I've heard that there's been a heap of people come away from the Newcastle #protestival with #covid. #Activism cannot be inclusive if it isn't #CovidSafe.
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Photographs: Thanks Emma Davidson
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Sunday November 24th 2024
(Duopoly - two wings of the plundering and polluting for profit racketeers:
ALP = Anthracite Lignite Party LNP = Lignite Nuclear Party )
“180 arrested for blocking coal ship”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/24/police-arrest-170-at-nsw-rising-tide-protest-as-activists-temporarily-block-coal-ships
#Muloobinba #RisingTide
#peoplesblockade #fossilfuels
#protestival #climatecrisis
Shout out to the heroes who put their bodies and lives on the line this weekend.
Thank you.
"152 arrests so far today! 40 of them include charges under the NSW anti protest laws. That's the info I've got so far."
Arrests made as #RisingTide #ClimateChange protesters take to #Newcastle Harbour over #coal exports
"'I strongly support the peaceful protest that's planned here. Consider what the scientists are telling us, look at the agreements we're trying to forge internationally and understand that this is one of the most defining issues of our time." -- #PeterGarrett, #MidnightOil frontman and former environment minister.
By Romy Stephens and Bridget Murphy
November 22, 2024
"Activism group Rising Tide says multiple people have been arrested at an anti-fossil fuels demonstration in Newcastle.
"Thousands have attended the multi-day protest, where Midnight Oil front man Peter Garrett delivered a speech and performed.
"The demonstration is expected to continue until Sunday evening."
ABC News · Arrests made as Rising Tide climate change protesters take to Newcastle Harbour over coal exports
Port of #NewcastleAustralia shipping paused as more than 100 #AntiCoal #protesters arrested
November 23, 2024
"More than 100 people have been arrested in Newcastle for allegedly defying directions by New South Wales Police during an anti-#FossilFuel protest at the world's largest coal port.
"Dozens of protesters on kayaks and small water craft paddled out on Newcastle Harbour on Sunday morning.
"Standing on the beach, a police officer using a loud speaker told those gathered on the sand they could be breaking the law if they entered the shipping channel.
"NSW Police said just after 10am on Sunday a large group of people entered the shipping channel and interfered with the movement of vessels.
"As a result police said 138 people had been arrested after refusing to comply with a direction to move away from the channel.
Thousands of people have gathered in Newcastle over the past few days for what activism group Rising Tide has called 'the people's blockade' of the world's largest coal port.
"The police operation on the harbour is continuing and police aren't ruling out further arrests.
"'NSW Police will adopt a zero-tolerance approach to actions which threaten public safety and the safe passage of vessels,' a statement said.
"Rising Tide has declared the protest action successful, claiming the paddle-out forced a bulk carrier to turn around and not enter the port."
www.msn.comMSN
The People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port
#Newcastle #Protestival: November 22-24
Join the full mobilisation: November 19-28
Newcastle & Canberra, #Australia
Rising TideRising Tide
Feeling a bit warm today? Yeah, me too.
We don’t have to just sit by and quietly hope the decision makers do the right thing. We can all be part of making change happen.
I’ll be back in Newcastle to join Rising Tide’s blockade of the world’s biggest coal port next week, 22-24 November, alongside my friends Rebecca Vassarotti, Jo Clay and thousands of others.
See you there?
www.risingtide.org.au
#climateaction #peoplesblockade #NoNewCoal #MakePollutersPay
#ClimateCrisis #JustTransition
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Climate protestors defiant as they're pulled onto police boats after occupying the shipping channel at the Port of Newcastle. The blockade shopped coal ships for over 32 hours. #PeoplesBlockade
Source: #RisingTide #Australia @RisingTideAus
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OVER 100 PEOPLE ARE RISKING ARREST by remaining in the shipping channel at the #PeoplesBlockade of the world's biggest coal port.
“Will the NSW Police arrest 97-year-old Uniting Church minister Reverend Alan Stuart doing this for his grandchildren? Or coal miner Grant Howard?”
Source: #RisingTide #Australia #StopCoal
Protesters blockaded the world’s largest coal port for 30 hours over the failure of government to act on climate change, preventing more than half a million tonnes of coal from leaving the port of Newcastle.
“Pancakes were being made, tea drunk, #dolphins swam nearby and people watched the sunset and sunrise. Those involved say it was a magical experience.”
- Rising Tide local organiser Alexa Stuart
Protesters spent the night on the water, rostered in two-hour shifts.
