Ilo diaz
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El que lucha puede perder, el que no lucha ya perdió.
Live in Naarm
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Here is a piece I wrote looking at the historical context that led up to police killing of Abdifatah in Footscray.
I argue that this historical context played a part in the 11 seconds it took for police to locate, call for backup and ultimately kill Abdifatah.
blog.centreagainstracialprofiling.au
I argue that this historical context played a part in the 11 seconds it took for police to locate, call for backup and ultimately kill Abdifatah.
blog.centreagainstracialprofiling.au
Centre Against Racial Profiling
Centre Against Racial Profiling's publications. Carrying on the fight against systemic racism through research, workshops and movement building.
blog.centreagainstracialprofiling.au
June 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Here is a piece I wrote looking at the historical context that led up to police killing of Abdifatah in Footscray.
I argue that this historical context played a part in the 11 seconds it took for police to locate, call for backup and ultimately kill Abdifatah.
blog.centreagainstracialprofiling.au
I argue that this historical context played a part in the 11 seconds it took for police to locate, call for backup and ultimately kill Abdifatah.
blog.centreagainstracialprofiling.au
Victoria Police members have been pushing for more money recently. In view of all the systemic issues Vic Pol have, I don't understand how they still hold both political power and social licence.
Shows how deeply police are embedded in our imagination
Shows how deeply police are embedded in our imagination
December 23, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Victoria Police members have been pushing for more money recently. In view of all the systemic issues Vic Pol have, I don't understand how they still hold both political power and social licence.
Shows how deeply police are embedded in our imagination
Shows how deeply police are embedded in our imagination
Racist thinking leads to racist policy. Victoria's proposed new 'social cohesion' laws will perform safety for some groups, while extending police power to control other groups.
Nothing in this goes towards reckoning with growing white supermacy.
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blog.centreagainstracialprofiling.au
Nothing in this goes towards reckoning with growing white supermacy.
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blog.centreagainstracialprofiling.au
Racial Implications of Victoria's Proposed Protest Legislation
CARP's position on Victoria proposed protest legislation
blog.centreagainstracialprofiling.au
December 21, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Racist thinking leads to racist policy. Victoria's proposed new 'social cohesion' laws will perform safety for some groups, while extending police power to control other groups.
Nothing in this goes towards reckoning with growing white supermacy.
Read more
blog.centreagainstracialprofiling.au
Nothing in this goes towards reckoning with growing white supermacy.
Read more
blog.centreagainstracialprofiling.au
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Despite having the discretion to divert people caught with small amounts of illicit drugs away from the criminal justice system, NSW police used it in just 6.9% of cases. It was only 2.6% for those who were indigenous. Disgraceful. #auspol #NSWpol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
More than 90% of people caught with small amounts of illicit drugs criminalised in NSW despite diversion reforms
Exclusive: Police used discretion to divert just 6.9% of people caught with personal use quantities of drugs from criminal justice system, data shows
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Despite having the discretion to divert people caught with small amounts of illicit drugs away from the criminal justice system, NSW police used it in just 6.9% of cases. It was only 2.6% for those who were indigenous. Disgraceful. #auspol #NSWpol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The police union really showing their colours today. Geez, I wonder who are the ones feeding stories to the media to criminalise protest and poverty.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
November 29, 2024 at 7:02 AM
The police union really showing their colours today. Geez, I wonder who are the ones feeding stories to the media to criminalise protest and poverty.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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alternate timeline where instead of reading to children on 9/11, george bush was in the middle of filming hot ones
November 25, 2024 at 2:11 AM
alternate timeline where instead of reading to children on 9/11, george bush was in the middle of filming hot ones
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Thousands march to New Zealand's parliament in protest of treaty bill – video
Thousands march to New Zealand's parliament in protest of treaty bill – video
The hīkoi mō te Tīriti, or march for the treaty, has arrived at New Zealand's parliament house to protest a bill that seeks to reinterpret the country’s founding treaty between Māori and the crown. Although the bill is unlikely to become law, its introduction has prompted widespread anger among the public, academics, lawyers and Māori rights groups, who believe it is creating division, undermining the treaty, and damaging the relationship between Māori and ruling authorities
Tens of thousands converge on NZ parliament as march to protest controversial Māori rights bill reaches capital
Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:14 AM
Thousands march to New Zealand's parliament in protest of treaty bill – video
What's shocking is the audacity to go to such lengths to set someone up for a crime. I wonder if we've missed other similar cases because of 'churn' culture of our legal system.
November 19, 2024 at 3:56 AM
What's shocking is the audacity to go to such lengths to set someone up for a crime. I wonder if we've missed other similar cases because of 'churn' culture of our legal system.
It's harder for police to control the crime narrative when the 'criminal' is a 95 year old white great grandmother.
But damn it do they try.
"At the police academy we are taught ‘any person with a knife is a danger’,”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
But damn it do they try.
"At the police academy we are taught ‘any person with a knife is a danger’,”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Police officer who tasered Clare Nowland tells court his job was to ‘maintain the peace’
Sen Const Kristian James Samuel White said situation with 95-year-old carrying knife ‘was not going to be resolved without the use of force’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:24 AM
It's harder for police to control the crime narrative when the 'criminal' is a 95 year old white great grandmother.
But damn it do they try.
"At the police academy we are taught ‘any person with a knife is a danger’,”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
But damn it do they try.
"At the police academy we are taught ‘any person with a knife is a danger’,”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“Who wins when they do this...I think the winner is Wilders. And the losers and the victims are Amsterdam society – everyone, the Jews, the Muslims, Christians, everyone.”
It's the same question we should ask ourselves in Australia.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
It's the same question we should ask ourselves in Australia.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
‘Who benefits from this?’ Soul-searching after the Amsterdam violence
Jewish and Muslim communities speak of heightened fears as questions linger about events around football match
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 12:20 AM
“Who wins when they do this...I think the winner is Wilders. And the losers and the victims are Amsterdam society – everyone, the Jews, the Muslims, Christians, everyone.”
It's the same question we should ask ourselves in Australia.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
It's the same question we should ask ourselves in Australia.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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Latest from me: I talk about the need for community self-defense projects, a necessary piece of supporting marginalized communities and any revolutionary project to remake the world. But that defensive work starts with mutual aid and community accountability. www.yesmagazine.org/social-justi...
A Return to Leftist Self-Defense
Communities targeted by escalating right-wing violence are learning from their own histories how to keep each other safe.
www.yesmagazine.org
November 15, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Latest from me: I talk about the need for community self-defense projects, a necessary piece of supporting marginalized communities and any revolutionary project to remake the world. But that defensive work starts with mutual aid and community accountability. www.yesmagazine.org/social-justi...
“We are all sick of this stuff,” she said, refering to the protests (not the genocide).
I feel like the thing that is missing is that politicians are treating the right to protest, and a commercial corporate event as the same moral equivalent.
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
I feel like the thing that is missing is that politicians are treating the right to protest, and a commercial corporate event as the same moral equivalent.
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Premier Allan spins anti-genocide protest as 'War on Christmas' - The Shot
They're just lying about basically everything now, hey?! Good times! I don't know what I'm meant to put in this little box. Free Palestine.
theshot.net.au
November 15, 2024 at 5:26 AM
“We are all sick of this stuff,” she said, refering to the protests (not the genocide).
I feel like the thing that is missing is that politicians are treating the right to protest, and a commercial corporate event as the same moral equivalent.
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
I feel like the thing that is missing is that politicians are treating the right to protest, and a commercial corporate event as the same moral equivalent.
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
"What happened today, ... was they had all these kids together... and the cops turned up with five car loads of cops then proceeded to arrest three young boys...handcuff them in front of all the other kids."
Imagine the harm police have just caused to this community
nit.com.au/14-11-2024/1...
Imagine the harm police have just caused to this community
nit.com.au/14-11-2024/1...
BREAKING: WA Police target Indigenous youth rehabilitation event, arresting three boys in front of other children
Police arrived without warning at a youth rehabilitation event co-run by the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA with five cars, arresting three boys participating in the program on Thursday.ALS WA chief e...
nit.com.au
November 14, 2024 at 9:46 PM
"What happened today, ... was they had all these kids together... and the cops turned up with five car loads of cops then proceeded to arrest three young boys...handcuff them in front of all the other kids."
Imagine the harm police have just caused to this community
nit.com.au/14-11-2024/1...
Imagine the harm police have just caused to this community
nit.com.au/14-11-2024/1...
"police later dismissing a pig heart being dumped at Burgertory’s door as “just littering”'
Police strategically use discretion to select who they think is worthy of safety and who isn't. They also own crime narratives.
Well done Hash on pushing back on vicpol.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Police strategically use discretion to select who they think is worthy of safety and who isn't. They also own crime narratives.
Well done Hash on pushing back on vicpol.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Burgertory owner reveals further ‘twisted act’ in open letter to police
Burgertory owner Hash Tayeh has hit out over revelations police knew his Melbourne restaurant was allegedly burned down for political reasons and put the force “on notice”.
www.theage.com.au
November 14, 2024 at 8:12 PM
"police later dismissing a pig heart being dumped at Burgertory’s door as “just littering”'
Police strategically use discretion to select who they think is worthy of safety and who isn't. They also own crime narratives.
Well done Hash on pushing back on vicpol.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Police strategically use discretion to select who they think is worthy of safety and who isn't. They also own crime narratives.
Well done Hash on pushing back on vicpol.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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As parliamentarians gathered for a preliminary vote on the bill on Thursday, Te Pāti Māori MPs physically tore a copy of the bill, stood and began a haka.
New Zealand Parliament suspended after haka protest
As parliamentarians gathered for a preliminary vote on the bill on Thursday, Te Pāti Māori MPs physically tore a copy of the bill, stood and began a haka.
www.abc.net.au
November 14, 2024 at 8:21 AM
As parliamentarians gathered for a preliminary vote on the bill on Thursday, Te Pāti Māori MPs physically tore a copy of the bill, stood and began a haka.
It's getting ridiculous how lawyers for police are trying to make a 90 year old sound like a serious police threat so intense, they needed to taser her.
There is no excuse here.
There is no excuse here.
A staff member at the Cooma aged care facility where Clare Nowland was tasered by a police officer tells a jury the elderly woman had thrown a knife at her beforehand.
Court told 95yo threw a knife at an aged care worker in the hours before being tasered by police officer
A staff member at the Cooma aged care facility where Clare Nowland was tasered by a police officer tells a jury the elderly woman had thrown a knife at her beforehand.
www.abc.net.au
November 14, 2024 at 6:16 AM
It's getting ridiculous how lawyers for police are trying to make a 90 year old sound like a serious police threat so intense, they needed to taser her.
There is no excuse here.
There is no excuse here.
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Hey ex Twitter people, just a heads up that under Elon's terms and conditions, as of this Friday he can use all of your tweets to feed his LLM. You can only stop it by deleting your tweets.
November 13, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Hey ex Twitter people, just a heads up that under Elon's terms and conditions, as of this Friday he can use all of your tweets to feed his LLM. You can only stop it by deleting your tweets.
Remember that time when ASIO was like 'right-wing extremism is in the rise' and every police body was like 'yeah, we agree'
But Vic Pol was like 'yea but antifa and extreme left too'
And everyone rolled their eyes.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
But Vic Pol was like 'yea but antifa and extreme left too'
And everyone rolled their eyes.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
'Touch our kids, it's over': Neo-Nazi issues chilling warning to authorities
An ABC investigation has uncovered a disturbing escalation in rhetoric from prominent neo-Nazis in Australia, including comments about encouraging violent crime.
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Remember that time when ASIO was like 'right-wing extremism is in the rise' and every police body was like 'yeah, we agree'
But Vic Pol was like 'yea but antifa and extreme left too'
And everyone rolled their eyes.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
But Vic Pol was like 'yea but antifa and extreme left too'
And everyone rolled their eyes.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Ex AFP officer is found with meth 50 times more than the threshold for trafficking and is charged with a lower offence.
It's madding how much slack we give police officers. They hold extraordinary power over people. They should be held to extraordinary standards
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
It's madding how much slack we give police officers. They hold extraordinary power over people. They should be held to extraordinary standards
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
AFP officer caught with 200 grams of meth avoids jail
In 2022, William Wheatley was found with a quantity of methamphetamine 50 times higher than the threshold for trafficking.
www.theage.com.au
November 13, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Ex AFP officer is found with meth 50 times more than the threshold for trafficking and is charged with a lower offence.
It's madding how much slack we give police officers. They hold extraordinary power over people. They should be held to extraordinary standards
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
It's madding how much slack we give police officers. They hold extraordinary power over people. They should be held to extraordinary standards
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Thought I'd run some things past my most talkative colleague today about Anthropic working with Palantir.
They were not impressed.
https://www.techopedia.com/news/anthropic-joins-forces-with-palantir-for-defense-projects
They were not impressed.
https://www.techopedia.com/news/anthropic-joins-forces-with-palantir-for-defense-projects
November 12, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Thought I'd run some things past my most talkative colleague today about Anthropic working with Palantir.
They were not impressed.
https://www.techopedia.com/news/anthropic-joins-forces-with-palantir-for-defense-projects
They were not impressed.
https://www.techopedia.com/news/anthropic-joins-forces-with-palantir-for-defense-projects
If my maths is correct, IBAC, the body in charge of independent complaints investigation of VicPol investigated 2% of complaints made to them.
Not sure we can say we have an independent complaints system with those kind of numbers. #PoliceOmbudsmanNow
#AusPol #VicPolWatch
Not sure we can say we have an independent complaints system with those kind of numbers. #PoliceOmbudsmanNow
#AusPol #VicPolWatch
November 11, 2024 at 10:51 PM
If my maths is correct, IBAC, the body in charge of independent complaints investigation of VicPol investigated 2% of complaints made to them.
Not sure we can say we have an independent complaints system with those kind of numbers. #PoliceOmbudsmanNow
#AusPol #VicPolWatch
Not sure we can say we have an independent complaints system with those kind of numbers. #PoliceOmbudsmanNow
#AusPol #VicPolWatch
"But the Amsterdam riots also have a context, and Israel is unwilling to address it ... After all, it did not erupt like this before the war in Gaza."
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...
The Amsterdam attack shows Israelis' denial of the reality they created | Opinion
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www.haaretz.com
November 11, 2024 at 9:41 PM
"But the Amsterdam riots also have a context, and Israel is unwilling to address it ... After all, it did not erupt like this before the war in Gaza."
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...
"After arriving home, some Israeli fans and those who greeted them at the airport repeated the incendiary chants against Arabs and Gazans"
It's deliberate self censorship by NYT. Despite the facts, they still frame it as antisemitic violence in the first paragraph
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/w...
It's deliberate self censorship by NYT. Despite the facts, they still frame it as antisemitic violence in the first paragraph
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/w...
How Attacks on Israeli Soccer Fans in Amsterdam Unfolded
Antisemitic assaults on visiting Israeli soccer fans, and incendiary chants and attacks by some Israelis: Here’s what we know so far about the violence in Amsterdam last week.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2024 at 1:40 PM
"After arriving home, some Israeli fans and those who greeted them at the airport repeated the incendiary chants against Arabs and Gazans"
It's deliberate self censorship by NYT. Despite the facts, they still frame it as antisemitic violence in the first paragraph
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/w...
It's deliberate self censorship by NYT. Despite the facts, they still frame it as antisemitic violence in the first paragraph
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/w...