photos from israel [email protected]

[rioters bloc]

we had an action on wednesday, on "israeli day" (a day set up by a zionist club at uni to celebrate israel :rolleyes: )

anyways, here's a quick debrief on what happened:

they (awjs) were having a bbq on the concourse at uts, with their israeli flag and blue and white cupcakes with mini israeli flags stuck into them. four of us went up on to the concourse and mingled with the crowd there (people who were eating the bbq/waiting in line as well as other students hanging out on the couches). these were to be the "palestinians"

another four of us dressed up in identical army combat gear, complete with helmets and metal replica guns (which looked chillingly realistic). anyways, security found out what we were up to and told us that we couldn't go up onto the concourse. we chatted to them for a long time, told them that we weren't planning on being violent or stopping people from enjoying the bbq. there wasn't much they could do, it being a public university and all.

the four of us in idf gear walked up onto the concourse and started grabbing our "palestinian" friends out from the rest of the crowd, and dragged them to an open space near the bbq. we started to throw them around, kicking at them and calling them "arab filth" and "palestinian scum" etc. they resisted, yelling "no peace without freedom" and calling us dogs, but we subdued them with our brute military force of course, people stopped talking and watched us instead, during which time two other activists went around to everyone handing out leaflets containing information about Israeli atrocities, and leaflets on the anti-war teach-in tomorrow.

we gagged and blindfolded the "palestinians", and put the israeli flag over their bodies. then one of my fellow idf soldiers started to talk about how if people wanted to celebrate israel day, we wanted to show them what israel is actually about.. that what they had just seen played before them was the daily reality of so many palestinian lives. he was an awesome speaker.

some people from awjs started to speak too, and we had a bit of a debate but it was really confusing :S for example, i brought up the fact that many students studying in the gaza strip had to travel through three different countries to get back to the west bank to see their relatives, because it was too dangerous to travel through the occupied territories. the zionist i was arguing with responded "well then maybe egypt should defend its borders better to stop them getting through!" which wasn't the point i was trying to make at all :S one guy got the shits at us for using the israeli flag and "dragging it" along the ground, but security told him to calm down.

anyways, it lasted about 15 minutes and afterwards we went around and talked to students (a coupla people wanted to have their photo taken with me :S). one guy came up and told me that he was a zionist who was interested in setting up jew-arab discussion groups on the issue at uts, similar to something he'd started at mac.. i told him that i was neither jewish nor arab but that i'd be happy to help set up discussion groups around the issue of the palestinian struggle.. perhaps even organise an open forum sometime soon.

all in all i was really happy with the outcome. we managed to get our message across to a large numebr of students through theatre and leafletting... as an awareness raising action, i thought it was heaps successful

sorry about the blurriness of the photos, i'm never giving my camera to that particular friend again :P although to be fair i spose we were moving around a lot ;)

also got the whole thing on film, w00t!

[rioters bloc]

matt being grabbed by an idf soldier

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/562/mattwalterlt7.jpg

[rioters bloc]

us beating down on the palestinians

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[rioters bloc]

blindfolding/gaggin etc

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/3858/soldiers1zg7.jpg

[rioters bloc]

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/5547/amberrachid3.jpg

[rioters bloc]

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/5247/flag2dk7.jpg

[Wiesty]

Brilliant man, brilliant.







..............fucking zionists

[Tower of Bebel]

Very good!

[Tekun]

A masterpiece of ingenuity and creativity :)
*claps profusely*

Good to see u got the message across

[Ian]

This rules


(PS. What was served at the bbq? was it free? I hope theres something like this at macquarie)

[rioters bloc]

sausages and cupcakes, and yep it was free.

afterwards the pres of awjs (who ive had a coupla classes with last year) came into the students association to offer us some cupcakes.. my friends flatly refused (cos they had israeli flags in them... and also cos it was clearly a "peace offering" and yeah, was so dodgy.) but they looked yum :(

by the way i have a friend at mac who was interested in doing something similar, but wasn't sure when/if awjs were doing israel day there

[chebol]

Now there was a good idea.... (blows knowingly on fingernails, then polishes them on chest) ;)

Nice pics RB.

We missed it on UNSW - found out it was Tuesday on the day (Res had a film screening there). Pity - UNSW is the AUJS heartland in Sydney, where they tend to call security on people who don't like the occupation (ie. us).

Mac Uni almost certainly would have one too - the only question is 'have we missed it?'.
(Note to self- check out UWS.... not that'd be interesting..... UWS Bankstown Israel Day - :lol: :ph34r: )

[rioters bloc]

haha, ye i met walter for the first time at this action, he seems cool B)

i don't think mac have had one yet cos i'm pretty sure my friend woulda known about it and she says she hasn't seen anything around.

and [email protected] israel day - smashy smash smash!

did you end up coming to the teach-in at all? :P

[chebol]

Nah..... the concept of preventive sentencing smashed my ability to stay awake at about 5:30 am. Then I was playing catch-up with my old mate vicarious liability all day. Sounds like it was good though....

Yeah. Wally - el gaucho baludo. :lol:

Hey, do you remember/ did you hear about the installations that Zanny Begg did a year or so ago of cardboard cut-out IDF soldier "check-points" across the city? And the response?

[rioters bloc]

Originally posted by [email protected] 16 2006, 08:12 PM
Hey, do you remember/ did you hear about the installations that Zanny Begg did a year or so ago of cardboard cut-out IDF soldier "check-points" across the city? And the response?
i didn't see them, but i heard about it... what was the response?

[chebol]

Correction - US soldiers....
It's been a while...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Uproar...rom=moreStories (http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Uproar-over-council-ban-on-antiwar-art-display/2005/02/05/1107476853983.html?from=moreStories)

[chebol]

Still managed to tie one on the cut-outs up to the pole at Forbes tho'. ;)

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

That's right, smack down those palestinians! Zionism FTW!


:ph34r:

I mean, good show.

[Ian]

Originally posted by rioters [email protected] 16 2006, 07:59 PM
haha, ye i met walter for the first time at this action, he seems cool B)
pretty sure I used to be in a dsp (WEST SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE) branch with him, probably doesn't remember me though. this is 3 or 4 years ago.

[rioters bloc]

i think he was out of australia for the last year/s or so. bolivia and some other places. which is why i think i haven't met him before now. i'll ask him about you ;)

[Black Dagger]

Originally posted by rioters [email protected] 16 2006, 02:25 PM
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/5547/amberrachid3.jpg
:blush:

[Ian]

wait... chillingly realistic? a green plastic thing?

[rioters bloc]

no, the rest of us had metal ones. she used that one cos it made machine gun noises when you pressed the trigger :P

[midnight marauder]

Awesome work

Keep it up comrade!

:wub:

[Black Dagger]

Originally posted by rioters [email protected] 17 2006, 01:55 PM
no, the rest of us had metal ones. she used that one cos it made machine gun noises when you pressed the trigger :P
Her gun is the best!!! :D

[rioters bloc]

Originally posted by Black Dagger+Sep 17 2006, 03:23 PM--> (Black Dagger @ Sep 17 2006, 03:23 PM)
rioters [email protected] 17 2006, 01:55 PM
no, the rest of us had metal ones. she used that one cos it made machine gun noises when you pressed the trigger :P
Her gun is the best!!! :D [/b]
her gun or her "gun"? :P

[Black Dagger]

Stop making me feel dirty, i'm a nice boy :)










Both of em <_<

[rioters bloc]

awwwww i think it&#39;s cute :)

so you gonna join res now, BD? :D ;) :D ;)

[Rollo]

RB where did you get those replicas? Everytime I try to buy one I end up looking at guns from ww1.

[Ian]

Originally posted by rioters bloc+Sep 17 2006, 05:29 PM--> (rioters bloc @ Sep 17 2006, 05:29 PM)
Originally posted by Black [email protected] 17 2006, 03:23 PM

rioters [email protected] 17 2006, 01:55 PM
no, the rest of us had metal ones. she used that one cos it made machine gun noises when you pressed the trigger :P
Her gun is the best&#33;&#33;&#33; :D
her gun or her "gun"? :P [/b]
does she have a penis?

[Rollo]

Originally posted by Ian+Sep 17 2006, 05:52 PM--> (Ian @ Sep 17 2006, 05:52 PM)
Originally posted by rioters [email protected] 17 2006, 05:29 PM

Originally posted by Black [email protected] 17 2006, 03:23 PM

rioters [email protected] 17 2006, 01:55 PM
no, the rest of us had metal ones. she used that one cos it made machine gun noises when you pressed the trigger :P
Her gun is the best&#33;&#33;&#33; :D
her gun or her "gun"? :P
does she have a penis? [/b]
Why wouldn&#39;t she have a penis? Stop asking stupid questions.

[Black Dagger]

Originally posted by Ian+Sep 17 2006, 05:52 PM--> (Ian @ Sep 17 2006, 05:52 PM)
Originally posted by rioters [email protected] 17 2006, 05:29 PM

Originally posted by Black [email protected] 17 2006, 03:23 PM

rioters [email protected] 17 2006, 01:55 PM
no, the rest of us had metal ones. she used that one cos it made machine gun noises when you pressed the trigger :P
Her gun is the best&#33;&#33;&#33; :D
her gun or her "gun"? :P
does she have a penis? [/b]
She&#39;s got everything :wub:

[Ian]

She doesn&#39;t have Dreamboat Davey

[chebol]

Oi&#33; Down boys&#33; Down&#33; :angry: There&#39;s more of them thar IDF soldiers where that lot came from, doncha know.

[Clutch]

[CHILDLIKE VOICE]Aww, but I want that one. She has a penis...[/CHILDLIKE VOICE]

;) :lol:

[Rollo]

Would have been funnier if it was Gir.

[Vladislav]

someone should&#39;ve dressed as papa smurf.

If macqurie uni has one I&#39;ll jig school to see it.

[chebol]

True, it would be funnier. ;)


[CHILDLIKE VOICE]Aww, but I want that one. She has a penis...[/CHILDLIKE VOICE]


[SCOTTISH PATERNALISTIC VOICE]Now there, laddy. Don&#39;t you go believin&#39; all the stories that those bad boys at school tell yer. She hasn&#39;t got one, and that&#39;s a fact. Now run along and play with yer uncle Albert. [/SCOTTISH PATERNALISTIC VOICE]

[Black Dagger]

Originally posted by [email protected] 17 2006, 10:04 PM
Oi&#33; Down boys&#33; Down&#33; :angry: There&#39;s more of them thar IDF soldiers where that lot came from, doncha know.
Lies&#33; There&#39;s only one as far as i&#39;m concerned :D

Now stop being so protective, and leave me to wollow in my marxist fantasies&#33;

She gave me a free copy of GLW a few weeks ago :wub:

[chebol]

Lies&#33; There&#39;s only one as far as i&#39;m concerned

Now stop being so protective, and leave me to wollow in my marxist fantasies&#33;

She gave me a free copy of GLW a few weeks ago

:angry:

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

This has become a rather strange thread :D

[Ian]

Originally posted by [email protected] 18 2006, 02:05 AM

Lies&#33; There&#39;s only one as far as i&#39;m concerned

Now stop being so protective, and leave me to wollow in my marxist fantasies&#33;

She gave me a free copy of GLW a few weeks ago

:angry:
I was at some rally and a few DSP dudes came up and after I told them I was in res and dsp they started trying to give me green lefts, it&#39;s like you don&#39;t even wanna sell them. :P

[chebol]

Truly, we don&#39;t. if we could afford to give &#39;em away all the time we would. And sometimes we do. (Although it sounds more like they were trying to get you to sell, rather than buy...).

[Ian]

probably.

I bought a resistance magazine cos I remember how much of a pain they were to sell sometimes and how costly they were to produce and all the efforts peeps went to to write em.

[rioters bloc]

i always just say i read the website...

...which i do. on occasion.

[Black Dagger]

Originally posted by [email protected] 18 2006, 11:40 AM
Truly, we don&#39;t. if we could afford to give &#39;em away all the time we would. And sometimes we do. (Although it sounds more like they were trying to get you to sell, rather than buy...).
Well here&#39;s my thoughts on the GLW that i got (number 680)


- Really enjoyed all the stuff about on the war in lebanon/israel/iraq - all that kind of stuff, all really good pieces, and worth reading.

-Really enjoyed all the stuff about the fight against IR reform, all the info on strike (and solidarity0 actions, related prosecutions from around the country, all worth reading, informative etc.

-Didn&#39;t care too much about Dick Nichols article, &#39;Global imbalances and financial volatility&#39;- fuckin boring-as eco piece, i couldnt finish reading it was such a chore.

-Didnt care too much about all the venezuela shit, even though i like chavez to some degree (his provocations of the US are pretty funny), the &#39;viva chavez&#39; stuff is a little old, eh.

-Really enjoyed the article on Tahiti, and the other bit of &#39;world news&#39;, the Tahiti article was the best though.


So yeah, i liked everything except for the dry economics article and all hoo-har about the venezuelan &#39;revolution&#39; :)

[chebol]

Talk about thread drift&#33;&#33; :P

rioters bloc Posted on Sep 18 2006, 11:33 PM

i always just say i read the website...

...which i do. on occasion.

Which? Read the website, or say that you read the website? Doncha know that Ether costs money?? ;) And you can still give us all that lucious money that you have stashed away in your mattress. :lol:


Black Dagger Posted on Sep 19 2006, 12:58 AM

Well here&#39;s my thoughts on the GLW that i got (number 680)


- Really enjoyed all the stuff about on the war in lebanon/israel/iraq - all that kind of stuff, all really good pieces, and worth reading.

-Really enjoyed all the stuff about the fight against IR reform, all the info on strike (and solidarity0 actions, related prosecutions from around the country, all worth reading, informative etc.

-Didn&#39;t care too much about Dick Nichols article, &#39;Global imbalances and financial volatility&#39;- fuckin boring-as eco piece, i couldnt finish reading it was such a chore.

-Didnt care too much about all the venezuela shit, even though i like chavez to some degree (his provocations of the US are pretty funny), the &#39;viva chavez&#39; stuff is a little old, eh.

-Really enjoyed the article on Tahiti, and the other bit of &#39;world news&#39;, the Tahiti article was the best though.


So yeah, i liked everything except for the dry economics article and all hoo-har about the venezuelan &#39;revolution&#39;


Glad you liked it - you should subscribe. ;) (sub = no free GLW from the IDF&#33;)

I&#39;ll pass your comments - not that it&#39;ll make any difference. Dick&#39;s series on global economics ain&#39;t going away (and I like economics, would you belive - it&#39;s easier than law).

And as for the Venezuela stuff, well.... there is a revolution going on over there old chap... and it&#39;s not done and dusted just yet. Dunno if "old" is really the word for it. Plus the developments in Bolivia. It&#39;s worth keeping a close eye on what&#39;s going on over there. (Not enough ecuador articles tho&#39;) :rolleyes:


Hey Ian, which rally was that at??

[Rollo]

I went looking for the resistance HQ in brissy and got sidetracked, byt the time I remembered I had to go find the building I was on the sunshine coast.

[rioters bloc]

Originally posted by [email protected] 19 2006, 01:11 AM
rioters bloc Posted on Sep 18 2006, 11:33 PM

i always just say i read the website...

...which i do. on occasion.

Which? Read the website, or say that you read the website? Doncha know that Ether costs money?? ;) And you can still give us all that lucious money that you have stashed away in your mattress. :lol:
lol i do read the website&#33;&#33; and it doesn&#39;t cost money if you read it at uni, or if you were gonna be paying for the net at home either way ;)

there are a lot of really good writers and i&#39;m with BD on the quality of the articles. i find them infinitely interesting most of the time.

but ye, i&#39;m trying out this thing now called "saving money" where i&#39;m tryna live off youth allowance and saving my wages so i can maybe go to east timor sometime soon...

it&#39;s been like 3 weeks and i&#39;ve managed so far. although i now have &#036;3.60 left in my bank account (centrelink pays me today though, w00t&#33;)


(and I like economics, would you belive - it&#39;s easier than law).

everything is easier than law.

or at least, less dense :/

[rioters bloc]

Originally posted by [email protected] 17 2006, 05:45 PM
RB where did you get those replicas? Everytime I try to buy one I end up looking at guns from ww1.
my friend rihab borrowed 4 off her friend (along with the 4 uniforms and helmets and flag)

i&#39;ll ask her about it next time i see her :)

[Ian]

Originally posted by [email protected] 19 2006, 01:11 AM
Hey Ian, which rally was that at??
There was some nighttime vigil, i dunno the exact date, maybe like 25th of july? it was at town hall