WAKING UP TO TWO MORE ACTIONS

Toni (28) is 4 hours into blocking traffic across 3 trainlines into the Port of Newcastle, suspended from a monopole traverse.

This is the 8th action in the last 4 days in the latest #BlockadeAustralia mobilisation.

Last night, Trish (77) and Ella (25) jumped on a coal carriage, bringing all trains to a stop!

Ella shared, "yeah, it's cold and uncomfortable... but we find hope in direct action. It's a way to say we are not complicit with what is happening and we won't be silenced. It's a direct message."

"Being here really puts it into perspective - how much is being extracted from the land: stolen land, stolen resources."

We are railroading towards a future of increased floods, fires, famines, conflicts and mass migration.

Acknowledging Australia's part in facilitating the climate crisis means acknowledging our responsibility to stand in the way of Australia.

THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED, NOT BROKEN

#BLOCKADEAUSTRALIA 5th consecutive day of action blocking the Port of Newcastle, Grace hangs from a bipod over a rail bridge with a banner that reads, "the system is rigged, not broken."

Grace is right... environmental disasters, climate change, pollution and inequality are not mistakes - they are symptoms of a system built to exploit, to benefit those in power over the many.

The system is working just as intended. Politicians, corporations and the rich profit from the exploitation of people and planet because it's in their job description.

She says, "I don't think l'd be able to look at myself, if I wasn't doing something.

If you agree, join the resistance!

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Seen in Launceston, Tasmania

RESIST AUSTRALIA'S CLIMATE
DESTRUCTION

Okay, Day 9 and it's been a wild evening!

2pm: After Luke's morning action, Heike jumps on a coal train halting trains in and out of the Newcastle Coal Port.

11pm: Skye climbs into a tree-sit tied to the rail, blocking traffic for a solid 5 hours. She is kept company on her livestream by a few passionate supporters from around the world over night.

4.30am: Nate steps in at dawn for the next 3 hours, hanging from a bipod over 2-mile creek bridge leading into the world's largest coal port.

#BlockadeAustralia is a growing network that knows direct action is effective when it's targeted and sustained as it challenges power where it operates on the ground.
As long as Australia continues to exploit this continent and those who call it home, our resistance will continue.