Chaotic scenes as pro-Palestine activists clash with police in Melbourne

By rachel baxendale

• Victorian Political Reporter
• 8:17PM May 19, 2024
• 843 Comments

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said the Israel-Hamas war was a “federal” problem, as protesters with heads wrapped completely in Palestinian scarves clashed with police outside state parliament, and Labor’s state conference was dominated by attacks on Israel.
Hundreds of police were forced to spend Sunday afternoon keeping the peace outside parliament, after a group of violent pro-Palestine protesters, yelling “intifada” and “from the river to the sea” ­rallied in opposition to a demonstration against anti-Semitism.
The chaos unfolded on Spring Street little more than 24 hours after pro-Palestine protesters had stormed the Victorian Labor Party conference, and the party had passed six anti-Israel motions. While Ms Allan said she was “disgusted” by protesters who “brought violence, homophobia and anti-Semitism to the front door of state conference” on Saturday – preventing some state ministers from entering and yelling a homophobic slur at one – she downplayed non-binding ­motions championed by her Socialist Left faction as a matter for the federal government.
“Foreign policy should be left to the federal government because Australia must speak in one voice on the world stage,” Ms Allan said. “My priority as the state’s Premier is maintaining a cohesive society where all Victorians are safe and respected.”
A spokeswoman for Anthony Albanese said motions at state Labor conferences were “a matter for the party”.
“The government position is very clear and longstanding,” she said.
The issue of Gaza did not feature at what was a much quieter conference on Sunday, although several dozen party members, including delegates who addressed the conference on other issues, chose to wear keffiyeh scarves in support of Palestine.

One motion demanded that the Albanese government support the “inalienable right of self-determination for the Palestinian people”; another called for the end to Israel’s “perpetual military occupation and human rights violations” in Gaza.
On social media, pro-Palestine protesters circulated a poster featuring a jackboot crushing a Star of David to promote their counter-rally ahead the of the “Never Again is Now” rally against anti-Semitism on Sunday afternoon.
As thousands of members of the Jewish community and their supporters, including the Christian founders of the “Never Again is Now” movement, politicians and religious leaders gathered for their rally, pro-Palestine protesters, some of whom covered all but their eyes with keffiyehs, congregated on the other side of a large police cordon, which included public order response and mounted brigades.
At one stage, the pro-Palestine protesters blocked off the ­northern-most entrance to the parliament train station, preventing members of the public trying to attend the rally against anti-Semitism from exiting the station and accusing them of “supporting genocide”

@catturd2

Although these people called us grandma killers, horse paste eaters, and science deniers – and also wished death upon us for being smart enough not to take the jab … I don’t wish any harm or sickness on any of them – I just wished they had listened to us.

Lessons from COVID Totalitarianism

For those who long ago saw through Western governments’ calculated strategy of applying electric shock therapy to freethinkers while handing out toxic cookies to the perpetually-vaxxed, here is something else to ponder for the future.  What we experienced during COVID felt like pure insanity.  Medical doctors betrayed their ethical duties by pushing unnecessary and experimental medical treatments on young and healthy individuals without advising them of potentially catastrophic long-term side effects (otherwise known as obtaining informed consent).  Instead of encouraging people to go outside, engage in physical activity, get some sunshine, and breathe fresh air, municipal tyrants closed playgrounds, ticketed joggers, and trapped people indoors.  When cities such as New York began requiring “vax cards” to move around, a lot of worried people saw what was over the horizon and ran to their local farming store looking for seeds for their home gardens.  Amazingly, some of these stores closed their seed supplies to the public — ostensibly because COVID authoritarians wanted to curtail outdoor activity.  

They WILL try again.

The next time scientists release a bioweapon, Western governments will return to their 2020 mindset.  They will make a hard push for mandatory injections and digital vaccine passports.  They will cultivate citizens’ dependence on government services by limiting their ability to sustain themselves.  They do not want people growing their own food.  To fight totalitarianism, then, grow a freedom garden.

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Calli.
I thought of issuing a warning to lower your expectations about Casablanca.
I think you will find Rabat and Fez more to your liking.
And Marrakesh if you go there.

Milei seems to be everywhere. He was/is now in Spain giving a speech crucifying socialism. It doesn’t appear he’s that busy with his job, seeing all he has to do is close shit down, fire government workers and deregulate the economy.