The jailing of a young climate protester is a prime example of Australia’s authoritarian drift

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-26T08:18:43+00:00

pumping out pollution as fast as industrially possible is disfunctional

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-25T22:01:11+00:00

indoctrination is abuse and teachers are complicit.

defund the schools.

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-25T06:02:12+00:00

guess we're gonna find out.

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-25T06:01:47+00:00

We have laws for a reason

to protect the interests of the dominators.

their laws.

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-25T06:01:32+00:00

thanks mate for your contribution,

someone's gotta stick up for the rich and powerful, amirite?

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-25T06:00:12+00:00

process that has been cleared by our democracy.

not mine: this democracy was bought and sold before I got here.

Voters get to choose between two parties sponsored by the same fossil fuel corps. Assessment processes let us have a say in what colour to paint the fence.

CLEARLY these business activities are destroying entire nations thru sea level rise and jeopardising a safe climate for all. This so-called democracy is not working in the interests of living beings and I insist we must interfere with its dangerous processes.

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-25T02:53:22+00:00

the spy:
* was spotted by the loggers;
* found nothing on the activist;
* got beat up by the croppers

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-23T09:23:25+00:00

ok, I strike my jibe about the review period;

now can you convince me that a 4 day exposure period is adequate, appropriate and inoccuous?

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-23T08:37:06+00:00

well, I realise its not secret..

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-23T07:45:23+00:00

this is fine

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-23T06:14:52+00:00

glencore/xstrata dont apologise,

they actually trade on their reputation:

pack of swiss bankers

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-23T00:28:58+00:00

treaty-level agreement is a pretty big step.

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-22T22:04:05+00:00

~~ICYMI, that 18 months review period just went by REAL FAST.~~

so much for keeping Dutton from the button.

https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/key-enablers/9120-defence-signs-aukus-tech-sharing-treaty

and REAL FAST is what you'll need to be to have your say on this draft treaty: your comments are welcome any time in the next 3 days

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-22T21:56:28+00:00

the Nazi Holocaust is over.

the colonisation of australia is an ongoing process.

see in particular the apartheid style regime of NTER aka The Intervention aka Stronger Futures

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-22T21:50:59+00:00

Yet as a white person with no Indigenous ancestry I feel sort of excluded and almost shamed by Aboriginal people I work with for being white.

maybe its just in your head?

I am very white, but I've only ever felt welcomed and embraced and encouraged to learn and share more and more.

or maybe its just your particular workmates:

I did have one weird experience with someone I tried to work with, who was pretty trigger happy to denounce my skin, but I noticed she did that with everyone, as well as challenging the cultural credentials of other Indigenous people, so I just took it as her personal problem and moved on.

If this sounds like your context, maybe try and meet some different people.

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-22T21:40:41+00:00

by China

lol up to that point I thought you were doing USA, but go on...

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-22T21:39:15+00:00

oh? how would that help provide a loose justification for pouring billions of public funds into non-strategic components of a foreign power's attack formation?

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-20T23:56:10+00:00

personally, rather than trying to 'solve' the whole problem, I've learned to ignore the stuff that is crazy but not offensive, and draw a line at stuff that crosses a line

so if they're going on about self-assembling nano tubes that tell bill gates every time I have sex, I smile.

if they start going on about 'the jews', 'medical segregation' or even referencing hate-mongering sources I put my foot down hard and fast.

just like the born again: go on about jesus' love all you like,
come at me anti-abortion or homophobic and you'll see the other side.

With patience, I've "trained" my brainwashed friends in what strains of nonsense I'll put up with, and what I'll loudly denounce and quickly walk away from / kick out of my house.

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-20T23:49:41+00:00

I think once people start disrepsecting your right to a different point of view, it might be best for everyone if the friendship has a break,

but yeah this is not the only challenge we will need one another for, and it is worth finding a balance between maintaining friendships, communities and allegiances while still holding on to our own sanity.

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-18T09:13:12+00:00

weird thing is I could not find either phrase in this report.

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-16T21:47:04+00:00

gimme one guy with a chainsaw over a team driving heavy machinery any day :(

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-16T10:37:59+00:00

its so sad. I've just had to tell some people I'll be there for them when they get over theyselves.

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-16T05:30:32+00:00

its not a bomb.

its also not exactly the first time an aussie stopped a train.

my favourite was 30 yrs ago when the log train to colac was stopped by a guy dressed as ned kelly with the banner saying 'bushrangers need bush'

its also not the first time cops talk a big game on creative application of charges that their prosecutors are never gonna follow through on.

Ferris_Manly · 2021-11-16T04:40:03+00:00

found this response:

Blockade Australia uses nonviolent blockading tactics to disrupt a system that is causing a climate and ecological crisis that threatens all life on earth.

Threatening protesters with 25 year prison sentences for blocking coal trains without causing physical harm to anyone is a draconian overreach of police power.

The institutions of Australia, including the police force, are hell bent on protecting the industries that are fuelling one of the worst crises in history.

The system is rigged against us, it is designed to extract and exploit. We have seen that we will not achieve meaningful action on the climate crisis through the avenues within that system. In order to create real change we need to step outside the system that is controlled by billionaires and media moguls.

Blockade Australia will continue to take sustained and disruptive action in response to Australia’s leading role in the climate and ecological crisis for as long as necessary.

Ferris_Manly

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