"Social change hasn't happened without some kind of rebellion or revolution... we've got to do it … we can't keep sleepwalking"
Surprise, surprise. Australia's political system fails to respond to the climate change it caused.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-09/nsw-parliamentary-flood-inquiry-report-finds-agencies-failed/101302802 #auspol #blockadeaustralia #climatecrises
The reason the state knows we are powerful is because we are not isolated individuals. We are a part of a global wave of direct action, obstruction, disruption & cultivation that is opening the possibility for a world without exploitation or ecocide.
Yesterday, we had meet-ups in 13 different places on this continent and schemed and dreamed of ways to grow our resistance to Australia’s climate and ecological destruction.
Thanks to all the new faces that showed up! #BlockadeAustralia
Join us across the continent today to connect and strengthen our network.
Come and connect with #BlockadeAustralia across the continent tomorrow. Find your people. 🔥
Australia is hurtling us blindly towards a cliff edge from which there is no return.
We need to get in the way of a system that's blocking paths to safety, before we lose any chance we've got.
"1000s dead as heatwave hits UK" The Times
"Aus Ecosystems Collapsing" Aus Geographic
"Atlantic Ocean Pretty Much Dead" Global Ocean Enviro Survey
"Change is coming whether you like it or not" Greta Thunberg
Connect with #BlockadeAustralia on Aug 6 to make the change we need.
Direct action means thinking and acting for ourselves.
It means finding another way, instead of validating the slow, ineffective and inaccessible mechanisms that exist within the system to ask for change.
Local Meet Ups to #BlockadeAustralia >> http://facebook.com/BlockadeAustralia/events
Today 7 people are facing court for outrageous charges from NSW Police.
2 of these people are Max & Tim, denied bail & held in prison for planning to resist Australia’s climate destruction.
No one should be kept in a cage.
The state violence experienced by BA represents a tiny fraction of the volume of violence directed at First Nations Peoples on this continent since 1788. End the colony. #BlockadeAustralia
They are trying to silence these voices, but we are powerful together. Resistance will continue. The climate movement is global & its growing and evolving.
Join us, its now or never. #BlockadeAustralia
Blockade Australia is new to Mastodon! #hello #fediverse
We will make this space active with toots soon, but shoot this profile a dm if you've got suggestions on how best we use Mastodon :)
You can find out more about #blockadeaustralia on the website here: https://www.blockadeaustralia.com
Stay tuned and keep the #resistance raging!
Blockade Australia is an organising network established in response to Australia’s ongoing efforts to block action on the climate and ecological crisis.
“Blockade Australia” is a call to action in itself. It is an ask that people come and participate in resistance by physically blockading Australia’s critical infrastructure.
You can find out more at www.blockadeaustralia.com