Jayne Duggan

Accused of many things. Guilty of all of it. Country girl. Loves Melbourne. Community is the antidote.
Direct beneficiary of the theft of Wadawurrung country.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Tony Blair?
Hell no.
Hands off Palestine.

Shall we meet in The Hague perhaps?

[Dr Sheep Person Podge @noplaceforsheep]

If you attempt to assassinate ceasefire negotiators while simultaneously escalating your slaughter in Gaza, I think you’ve established genocidal intent beyond all doubt.

[Nick Riemer @NickRiemer1]

Paul Keating from the Sydney branch of the Maritime Union of Australia: we will not load boxes for Israel.

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

Israel now attacks Qatar, the neutral state hosting the peace talks. Clearly, Butcher Netanyahu is not interested in peace nor the return of the hostages. Israel has become a terrorist state. https://t.co/3KcaJUfnqs

[Jayne Duggan @JayDuggan]

Two things stand out for me about the @charliekirk11 assassination: a) he’s been very vocal about #GazaGenocide and #EpsteinFiles and b) gun violence is rarely the weapon of left wing activists…

[Jayne Duggan @JayDuggan]

Social media has shown the horror of #Gaza and exposed the control exerted on our government as they uncomfortably deny the reality every day. Laid bare too, is the media complicity in presenting the expedient narrative.

@AlboMP @SenatorWong @AustralianLabor

[Adam Houda @LawyerAdamHouda]

"God, this is a genocide. There is no other word for it" - former Premier of NSW & former Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr. #GenocideinGaza #IsraeliNazis #FreePalestine #auspol

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

Athens has a gutsy Mayor.
‘Israeli Ambassador to Greece Noam Katz told the Kathimerini daily in comments published today that Israeli tourists felt “uncomfortable” in Athens because Mayor Haris Doukas does not act against “organized minorities” who put up anti-Jewish graffiti.

Doukas responds within hours on X: “We have proved our strong opposition to violence and racism and we do not take lessons in democracy from those who kill civilians. Athens, capital of a democratic country, fully respects its visitors and supports the right of free expression of its citizens. It is revolting that the ambassador concentrates on graffiti (that is clearly wiped off) while an unprecedented genocide is taking place in Gaza.”’
Link below

[cmdibley @cmdibley]

To those LNP mouthpieces criticising the disruption to ‘every day Australians’ caused by yesterday’s march: all those people marching were every day Australians who gave up their Sunday to walk in pouring rain for something other than themselves. #MarchForHumanity

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

🇦🇺doesn’t have a gas shortage- we’ve got a gas export problem.

¾ of our gas is exported, much of it for free. Meanwhile households & businesses are paying high prices.

Last year I proposed a gas reservation to fix this.
Businesses & unions back it too.
https://t.co/AmBukgjWui

[Craig F̶o̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ @Craig_Foster]

Politics rarely leads.

The most important social and political change has, and by design must, always come from the people.

Unfortunately, it takes too long, as politics resists, media condemns.

As history shows, everyone has something to protect, a reason not to be brave.

Sometimes, it happens faster, because something triggers the masses. A threshold is reached. People can’t stand anymore.

They take to the streets, risk themselves, choose what is right over what is safe, the zeitgeist shifts, and politics responds.

There were extensive anti-apartheid protests in Australia over 40 years, for example, spanning from the late 1940’s through the 1980’s.

The 1971 South African Springbok rugby union tour of Australia sparked widespread protests across the country.

Activists disrupted matches, blocked team movements and led marches, resulting in arrests, a state of emergency in Queensland, and the cancellation of a planned cricket tour.

Eventually, Australia applied sanctions and in some ways, led. Today, we are immensely proud of the role we played.

The patterns are not new. They just repeat.

Those Australians carried a fierce love, the kind that doesn’t back down, the kind humanity most needs.

Standing against genocide, apartheid, illegal occupation, the deliberate starvation of children and for all innocent people is never wrong.

Doesn’t matter where it is.

It is confronting, yes, irrespective of the media framing or power dynamics of today, Australia will take immense pride that 300,000+ people chose to confront mass injustice, protect innocent children, support international law, commit to shared humanity and demand a just peace.

Unfortunately, it’s not enough.

It’ll take many more.

The children of Gaza will need you, too.

[Kate Emerson 🇵🇸 🔻🍉 @KateEmersonBri]

Rubbish. I am a Jew and Israel must be dismantled. It is a Zionist colonialist illegal project and must be ended.

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

Total. Insanity.

We have to start putting Australians ahead of the gas industry and multinationals that are leaching off us.

How is it a radical idea for them to pay us for the gas they export and also pay tax on profits?

[Jayne Duggan @JayDuggan]

@mu59432643 @lesstenny Complicity in a genocide is evil. I was a Labor voter, but I can’t vote for evil.

[Jayne Duggan @JayDuggan]

F@ck Israel. May it go the way of N@zi Germany and apartheid South Africa! As a nation state, it has earned the same fate.

#FreePalestine #Gaza

[Dr Sheep Person Podge @noplaceforsheep]

Whether I make a difference or not -
I’m fucking calling out Israel till my dying breath.

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

Time for Australia to sanction Israel and recognise the Palestinian state. Handwringing, pious platitudes, and calls for restraint are no longer enough. Israel is conducting a genocide of the Palestinian people. We need to say it. Out loud.

[Tony Windsor @TonyHWindsor]

NSW Premier @ChrisMinnsMP knows as well as anyone the proposed Harbour Bridge March could help stop the slaughter in Gaza. The Bridge is the global image of Australia.
But let’s have a “fun run”and turn the other way.
Try being a leader Premier you might do some good.

[Jayne Duggan @JayDuggan]

@AlboMP What would this young bloke say about you allowing a genocide in Gaza because you don’t have the backbone to put an embargo on Israel?

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

The absolute incapacity of Western leaders to enforce intl law when it comes to Israel is EPIC.

Ministers, Prime Ministers, Presidents of Republic:

Doing NOTHING, diverting attention, sanctioning individual ministers IS NOT enforcing the intl law that was developed after the Holocaust and WWII to prevent another Holocaust and WWII.

At this critical point,
Your states have a CLEAR obligation to:
1. Sanction Israel
2. Impose a total arms embargo (no buy, no sell, no transfer, direct or indirect)
3. Break the siege (send navies instead of dropping food on the head of starving genocide survivors)
4. Suspend all trade agreements with Israel till the end of the genocide, occupation and apartheid.
5. Investigate and prosecute individuals and orgs that have committed crimes in the oPt.

Together we can, and we will.

[Jayne Duggan @JayDuggan]

@Peter_Fitz When they’re this wrong, don’t tell them.