Fire, floods and other natural disasters are increasing, but the people trying to prevent the climate crisis face jail and fines simply for sitting on roads
‘The only thing that’s left to demand government action on climate change is non-violence civil disobedience,’ writes Blockade Australia activist Greg Rolles.‘The only thing that’s left to demand government action on climate change is non-violence civil disobedience,’ writes Blockade Australia activist Greg Rolles.spent eight years as a high school geography teacher. Many times, I would be talking to kids about the climate crisis.
Two people in their early 20s who were asking that same question – what am I doing to protect our future? – sustained injuries from being struck by an unmarked police car picking up camouflaged police engaging in covert surveillance on a private property. Everything from rights for First Nations people in this country, to the vote for women, to the 8 hour work day was won by people engaging in non-violent civil disobedience. We look upon people like Martin Luther King as heroes now, but at the time they were the most vilified people in the nation.
Police searched and seized my laptop. They searched and seized all our phones, even when I told them I can’t afford another phone as I live on money I had saved up from doing disability support work. The police still have all my devices. I am writing this article through voice memos to my friend who is typing them up.
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