Hi fellow peepz! Asking for a friend which is staying near cairns atm, are there any squat/social centre in the area?

I looke on squat radar but couldn't find anything

thanks on advance =)

Steel yourselves, fellow Redditors, as I come bearing shocking news from the western frontier of this Great Stolen Land.

Long have I quested for the scent of anarchy, from the fathomless depths of DuckDuckGo searches to the poisoned wastelands of Facebook, but now I must conclude that the lost city of Perth is not the hotbed of revolutionary spirit absolutely fucking no-one assumed it to be.

Anyway, if anyone here knows what's cracking in Perth or wants to organise, hit me up.

In the meantime, I've compiled a list of organizations and adjacent for the whole of Australia that may be helpful to someone.

Feel free to share missing info on the groups I've listed, or let me know of any I might have missed / any other things of interest. I'll try to keep the list updated.

Last edit 19/6/23

#Groups / Organisations

##General

• Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation Australia
• Industrial Workers of the World Australia
• [Anarchism in Australia Facebook] (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1048266218534852/)

##Indigenous

• [Blackfulla Revolution] (https://www.facebook.com/ourcountryourchoice/)
• Indigenous Anarchists in so-called Australia
• [Black Peoples Union] (https://www.facebook.com/BlackPeoplesUnion)
• [Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance] (https://www.facebook.com/WARcollective/)

##VIC

• [Melbourne Anarchist Club] (https://mac.anarchobase.com/) - status uncertain
• [Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group] (https://melbacg.wordpress.com/) - ancomm - active
• [Geelong Anarchist Communists] (https://www.facebook.com/GeelongAnarchistCommunists%5C%5D) - ancomm - active

##NSW

• [Black Flag Sydney] (https://blackflagsydney.com/%5C%5D) - ancomm - active
• [Jura Books] (https://jura-books.mailchimpsites.com/) - a bookstore, but it appears there is a collective associated with the store too.

##QLD

• [Anarchist Communists Meanjin] (https://acmeanjin.org/) - ancomm, syndicalist / platformist - active

WA

• Anarcho-syndicalist Federation WA - I was under the impression these guys had shut down for some reason? Should've listed them anyway. DYOR.
• I'm trying to get something started up at the moment. Message me, and I'll add you to it.

##SA

##NT

##TAS

##ACT

#Mutual Aid

• [Food not Bombs Melbourne] (https://fnbmelb.noblogs.org/) - active

• [Food not Bombs Sydney] (https://www.facebook.com/foodnotbombzsydney/) - active

• [Food not Bombs Brisbane] (https://www.facebook.com/groups/72865851069/) - active

• Disability Justice Network

#Legal Support

• Copwatch - good info on dealing with oinkers; they've got an app, too, but it has mixed reviews

• Legal Aid

• ACT

• NSW

• NT

• QLD

• SA

• TAS

• VIC

• WA

• Aboriginal Legal Service

• ACT

• NSW

• NT

• QLD

• SA

• TAS

• VIC

• WA

• Community Legal Centre

• ACT

• NSW

• NT

• QLD

• SA

• TAS

• VIC

• WA

#News / Media / Publishing

• [Red & Black Notes] (https://www.redblacknotes.com/)

• [Green Left] (https://www.greenleft.org.au/) - news (published by the Socialist Alliance, but I think it's relatively non-sectarian)

• [Resistance Books] (https://www.resistancebooks.com/) - bookstore

• [Yeah Nah Pasaran] (https://open.spotify.com/show/64t976Zwix2PFoVujX23BV) - podcast

#Antifa

• Melbourne Antifa

• Antifascist Action Sydney

• Antifascist Action Brisbane

• Antifascist Action Adelaide

• White Rose Society

• Andy Fleming

• Tom Tanuki

#Other

• Eco-shout - directory of environmental groups

• [Radical Guide] (https://www.radical-guide.com/) - directory of radical groups

• Friends of the Earth Australia - federation of environmental direct-action groups

• Reason in Revolt - radical history

• Freegan.info - self-explanatory

Taken from the Global Nonviolent Action Database.

• Australian Aboriginal workers strike for fair wages and equality, 1946-1949
• Australians Blockade World Economic Forum - 2000
• Australians campaign against nuclear power and uranium mining, 1974-1988
• Australian citizens force end to nation’s military participation in Vietnam War through Vietnam Moratorium Campaign 1970-1971
• Australians general strike for right to unionize, Brisbane, Australia, 1912
• Australian women protest conscription during Vietnam War [Save Our Sons (SOS)], 1965-1972
• Greenpeace pressures Coca-Cola to phase out HFC refrigeration for Olympic Games in Australia 2000-2004
• Indigenous Gurindji win land rights in Australia (Wave Hill Walk Off) 1966-1975
• International environmental group Sea Shepherds defends whales in the Antarctic Ocean, 2012-2013
• Tasmanian Wilderness Society blocks dam construction (Franklin River Campaign) 1981-83
• Torres Strait Islanders hold maritime strike against pearling industry, 1936
• Torres Strait soldiers stage stay-at-home strikes to demand full pay and an end to discrimination in the army, 1943
• University of Sydney students uncover and protest discrimination of Aboriginal people in New South Wales, 1965

And from Wikipedia:

• 1917 Australian general strike
• 1938 Dalfram dispute
• 1949 Australian coal strike
• 1971 Harco work-in
• Aboriginal Tent Embassy
• Billy Hughes egg-throwing incident
• Cummeragunja walk-off
• Darwin rebellion
• Green ban
• Matagarup Refugee Camp
• Miranda Gibson
• Mudginberri dispute