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)

#document #zine #communications #security #anarchism #sabotage #directaction #link

No peace on stolen lands
The colony will fall, what will you do?

April 15th will see actions in most cities across so-called Australia. Get involved!

Video credit @a15actions @sub.media

"No Goss, No Masters, No Mondays"
Garfield paste-up spotted in Footscray, Victoria

The White Rose Society have critiqued labours proposed anti-doxxing laws brought about as a direct result of a leaked Zionist chat.

They point out the importance of verification through thorough research and distinctions in the utilisation of doxing.

“We believe that doxing responsibly, carefully and with a definite end in mind – the disruption and exposure of neo-Nazi, extremist, and far-right activities for the purposes of community and public safety – is a much-needed and valuable service,”

Full article here:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/12/anti-far-right-campaigners-say-labors-anti-doxing-laws-could-be-weaponised?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Tuesday on Wurrundjuri Wooiworrung and Boonwurrung country a group of activists in solidarity with Palestine blocked a freight train with the aim to stop railway traffic.

The train was heading out of the port of Melbourne when the group stopped it and painted the wind shield red.

This is a part of an internationally coordinated economic blockade to free Palestine. Actions will continue until Australia ends its support of Israel's genocide in Gaza and the West Bank.

Within oir lifetime ✊🏽❤️‍🔥

#A15 #Disrupt #demilitarisation #defundthepolice #freepalestine

May Day mural by Revbel, a Belarussian anarcho-communist group