One man was arrested in Melbourne, with police deploying crowd control measures including OC (or pepper) spray, flash-bangs and rubber bullets during a tense stand-off with counter protesters.
One man was arrested in Melbourne, with police deploying crowd control measures including OC (or pepper) spray, flash-bangs and rubber bullets during a tense stand-off with counter protesters.
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maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone · 15 pts · 298d
TheBat@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 298d
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 298d
There's no need for a 'hmmm...', those shitheads are open, Hitler-heiling Nazis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Network
TheBat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 298d
star@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 298d
Banned from Australia? Well the governments tolerate abusive cults and neo-Nazis. The NSN hasn't yet made it onto the official terrorist organisations list over here. (No, I'm not exaggerating when I say 'cult')
Or if you meant banned from the event: it's because they were heavily involved in organising it in every state, they're effectively running the rally as a front. They're not going to ban themselves from their own rally. Mainstream outlets like ABC and The Age summarised this before the rallies, journalist Tom Tanuki has made in-depth videos detailing the evidence.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 298d
Bevase they're not protesting Climate change.
DreamAccountant@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 298d
This guy... National Socialists, you say? Perhaps I should be wary, instead of, you know, fighting against the nazis trying to take over my country.
I will squint now.
eureka@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 297d
I hear a lot of theorists talk about how being involved in a movement forces people to come to terms with the reality of it. Propaganda often doesn't hold up against what's in front of your face. And it's reassuring to see that it's sometimes the case.
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 297d
From the main rally organiser Natasha Wanganeen:
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 297d
Apparently this guy turned up to the anti-racism.rally uninvited and tried to make it all about him by having a press conference of sorts. Was a Trumpet of Patriots candidate at election. So it's not like he's had a change of heart. Opportunist looking to self-promote and wants to wash stink of NSN off any future tilt at office I guess.
eureka@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 296d
Oh yuck. Big tent is one thing, but someone just opportunistically doing this is not on.
Tau@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 298d
Pity they swapped out one of the Canberra pictures since I read the article earlier, I found it amusing how well the roadworks sign works with a protest crowd:
star@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 298d
Finally, a protest with a clear demand. Down with roadwork!
Salvo@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 297d
These are Fascist, Racist, Culturalist Rallies. They can charitably be called “Anti-Immigration” rallies or “Isolationist” rallies.
They are not “Immigration” rallies in any sense.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 297d
Authoritarians always hold counter protests, always.
expect more nazis
also, I noticed youtube is becoming infested with "Nativist" channels. They push an agenda, push "fact" based vidoes while not explaining which argument they are supporting.
Question everything. Do not accept any facts as presented, no matter who.
Wahots@pawb.social · 1 pts · 297d
This could be an astroturfing account from a troll farm.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 297d
or I could be a long time poster
eureka@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 297d
It's strange that this comment is demanding skepticism while declaring "Authoritarians always hold counter protests, always."
To contradict that assertion: The flash bang video in that article clearly shows many flags front and centre of the Melbourne counter-protest are anarcho-socialist flags. Out of all political currents, it's tough to get any more anti-authoritarian than them.
And, as we've seen, the March for Australia protests that these people are counter-protesting is organised and led by neo-Nazis, Nazism being infamously and proudly authoritarian.
Looking at history, I don't think "authoritarian/anti-authoritarian" is a useful lens for analysing state politics [further reading], but if we're using it, we can tell that the counter protest is not the authoritarian side. I mean, some of them are literally throwing things at the authority, how could they be any clearer.
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 297d
Fucking useless advice.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 297d
why should I believe you that it's useless advice?
Skepticism and careful questioning has served humankind very well. Without it you'd be an antivaxxer, eh
eureka@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 297d
Well then don't stand in front of nazis.
English police officers in Brighton figured this one out and let the '43 Group throw bricks at the BUF, Mosley didn't appear in public again.
manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 294d
Seeing some photos online that did not make it into the media, its clear the rocks that are noe famous only appeared after the cops had been pepper spraying, shooting, and lobbing granades at anti-racists for two hours
the police picked them up from outside the state library, where they had forced the rally back to by the end of the day