About 1500 people rallied in Sydney on March 8 in protest against the alleged police violence at this year鈥檚 Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
Police brutality, killings, shootings and violence
I was attending a small but engaging rally against internet spying on September 15, organised by the Pirate Party and others at Hyde Park North, when seven police cars and four-wheel-drives drove into the park and about 20 police officers got out. Protesting members of the Muslim community shouting 鈥淎llahu Akbar!鈥, marched into the park and police told us to hurry and pack up. More police ran, in phalanx formation towards the Muslim rally.
Aboriginal leader Sam Watson discusses the brutal dawn eviction by 300 police of the peaceful embassy in Brisbane; the importance of the Tent Embassy movement; the need for unity to fight the LNP government which he compares to the infamous government of Joh Bjelke Petersen; and where to for the struggle for sovereignty.
- Previous page
- Page 9