Australian pseudo-left downplays police rampage in Sydney, promotes appeals to Labor after Herzog visit
Friday, February 13, 2026
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Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Sydney to denounce Herzog's visit, but were met with a police rampage, including unprovoked violent assaults, with 27 people arrested and 10 facing serious charges, as reported by Oscar Grenfell on February 13, 2026.
The pseudo-left organization Socialist Alternative (SAlt) has been criticized for downplaying the police violence, with their publication Red Flag omitting key details, such as the number of arrests and injuries, and instead focusing on the turnout of protesters, with quotes like "They wanted to silence us. They failed" that ignore the severity of the situation.
The NSW Labor government's actions, supported by the federal government led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, have been condemned as a shift towards a police-state, with the use of "major event" legislation to ban a planned march, and the union leadership's silence on the issue has been noted, as reported by the World Socialist Web Site.
