Aunty Alison, Gumbaynggirr Elder and Blicks River Guardians are calling out for supporters and concerned locals to stand in the way of Forestry Corps planned destruction of Clouds Creek SF. With the continuous destruction of local forests, and laws and policies not looking like changing anytime soon we see more communities taking direct action to... Continue Reading →
Members of the Hobart community have sent a message to Hobart City Council by painting ‘Rocks won’t fix homelessness’ and other phrases on numerous boulders that had been placed under two sequoia trees in St. David’s Park, Hobart. Last week, an individual experiencing homelessness, who regularly sleeps under one of the two sequoia trees, was... Continue Reading →
Pro-Palestine protesters have again blocked access to the Pine Gap US military facility outside Alice Springs after the group claimed the facility was “committing war crimes”. About 35 protesters – two of which have attached themselves to concrete barrels on the main access road – are once again calling for the facility’s closure and the... Continue Reading →
Looks like some community members got creative recently! Solidarity with @fairycreekblockade who recently had their camp raided by the RCMP. All over this world people are standing up in defence of the forests and first nations homelands. We see you and an injury to one is an injury to all. Artists also wish to dedicate... Continue Reading →
01/09/2023 SUVs ‘disarmed* last night in Toorek, Melbourne’s richest suburb New group. The Tyre Extinquishers, aims to make it impossible to own an SUV in urban areas SUVs are unnecessary “luxury emissions, flaunted by the wealthy, that are a climate disaster, cause air pollution and make our roads more dangerous Concerned citizens deflated tyres on... Continue Reading →
released from WA Police custody last night, Disrupt Burrup Hub media advisor Jesse issued the following statement: “As the campaign’s primary media contact, I wish to address several points falsely propagated by Woodside and WA Police during the two days I spent in police custody without access to any communications.” “There was - of course... Continue Reading →
BREAKING: Wilkarr Kurikuta, a Ngemba, Wangan and Jangalingou man, is currently locked-on to a harvester in Newry State Forest. This is the third day of community disruption to the new logging operations that have begun in Newry. Wilkarr shares, "I'm here for my old people and my sister, a proud Gumbaynggirr woman, to exercise my... Continue Reading →
This morning, RFS in collaboration with NSW Police extinguished the sacred fire stopping Forestry Corp from entering Newry State Forest. Gumbaynggirr Elders released a statement describing their distress, "our land is being destroyed at this time by logging. The Newry State Forest holds our Nunguu Miirlarl, our sacred mens place and is home to many... Continue Reading →
BREAKING: A Tree-Sitter has halted logging in Boambee State Forest yesterday morning. A forest defender suspended high in a tree-sit from a configuration of ropes, immobilising machinery and blocking all logging works today. They share “I am not comfortable in my lifetime accepting & ignoring the destruction unfolding on this continent. I won’t bystand the... Continue Reading →
2 ports blocked. Darsh and Munro have disrupted Australia's economic functioning, because this system of 'infinite growth' is killing our world. Extraction and exploitation began with colonisation. It ends with us. BLOCKADE AUSTRALIA IS BACK AGAIN: climate activist Munro Monroe (26) is currently blocking Webb Dock Rd, in front of the Port of Melbourne gates, attached... Continue Reading →
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