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The war on you and I

Opinion by Greg Ray Bob Brown is right. There is a global dimension to the anti-protest laws Australian governments have been rushing to enact. They – both major parties included – are simply regurgitating a script written for them by the corporations that run the global economy. “The striking similarity between Australian [anti-protest] legislation and the UK’s legislation is a clue which indicates we’ve got a global corporate governance,” Brown told Crikey reporter Maeve McGregor. I was going to say exactly the same thing but he beat me to it. Nor is it only environmental protests…

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Wealth, power and justice

The 12-month jail sentence handed down last month to coal protester Eric Serge Herbert sent a chill of fear through activist circles. As it was intended to do. The sentencing magistrate, Janine Lacy, imposed the severe sentence after Herbert delayed a coal train in Newcastle for a few hours. His action was part of a campaign by Blockade Australia, a protest group to which he belongs. While Blockade Australia sponsored 20 anti-coal protests aimed at the major coal port over a period of 11 days, the state's police and court system responded with equal or greater…

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