Students across Melbourne walked out of class on Thursday afternoon to join the school strike for Palestine in the CBD, defying several Australian politicians' urges to stay in school.
They marched down Swanston Street, blocking traffic, through Melbourne Central and up to the state library carrying flags and chanting free free Palestine'. To strike for Palestine is to defy our principals and politicians who tell us we don't know what we're talking about, one of the speakers, year 11 student Audra, told the crowd. I walked out of school today with all of you to take a stand on the right side of history.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan had previously said she expected students to be in school on school days but that monitoring attendance would be up to individuals and individual schools. Deputy Premier Ben Carroll went harder and said ahead of the strikes: You want to change the world? You attend school and get educated.
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