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A young climate activist at Kooragang island has stopped exporting at coal terminals of Port of Newcastle, on stolen, unceded Awabakal and Worimi Country.

The activist locked on and glued on, suspended off a bipod for over four hours.

They said, “This direct action not only brought coal trains to a halt, but was a disruption to the colonial project, known as Australia. Australia was established through brutal genocide with the sole purpose of extracting wealth. That’s exactly what is still happening today.

“The colonial and expansionist project, known as Australia, will always protect itself instead of the people. The legal avenues of change currently presented to us only facilitate Australia’s protection of itself, and its priority to incentivise the accumulation of wealth. This priority is perpetuated culturally – through individualism, climate denial, and illusion of meritocracy.”

Other activists blockaded the Port of Brisbane (on stolen lands of the Quandamooka peoples) and Port of Melbourne (on unceded Boon Wurrung Country) at the same time this morning.

“Direct actions like these shake up the current system and “business as usual”. 98% of Australia’s trade is via ports – meaning most of the flow of the economy is centralised around these pinch points which we are able to disrupt.

“We are taught that power is only accessible to few individuals in “special” and “authorised” places. Everyday people are feeling disenfranchised and disempowered. We’re breaking that down by building a resistance movement that disrupts pinch-points in this destructive machine. Collective power comes when we stop destructive forces from operating. We all have the power to disrupt and transform the colonial project, known as Australia.”

This is a coordinated response to Australia’s facilitation of the global climate and ecological crisis.

Update: Claudia has been released on bail pending court on the 20th of July. NSW police charged them with trespass and obstructing a railway.

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This morning, Blockade Australia climate activist Brad Homewood has climbed a monopole to stop the operations of the Port of Melbourne, the largest port in Australia, on Boon Wurrung Country.

Simultaneously, other activists have blockaded the Newcastle Coal Port and the Port of Brisbane.

Blockading tactics such as these are necessary in obstructing Australia’s ongoing destruction of our liveable climate. An organised resistance movement is required to protect the conditions necessary for life.

Brad said:

“This system is doing exactly what it was set up to do, extract and exploit with a callous disregard for all forms of life. You can’t solve a problem with the same thinking that created it: we can’t vote our way out of this mess, the system cannot fix the system.”

Blockade Australia is an organised response to Australia’s active role in causing the climate and ecological emergency. This morning, three major ports across the continent have been blockaded, in order to coordinate major economic disruption to the Australian system.

Organised Destruction, Organised Resistance.

ft: blockades of Melbourne, Brisbane and world’s largest coal port

One day. Three ports. One year since the Colo raid. Like the hydra, Blockade Australia is BACK, disrupting three major ports across the continent. The climate movement cannot be decapitated.

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Heat Up (ft. Sleep of Oldominion) by Esoligh

OUR SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON OUR RESISTANCE Today, Sydney saw another demonstration of powerful, collective resistance.

DAY ONE – Resist Climate Destruction, Sydney Mobilisation.

These actions took place on the unceded lands of the Gadigal people.

Swarms take to the streets on Day two of distruption | 28 Jun 2022 | Action Updates

Blockade Australia has carried out a second day of sustained disruption to a system that is leading us towards extinction.

Swarms of people have taken t othe streets of Sydney’s CBD to show their opposition to Australia’s relentless regime of destroying this beautiful continent. Australia deliberately blocks any meaningful climate action as it is hinged on extracting and exploiting this land and its peoples. Climate action cannot coexist with Australia‘s project. We must get in the way, we must blockade Australia.

Get involved, join the network of people across this content to build an organised legitimate response, before it’s too late. Get to Sydney this week, get organised and take action.

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Community members Blockade Australia where it started | 27 Jun 2022 | Action Updates | Sydney

People have taken to the streets of Sydney during peak hours this morning, causing mass disruption to the city.

This is in direct response to Australia’s continued blocking of climate action and the escalating repression against nonviolent protestors on this continent. …

Meanwhile, Mali, 22 has locked on to a car blocking the Harbour Tunnel in North Sydney.

Australia is a system of exploitation set to destroy our climate. We are bringing the fight back to where it began.

“The Australian colony started here. It’s where violence landed on this continent and where the destruction of Country began. Since then, Sydney has developed into the political and economic capital of Australia. It makes perfect sense to start at the guts of this system and disrupt it’s most important points.”
Mali

Stand with us on the streets of Sydney as we continue to resist climate destruction.

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Statement from prison – Max Curmi | 25 Jun 2022 | Action Updates

Max Curmi at a protest in Brisbane before his arrest

I am a political prisoner. I am being held on prevaricated charges, because I refuse to let this system continue destroying this continent, the climate, and our right to a livable future. I am in a cage, because we are upholding the truth and backing the experts who are saying we need to make transformational change now in order to survive.

We need to stop destroying the world for profit, and that means dismantling and replacing the current legal, political and economic frameworks that encourage the exploitation of this earth and those living on it. We need systems that are set up to minimise environmental impacts, protect what remains, and repair the damage that Australia and its allies have done to our planet.

They have locked me up, and they have locked up my friends, but they cannot lock down the truth, unless the people with freedom let them. This system is going to destroy us all unless we find a way to force serious change. It cannot facilitate the transformational change we need. The experienced work everyday, in the parliaments, the courts and the uniforms, to protect and preserve this exploitation system.

We need to stand up, we need to fight back, this is your planet they are killing. Change has never come easily, and it won’t be given to us by those with the power. Now is the time, we have had enough excuses.

Step up, fight back. Join us this week, at Blockade Australia.

Elder Arrested in Second Raid of Blockade Australia Camp | 24 Jun 2022 | Action Updates | Media Releases | Sydney

Ngemba elder Auntie Caroline Kirk being arrested by NSW Police

NSW Police has arrested two Blockade Australia activists at a campsite in Sydney early this morning.

Activists were encircled by around 25 police, while police boats patrolled a nearby river. Initially, police refused to respond to questions as to why those at the campsite were being detained. Police were accompanied by Channel 9’s news team.

One of the activists arrested was a 62-year-old Aboriginal elder who was staying at the campground. She has been charged with intimidation and affray, outrageous charges that bear no relation to reality.

Police have maintained intense surveillance since the dramatic raid over the weekend west of Sydney. Activists have been surveilled and arrested by plain-clothed police in the days following the police invasion of our property and police have raided and intimidated climate activist households all over Sydney.

Aunty Carol speaks before her arrest

Those at the campsite have been informed police are continuing to pursue activists in relation to events over the weekend.

It is clear that police are intent on repressing climate activism in Australia. While this is an egregious and brutal abuse of power by the police, it is also an inevitable and expected response to climate activism that challenges the destruction and exploitation of the systems of Australia. We will not be intimidated by police. We will continue to take action to secure a liveable future.

Getting Ready for DAY 1: RESIST CLIMATE DESTRUCTION | 23 Jun 2022 | Action Updates | Sydney | Upcoming Events

JUNE 27th

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Collective climate denial is an existential threat that is rampant in this society.

Australia’s priority is to protect an economic and political order that maintains focus on maximising exploitation.

The escalating repression over the last few days against activists taking co-ordinated action against this exploitation system highlights this priority.

Over the weekend, NSW police poured resources into an illegitimate and malicious police raid that saw 40 people, including elders and children detained. Seven people were arrested, and are banned from speaking to loved ones and friends.

As its opposition grows, Australia responds with violent and disturbing reflexes.

This is a system doing what it was set up to do: to block any attempt at a legitimate climate response.

When we take collective action that opposes and exposes the destructive nature of Australia’s operations, Australia attacks us: armed, organised, and declaring that we are the extreme ones.

An attack on those resisting the destruction of all life support systems is an attack on everyone.

We are fighting for clean air, for drinkable water and for a safe climate. Australia is blocking this. Australia’s mission is in direct conflict with the interests of life on earth.

Australia relies on a facade of progressive, democratic prosperity.

This weekend’s raid and the ongoing treatment of a movement desperately struggling for our collective survival exposes the rotten core of Australia.

Meaningful climate action must materially challenge Australia’s operations.

Australia was built on violent exploitation of people and the environment. Any serious threat to the profit driven suicide mission that Australia is on will be met with harsh state repression.

Our only option is to push back with more people, more conviction and no fear. Fear and apathy are our opposition’s only hope. We must not let them win.

Don’t let them beat us. Join us on June 27.

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This action will take place on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge their ongoing resistance to the colonial project of Australia, and pay respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

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