Official Myths and Enduring Fantasies Reflections on labour unions, activism and the struggle to block ZIM shipping in Naarm.

https://backlashblogs.wordpress.com/2024/03/19/official-myths-and-enduring-fantasies/

"Abolish Australia"
Seen in Coburg, Melbourne

(Chile) Words of Subversive Comrade Tomas González – Abolition Media
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2024/03/24/chile-words-of-subversive-comrade-tomas-gonzalez/

This is what Elon Musk gets for trying to turn Twitter into a Nazi factory.

"On a platform like Twitter, a project like ours is like a canary in a coal mine: when things change, we are the first to go, and that means the clock is ticking for everyone."

https://crimethinc.com/TwitterCanary

ANONYMOUS PEOPLE HELP EGG LAYING CHICKENS FREE FROM A FARM.
18th March, Midlands UK.

“Sneaking past houses and fields we arrived at the chicken shed we had previously scouted and opened the door. Immediately the heat and stench hit us in the face as we stepped into the darkness. Broken eggshells crunched underfoot and our torches illuminated cages covered in a thick layer of dust, cobwebs and shit. Filled with cramped chickens covered in bald patches with combs so pale they were almost white.

We took as many as we could carry. We did this action for them but we write this report for you. This movement is what we make it, make it one where chickens being liberated in the night is so common its barely worth mentioning. Where farmers wake up to find towers of eggs smashed and equipment broken on the daily. Where insurers won’t insure butcher shops because windows will never last long.

Hunger Strike of PKK and PAJK Prisoners in Turkey Leaves Four Months Behind – Abolition Media

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2024/03/27/hunger-strike-of-pkk-and-pajk-prisoners-in-turkey-leaves-four-months-behind/

The hunger strike launched by political prisoners demanding the physical freedom of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan, who is kept under isolation in İmralı F Type High Security Closed Prison, and a solution to the Kurdish question is on its 121st day.

This independently made documentary follows the three day Asia Pacific Economic Summit (World Economic Forum) held at Melbourne’s Crown Casino from September 11-13, 2000 and the events that took place between the S-11 protesters and the Victorian Police during those three days.

The camera has captured some rather up-close and disturbing images of the physical violence dealt by the police to the protesters, particularly in the first two days of the Summit.

It was estimated that over 10,000 protesters managed to prevent 150-200 participants from attending the Summit on Day 1.

https://youtu.be/2JAsQMZCYXo?si=Lf7jOucrPlOfhw5d

On ‘Australian’ fascism

The fascistic relationship between ‘Australia’ and Aboriginal people is mirrored in extractive relations between the colony and land. Goenpul scholar Aileen Moreton-Robinson writes: ‘The Indigenous body signifies our title to land and our death reintegrates our body with that of our mother the earth.’ Just as colonial society dehumanises Aboriginal people, it desecrates the land for profit and to perpetuate a way of life which is anti-life. ‘Australia’s use and export of fossil fuels also represents an act of imperialist aggression against those who suffer most from climate crisis, within and outside its borders. 

These acts of violence against country have echoes in state the repression deployed against environmental activists, who are punished both directly through carceral systems and at arms’ length by encouraging the public to undertake vigilante reprisals.  While carceral violence levelled at settler activists is by no means as severe as that experienced by Aboriginal people, when those activists are brought into conflict with the State, opportunities for solidarity emerge.

Some environmentalists have sought to distinguish themselves as ‘respectable’  protestors who don’t deserve to be in jail, implicitly appealing to the State’s legitimacy. Others have come to understand that colonial prisons are inherently illegitimate and that ‘Australia’ itself must be overturned. 

The State fears collaboration between anti-colonial and environmental movements and seeks to frighten and brutalise those who would make this happen. Resisting this is anti-fascism. In police custody, climate activists see the Aboriginal flag scratched into cell walls,  realise their own freedom is bound up with Aboriginal freedom, and commit more powerfully to the liberation of this stolen land.   

https://backlashblogs.wordpress.com/2024/03/29/on-australian-fascism/

How To Submit An Anonymous Communiqué and Get Away With It
No Trace Project, 2024

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"A communiqué, also sometimes called a reportback or hit report, is a report on (typically) illegal direct actions that is shared online via counter-info sites or in print publications. Mainstream media may suppress reporting about certain tactics or the reason for choosing a target may be unclear, so submitting a communiqué is a way to share news, tactics, and political motivations directly.

This guide describes how to securely submit an anonymous communiqué online. It is written for anarchists, but could be useful to other audiences like journalists or dissident groups sharing information while concealing their identities. While some communiqués are signed by a group or individual claiming responsibility, this guide focuses on anonymity."

Source: No Trace Project (Link)

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