascists on trial for taking action against Falangists:
In Wijk aan Zee, climate activists disrupted the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, dumping coal and blocking entrances with banners reading
βNo chess on a dead planet.β19
#FuckTheFash #EducationIsAHumanRight #ClimateEmergency #GlobaliseTheIntifada
When speakers turned up at the University of British Columbia to spread disinformation about Canada's residential schools, they didn't get very far.
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When speakers turned up at the University of British Columbia to spread disinformation about Canada's residential schools, they didn't get very far.
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Climate activists took to the streets in Davos on Wednesday
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Climate activists took to the streets in Davos on Wednesday
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