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Anti-war activist to face court over 'From the River to the Sea' banner

Jim Dowling was arrested outside Boeing's headquarters in Brisbane earlier this year.

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Peter Riley 1d ago

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/queensland-hate-speech-laws-man-pleads-insanity/106561934

#AntiWar #FromTheRiverToTheSea #Gaza #Palestine #Solidarity

Man accused of 'river to the sea' offence tells cout he wants to 'plead insanity'

Jim Dowling is charged with one count of publicly displaying a prohibited expression after displaying a sign reading "from the river to the sea, Brisbane will be free of Boeing."

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Peter Riley 1d ago

“Australian arms-weapons exports”(bloody War profiteers)

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/14/palestinian-groups-legal-action-australian-arms-weapons-exports-israel-ntwnfb

#Gaza #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #Palestine #Solidarity

Palestinian groups launch legal bid to shed light on Australian arms export permits to Israel

Three human rights groups are seeking to subpoena permit documents from Richard Marles

The Guardian

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Peter Riley 1d ago

https://theconversation.com/drones-and-other-uncrewed-capabilities-to-be-a-big-feature-of-new-national-defence-strategy-280461

#Drones #militaryindustrialcomplex

Drones and other uncrewed capabilities to be a big feature of new National Defence Strategy

The government will invest between $12–15 billion in uncrewed and autonomous systems over the next decade to 2035–36.

The Conversation

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Peter Riley 2h ago

https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-project-maven-put-ai-into-the-kill-chain

#Ai #drones #killchain #Maven #militaryIndustrialComplex #Surveillance

How Project Maven Put A.I. Into the Kill Chain

Gideon Lewis-Kraus reviews “Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare,” by Katrina Manson, about Drew Cukor and military uses of A.I.

The New Yorker