<
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/30/adam-bandt-urges-australians-to-embrace-civil-disobedience-and-join-climate-protests>
"The Australian Greens leader, Adam Bandt, has called on people to join
disruptive climate protests to pressure the Albanese government to stop opening
new fossil fuel mines, saying he plans to help blockade the country’s largest
coal port.
He has also written to the leaders of 16 Pacific Island nations suggesting they
should make any support for an Australia bid to host a UN climate summit
conditional on the government “taking stronger climate action”.
Speaking to climate activists in Melbourne on Wednesday night, Bandt said Labor
was “hellbent on opening more coal and gas mines”.
He said more people needed to “get in behind” groups that engaged in nonviolent
civil disobedience, naming Disrupt Burrup Hub, Rising Tide and Extinction
Rebellion.
Bandt compared frontline climate activism to “the types of civil disobedience
that have been so crucial throughout history in securing change, from ending
slavery to gaining women’s suffrage, from workers’ rights to civil rights”.
“The Liberals and Nationals were kicked out of office for thumbing their nose
at the climate crisis … but with Labor it’s somehow more disappointing because
you know they know what they’re doing is wrong,” he said, according to speech
extracts shared in advance.
“Some Labor MPs might not get into politics to help out [oil and gas company]
Woodside, but sure enough they end up there.
“Now we need to embrace the importance of protest and civil disobedience. We
must come together and fight back.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
