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An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by SarahFromOz@lemmy.world to c/australia@aussie.zone

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More info on the Queensland laws: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/05/queensland-pro-palestinian-phrase-ban-river-to-sea-laws-ntwnfb

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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 10 points 5 days ago

Close. There are two potentially relevant Farnam songs that may have been conflated in this discourse. One is That’s Freedom, which includes the lines "From the mountain to the valley / From the ocean to the alley / From the highway to the river". And the other is Two Strong Hearts, which repeatedly uses the line "Reaching out forever like a river to the sea". Neither quite uses "from the river to the sea", but together they give the same sort of impression.

[-] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 8 points 5 days ago

I didn't expect John Farnham scholarship as part of this topic, but I'm into it.

[-] cdzero@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

You're the voice we needed on this.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

Thanks, I appreciate that. But I'm just some random white dude on the Internet. The voices we really need are more prominent figures (including politicians) who can greatly influence their followers, brave anti-zionist Jewish people who can provide a clear counterexample to Israel's false conflation, and the voices of the people directly affected by Israel's genocidal activities.