That. Was. Glorious. We disrupted a massive arms fair. During seven days of creative, ingenious, staunch, peaceful, collaborative actions, over three hundred people spoke truth to the power of the war makers at Brisbane’s Land Forces weapons expo. Our Festival of Resistance unfolded in a whirlwind of humanity discovering itself, as we supported each other […]
We really disrupted Land Forces!
Welcome Fire – remember the Frontier Wars and disenfranchisement of First Nations across the world Disrupting the delivery of autonomous (drone) tanks Weapons Manufacturer tour – trail of blood – fascists way Quakers arrested serving Thales with charges of war crimes Blockading deliveries to the weapons expo AGAIN Occupying a Rheinmetall tank in the Land […]
Activists stop armed vehicles entering Land Forces weapons expo
GREEN LEFT WEEKLY Kerry Smith May 28, 2021 In a spectacular start to the Disrupt Land Forces, a week-long festival of resistance, anti-militarism activists blocked two military vehicles from entering the Brisbane Convention Centre on May 27. Four people climbed on top of a Rheinmetall’s armed drone and Ripleys armed truck as they entered the […]
The disruption begins
By ANDY PAINE 27 May 2021It was Thursday afternoon peak hour in South Brisbane, soundtracked as usual by trucks rumbling down the busy thoroughfares of the area. But these were not the usual trucks, and the response to them was not the customary indifference we give to our surroundings on busy city streets. Two trucks […]
