In 2008, two small wooden boats, the Free Gaza and the Liberty, sailed to Gaza from Cyprus, carrying 44 international solidarity activists and medical supplies—breaking Israel’s criminal siege of the terriroty.
It tells you a lot about the system we live under that twelve activists on a small yacht called Madleen have done more to try to halt the famine being suffered by 2 million people in Gaza than all the rich and powerful governments of the world.
Victoria’s Labor state government is considering a suite of draconian new anti-protest laws, according to a discussion document being circulated by the Department of Justice and Community Safety.
As mass deportation raids began last Friday in Los Angeles, members of the socialist group Tempest participated in rapid response and other protest efforts to defend immigrants. They compiled and recorded their experiences throughout the weekend.
