DoomsdaysCWJul 20, 2023

So, it's okay to destroy #Indigenous heritage sites, pollute the planet, and appoint corporate lackeys to advisory boards -- but if you protest and cause disruption, you could face arrest?

The Australian #climate #protesters cast as extremists

By Hannah Ritchie, BBC News Sydney, July 19, 2023

"In May, after several #ExtinctionRebellion protests, the South Australia government introduced a A$50,000 maximum fine and three months jail for anyone 'recklessly' obstructing public spaces, while laws passed in New South Wales last year created a two-year maximum prison sentence for acts disrupting major roads or facilities.

"#England, #Wales and parts of #Canada and the #USA have also adopted similar laws aimed at blocking disruptive climate activism.

"In Western #Australia, climate protesters say they have been 'disabled' by intimidating raids, strict bail conditions and orders which give authorities access to their devices and ban them from communicating with peers.

"According to Ms Grix, these tools were originally intended to deal with gangs and drug dealers.

"'To apply [that]... to climate defenders, who are protesting about environmental concerns, seems to be a massive overreach,' she says."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66185377

#PetroStates #HexonExxon #ExxonKnew #ShellKnew #BPKnew #LockUpTheRealCriminals #Corporations #Mockingjay #Protests #ClimateActivism

The Australian climate protesters cast as extremists

Counter-terror police have raided the homes of a swathe of Australian environmental activists.

Show threadgeobeckJul 20, 2023

@DoomsdaysCW
The previous government in Alberta, Canada passed a "Critical Infrastructure Protection Act," which was specifically intended to circumvent the right to protest.

Protest groups started handing out info sheets with the wording and legal analysis of the sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that guarantees that right.

Show threadEmpiricismJul 24, 2023

@geobeck @DoomsdaysCW

It's a back to front political system when the protesters have the higher moral ground than the governments.

Show threadDoomsdaysCWJul 24, 2023
@empiricism @geobeck Power, corruption and lies isn't just an album by New Order.
Show threadEmpiricism

@DoomsdaysCW @geobeck

I'm going to have a listen to that album.

I've been a music fan in the 70's, 80's, 90's, 2010's & 2020's.

I've noticed how pop music has also been generally commercialised.

How much pop music speaks out against the ecological sabotage that corporations & consumers are causing?

That's why non commercially owned media platforms such as Mastodon are critical if we are to mitigate commercial washing (inc. #Greenwashing )

Jul 24, 2023 at 10:59pmWeb