Photographs from Sunday’s Free Palestine rally on Gadigal Land, Sydney, Australia. The rally took place just hours after the USA bombed Iran.
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Free Palestine Rally - Iran is Bombed by the USA
Rally Against Anti-Protest Laws in NSW
Around 100 anti-war, environmental and social justice advocates turned out this morning at the Supreme Court of NSW, on Gadigal Land, to attend a press conference and rally against the extension of draconian anti-protest laws in NSW. The legislation was rammed through parliament by the Minns State Labor government on the back of dubious claims about a so-called “anti-semitic” “terrorist” incident earlier this year, after explosives were found in an abandoned caravan in Dural. This incident now seems to be a bungled organised crime deal gone wrong. There are questions about who in the government and police knew about this and when, and what role these events had on implementing the anti-protest legislation..
The Palestine Action Group (Sydney) are challenging these laws in the Supreme Court, arguing they are unconstitutional as they threaten the right to protest and are based on false, race-based allegations. The new laws open up the possibility for police to shutdown or ban protests near places of worship. With the number of churches and other places of worship scattered throughout Sydney’s CBD, that would potentially preclude most protest movement around Australia’s biggest city. Premier Minns is refusing to appear before a parliamentary inquiry into the Dural caravan ‘hoax’, which was the catalyst for these laws.
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Protest Against Maersk Shipping
Photographs from last night’s rally outside 44 Market Street, the headquarters of Maersk Shipping in Sydney, Australia, Gadigal Land.
Protesters called on Maesrk to end the shipping of arms to Israel. Despite denials, the company voted down a ban on weapons shipments to Israel in March earlier this year, further raising suspicions about their activities in the Middle East.
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48-Hour Hunger Strike for Gaza
This morning marked the end of a 48-hour hunger strike to bring attention to the starvation which is unfolding across Gaza. Five people went on hunger strike from Monday in cold and wet conditions at Sydney Town Hall, Gadigal Land, Sydney, Australia.
The UN’s World Health Organization now says that the daily food intake has fallen well below ‘survival’ level in Gaza because of the blockade of aid by Israeli forces. This means that the entire population - around 2.1 million people - are at risk of starvation, including children, women and men.
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Rally For Kumanjayi White
Photographs from last Saturday’s rally for Warlpiri man, Kumanjayi White, who was killed when an off-duty police employee pinned him to the ground in a Coles supermarket in Mparntwe, Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
Saturday’s rally was held at Sydney Town Hall, Gadigal Land, before marching to the NSW Police Centre in Surry Hills. The protest was part of a National Day of Action in capital cities and major regional centres across Australia.
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Free Palestine Rally - Red Line
In the biggest Free Palestine rally in months, thousands turned out last Sunday at Hyde Park, Gadigal Land, to draw a red line on the war on Gaza.
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Vigil For Kumanjayi White
Hundreds turned out last night at Sydney Town Hall Square, Gadigal Land, Sydney, ‘Australia’, to hold a vigil for slain Warlpiri man, Kumanjayi White. Last week, White was pinned to the ground until he stopped breathing by an off-duty police member in a Coles supermarket in Mpwante, Alice Springs.
Protesters at last night’s vigil called for an independent investigation - not an internal police led one - while also calling for a dramatic overhaul of police powers in the Northern Territory.
Over 10 years ago, social justice campaigner, Gerry Georgartos, predicted that by 2025, the number of Black deaths in custody since the handing down of the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1998) would reach an estimated 600, and that jail numbers would soar for Aboriginal people across ‘Australia’. His forecasts are close to being realised, despite decades-long warnings from Aboriginal communities and human rights organisations. White’s death last week has been another tragic number added to these statistics.
A march and rally has been called by the Black Caucus for next Saturday at Sydney Town Hall at 5pm.
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Palestine Protest Against Vivid and Air BNB
Photographs of last night’s protest against Air BNB’s sponsorship of Vivid, Sydney’s winter light festival on Gadigal Land.
Air BNB currently operates across illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied West Bank, where human rights violations have been perpetrated against Palestinians by ‘settler’ militia and Israeli armed forces. This is happening during a recent major expansion of Israeli settlements in the Occupied West Bank, as well as during the genocide unfolding across Gaza.
Protesters at last night’s really called for an immediate end to Air BNB’s partnership with Vivid. Several artists have boycotted Vivid as a result, decrying the festival of art-washing genocide..
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Palestine Rally - 600 Days Later
Photographs from last night’s Palestine rally to mark 600 days since Israel’s war on Gaza.
The rally started at Martin Place in Sydney’s CBD, Gadigal Land. Speeches were briefly interrupted by a Zionist, who was taken away in handcuffs by police.
Protesters then marched to Pitt Street Mall.
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Palestine Rally at Prime Minister's Electoral Office
Protesters gathered today at Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s electoral office in Marrickville on Gadigal and Wangal Land to protest against what they assert is Australia’s military trade with Israel.
While the federal government denies such trade, speakers pointed to weapons exports to Israel, including parts for Israel’s F-35 fighters.
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Cut Ties With Trump's America Rally
Photographs from yesterday’s rally against the Trump policies in the U.S.A.
Protestors spoke out against Trump’s punitive policies on refugees, migrants, Palestine and the trans and LGBTQIA+ communities, all of which are said to have repercussions across the world, including here in ‘Australia’.
The rally marched from Sydney Town Hall to the State Parliament of NSW on Macquarie Street.
The protest was organised by Students 4 Palestine.
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Al-Nakba Commemorations, Gadigal Land
Last Thursday, more than 1,000 people gathered in pouring rain at Sydney Town Hall Square, Gadigal Land, Sydney, ‘Australia’, to commemorate 77 years since Al-Nakba (The Catastrophe), the forcible expulsion and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their homelands by Israeli forces in 1948.
The current genocide of Gazans by Israel has been called the second ‘Nakba’ by some, while others say the Nakba has never ended since its inception in 1948.
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Visions From The Netherworlds
Visions From The Netherworlds.
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Robbie Thorpe and Headless George
Krauatungalung-Djapwurrung man and life-long Aboriginal rights activist, Uncle Robbie Thorpe at the beheaded statue of George V, Naarm, Boonwurrung, Kulin Nations, Melbourne, ‘Australia’.
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Camp Sovereignty, Naarm
Robbie Thorpe and Bwewdthan Munji (Mick Thorpe) at Camp Sovereignty, Naarm, Boonwarrung Land, Kulin Nations.
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The Ramifications at the Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne, Naarm
The Ramifications played at the Mission to Seafarers last Saturday night, Melbourne, Naarm.
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Free Palestine Rally - Naarm
Photographs from last Sunday’s Fee Palestine rally in Melbourne, Naarm, Kulin Nations Lands.
The rally began outside the State Library of Victoria before marching to the Victoria Barracks where speakers called for an end to arms sales to Israel.
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Palestinian Pre-Election Debate Rally
Last night, around 150 demonstrators gathered outside the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s studios in Parramatta, Darug Land, for the televised pre-election debate between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton. The protesters called for a halt to Australian arms sales to Israel, despite the Federal Government’s denial, and what they perceive as an anti-Palestinian bias of the ABC. Speakers condemned both major parties for their stance on the war on Gaza.
The rally was organised by Students for Palestine - UNSW and USYD.
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Palm Sunday Rally
Photographs from today’s Palm Sunday rally, traditionally an annual peace and anti-war rally.
Today’s protest marched from Belmore Park to Victoria Park, Gadigal Land.
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La Dolce Vittorio Cabaret
Yesterday, friends, family and colleagues gathered at the East Sydney Community and Arts Centre in Darlinghurst yesterday to celebrate the life of Vittorio Bianchi, a significant cultural figure in Sydney and a worker and owner of the famous Piccolo Bar in Kings Cross since the 1960s. Vittorio passed away last month.
Performers at yesterday’s event included Vashti Hughes (MC), Charles Freyberg, Des the magician, Mia Mortal, Jeannie Lewis, Christine Hughes, Ms. Demeanour, Alison Marshall, Peter Urquhart, Ru Bella, Cindy Pastel and Paul Capsis.
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