Liam Parry was arrested last month for using a Palestinian liberation slogan at a student protest. Now, he is standing in Brisbane’s Stafford byelection for the Queensland Socialists.
Roughly 40 boats have set sail from Barcelona to participate in the flotilla to Gaza. Neve O’Connor, a Melbourne student and support worker, spoke to Red Flag from on board one of the vessels.
Those who support Palestine should reject the Israel-centric view of the world that far-right pundits are pushing. It feeds the antisemitism of the right and blunts criticism of US imperialism.
The Palestine movement has become the core issue animating a bitter anger at the system among a new layer of leftward moving young people and millennials. And, significantly, those who march have felt themselves part of an international struggle.
Our leaders talk of peace. In reality, we are witnessing the beginning of the brutality that is to come if the capitalists are allowed to blast their way through in the coming decades.
The Palestine movement worldwide must keep marching, striking, occupying and sailing for a complete end to genocide—not just what Israel started fast-tracking in 2023, but the longer-term genocide of Palestinians it’s been carrying out since 1948.
