More than a dozen people have been arrested after train stations, ports and parts of Australia's biggest cities were disrupted by protesters against the war in Gaza. Pro-Palestinian group A15 Action called on supporters to blockade "the arteries of capitalism" as part of Monday's extensive action, saying "the global economy is complicit in genocide".
"It makes you distraught to see the kind of violence that is going on that we are funding with our tax dollars," one protester, Ollie, told AAP. "It makes complete sense that we the people of Brisbane, and the people of Australia want to do something about it." Near Hobart, protesters shut down operations at a workshop of Currawong Engineering after entering its factory.
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