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Protesters stop coal boats as more than 100 arrested
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Small edit: RT's insta is covering all of this in fabulous detail
That's me! Let me dump the important info here:
I was one of three people arrested yesterday (Saturday 23 Nov), the first taken into custody by police as part of the peoples blockade in Newcastle New South Wales Australia, the world's largest coal port.
Today, a further 170 passionate people from all walks of life were arrested. Children, great grandparents, doctors etc, everyone was represented on the water. This was the largest civil disobedience action in Australian history.
5000 people were in attendence, and we have generated 2840 news articles (so far), almost all are positive.
We have a right to disrupt corporations who are burning our children's futures to the ground all in the name of profit, and we will be heard. We have sent an intensely strong message today to the New South Wales and Australian governments, we want an end to coal exports and mining with a 78% tax on current coal mines.
We have overturned their attempts to illegally stop our protest, both in court and on the water.
For me, this was about the children. I was able to grow up thinking my future was bright, and the children of today have a right to the same. I will fight for them, and I feel much of Australia is on our side.
I've had to watch today online due to my bail conditions, but I'm so fucking proud of all my friends up there, they're making a huge wave and that will now be carried to Canberra where the protest will continue at the federal parliament.
Thank you! It's people like you who give others hope for a better future.
Thank you for your kind words, but I'd stress that I'm just a normal person, we all have the power to make change if we just try.
Those are powerful words, and what I would like the "better than the other party" voters in my nation to comprehend. Politicians have power because we wring our hands and acquiesce. When we reach across political divides and join hands, miracles happen. It involves willingness to have real risks and hard work to achieve miraculous results, but they can be had. Thanks so very much for saying that.