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cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/29819894

In short:

Police have seized five posters depicting world leaders in Nazi-like uniforms from the window of a Canberra bar.

The bar was declared a crime scene and was forced to close, while the artist says the works are "clearly satirical".

What's next?

The bar owner says the images are "demonstrably anti-fascist" and that he has no regrets about displaying them.

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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

"In the new legislation, there is a defence carved out in relation to [art and literature], but the defence has to be made out first … it has to be borne out in the court process.

Free speech but only if you go to court to prove you're allowed to say it...

[–] hector@lemmy.today 3 points 4 hours ago

5 years in prison for "hate" as defined by constitutionally dishonest politicians and their lackeys and appointees. Lawyers working for the rich almost all.

At the same time they are trying to cancel jury trials, so their judge, appointed by their dishonest lawmakers, of which the rich captured all major parties leaving no independent leaders, can send you to prison for up to 3 years in the UK without a jury trial, up from 1 year in 2020, because they underfunded and scuttled the workings of the courts and their functioning, for this purpose of cancelling jury trials. Just as they sabotage public services as an excuse to privatize them, popularized form thatcher and reagan eras.

Idk if Australia is doing the same yet, but it's all connected, we've the same rich people across borders, they all talk to each other, influence each other. They will, the more acquittals for bad faith charges like this to protect Israel, the more they will cancel our ancient freedoms from the Magna Carta, the envy of the free world.

For calling a foreign politician(s) fascist, nazi, you are facing 5 years in prison. This is a dangerous precedent to set. We clearly need some popular reform, some leaders to restore our countries, before the far right wins as the protest vote because of rank corruption like this, and uses it to affix themselves in power with US and Russian help and make everything worse.