Tag: protest

The “Protest” Against the Brisbane Drag Queen Duo

13/01/2019

What I thought would be a rather small, local story in the South East Queensland area, having first seen the associated video on a Facebook group for QUT, has turned into a national story with the Guardian, the ABC, and social media (mainly Twitter) taking hold of it. I’m surprised that I’m surprised about that, and I decided against writing a post about it last night, but with more information coming to light and some interactions I have seen take place, I feel it’s worth discussing a few points.

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Capitalism Hasn’t Changed

09/11/2019

I’ve recently started reading The ABC of Anarchism (originally Now and After and What Is Communist Anarchism) by Alexander Berkman, and while a lot of the references made do show the age of the book, published in 1929, there are still many relevant observations and similarities to the modern age. The main one, with its many facets, is that capitalism hasn’t really changed much over the years, other than finding more efficient methods of concentrating even more wealth into fewer hands.

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The Protests Will Continue

10/10/2019

There were more Extinction Rebellion protests in Australia today. I wasn’t a part of it, but I was in Brisbane and watched on for a moment as Elizabeth St was closed. Some pedestrians got angry at a protester, people were arrested and dispersed, and at the time I went by there were more police and ES vehicles than anything else. Then earlier today I have seen more arguments for and against the protests and other various happenings.

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Sky News Is Deaf to Reality

05/09/2019

To say this of any of the Murdoch press seems pretty redundant, seeing as their sole purpose is to spread misinformation and spark divisions between people while corporate money flows behind the scenes. You can’t even call it ‘deaf’, because they can hear it loud and clear, yet ignore it wilfully, either intentionally or out of stupidity. A recent Chris Kenny interview with BCC Councillor Jonathan Sri is a blatant case of this.

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Independence for Hong Kong Means Independence

03/09/2019

I read an article from a pro-Beijing journalist stationed in Hong Kong. There are a number of reasons why I find it surprising that Counterpunch, an alternative ‘left-wing’ outlet most times, published this piece, not the least of which is its anti-democratic stance. But a key point that does need to be made about the protests in Hong Kong is that independence doesn’t just mean independence from China, but also from Western interference.

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The ‘Inconvenient’ Protest

28/08/2019

The Australian had a headline saying that there was havoc in the CBD. Pauline Hanson called protesters ‘serial pests’, and Lord Mayor of Brisbane (Adrian Schrinner) said they were ‘worse than the CFMEU’ and doubled down on his ‘extremist’ comment. Even friends sent me annoyed messages. That’s it everyone, they caught us, civil liberties are just too inconvenient a responsibility to have laying about.

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