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7 March 2015
Press Release – ItsOurFuture.org.nz
The lead-up to Saturdays protests against the TPPA shows the commitment of people across the country to send a message that the government cant ignore, said ItsOurFuture spokesperson Edward Miller.Nationwide day of action against TPPA: “Ignore us at your peril” government warned
“The lead-up to Saturday’s protests against the TPPA shows the commitment of people across the country to send a message that the government can’t ignore”, said ItsOurFuture spokesperson Edward Miller.
A video shows young activists publicising Saturday’s nationwide protests with footage from Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Christchurch, and Nelson.
Action in the 22 centres starts at 10am in Raglan and many of the larger centre marches begin at 1pm, including Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
“People have been incredibly creative”, Miller said. “In Christchurch a giant plain-packaged cigarette packet will be marching in the crowd, while Auckland will be led by an enormous Trojan Horse, locked in a tug-of-war between major commercial interests and activist communities.”
“Around the country everyday kiwis will be photographed for a virtual campaign with signs saying ‘I am a ___________ and I say #TPPANoDeal.’ Already this campaign has been very popular.”
“Trade minister Tim Groser needs to recognise that people don’t buy the ‘trust me’ line. They want to be listened to when they say they don’t want the TPPA. And they deserve to be listened to.”
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The press was out in force, note the handmade, orange duct tape "PRESS" armband. The new media folks were armed with tiny web cameras, tablet computers, handheld devices and eclectic fashions.
A sign left over after a protest on abortions sits on Dorsey Lane and Apache Blvd. in Tempe, Arizona on Tuesday, Sep. 29, 2015. (Photo by Shelby Slaughter)
Political Protest:
Manhattan's Upper West Side
An unusual protest has taken place in Kendal.
Members of the NFU and young farmers got together to protest against the price farmers get for their milk, and to get the message across they got into a milk bath.
A protest outside the Minneapolis Police Department's 5th Precinct in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 30, 2020.
Marcha del 20 de Noviembre en la Ciudad de México con motivo de los 43 estudiantes desaparecidos en Ayotzinapa
November 20th protest in México City for de 43 missing students in Ayotzinapa
There were a lot of monkeys around on Saturday, for two different marches in the center of Oxford. One was against the animal testing that goes on at research labs here (and the building of a new lab specifically for that purpose) and another was in favour of it.
Two people turned up for the 'in favour' demonstration.
Everyone here was quite excited about it all, but I just found myself missing the G8 stuff from last summer in Scotland.
Kashmiri protesters throw stones at paramilitary soldiers and Jammu Kashmir policemen during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, May 2, 2008. Police fired tear gas at hundreds of rampaging demonstrators after Friday prayers in the main city of the Indian portion of Kashmir, protesting alleged human rights violations by Indian security personnel. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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ISLAMABAD:Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto speaks to supporters and the media from behind a barbed wire barricade outside her residence in Islamabad November 9, 2007.
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Policiais atacaram os estudantes que protestavam ontem (06/03/2013) em Cuiabá. Tudo que os estudantes queriam era o direito de ter um teto sob o qual viver enquanto cursam a graduação.
Vídeo (por Karine Stein): www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bdvt5...
On 21st October 2011, English PEN took part in a global 'Poetry Protest'. Campaigners around the world read poems by Burma's imprisoned poets. In London, at the Burmese Embassy in Mayfair, acclaimed poet Ruth Padel led the readings with Burmese artist Htein Lin, former political prisoner Zaw Zaw Aung, and Salil Tripathi, Chair of English PEN's Writers in Prison Committee.
Photo: Wunna Soe
I took a series of pictures of staff protesting for a living wage while on another project documenting Brixton.
Queensland State Archives Item ID 510665, Correspondence file
Commonwealth Games protested
Source: Deadly Story
In 1982 the Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people used the international focus on the event to their benefit, bringing to light the injustices they faced every day by staging a protest.
Brisbane 1982 - Highlighting injustices
The Commonwealth Games is an international sporting event between current and former colonies of the British Empire held every 4 years. In 1982 they were held in Brisbane. The international attention the Games brought about provided an opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to highlight the injustices and discrimination they were facing.
The objectives of the protest were many and covered a range of different areas of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life but two of the significant issues raised were land rights and control of Aboriginal affairs. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community wanted complete ownership of their lands in Queensland and to be able to protect Country from mining.
Legalities of the marches
It became clear as early as January of 1982 that activists were planning some sort of action for the Games. As the supposed ‘threat’ of Indigenous activity grew closer, the then Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Peterson declared a State of Emergency and proclaimed street marches illegal. Only two marches were approved by Queensland police making all other marches illegal. This meant that anyone who took part in unapproved marches could be arrested and charged under the new Games legislation. If a protestor was found guilty they faced a fine of up to $2,000 or two years in prison.
The protest
As the games drew near the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community began calling out for people to come and support the protests and demonstrations against the discrimination they were suffering.
Leaders of the Community had differing views what kind of action would get the best results. Some believed peaceful rallies and cultural festivities would best get the message across while others felt that it would make little impact and that they needed to be more forceful.
On September 26 around 2,000 people marched for land rights. Protesters carried placards and banners and walked peacefully from the city to a park across the Brisbane River. It was considered Queensland’s biggest Aboriginal march at the time.
On September 29 another 1,000 people marched peacefully across central Brisbane in support of land rights. Hey held placards, banners and wore badges that read:
Stop playing games: land rights now!
A demonstration was held during the opening ceremony and police were called to have protesters removed. As the police moved in and began arresting people, protestors chanted 'the whole world is watching.' Thirty-nine people were arrested in that demonstration.
A further 104 protesters were arrested on October 4 during a land rights sit-in near the athletics stadium. According to The Age newspaper those who were arrested were the first people to be charged under the Queensland Government's Games security laws. Most charges were dropped over the next year. On the same day around 20 spectators sat quietly in the stands of the athletics stadium holding Aboriginal flags for the duration of the program.
Another rally was held on October 7. Around 500 people attended. Brisbane activist, Ross Watson, spoke to the crowd saying that "we are going to march today…we have no permit…we will be breaking the law. If you march you are likely to be arrested." About 400 police descended on a group of protestors who broke off from the main and arrested around 260 protesters including the then Governor-General’s daughter Ann Stephen.
This was a stark example of police and government suppression of our people’s right to protest and free speech. Despite the harm caused by the authorities, the people involved fought hard to have their message heard.
Sources:
•Commonwealth Games Brisbane & Aboriginal Protest, 1982, Museums Victoria
•Commonwealth Games Demonstrations - Brisbane 1982, The Koori History Website
•Activists plan to protest during the 'Stolenwealth' games, NITV
•'The fight never left': Stolenwealth Games protesters draw on long tradition, The Guardian.
A protestor is carried away after their arrest on the White House sidewalk during the protest.
Hundreds of Indigenous leaders, land and water protectors, and allies from across the continent march in Washington D.C. and risk arrest sitting in front of the White House on Indigenous Peoples Day. The mobilization is being organized by Build Back Fossil Free, a coalition of hundreds of Indigenous, Black, environmental, climate justice, youth, and social justice organizations.
The protestors claimed an "unhealthy bias" existed in favour of the pro-Union Better Together campaign.
Organiser Moira Williams said there was "increasing discontent" about the way the independence campaign was being represented by the BBC.
Protestors marching through the streets of Kensington & Chelsea on their way to Grenfell Tower.
The protest was calling for an urgent resolution on a range of post-incident issues including the rehousing of survivors locally, the release of funds to cover welfare and loss costs as well as for an immediate commission to investigate the recent £10m refurbishment project and to look at similar buildings in the borough to identify fire, health and safety risks and put in place immediate control measures.
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Protesters at the Webster, TX Post Office. Complaining about "Jewish Snake Bernake" "Obamaitler" and "Hitler Reid"
One of the protesters was also standing at the post office doors handing out fliers and literature. I'm surprised this was allowed. Signs in the yard are one thing, standing at the doorway handing out literature is another.
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