#activists — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #activists, aggregated by home.social.
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A friend shared this with me. It's for real!
The top part is from page 7, the bottom part is from the forward.
From page 7 of the United States Counterterrorism Strategy:
"In addition to cartels and Islamist terror groups, our national CT activities will also prioritize the rapid identification and neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-#transgender, and anarchist. We will use all the tools constitutionally available to us to map them at home, identify their membership, map their ties to international organizations like #Antifa, and use law enforcement tools to cripple them operationally before they can maim or kill the innocent. We will do the same with the state sponsors of such groups and those governments undertaking lethal plots on U.S. soil or against Americans anywhere.
From Trump's signed forward:
"Our new U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy is a return to common sense and Peace through Strength. As I said after our first successful counterterrorism mission, just days after I was sworn back in office – if you hurt Americans, or are planning to hurt Americans, 'We Will Find You and We Will Kill You.' "
Raw Story news article:
https://www.rawstory.com/counterterrorism/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/n7Y2hPDF [source of the graphic]:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf#USPol #TrumpSucks #CriminalizingDissent #CounterTerrorismStrategy #Anarchists #Activists
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New Yorkers urge noncompliance with DOJ’s criminal subpoenas for NYU Langone’s trans medical records
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/nyc-trans-youth-subpoena-rally
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New Yorkers urge noncompliance with DOJ’s criminal subpoenas for NYU Langone’s trans medical records
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/nyc-trans-youth-subpoena-rally
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New Yorkers urge noncompliance with DOJ’s criminal subpoenas for NYU Langone’s trans medical records
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/nyc-trans-youth-subpoena-rally
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New Yorkers urge noncompliance with DOJ’s criminal subpoenas for NYU Langone’s trans medical records
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/nyc-trans-youth-subpoena-rally
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A grafted mango tree can begin producing fruit years earlier than a seed-grown tree.
That means faster food security, faster shade, and faster ecosystem recovery for schools and communities.
Youth-led grafting projects are climate action in practical form
#Photography #linux #agriculture #fruittrees #activists #gardening #forestry #nature #biodiversity #environment #mastodon #ClimateAction #fediverse #foodproduction #greenland #sustainability #ecology #ecosystem #graftingplants #plants #hunger -
What protests are happening in London this weekend?
It is set to be a busy weekend in the capital, with two major demonstrations scheduled to hit…
#London #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #activists #Britain #demonstrations #GreatBritain #london #MetropolitanPolice #Protest #protests #TommyRobinson
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/953270/ What protests are happening in London this weekend? #activists #Britain #demonstrations #England #GreatBritain #london #MetropolitanPolice #Protest #protests #TommyRobinson #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/33706/ What protests are happening in London this weekend? #Activists #Demonstrations #London #MetropolitanPolice #protest #Protests #TommyRobinson
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Citizens Financial Group is facing pushback from shareholders, #customers and #activists who want the bank to cut ties w federal immigration detention center operators.The Greater #Boston #Interfaith Organization pledged to withdraw $1 million from its Citizens accounts Monday after CEO Bruce Van Saun allegedly went back on a promise to meet with them to discuss the bank’s relationship w #CoreCivic and The #GEOGroup, which each own and operate #ICE #detention centers. https://www.bankingdive.com/news/citizens-bank-customers-pull-money-over-lenders-ice-ties/819223/
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Gaza flotilla activists to be released from Israel detention and deported https://www.byteseu.com/2004723/ #activists #Cyprus #GazaWar #IsraelPalestineConflict #MiddleEast #World
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For centuries the North has beckoned the #adventurers , #explorers , escape artists, #activists, and everybody in-between. Now a #Buddhist monk. We get them all in the North! https://cabinradio.ca/289640/news/yellowknife/meet-the-monk-camping-along-yellowknifes-ingraham-trail/
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For centuries the North has beckoned the #adventurers , #explorers , escape artists, #activists, and everybody in-between. Now a #Buddhist monk. We get them all in the North! https://cabinradio.ca/289640/news/yellowknife/meet-the-monk-camping-along-yellowknifes-ingraham-trail/
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For centuries the North has beckoned the #adventurers , #explorers , escape artists, #activists, and everybody in-between. Now a #Buddhist monk. We get them all in the North! https://cabinradio.ca/289640/news/yellowknife/meet-the-monk-camping-along-yellowknifes-ingraham-trail/
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For centuries the North has beckoned the #adventurers , #explorers , escape artists, #activists, and everybody in-between. Now a #Buddhist monk. We get them all in the North! https://cabinradio.ca/289640/news/yellowknife/meet-the-monk-camping-along-yellowknifes-ingraham-trail/
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For centuries the North has beckoned the #adventurers , #explorers , escape artists, #activists, and everybody in-between. Now a #Buddhist monk. We get them all in the North! https://cabinradio.ca/289640/news/yellowknife/meet-the-monk-camping-along-yellowknifes-ingraham-trail/
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This cow was knocked down on the road today — a painful reminder that #animals suffer too. We must drive responsibly and stop cruelty, neglect, and abuse against animals. Every living creature deserves care, safety, and compassion. Let’s protect and respect animal life before more innocent lives are lost.
#photography #fediverse #linux #mastodon #AnimalRights #StopCruelty #life #ecosystem #environment #nature #ecology #sustainability #mastodonsocial #biodiversity #environment #activists -
This cow was knocked down on the road today — a painful reminder that #animals suffer too. We must drive responsibly and stop cruelty, neglect, and abuse against animals. Every living creature deserves care, safety, and compassion. Let’s protect and respect animal life before more innocent lives are lost.
#photography #fediverse #linux #mastodon #AnimalRights #StopCruelty #life #ecosystem #environment #nature #ecology #sustainability #mastodonsocial #biodiversity #environment #activists -
This cow was knocked down on the road today — a painful reminder that #animals suffer too. We must drive responsibly and stop cruelty, neglect, and abuse against animals. Every living creature deserves care, safety, and compassion. Let’s protect and respect animal life before more innocent lives are lost.
#photography #fediverse #linux #mastodon #AnimalRights #StopCruelty #life #ecosystem #environment #nature #ecology #sustainability #mastodonsocial #biodiversity #environment #activists -
This cow was knocked down on the road today — a painful reminder that #animals suffer too. We must drive responsibly and stop cruelty, neglect, and abuse against animals. Every living creature deserves care, safety, and compassion. Let’s protect and respect animal life before more innocent lives are lost.
#photography #fediverse #linux #mastodon #AnimalRights #StopCruelty #life #ecosystem #environment #nature #ecology #sustainability #mastodonsocial #biodiversity #environment #activists -
This cow was knocked down on the road today — a painful reminder that #animals suffer too. We must drive responsibly and stop cruelty, neglect, and abuse against animals. Every living creature deserves care, safety, and compassion. Let’s protect and respect animal life before more innocent lives are lost.
#photography #fediverse #linux #mastodon #AnimalRights #StopCruelty #life #ecosystem #environment #nature #ecology #sustainability #mastodonsocial #biodiversity #environment #activists -
“#RulesforRadicals” was written at a time of epic social upheaval in the #UnitedStates, and it was read avidly by #VietnamWar #protesters, #feminists, #civilrights #activists and warriors on #poverty. More than half a century later, a new mini-genre of “how-to” #books about #dissent and #activism has emerged, drawing lessons from past #protests for the era of “#NoKings” rallies, #BlackLivesMatter marches and the campus pro-#Palestinian #encampments.
Coincidentally but intriguingly, three of these books were #written by #Jewish #authors who, explicitly or not, are offering advice on resistance drawing on Jewish wisdom, role models and historical precedents.
The three books — “How to Be a Dissident” by #GalBeckerman; the forthcoming “On Courage” by #JuliaAngwin and #AmiFieldsMeyer; and “Be a Refusenik!” by #IzabellaTabarovsky — arrive at a moment of #protest fatigue and #political #polarization.
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“#RulesforRadicals” was written at a time of epic social upheaval in the #UnitedStates, and it was read avidly by #VietnamWar #protesters, #feminists, #civilrights #activists and warriors on #poverty. More than half a century later, a new mini-genre of “how-to” #books about #dissent and #activism has emerged, drawing lessons from past #protests for the era of “#NoKings” rallies, #BlackLivesMatter marches and the campus pro-#Palestinian #encampments.
Coincidentally but intriguingly, three of these books were #written by #Jewish #authors who, explicitly or not, are offering advice on resistance drawing on Jewish wisdom, role models and historical precedents.
The three books — “How to Be a Dissident” by #GalBeckerman; the forthcoming “On Courage” by #JuliaAngwin and #AmiFieldsMeyer; and “Be a Refusenik!” by #IzabellaTabarovsky — arrive at a moment of #protest fatigue and #political #polarization.
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“#RulesforRadicals” was written at a time of epic social upheaval in the #UnitedStates, and it was read avidly by #VietnamWar #protesters, #feminists, #civilrights #activists and warriors on #poverty. More than half a century later, a new mini-genre of “how-to” #books about #dissent and #activism has emerged, drawing lessons from past #protests for the era of “#NoKings” rallies, #BlackLivesMatter marches and the campus pro-#Palestinian #encampments.
Coincidentally but intriguingly, three of these books were #written by #Jewish #authors who, explicitly or not, are offering advice on resistance drawing on Jewish wisdom, role models and historical precedents.
The three books — “How to Be a Dissident” by #GalBeckerman; the forthcoming “On Courage” by #JuliaAngwin and #AmiFieldsMeyer; and “Be a Refusenik!” by #IzabellaTabarovsky — arrive at a moment of #protest fatigue and #political #polarization.
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“#RulesforRadicals” was written at a time of epic social upheaval in the #UnitedStates, and it was read avidly by #VietnamWar #protesters, #feminists, #civilrights #activists and warriors on #poverty. More than half a century later, a new mini-genre of “how-to” #books about #dissent and #activism has emerged, drawing lessons from past #protests for the era of “#NoKings” rallies, #BlackLivesMatter marches and the campus pro-#Palestinian #encampments.
Coincidentally but intriguingly, three of these books were #written by #Jewish #authors who, explicitly or not, are offering advice on resistance drawing on Jewish wisdom, role models and historical precedents.
The three books — “How to Be a Dissident” by #GalBeckerman; the forthcoming “On Courage” by #JuliaAngwin and #AmiFieldsMeyer; and “Be a Refusenik!” by #IzabellaTabarovsky — arrive at a moment of #protest fatigue and #political #polarization.
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/18536/ Israeli forces board humanitarian flotilla boats more than 600 miles from Gaza #activism #activists #crete #detained #GazaFlotilla #GazaStrip #gdnpfpnewsworld #GlobalSumudFlotilla #guardian #GuardianNews #HumanitarianAid #idf #Intercepted #InternationalLaw #InternationalNews #InternationalWaters #Israel #IsraelDefenceForce #ISRAELIDEFENCEFORCES #IsraeliNavy #MaritimeBlockade #military #palestine #world
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" ... More importantly, [equating #capitalism with #modernity - "the organization of #society around #technology, formal #institutions, and rational criteria"] means that 99% of the #policy #proposals #activists put on the table to correct the problems of “capitalism” are doomed to fail because they do not understand where the #root #cause of the phenomena they complain about lies."
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/04/capitalism-and-modernity.html
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Activists break into #Leicester factory owned by Israeli firm #ElbitSystems
'People Against Genocide' members abseil through roof of #UAVTacticalSystems, owned by the #UK subsidiary of Israel's largest defence company
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/activists-leicester-break-factory-owned-israeli-firm-elbit-systemsfrom #MiddleEastEye #MEE
April 24, 2026According to a media group, the #activists used ladders to climb over razor-wire fencing to enter the premises.
After occupying the roof, they drilled holes into it and then abseiled into the building.
The Aftershock reported that the ceiling of the clean room, where Israeli #drone parts are reportedly made, was broken. It said that such contamination of the clean room could knock it out of use for some months.
One of the activists involved said: “We are sick and tired of our government’s collaboration in this #genocide that #Israel is committing on the #Palestinian people."
#SanctionIsrael
#StopStarvingGaza
#FreePalestine
#BlockTheBombs
#StopGazaGenocide
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April 26, 2026: Free DC Activist Street Fair, Takoma Park, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.
https://social.trom.tf/display/dbc8dc44-1169-e8c8-143b-969232580014
#WashingtonDC #DC #activists #music #art #information #RankedChoiceVoting #RankedChoice #RCV #InstantRunoffVoting #InstantRunoff #IRV #protest #resistance #news #event -
April 26, 2026: Free DC Activist Street Fair, Takoma Park, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.
https://social.trom.tf/display/dbc8dc44-1169-e8c8-143b-969232580014
#WashingtonDC #DC #activists #music #art #information #RankedChoiceVoting #RankedChoice #RCV #InstantRunoffVoting #InstantRunoff #IRV #protest #resistance #news #event -
April 26, 2026: Free DC Activist Street Fair, Takoma Park, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.
https://social.trom.tf/display/dbc8dc44-1169-e8c8-143b-969232580014
#WashingtonDC #DC #activists #music #art #information #RankedChoiceVoting #RankedChoice #RCV #InstantRunoffVoting #InstantRunoff #IRV #protest #resistance #news #event -
April 26, 2026: Free DC Activist Street Fair, Takoma Park, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.
https://social.trom.tf/display/dbc8dc44-1169-e8c8-143b-969232580014
#WashingtonDC #DC #activists #music #art #information #RankedChoiceVoting #RankedChoice #RCV #InstantRunoffVoting #InstantRunoff #IRV #protest #resistance #news #event -
April 26, 2026: Free DC Activist Street Fair, Takoma Park, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.
https://social.trom.tf/display/dbc8dc44-1169-e8c8-143b-969232580014
#WashingtonDC #DC #activists #music #art #information #RankedChoiceVoting #RankedChoice #RCV #InstantRunoffVoting #InstantRunoff #IRV #protest #resistance #news #event -
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/21/four-labour-activists-charged-with-trying-fix-candidate-selection-process. "Four #Labour #activists have been charged over allegations that a party #database was manipulated to increase a candidate’s chance of selection. The 4 include Joel Bodmer, 40, who ran as a potential candidate for the #Croydon East constituency in south #London but later withdrew. He is charged with perverting the course of #justice for allegedly altering #phone #records."
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#Florida, #Texas & #Utah are among the many states that have called for #books to be banned or passed restrictive #legislation. In #Iowa, an appellate court ruled earlier this month that the state can enforce a #law that limits #teachers from even talking about #LGBTQ+ topics with #students in kindergarten through the 6th grade & bans some books.
Last year, >90% of challenges arose from #activists & #government ofcls, acc/to the #ALA, compared to 72% in 2024.
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ivm verrechtsing komen steeds meer NGO's, waaronder journalisten en (natuur)activisten in problemen.
Er wordt digitaal gecontroleerd, men wordt gevolgd zelfs vervolgd, gevangen genomen, noem maar op....Om onze democratie te waarborgen, stabiliseren en versterken wordt het tijd om...?
Heb je ideeën?#democratie #ngos #rightwing #autocracy #news #politics #eu #europa #usa #china #russia #bigtech #journalism #activists
Frontlinieverdedigers | Frontlinieverdedigers
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Coalition Pushed for Cycling Lanes and Better Buses and Got Them, Transforming Manila in the Process
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#Meta #Cafeteria Workers Did What Execs Won’t: Took on #ICE and Won
In #Seattle , #activists inside tech giants are leaning into #grassroots #fundraising and peer support as #petitions and #protests draw little response from executives.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-meta-cafeteria-workers-rallied-to-take-on-ice/
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#Meta #Cafeteria Workers Did What Execs Won’t: Took on #ICE and Won
In #Seattle , #activists inside tech giants are leaning into #grassroots #fundraising and peer support as #petitions and #protests draw little response from executives.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-meta-cafeteria-workers-rallied-to-take-on-ice/
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#Meta #Cafeteria Workers Did What Execs Won’t: Took on #ICE and Won
In #Seattle , #activists inside tech giants are leaning into #grassroots #fundraising and peer support as #petitions and #protests draw little response from executives.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-meta-cafeteria-workers-rallied-to-take-on-ice/
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#Meta #Cafeteria Workers Did What Execs Won’t: Took on #ICE and Won
In #Seattle , #activists inside tech giants are leaning into #grassroots #fundraising and peer support as #petitions and #protests draw little response from executives.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-meta-cafeteria-workers-rallied-to-take-on-ice/
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#Meta #Cafeteria Workers Did What Execs Won’t: Took on #ICE and Won
In #Seattle , #activists inside tech giants are leaning into #grassroots #fundraising and peer support as #petitions and #protests draw little response from executives.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-meta-cafeteria-workers-rallied-to-take-on-ice/
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Digital Hopes, Real Power: How the #ArabSpring Fueled a Global #Surveillance Boom
For #activists , #journalists , & everyday users, that means now living with a constant threat: the phone in your pocket, the platforms you organize on, and the systems you rely on for safety and connection can be #weaponized at the flip of a switch. A global surveillance industry has treated repression by many #MENA governments as a growth opportunity, …now shape digital authoritarianism
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https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/one-in-three-terminally-ill-people-in-deprived-areas-arent-claiming-dwp-benefits-theyre-entitled-to-at-the-end-of-life/. "A third of terminally ill people living in the most deprived parts of #England & #Wales are not claiming #benefits they’re entitled to in the final 12 months of life. Contrary to successive #Government & #mainstream #media #narratives around the soaring numbers of #benefit #claimants, the new #data backs up what many #disabled #activists have repeatedly warned: that the up-take of benefits is instead far lower than it should be."
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#Palantir Will No Longer Profit Off of New Yorkers’ Health Data
After #TheIntercept exposed Palantir’s deal with #NYC public hospitals, the health care system didn’t renew the contract.
by Sam Biddle, March 24 2026
"A controversial multimillion-dollar deal between New York City’s public hospital system and military contractor Palantir, first reported by The Intercept, is coming to an end, according to recent testimony before the city council.
"The Intercept reported in February that the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, which operates a network of public health care facilities across the city, had paid Palantir almost $4 million since 2023 for data analysis services. #NYCHH says it used Palantir’s software to boost its efficiency in billing Medicaid and other public benefits, which included the automated scanning of patient health notes.
"The contract prompted #protests from #activists and local organizers who objected to the hospital system’s use of software from a company whose technology has facilitated lethal airstrike targeting, wide-reaching surveillance of American citizens, and deportation raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/24/palantir-new-york-city-hospitals-contract/Archived version:
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@kitkat_blue Where are the #animalrights #activists in #Texas no more #barbecue political #monopoly #talarico #vegan
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How tight is the #RightToProtest?
From 418 arrests in 1977 to fresh clashes in Sydney: Debate over #Australia’s right to protest continues
"What many may not realise is that the right to protest in Australia is not protected by one simple law. It’s implied in the constitution under freedom of political communication and exists under international human rights law, which Australia has agreed to uphold. Only #Queensland, #Victoria and the #ACT explicitly protect the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of association and freedom of expression. And laws protecting the right to peaceful protest in Australia can be limited."
By Rhiannon Stevens
Sat 14 Feb, 2026" 'The day of the political street march is over,' Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared. 'Don’t bother to apply for a permit. You won’t get one. That’s government policy now.'
"A few weeks later, thousands of people defied then-Queensland premier Bjelke-Petersen’s proclamation and gathered in Brisbane for an #AntiUranium march.
"Ian Curr remembers an intense, unrelenting heat on that day nearly 50 years ago. It was 'boiling hot', the long-time #AntiNuclear activist says. So hot that when protesters sat on the road, arms linked in passive defiance, it was 'not very pleasant' because the tarmac was scorching. Other memories emerge from the haze: lines of police, three and four deep, surrounding protesters; a woman with tears streaming down her face who had just heard her partner was arrested.
"Fear swirled up spines and into the air. These were the years after the #Springbok tour #AntiApartheid protests had been violently suppressed.
"That afternoon in October 1977, 418 people were arrested and Queensland’s 'RightToMarch' movement quickly entered a new era. #CivilLiberties demonstrations continued until the ban — originally enacted to curb a growing anti-nuclear movement — was lifted two years later.
"Ross Gwyther was exhilarated seeing some 5,000 anti-nuclear marchers turn out that day. But the sensation was tempered by an 'intense fear because there’d already been many cases of #PoliceBrutality'.
"These were extraordinary times, as the Fitzgerald Inquiry would later attest. For Gwyther and many of the #ratbags, #activists and #CivilLibertarians of Queensland it was a defining moment. That era in Brisbane radicalised a lot of people, Gwyther says, who embarked on a lifetime of 'political activism, both through parliamentary politics or by grassroots politics'.
"These moments mark you, Curr says, turning to the events in Sydney this week. 'The people who saw that violence in Sydney, in 40 or 50 years, they will not forget it. In the same way I do not forget police brandishing batons and punching and throwing people into paddy wagons. It’s something you do not forget.'
"In the aftermath of last Monday’s protest against Israeli President #IsaacHerzog’s visit in #Sydney, shaky, chaotic videos began to emerge online. A man lies on tram tracks, restrained by officers who punch him 18 times. #Protesters are pushed, they struggle to their feet, crowds stumble around them. Men bowed in prayer are wrenched from their worship by police. A grandmother is in hospital with a spinal injury. She says she feared being suffocated in a stampede as she lay on the ground in agony. She alleges she was pushed over by police."
Read more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-15/right-to-protest-fragile-police-powers-gaza-herzog/106331356#ACAB #AustraliaPol #AusPol #CriminalizingProtest #Australia #AntiProtestLaws #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #UraniumMines #WorldPol #IsraeliWarCrimes
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How tight is the #RightToProtest?
From 418 arrests in 1977 to fresh clashes in Sydney: Debate over #Australia’s right to protest continues
"What many may not realise is that the right to protest in Australia is not protected by one simple law. It’s implied in the constitution under freedom of political communication and exists under international human rights law, which Australia has agreed to uphold. Only #Queensland, #Victoria and the #ACT explicitly protect the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of association and freedom of expression. And laws protecting the right to peaceful protest in Australia can be limited."
By Rhiannon Stevens
Sat 14 Feb, 2026" 'The day of the political street march is over,' Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared. 'Don’t bother to apply for a permit. You won’t get one. That’s government policy now.'
"A few weeks later, thousands of people defied then-Queensland premier Bjelke-Petersen’s proclamation and gathered in Brisbane for an #AntiUranium march.
"Ian Curr remembers an intense, unrelenting heat on that day nearly 50 years ago. It was 'boiling hot', the long-time #AntiNuclear activist says. So hot that when protesters sat on the road, arms linked in passive defiance, it was 'not very pleasant' because the tarmac was scorching. Other memories emerge from the haze: lines of police, three and four deep, surrounding protesters; a woman with tears streaming down her face who had just heard her partner was arrested.
"Fear swirled up spines and into the air. These were the years after the #Springbok tour #AntiApartheid protests had been violently suppressed.
"That afternoon in October 1977, 418 people were arrested and Queensland’s 'RightToMarch' movement quickly entered a new era. #CivilLiberties demonstrations continued until the ban — originally enacted to curb a growing anti-nuclear movement — was lifted two years later.
"Ross Gwyther was exhilarated seeing some 5,000 anti-nuclear marchers turn out that day. But the sensation was tempered by an 'intense fear because there’d already been many cases of #PoliceBrutality'.
"These were extraordinary times, as the Fitzgerald Inquiry would later attest. For Gwyther and many of the #ratbags, #activists and #CivilLibertarians of Queensland it was a defining moment. That era in Brisbane radicalised a lot of people, Gwyther says, who embarked on a lifetime of 'political activism, both through parliamentary politics or by grassroots politics'.
"These moments mark you, Curr says, turning to the events in Sydney this week. 'The people who saw that violence in Sydney, in 40 or 50 years, they will not forget it. In the same way I do not forget police brandishing batons and punching and throwing people into paddy wagons. It’s something you do not forget.'
"In the aftermath of last Monday’s protest against Israeli President #IsaacHerzog’s visit in #Sydney, shaky, chaotic videos began to emerge online. A man lies on tram tracks, restrained by officers who punch him 18 times. #Protesters are pushed, they struggle to their feet, crowds stumble around them. Men bowed in prayer are wrenched from their worship by police. A grandmother is in hospital with a spinal injury. She says she feared being suffocated in a stampede as she lay on the ground in agony. She alleges she was pushed over by police."
Read more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-15/right-to-protest-fragile-police-powers-gaza-herzog/106331356#ACAB #AustraliaPol #AusPol #CriminalizingProtest #Australia #AntiProtestLaws #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #UraniumMines #WorldPol #IsraeliWarCrimes
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How tight is the #RightToProtest?
From 418 arrests in 1977 to fresh clashes in Sydney: Debate over #Australia’s right to protest continues
"What many may not realise is that the right to protest in Australia is not protected by one simple law. It’s implied in the constitution under freedom of political communication and exists under international human rights law, which Australia has agreed to uphold. Only #Queensland, #Victoria and the #ACT explicitly protect the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of association and freedom of expression. And laws protecting the right to peaceful protest in Australia can be limited."
By Rhiannon Stevens
Sat 14 Feb, 2026" 'The day of the political street march is over,' Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared. 'Don’t bother to apply for a permit. You won’t get one. That’s government policy now.'
"A few weeks later, thousands of people defied then-Queensland premier Bjelke-Petersen’s proclamation and gathered in Brisbane for an #AntiUranium march.
"Ian Curr remembers an intense, unrelenting heat on that day nearly 50 years ago. It was 'boiling hot', the long-time #AntiNuclear activist says. So hot that when protesters sat on the road, arms linked in passive defiance, it was 'not very pleasant' because the tarmac was scorching. Other memories emerge from the haze: lines of police, three and four deep, surrounding protesters; a woman with tears streaming down her face who had just heard her partner was arrested.
"Fear swirled up spines and into the air. These were the years after the #Springbok tour #AntiApartheid protests had been violently suppressed.
"That afternoon in October 1977, 418 people were arrested and Queensland’s 'RightToMarch' movement quickly entered a new era. #CivilLiberties demonstrations continued until the ban — originally enacted to curb a growing anti-nuclear movement — was lifted two years later.
"Ross Gwyther was exhilarated seeing some 5,000 anti-nuclear marchers turn out that day. But the sensation was tempered by an 'intense fear because there’d already been many cases of #PoliceBrutality'.
"These were extraordinary times, as the Fitzgerald Inquiry would later attest. For Gwyther and many of the #ratbags, #activists and #CivilLibertarians of Queensland it was a defining moment. That era in Brisbane radicalised a lot of people, Gwyther says, who embarked on a lifetime of 'political activism, both through parliamentary politics or by grassroots politics'.
"These moments mark you, Curr says, turning to the events in Sydney this week. 'The people who saw that violence in Sydney, in 40 or 50 years, they will not forget it. In the same way I do not forget police brandishing batons and punching and throwing people into paddy wagons. It’s something you do not forget.'
"In the aftermath of last Monday’s protest against Israeli President #IsaacHerzog’s visit in #Sydney, shaky, chaotic videos began to emerge online. A man lies on tram tracks, restrained by officers who punch him 18 times. #Protesters are pushed, they struggle to their feet, crowds stumble around them. Men bowed in prayer are wrenched from their worship by police. A grandmother is in hospital with a spinal injury. She says she feared being suffocated in a stampede as she lay on the ground in agony. She alleges she was pushed over by police."
Read more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-15/right-to-protest-fragile-police-powers-gaza-herzog/106331356#ACAB #AustraliaPol #AusPol #CriminalizingProtest #Australia #AntiProtestLaws #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #UraniumMines #WorldPol #IsraeliWarCrimes
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How tight is the #RightToProtest?
From 418 arrests in 1977 to fresh clashes in Sydney: Debate over #Australia’s right to protest continues
"What many may not realise is that the right to protest in Australia is not protected by one simple law. It’s implied in the constitution under freedom of political communication and exists under international human rights law, which Australia has agreed to uphold. Only #Queensland, #Victoria and the #ACT explicitly protect the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of association and freedom of expression. And laws protecting the right to peaceful protest in Australia can be limited."
By Rhiannon Stevens
Sat 14 Feb, 2026" 'The day of the political street march is over,' Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared. 'Don’t bother to apply for a permit. You won’t get one. That’s government policy now.'
"A few weeks later, thousands of people defied then-Queensland premier Bjelke-Petersen’s proclamation and gathered in Brisbane for an #AntiUranium march.
"Ian Curr remembers an intense, unrelenting heat on that day nearly 50 years ago. It was 'boiling hot', the long-time #AntiNuclear activist says. So hot that when protesters sat on the road, arms linked in passive defiance, it was 'not very pleasant' because the tarmac was scorching. Other memories emerge from the haze: lines of police, three and four deep, surrounding protesters; a woman with tears streaming down her face who had just heard her partner was arrested.
"Fear swirled up spines and into the air. These were the years after the #Springbok tour #AntiApartheid protests had been violently suppressed.
"That afternoon in October 1977, 418 people were arrested and Queensland’s 'RightToMarch' movement quickly entered a new era. #CivilLiberties demonstrations continued until the ban — originally enacted to curb a growing anti-nuclear movement — was lifted two years later.
"Ross Gwyther was exhilarated seeing some 5,000 anti-nuclear marchers turn out that day. But the sensation was tempered by an 'intense fear because there’d already been many cases of #PoliceBrutality'.
"These were extraordinary times, as the Fitzgerald Inquiry would later attest. For Gwyther and many of the #ratbags, #activists and #CivilLibertarians of Queensland it was a defining moment. That era in Brisbane radicalised a lot of people, Gwyther says, who embarked on a lifetime of 'political activism, both through parliamentary politics or by grassroots politics'.
"These moments mark you, Curr says, turning to the events in Sydney this week. 'The people who saw that violence in Sydney, in 40 or 50 years, they will not forget it. In the same way I do not forget police brandishing batons and punching and throwing people into paddy wagons. It’s something you do not forget.'
"In the aftermath of last Monday’s protest against Israeli President #IsaacHerzog’s visit in #Sydney, shaky, chaotic videos began to emerge online. A man lies on tram tracks, restrained by officers who punch him 18 times. #Protesters are pushed, they struggle to their feet, crowds stumble around them. Men bowed in prayer are wrenched from their worship by police. A grandmother is in hospital with a spinal injury. She says she feared being suffocated in a stampede as she lay on the ground in agony. She alleges she was pushed over by police."
Read more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-15/right-to-protest-fragile-police-powers-gaza-herzog/106331356#ACAB #AustraliaPol #AusPol #CriminalizingProtest #Australia #AntiProtestLaws #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #UraniumMines #WorldPol #IsraeliWarCrimes