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"If there was any doubt about neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell’s racist and
anti-democratic attitudes, they were dispelled on the morning of September 2
when he gatecrashed a press conference by Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan and
Treasurer Jaclyn Symes. In disrupting the conference, Sewell yelled that
Australians did not have the right to protest and made the false claim that
50,000 protesters attended the “March for Australia” rally in Melbourne over
the weekend.
The press conference was abandoned and Allan subsequently put out a statement
saying she was unharmed and undeterred. She added:
But this isn’t about me. It’s about all the other people in the community
who Nazis target – like multicultural people, LGBTIQA+ people, First
Peoples, and Jews.
The symbolism of Sewell’s actions went well beyond the disruption of a press
conference. It was an attempt to insert a neo-Nazi presence into the democratic
process, and served to underline what was really behind the weekend’s events."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
