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Darsh Imprisoned After He Stopped Brisbane Port Using 3 Poles | 21 Jun 2023 | Action Updates | Blog | Brisbane | Upcoming Events

AUSTRALIA’S PROFITS CAUSE FLOODS, FIRE AND FAMINE

For a second day in a row the roads leading in and out of the Port of Brisbane have been blocked by another activist. Darsh hung from a tripod spread across the 2 in-bound lanes and was later removed by the fire brigade.

This morning, Darsh said “I stand for a community that cares for each other, that shares the wealth created by the labour of the working class instead of stealing it for the benefit of the 1%, and that uses increasing repression to enforce their structural privilege at the cost of ecological catastrophe.”

“This is an act of self-defense. I am blocking the operation of the port because the port is a central part of the system that is threatening our safety. We need to end the system that is destroying our future and this action is the beginning of that process.”

Darsh was not offered police bail when taken into the watch house. Later that afternoon in court the Magistrate decided to imprison Darsh at least until the 17th of July 2023 while he waits for his next court appearance.

It is the most vulnerable in the world who are already suffering the consequences of Australia’s heartless decisions.

A supreme court appeal of this bail decision will be heard on Monday.

Protests are planned against this police repression on Friday and Monday

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Grace snuck into the coal port and pulled the breaks! | | Action Updates | Newcastle

BLOCKADE STRIKES FOR THE 6th TIME IN TWO DAYS

Grace, 18, has now been arrested after stopping operations at the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle by stealthily climbing to the top of a stacker-reclaimer and gluing their hand to the railing – it’s a crane-like machine that is five stories high, think biggest machine you’ve ever seen. Stacker-reclaimers are used to load coal onto ships for export. Grace glued herself onto the machine and said:

“We are a relentless bunch of people. We will not stop until real action on climate is taken.”

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Major export facilities across the continent have been disrupted six times in two days by #BlockadeAustralia

Grace is a conservation student who grew up on a farm on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country (Canberra). Grace works at a bakery, and is concerned about the future of food amidst the climate and ecological crisis, and what the future holds for all life on Earth.

She live streamed it!

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A wild ride – Day 2 wrap video | | Action Updates | Blog | Videos

Day Two: six Blockade Australia actions to break the system that is breaking us.

We’re still here, organising resistance to Australia’s exploitation and extraction. Ordinary people can disrupt the supply chain that feeds the ‘economy’ aka the destruction of our biosphere.

The doctrine of infinite profit is killing us. We’re here for self defense.

Munro: ‘We’re digging ourselves a hole and the port is a big part of the shovel. We need to put that shovel down’.

Darsh: “It’s an act of self defense to disrupt the destruction of the ecosystems that sustain us.”

We are here for life, for earth and all her peoples.

Join us.

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THIS SYSTEM ISN’T BROKEN. THIS SYSTEM NEEDS BREAKING. Melbourne Port broken by a pole and Munro | 20 Jun 2023 | Action Updates | Melbourne

This morning, Munro (26) suspended themselves on a monopole at the gate of the Port of Melbourne, disrupting operations of the continent’s biggest port for several hours.

They said: “We’re in dire circumstances and I’m willing to put myself on the line to try to bring Australia’s climate destruction to an end.”

“This port is directly contributing to the climate and ecological collapse. When you realise the truth, that we are in such a desperate situation, then you need to come to grips with it and do something about it.”

The doctrine of infinite profit is tearing our future from us. Economic disruption has become vital for survival.

Power no longer only resides in governments and institutions – it is through the movement of goods and resources via roads, ports and rails that the current system is maintained. It is through the disruption of these flows that the system is challenged.

The doctrine of infinite profit is killing us. We’re here for self defence.

Munro: ‘We’re digging ourselves a hole and the port is a big part of the shovel. We need to put that shovel down’.

We are here for life, for earth and all her peoples.

Join us.

#BlockadeAustralia

Update: The legend known as Munro was in court the same day, he plead guilty and spoke for himself in court after refusing a lawyer, he convinced the court he did the right thing and was released without a conviction or a sentence.

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Port of Brisbane was at a standstill after an activist with a monopole blocked the road | | Action Updates | Brisbane

ECOSYSTEMS NOT EMPIRES

Earlier today, the Port of Brisbane was at a standstill while an activist blocked the flow of goods coming in and going out for a few hours while hanging from a monopole. This happened along side similar actions taken part in Newcastle and Melbourne.

This continent and the people on it have been and are still being exploited by the political and economic structures. Everyday people recognise that the system is not broken, it was designed this way. It is failing us all and it needs to be stopped.

In their livestream, Jem, 23 said:

“One person making morally guided consumer decisions holds no power to stop the system or to change it. But one person organising collectively can shut down the flow of goods for an entire port”

“When we work together and utilise our combined strengths, we have a greater chance at resisting the systems of oppression that we all live under.”

This action was taken on the stolen lands of the Quandamooka peoples. The first peoples resistance against the violent invasion of this continent, their culture and their people is still going on today.

We need to #BlockadeAustralia

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The world’s most significant economic bottleneck of the coal industry BLOCKADED | | Action Updates | Newcastle

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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Melbourne Port Shut Down by Blockade Australia. | | Action Updates | Melbourne
HOPE LIES IN A CULTURE OF RESISTANCE.

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.

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BA strikes the EMPIRE back – video of day 1 highlights | | Action Updates | Blog | Videos
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.

Music credit:

Darlin Please by

Heat Up (ft. Sleep of Oldominion) by Esoligh

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BLOCKADE AUSTRALIA DISRUPTS PORT OF MELBOURNE FOR SECOND DAY via monopole | | Media Releases
This System Needs Breaking

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 to a monopole stopping the operations of the largest port on the continent.

For the second day in a row, across the continent, Blockade Australia have simultaneously blocked operations of ports along the east coast.

Their banner reads: “The system isn’t broken. The system needs breaking.”

Munro said: “This port is directly contributing to the climate and ecological collapse.”

“We’re in dire circumstances and I’m willing to put myself on the line to try to bring Australia’s climate destruction to an end.”

“When you realise the truth, that we are in such a desperate situation, then you need to come to grips with it and do something about it”

“The only real change can come through the power of people”

The Port of Melbourne is the biggest port in Australia, and the fourth largest container port in the Southern Hemisphere. The operations of Australia are destructive all over this continent, but all the wealth they extract flows through supply chains which we can materially distrupt. Ports like these are bottlenecks in these supply chains, places where one individually, organising collectively, can cause a massive disruption to a corrupt and exploitative system.

A Blockade Australia spokesperson said;

“Blockade Australia is an organised response to Australia’s active role in causing the climate and ecological crisis.”

The Blockade Australia network has organised periods of sustained disruption in the Newcastle Coal Port in 2021, the Port of Botany in 2022, and the Sydney CBD in 2022. This move is the latest in a long campaign to disrupt economic bottlenecks in the Australian system in order to stop Australia’s climate destruction.

Interviews available

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PORT OF BRISBANE disrupted again by Darsh via tripod | | Media Releases
Australia’s Profits Cause – Floods, Fire and Famine

Once again the Port of Brisbane has been blocked by activist network Blockade Australia on Quandamooka country. The action marks the second time Blockade Australia has shut down the port in as many days.

Darsh Rasborsek has blocked two lanes leading into the port, suspended from a tripod structure. This act of resistance is a reminder that the operation of Australia refuses to act on the climate crisis, and continues to be a driving cause of climate collapse by extracting and moving exploited resources around the world through ports.

“The current economic and political structures here are incapable of making the kind of change needed to ensure a safe future. We have had decades of science warning us, but the evidence is right in front of us – floods, fires, droughts, heatwaves… despite everything, global emissions continue to rise,” says Darsh.

“As well as degrading the natural world, this system sets people against each other and creates artificial scarcity. The cost of living and housing crises are examples of this. By this action, I am working to create a safe future for my children and my grandchildren, and all the children born into this world.I stand for a community that cares for each other.”

While the climate crisis progresses toward an increasingly unstable situation, already harming the most vulnerable communities and ecosystems, Australia continues the political and economic operation of exporting such disaster around the globe. Blockade Australia disrupts those systems, highlighting the power of everyday people to seek and create a future worth hoping for. 

Update: Darsh has been remanded in custody until 17 June

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