Ch4 doc shows Starmer's ban on Palestine Action was done to protect the arms industry Palestine Action wasn’t banned because it’s a terrorist organisation. It was banned because large corporations, like the Elbit weapons firm, have captured the UK government

Lord Hain explained that, when MPs & Lords were presented with an amendment to the Terrorism Act in 2020 under which Palestine Action has now been proscribed, the govt had made explicit assurances that criminal damage to property – Palestine Action’s modus operandi – would not qualify as terrorism

Israel has lost all sense of humanity. The same can be said for the U.S. Partners in crime that are now beginning to fail because of public pushback. Keep protesting. Keep boycotting. You will win and they will fail.

This statue sure could be moved on.

Thanks @mholsworth.bsky.social great article. Very true

'it is important to remember that in Australia, it is not a crime for mining companies to destroy Indigenous cultural heritage, but it is a crime for Indigenous people, or their allies, to destroy monuments to colonials stealing their land.'

Statue Wars 2026 There were earlier skirmishes, isolated attacks, but the statue wars started in Cape Town in 2015, when Chumani Maxwele poured a bucket of shit on a statue of Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape…

My latest blog post is about the ongoing post-colonial statue wars in Melbourne. melbourneartcritic.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/s...

I saw this sign at the anti-genocide/anti-Herzog rally in Melbourne, and I knew the artist Peter Tyndall must be holding it. So I went over to say hi and find out what his acrostic means.

If a community finds comfort a violent, racist with multiple accusations of inciting genocide...what does it say about that community?

Haven't seen any journalists ask our spineless pro Israel govt why a representative of a govt currently engaged in genocide deserves "respect"
#auspol

Israel's Plan to Artwash Genocide at the Venice Biennale The artwork at the heart of the pavilion promises to continue the project of denying Palestinian existence.

Must read: @adambroomberg.bsky.social writes about Israel’s plan to artwash genocide at the Venice Biennale: “This is the danger of the liberal Zionist position. It offers the language of conscience and dialogue while absolving itself of engagement or responsibility.”

How did it go?

Dont rely on the UN. They didnt stop Israel's Gaza genocide.

People have to mass organise and shut everything down indefinitely until the regime is out. Have to impact commerce and wealth of the oligarchs.

Maybe former ABC journalists like @bronwynhill1.bsky.social can explain why the ABC just doesn't drop the other shit, like politics non-stop and go to live emergency broadcasting?

Can't the ABC drop politics or sports coverage for five bloody minutes?

Angus Taylor still hasn't explained the water theft #auspol

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Live: Minns admits clashes 'don't look good' but defends police after Herzog rally clashes Twenty-seven people were arrested, including 10 for assaulting police, on Monday night at a demonstration against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia.

You can contact the ABC News Verify team via the form at the bottom of this article:

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Fresh video shows police pushing protester before fight broke out A new video filmed by a bystander and shared with ABC NEWS Verify shows the full minute before two police officers began punching a protester, shedding light on the beginning of the altercation.

Incredible footage - a new video shows a full minute before an incident where an protest attendee was repeatedly punched by police. Both the Premier and NSW Police have told us not to judge 30 second videos because we don't know what preceeded them. Well...

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

The ABC calling it a fight is bs jfc

Palantir fasicitis

Very relevant, especially since the 9th rally in Sydney

And here I was thinking that it was @albomp.bsky.social that had been bought and paid for by the Zionist lobby. Minns makes Albo look like a Muslim sympathiser

Australian writers’ festival bans Randa Abdel-Fattah in pro-Zionist purge backed by Labor Abdel-Fattah’s removal from the literary festival is part of a coordinated drive by Labor governments—state and federal—and the rest of the political establishment to suppress all opposition to all im...

Former NSW Labor Premier Bob Carr joined the pile-on against Abdel-Fattah, telling the Guardian that he believed some of Abdel-Fattahs previous statements were “counterproductive to the Palestinian cause” and that the festival board had made the right decision.

"The Israel lobby in Australia is a foreign influence operation. It's designed to put the interests of Israel above Australia & its foreign policy."
—Former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr

In an era of rampant corruption, this is what naming insidious power looks like.

Ancient Gunaikurnai scar trees at risk as erosion eats away Sale Canal Ancient river red gums and Gunaikurnai scar trees along the Sale Canal are again at risk — not from axe or fire, but from erosion. C S Hughes reports.

Along the quiet banks of the Sale Canal, stretching from the Port of Sale to the Thomson River, ancient river red gums and Gunaikurnai scar trees are again at risk — not from axe or fire, but from erosion. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1447/ne...

As an elderly woman at Monday's protest against the visit of Herzog I believe it was @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social job to protect us, his citizens, not a genocide-promoting president of a rogue foreign state.

Premier thanks Israel friends, bashes Australian enemies | The West Report - Michael West "Thank you friends" NSW Premier Chris Minns told Israel supporters to warm applause at the ICC dinner in Sydney. While, nearby, at the Sydney rally against Israel President Isaac Herzog, his police we...

"Thank you friends" Chris Minns tells Israel event to warm applause. Then his police attack his citizens.

We dissect the bizarre reac, media agenda, the lies.
#auspol #Herzog
michaelwest.com.au/premier-than...

I couldn't bring myself to watch Parliament today, I've seen more than enough sick shit to last a lifetime of late. Didn't need to have our complicity further proven, and I have no desire to witness yet another debasement ritual for Albanese.

The critically endangered bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma) in the open ocean with an associated tuna school - Marine Biodiversity Marine Biodiversity -

And to be fair, we had a hint about this from a previous paper, but it was for a single animal and so I, like many others, dismissed it as a one-off.
"The critically endangered bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma) in the open ocean with an associated tuna school"
dx.doi.org/10.1007/s125...

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

'For safe keeping'

Politician at heart of $80 million Cayman Islands Watergate scandal quits Opposition front bench…

…In a bid to become leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.

Israel cuts off water and electricity to UNWRA HQ in East Jerusalem.