Thousands of anti-war and pro-Palestine protesters descended on the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Southbank this morning aiming to disrupt the opening day of the Land Forces military expo.
Around the country, tens of thousands of the workers who build, tear down and rebuild our cities were out in the streets on 27 August. For a few hours, the workers who make our cities brought them to a halt.
The battlelines on campuses have been drawn. On one side is the enormous institutional support for the military-industrial complex and the highly militarised state of Israel. On the other side is a movement of students and staff desperate to show solidarity with the people of Palestine.
