Adelaide BDS action for Free Speech and Palestine – 9 Sept 2011

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Max Brenner and Australia’s fascists

By Jeff Sparrow: 9 September 2011   This article was first published on the ABC’s Drum website As Michael Brull noted here a few weeks ago, the anti-Max Brenner protesters have been widely denounced as Nazis. Paul Howes, Michael Danby, Andrew Bolt, Gerard Henderson: have all joined in a very public campaign that draws a line [...]

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Adelaide BDS protests against Seacret now in 48th week

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Perth Speakout for Free Speech and Palestine

  Friends of Palestine WA organised a speakout in support of the “free speech and a free Palestine” on Friday 12 August. The next major action for Palestinian human rights in Perth is the rally and “rogues tour” on September 17 beginning in the Murray Street Mall at 1pm.

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Update on 4 arrested pro-Palestine activists

On Tuesday, 9 August, 4 pro-Palestine activists were arrested in the early hours of the morning.   The activists were arrested for breaking un-democratic bail conditions imposed on them after Victorian Police violently attacked a non-violent peaceful BDS protest and arrested 19 non-violent peaceful demonstrators on July 1.  Initially, the anti-democratic bail conditions imposed on 11 of the 19 peaceful, non-violent activists prevent them [...]

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Media release: Baillieu Government escalates attack on civil liberties – dawn raids see pro-Palestine activists arrested

MEDIA RELEASE      Tuesday 9 August   BAILLIEU GOVERNMENT ESCALATES ATTACKS ON CIVIL LIBERTIES   Dawn raids see pro-Palestine activists arrested Police demand activists be held in custody for weeks   Raids carried out at dawn this morning by police have seen several pro-Palestine activists arrested, in the most severe crack-down on civil liberties in decades. [...]

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Support the Boycott-Israel19 Defence campaign

Stand up for Palestinian human rights! Stand up for civil rights in Victoria! Oppose the criminalisation of protests in support of Palestine! On 1 July 2011, the Victorian police viciously attacked a peaceful pro-Palestine demonstration in Melbourne’s CBD. In one of the largest political arrests in a decade, 19 non-violent protesters were arrested during a [...]

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We will boycott Israel – flash mob, Brisbane, 3 June 2011

Brisbane BDS Campaign activists surprise shoppers by performing “we will boycott Israel” to the tune of a popular music anthem in the Myer centre food court below the Seacret Dead Sea Cosmetics stall. Activists have been calling on shoppers and Myer Centre management to respect the call to boycott products made in Israel until it [...]

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Don’t buy Israeli Apartheid: Boycott Jericho! Boycott Max Brenner (Melbourne) 20.05.11

On May 20, around 150 to 200 Palestine solidarity activists and human rights supporters in Melbourne staged a peaceful BDS action to highlight the complicity of Israeli companies, Max Brenner Chocolate and Jericho, in Israel’s Apartheid and Occupation policies. Israeli company, Jericho, exploits minerals from the Dead Sea. While Jericho profits from the Dead Sea, [...]

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Israeli boycott activists: Silencing Rudd is Silencing the Palestinian People

To the directors of The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, “The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival’s (HRAFF) mission is to make human rights accessible and engaging to everyone through creative media. Our vision is a vibrant human rights culture and community across Australia.” ~ The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival online About page We are [...]

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