Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies president Jason Steinberg said the protest made Jewish people feel less safe in Brisbane.
“The events of last night really have reached a new low in terms of antisemitism in Queensland,” he said.
“What we saw was a rabid mob intimidating Jewish people in a way that we have not seen before in Queensland – and it’s unacceptable.”
If you feel targeted by this, then maybe stop being a Zionist...
“This was a Jewish event. They attacked a Jewish event, and therefore it’s antisemitic,” he said.
They werent "attacked", they were boycotted. And they werent boycotted because they are jewish, but because they are Zionists.
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Zagorath - 6mon
Absolutely disgusting reporting of this came out of the Murdoch press, who just completely ignored the fact that the organisation being protested was explicitly zionist (as in, it's literally in their name). They just whinged about a "rabid mob intimidating Jewish people" celebrating their holiday. And the rhetoric from our Lord Mayor has been equally deplorable.
Well done to these workers and to all those who supported them.
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maniacalmanicmania - 6mon
Why were donations disabled? Did they raise what they needed?
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zero_gravitas - 6mon
$2,000 was the goal, yeah
Updates (1)
4 June 2025
by Ari Russell, Organiser
Thank you to everyone who has chipped in to support the workers at The Wickham who took bold action against their employer Aus Venue Co and the State Zionist Council of QLD. Our goal of $2,000 has now been reached and their missed wages have been covered!
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Zagorath - 6mon
Can we standardise around the original URL in the post field and archives in the body? Doing it that way helps Lemmy's auto-detection of cross-posts (including incidental cross-posts) work.
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eureka - 6mon
Good on you for sharing the wage fund.
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PunnyName @lemmy.world - 6mon
Hell yeah!
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Wmrus @lemmy.world - 6mon
The article just says it was a "White Shavuot Party" which just seems to be a Jewish tradition, does anyone have any evidence that it was a pro Israeli event?
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Drop Bear - 6mon
@Wmrus
The involvement of the Zionist Council seems to be what triggered the reaction. @zero_gravitas #AusPol
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Wmrus @lemmy.world - 6mon
Yeah fair enough, it's been a long day, I didn't see that part
zero_gravitas in australianpolitics
Brisbane hotel workers walk off the job to protest over Zionist-booked event
https://archive.is/8j6tROriginal URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/brisbane-hotel-workers-walk-off-the-job-to-protest-over-zionist-event-20250601-p5m3x3.html
The community has since raised $2,000 to cover lost wages for workers who walked off the job: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-wickham-workers-bds-lost-wages
If you feel targeted by this, then maybe stop being a Zionist...
They werent "attacked", they were boycotted. And they werent boycotted because they are jewish, but because they are Zionists.
Absolutely disgusting reporting of this came out of the Murdoch press, who just completely ignored the fact that the organisation being protested was explicitly zionist (as in, it's literally in their name). They just whinged about a "rabid mob intimidating Jewish people" celebrating their holiday. And the rhetoric from our Lord Mayor has been equally deplorable.
Well done to these workers and to all those who supported them.
Why were donations disabled? Did they raise what they needed?
$2,000 was the goal, yeah
Can we standardise around the original URL in the post field and archives in the body? Doing it that way helps Lemmy's auto-detection of cross-posts (including incidental cross-posts) work.
Good on you for sharing the wage fund.
Hell yeah!
The article just says it was a "White Shavuot Party" which just seems to be a Jewish tradition, does anyone have any evidence that it was a pro Israeli event?
@Wmrus
The involvement of the Zionist Council seems to be what triggered the reaction.
@zero_gravitas
#AusPol
Yeah fair enough, it's been a long day, I didn't see that part