* Content warning: military violence, atrocities of war, sexual assault, transphobia, suicide.
Frontline community members and activists spoke of their experiences at the hands of the global military industrial complex, and the importance of international solidarity against imperialist structures, at the first planning meeting for Disrupt Land Forces 2024, held at Black Spark Cultural Centre in Northcote on Friday 21st June 2024.
Visit 3cr.org.au/dlf2024 for 3CR's full coverage of events to disrupt the Land Forces expo, which will be held in September 2024.
Speakers:
- Jasper Coen-Hunter, member of the Black Peoples Union;
- Mai Saif, longtime Palestinian activist and organiser and member of Free Palestine Melbourne and the Palestinian Community Association of Victoria;
- Gaby Alamin, Sahrawi educator and member of the Australia Western Sahara Association;
- Marcelo Villalobos, former member of the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front, a guerrilla organisation fighting against Pinochet's dictatorship in Chile;
- Geril, Secretary-General of Anakbayan Melbourne and member of BAYAN Australia, representing the fighting Filipino masses and their struggles;
- Adolf Mora, West Papuan community member and activist;
- Marisol Salinas Caicheo, proud Mapuche Huilliche Indigenous activist from Wallmapu and Puelmapu (Chile and Argentina), long time3CR volunteer programmer (Mujeres Latinoamericanas) and coordinator of the Latin American Solidarity Network.
Facilitated by Nathalie Farah, community organiser and campaigner with Disrupt Land Forces.
Check out our full Disrupt Land Forces 2024 programming throughout the week at 3cr.org.au/DLF2024
