Slaughter's Notebook
I write at The Indypendent, The Public Record, others. Follow me @DustinSlaughter. Photojournalism at The Slingshot: http://thedavidandgoliathproject.tumblr.com/
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Photo reblogged from The People's Record
Pro-Palestinian protesters burn effigy of Premier Ted Baillieu opposing Israeli apartheid
Police moved in to stamp out the flaming effigy minutes after it was lit, sending toxic smoke wafting through the mass of chanting protesters. Activists from Students for Palestine torched the dummy outside the Hotel Windsor on Spring Street, where the Israeli Ambassador to Australia and Mr Baillieu are attending a gala dinner to celebrate 64th anniversary of the creation of Israel.
Mounted police were called in to control the crowd, which spilled onto Spring Street several times, affecting traffic.
Movement spokesman Jerome Small said he didn’t think burning an effigy of the Premier was too extreme.
“We think it’s a disgrace our premier is supporting an apartheid regime, that’s why we’re burning the effigy,” he said.
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Photo reblogged from The People's Record
Here’s What’s Happening Now in Israel!
June 02, 2012
Today in Israel, thousands took to the street in at least three of Israel’s largest cities, another sign that the energy and organization of last year’s broad protest movement in Israel is reigniting. More than 5,000 took to the streets in Tel Aviv, Saturday’s largest protest.
Protesters were seen holding signs with messages like “Capitalism isn’t kosher,” and “The people demand social justice!”
The 2011 Israeli Social Justice Protest Movement
From July to October of 2011, hundreds of thousands took place in regular protests in Israel often referred to as the “2011 Israeli social justice protests.”
In August and September of 2011, exploded with much larger protests and public support with their tent encampments. The protests paralleled the Occupy Movement and are sometimes included in the movement, referred to as “Occupy Israel,” and “Occupy Tel Aviv.” Whatever the title, the movement expresses the same kind of dissatisfaction with capitalism, the status quo and institutionalized social injustice.
2012
Like the Occupy Movement, things have been quieter for the Israeli Social Justice Movement in 2012 than they were in the second half of 2011. However, over the last month the movement has conducted several coordinated protests, each gaining momentum and progressively getting larger. Today marks the largest coordinated protests from the movement since October of last year.
-R.Cunningham
