Wow, just wow.
18 months ago, Victoria got a pretty sweet statue, helping to balance out the ones of male sporting heroes and genocidaires. There may be some irony here – Zelda D’Aprano was born in a Jewish family (mum became a communist, and I’d be certain Zelda and her mum would be out at the current anti-genocide rallies), but her chains are being banned from use in protest in that state, while I haven’t seen unionists locking on for pay and conditions for awhile, they, and glue, are quite popular for “disruptive” protests, such as blocking coal trains here in the Hunter, or blocking main roads. All very naughty in the pursuit of capitalism. But Australian police are already pretty good at arresting people for their inconveniencing of others –top of the world actually.
It’s the social cohesion “pledge” that really gets me. I’m sure there will be “clarification” about the masks not meaning for health reasons and that they aren’t really wanting to make it easier to pepper spray people who are merely protecting themselves against covid (lol). But the pledge. Keen to see the wording and how it’ll mean you can’t get government funding if you’re against genocide but somehow Zionist organisations will still qualify. Just like how the AJA still gets to stay a charity somehow.
But, Labor isn’t the party of unions and the common worker. They’re loving their role of law maker and punisher. I watched Silent Night Deadly Night this week, and it’s very Mother Superior of them. Reminding us who’s in charge and that punishment is absolute for us naughty little children.
We do of course hope that some of those naughty white boys playing Nazi will be unmasked and revealed to be cops and co we believe they are in their days jobs, but that will come with the pepper spraying of more activists, and the further destruction of the planet and the people of Palestine.
You’re not going to get more social cohesion by taking away rights and exeptionalising one group over another. You need to support and nurture your people. You can’t deprive them by leaving them in poverty or denying them healthcare and expect them to fall into line. Kids in cars at Christmas, in tents all year around, you can’t run a surplus and leave kids unhoused and not expect backlash. Even if we’re banned from masks and chains.
Time for some good old ghosts of Xmas or their earthly brothers, to scare the rich into line.