#WorldNews #ClimateCrisis #RisingTideAustralia
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"Newsrooms aren’t covering it, but you should know that an Australian direct action campaign is currently sustaining a #blockade of the world’s biggest coal port.
3 days
170 arrests
hundreds of kayaks
thousands of protesters
the biggest #EnvironmentalProtest in Australian history."
https://x.com/RisingTideAus/status/1860484257996787742?t=u0efTSjydyr9UbhqqEcbHg&s=19
We did it! Over 100 brave everyday people successfully blocked coal exports from the world's largest coal port, while thousands more gathered in support on the beach. Despite attempts to shut down our peaceful protest, we showed that people power can take on the coal industry.
Maybe I read #Orwell's 1984 too many times, but doesn't it seem like handing down harsh prison sentences to #JustStopOil activates for just THINKING about a possible #DirectAction constitute #ThoughtCrime?!!
#TruthTellers #PeopleOverProfits #ClimateEmergency #Ecocide #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest
#CriminalizingDissent
#BiodiversityNecessityDefense
#EarthDefenders #Fascism
#CivilDisobedience #Activism #ClimateStrike #ClimateActivists #HumanRights #SilencingDissent #Corporatocracy
#2023PublicOrderAct #EnvironmentalProtest #CriminalizingDissent
Clashes at Tesla's German plant: Protesters attempt to storm the Grueneheide facility, opposing its expansion due to environmental concerns.
Police detain at least one as around 800 join the protest.
#EnvironmentalProtest: #dissent is vital to protect #democracy
The #UN special rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders is right to warn that a pillar of democracy is under threat in #Britain
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/23/the-guardian-view-on-environmental-protest-dissent-is-vital-to-protect-democracy
#ToryPoliciesInAction #authoritarianism #RightToProtest
#UN expert condemns #UK crackdown on #EnvironmentalProtest
UN special rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders says he is seriously concerned about ‘regressive new laws’
Five examples of the UK’s crackdown on #ClimateProtesters
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/23/un-expert-condemns-uk-crackdown-on-environmental-protest
#ToryPoliciesInAction #RightToProtest #authoritarian #DontLookUp #ClimateCrisis #Environment #Sustainability
‘They Know Who I Am, They Know What I’m Doing’: Arrested #Journalists Speak Out over #NewPolicingAct – Byline Times
Josiah Mortimer talks to Tom Bowles and Rich Felgate who were locked up for covering an #EnvironmentalProtest, and reports on more repressive legislation to come.
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