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[-] [email protected] 33 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies president Jason Steinberg said the protest made Jewish people feel less safe in Brisbane.

“The events of last night really have reached a new low in terms of antisemitism in Queensland,” he said.

“What we saw was a rabid mob intimidating Jewish people in a way that we have not seen before in Queensland – and it’s unacceptable.”

If you feel targeted by this, then maybe stop being a Zionist...

“This was a Jewish event. They attacked a Jewish event, and therefore it’s antisemitic,” he said.

They werent "attacked", they were boycotted. And they werent boycotted because they are jewish, but because they are Zionists.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

Absolutely disgusting reporting of this came out of the Murdoch press, who just completely ignored the fact that the organisation being protested was explicitly zionist (as in, it's literally in their name). They just whinged about a "rabid mob intimidating Jewish people" celebrating their holiday. And the rhetoric from our Lord Mayor has been equally deplorable.

Well done to these workers and to all those who supported them.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Good on you for sharing the wage fund.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Can we standardise around the original URL in the post field and archives in the body? Doing it that way helps Lemmy's auto-detection of cross-posts (including incidental cross-posts) work.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Is Magan-djin another/new/better ortogtaphy for Meanjin or is it a different thing?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Both have been used as alternative names for Brisbane, I couldn't tell you if one is better than the other, seems like it's disputed:

Part of the Brisbane conurbation is located on traditional indigenous land known also as Meanjin, Meaanjin, Maganjin or Magandjin amongst other spellings.[32] There is a difference of opinion between local traditional owners over the spelling, provenance and pronunciation of indigenous names for Brisbane.[33] Tom Petrie in 1901 stated that the name Meeannjin referred to the area that Brisbane CBD now straddles. Some sources state that the name means 'place shaped as a spike' or 'the spearhead' referencing the shape of the Brisbane River along the area of the Brisbane CBD.[34][35][36][37] A contemporary Turrbal organisation has also suggested it means 'the place of the blue water lilies'.[38] Local Elder Gaja Kerry Charlton posits that Meanjin is based on a European understanding of 'spike', and that the phonetically similar Yagara name Magandjin — after the native tulipwood trees (magan) at Gardens Point — is a more accurate and appropriate Aboriginal name for Brisbane.[39]

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane#Toponymy

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

The article just says it was a "White Shavuot Party" which just seems to be a Jewish tradition, does anyone have any evidence that it was a pro Israeli event?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

@Wmrus
The involvement of the Zionist Council seems to be what triggered the reaction.
@zero_gravitas
#AusPol

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Yeah fair enough, it's been a long day, I didn't see that part

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago
[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Why were donations disabled? Did they raise what they needed?

[-] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

$2,000 was the goal, yeah

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4 June 2025
by Ari Russell, Organiser
Thank you to everyone who has chipped in to support the workers at The Wickham who took bold action against their employer Aus Venue Co and the State Zionist Council of QLD. Our goal of $2,000 has now been reached and their missed wages have been covered!

this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2025
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