Over the weekend, 200,000 people marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in solidarity with Palestine. But in Newcastle, a peaceful charity gig raising money for food aid in Gaza was quietly shut down.
Make Some Noise – Stand for Palestine was meant to be a night of music, community, and solidarity. Instead, the venue pulled out the day before after police warned of “credible threats” online. No arrests. No charges. Just enough pressure to cancel a fundraiser for starving kids.
In this interview, we speak with one of the organisers to find out what really happened, why the event was cancelled, and what it says about protest, policing, and Palestine in Australia.
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Michael West established Michael West Media in 2016 to focus on journalism of high public interest, particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy. West was formerly a journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers, a columnist for News Corp and even, once, a stockbroker.
