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The DBH protest was immediately framed as a violent attack on a family because state governments and police have been trying to present climate protesters as “Extremists” and “Terrorists” for years, now.
In New South Wales, anti-protest laws were passed through with the obvious aim of clamping down on climate protest, with a similar massive increase in punishments for disruptive protest.
Pair this with the flinching trigger-finger Australian media, politicians and authorities have for cruel and excessive punishment, and you end up with Australia as it currently is: a thousand times more concerned about killing climate protest than the climate crisis itself.
A variety of climate groups in Australia should have been the first ones to come out and loudly defend climate protest and enhance the message of Disrupt Burrup Hub, but their silence has been deafening.
Climate protest - particularly disruptive protest - is a vital part of creating vivid pressure in a space where routine, sameness and status-quo familiarity protect ingrained fossil fuel reliance.
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Sad days, shows when Australian politics, media, lobbying and business pressure come together to ensure legislation or set the narrative.
Shame its all on the wrong side of history. Instead of widespread climate action the easier thing to do is reduce our democracy.
Now go back to being a good little unhappy consumer. Remember there are things to buy to distract you from these broader social and political issues!
I went to the school climate strikes a few years ago. Honestly these kids were great, they tried to get their message out legitimately and were far more mature than I was at that age. They had reasonable, well considered demands and were treated like children who had been brainwashed by their teachers. I suspect a lot of these kids have since grown up and moved onto more ‘extreme’ climate protest movements. I really don’t blame them and wish i was well enough to join / support them in their actions.
Yeah someone was crying “think of the children” referring to the protest that took place at the house of the woodside CEO… I don’t think they realised the climate protesters ARE thinking of the children, possibly they are the only ones thinking of them now.
The ABC’s excellent “Dig” podcast talked a bit about this in their recent season “Saving the Franklin”. Many of those involved in the extremely successful protests that founded the Australian environmental movement have unfortunately admitted that their sort of successful protest in opposition to environmental destruction simply could not happen today.
In their day, they were risking a night in gaol and maybe a small fine for a sort of “disturbing the peace”–type offence. Today’s protesters are risking serious criminal charges, and it’s just a fact that far fewer people are willing to do that.
These laws are very effective at what they’re setting out to do, and that is curtailing our most fundamental rights, and the ones essential to the healthy functioning of democracy.
What is Burrup Hub?
The Disrupt Burrup Hub is a direct-action campaign that targets Woodside and other polluters operating at Murujuga on the Burrup Peninsula in North West Western Australia[2]. The campaign aims to bring attention to and oppose Woodside’s Burrup Hub mega-project, which is seen as a disaster for both the climate and the local culture[1]. Woodside plans to expand its Burrup Gas Hub and release billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere[3]. The campaign involves various forms of protest and activism, including forcing the evacuation of Woodside’s headquarters by releasing non-toxic, non-flammable stench gas[4]. Activists are concerned about the destruction of sacred rock and the ongoing development of the Burrup Peninsula[5]. Woodside has threatened to sue the protesters for financial loss[6]. The Disrupt Burrup Hub campaign is part of a larger movement to protect the environment and fight against climate change.
Citations: [1] https://www.disruptburruphub.com [2] https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/how-and-why-disrupt-burrup-hub [3] https://actionnetwork.org/forms/get-involved-127/ [4] https://chuffed.org/project/zyvlzgmp9oky [5] https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/03/activist-says-woodside-ceos-safety-was-never-under-threat-by-protest-at-her-perth-home [6] https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/woodside-threatens-to-sue-perth-climate-protesters-for-financial-loss-20230727-p5drln.html
Thank you for such a thorough response. Thank you
It’s an AI that sources itself so you know it’s not making it up on the fly.
I can take credit for asking it and pasting, that’s it.
It’s what you slur at my dog when he needs to hup hup onto the couch.
There’s an extra character at the end of your link which is breaking it.
Copy. Fixed.
