{"id":38939,"date":"2015-08-28T18:37:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T08:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=38939"},"modified":"2015-08-31T21:43:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T11:43:24","slug":"borderforce-or-borderfarce-operation-fortitude-gets-in-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=38939","title":{"rendered":"#BorderForce or #BorderFarce : Operation Fortitude gets in the sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Department of Incarceration & Bloody Policing<\/strike> Immigration & Border Protection organised a media event @ 2pm @ Flinders Street station in Melbourne today in order to celebrate the arrival of ‘Australian Border Force’.<\/p>\n

Ka-POW!<\/p>\n

But things didn’t go quite as they had planned …<\/p>\n

\u2022 How the Operation #BorderForce fiasco unfolded<\/a>, Angus Holland, The Age<\/em>, August 28, 2015.
\n\u2022 Australian Border Force blames farcical events in Melbourne on ‘low level’ official \u2013 live<\/a>, Paul Farrell, The Guardian<\/em>, August 28, 2015.
\n\u2022 Twitter tracked to downfall of Operation Fortitude one Simpsons meme at a time<\/a>, Kate Aubusson, The Sydney Morning Herald<\/em>, August 28, 2015.
\n\u2022 A Solemn Recap Of That Time The Australian Border Force Nearly Invaded Melbourne<\/a>, Meg Watson, Junkee, August 28, 2015.
\n\u2022 Border Force: Operation Fortitude cancelled as protesters take to Melbourne’s CBD streets<\/a>, Alana Schetzer and Tammy Mills, The Age<\/em>, August 28, 2015.
\n\u2022 Australian Border Force\u2019s visa crackdown dumped after backlash<\/a>, Anthony Dowsley, Alex White, Chanel Kinniburgh and AAP, Herald Sun<\/em>, August 28, 2015.
\n\u2022 ‘Clumsy’ Operation Fortitude nothing to do with Minister’s office, ABF head says<\/a>, Stephanie Anderson and Sacha Payne with AAP, SBS, August 28, 2015.<\/p>\n

\u2022 XBORDER<\/a> : xclnt blog detailing nature of border policing in Australia : On-Water Operations \/\/\/ Internment Industry Supply-Chains & Infrastructure \/\/\/ Precarious Lives \/\/\/ Global Problem, Global Links, Global Campaign \/\/\/ Antiracism \u2013 Alerta, Antifa
\n\u2022 Creation of a Racist State? My VISA is my Skin Colour #MyVisaIsMySkinColour<\/a>, RISE, August 28, 2015.
\n\u2022 Explainer: What is the Australian Border Force?<\/a>, ABC, August 28, 2015.
\n\u2022 If Border Force acts like this in Melbourne, what do they do offshore?<\/a>, Jeff Sparrow, The Guardian<\/em>, August 28, 2015.
\n\u2022 Border Force operation reflects a disturbing attitude<\/a>, Human Rights Law Centre, August 28, 2015.<\/p>\n

Bonus lulz!<\/h2>\n