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I'm just going to leave this here. #protectprotest #firstamendment
When protest becomes ‘TERRORISM’:The Trump admin's escalating war on dissent
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August 11, 2026 at 1:52 AM
foleyjerry.bsky.social
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#ToriesGone299

Govt’s & #MSMAreComplicit in #GazaGenocide!
#MiddleEast
#Ukraine
#GlobalConflicts

#HumanRightsAreUniversal
#StopVAWG
#ProtectProtest

🇺🇸 #ImpeachTrump
🇬🇧 #NeverVoteReform
#DefeatFascism

Amnesty Launches Annual Report on State of 🌎 #HumanRights
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Amnesty Launches Annual Report on the State of Human Rights Worldwide
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April 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
foleyjerry.bsky.social
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#ToriesGone298

Govt’s & #MSMAreComplicit in #GazaGenocide!
#MiddleEast
#Ukraine
#GlobalConflicts

#HumanRightsAreUniversal
#StopVAWG
#ProtectProtest

🇺🇸
#HandsOffGaza
#ImpeachTrump
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#NeverVoteReform
#DefeatFascism

Amnesty Launches Annual Report on State of #HumanRights 🌎
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Amnesty Launches Annual Report on the State of Human Rights Worldwide
YouTube video by Amnesty International
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April 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
marilynp.bsky.social
Trump thrives on chaos and plays the victim to consolidate power. It’s naive to assume his camp wouldn’t infiltrate protests to justify a violent crackdown.
Eyes wide open, folks.

#StayVigilant #TrumpTactics #AuthoritarianPlaybook #ProtectProtest
brusselspout.eurosky.social Brussels @brusselspout.eurosky.social · Jun 10
IF he manufactured an assassination attempt on himself, is it beyond imagination to think he might plant agitators within the LA protestors to manufacture violent protest??
June 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
jennykaynz.bsky.social
At #ProtectProtest event in Te Whanganui A Tara. HT AmnestyNZ + @nzccl.org.nz + @peacewellington.bsky.social

Good to see @teanau.bsky.social and group of activists here on 15 October.
#NZpol
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October 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
milokei.bsky.social
They were hip hop, not punk, but Combat Wombat was a core memory of the anti logging and enviro movement of a whole generation of Melburnians.

#ProtectProtest #Auspol
Combat Wombat - Wikipedia
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June 1, 2026 at 12:34 PM
milokei.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #SocialMovements #ProtectProtest #NoOneLikesAI
adriandaub.bsky.social Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · May 27
University administrators two years ago: we can’t allow social justice movements to change the university as we know it

University administrators today: in order to accommodate the new probabilistic bullshit generator no one likes we must change everything about the university
May 27, 2026 at 8:53 AM
milokei.bsky.social
Passed for entirely political reasons, nothing at all to do with 'social cohesion' or 'safety'. The #Minns #NSW govt has knowingly drafted and legislated unconstitutional anti-protest laws twice in the last year. Both aimed at curbing citizens rights and their voices.

#ProtectProtest #Auspol
NSW’s highest court strikes down anti-protest law introduced in wake of Bondi beach terror attack
Court finds law – which effectively meant protesters could not march without risk of arrest – is unconstitutional
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2026 at 7:43 AM
milokei.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #ProtectProtest
January 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
milokei.bsky.social
Totally cool and normal in Australian democracy. Thanks Chris #Minns!

Forbidding NSW citizens to lawfully protest about any issue at all, for any reason, must satisfy much of your political platform. Good to know.

#ProtectProtest #Auspol #NSWPol
strangerous.bsky.social stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · Jan 6
NSW Police Commissioner announces extension to anti-protest laws for another two weeks, saying publicly protesting about anything is “divisive” and could make “some people” “absolutely upset”.

‘Some people’s’ feelings now outweigh the right to protest in NSW? Yikes 🙄 #auspol
January 6, 2026 at 11:28 AM
milokei.bsky.social
Code -
1st: acknowledging 'mass demonstration' from citizens no longer required
2nd: 'combustible situation' wld need to be pretty damn violent to be unable to quell
3rd: 'multicultural community' means sorting by ethnic difference ie discrimination based on race

#NSWpol #Auspol #ProtectProtest
December 17, 2025 at 4:42 AM
milokei.bsky.social
The criminalisation of protest, especially enviro protest, in this country is second to none. Heavy-handed, draconian legislation like this curtails ALL rights. This is an eg of the state snooping at your social media feed. Where does that end?

#ProtectProtest #CivilRights #Auspol #WApol
brianwalkermlc.com.au Dr Brian Walker MLC @brianwalkermlc.com.au · Aug 14
🚨 Do you have any videos online of yourself at a protest or rally? Did you speak your mind online about the lockdowns? Under the State Government’s new “Post and Boast” laws, you could face three years in jail!
#wapol #auspol #perth #perthnews #westernaustralia
August 14, 2025 at 3:38 AM
milokei.bsky.social
#ProtectProtest #CivilRights #GazaSolidarity #Auspol #NSWpol
paulmeekperth.bsky.social Paul Meek @paulmeekperth.bsky.social · Aug 2
“If matters such as this were to be determinative, no assembly involving inconvenience would be permitted,” Justice Rigg said.

(the police had said it would disrupt the community too much, especially traffic)
NSW supreme court rules in favour of pro-Palestine march across Sydney Harbour Bridge
Palestine Action Group claims as many as 50,000 people will take part in the march on Sunday
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
milokei.bsky.social
'McFadden [Dep Commish] has misled the public, ignored evidence, laid incorrect charges, made inconsistent statements, engaged in victim blaming and taken the case in the wrong direction' - Higginson

#Auspol #NSWPol #ProtectProtest #ACAB
he NSW Police Force charging a civilian that it appears one of its officers has assaulted is par for the course. However, in Hannah’s case, the cops took the matter one step further and charged her under laws usually reserved for rioters, seemingly because it had sunk in that punching a legal observer in the face with such force that the injury was clearly severe was not a good outcome. So, just for good measure but without much forethought, NSW police initially charged Thomas with refuse to comply with a direction given in accordance with this section, contrary to section 87MA(4) of the LEPRA. This is similar to the regular offence of failing to follow a move-on order, but it only applies after a senior police officer has called an emergency incident, and it carries a fine of $5,500. The 2005-enacted offence is contained within part 6A of the LEPRA, which holds emergency powers that can only be unlocked by senior police, when a large-scale public disorder is taking place. Yet, the four protesters arrested alongside Hannah copped the regular section 199 LEPRA charge. So, when it was realised early last week that Thomas’ charge sheet bore a rioting offence, even though these powers were not in play at the time of arrest, McFadden then downgraded this emergency charge to the regular minor offence of failure to follow a direction on 7 July. The Greens justice spokesperson said that the ever-changing case is now in the territory of “malicious prosecution, police violence and serious police misconduct”, which begs NSW premier Chris Minns to step in and take control of the fallout before the public loses more confidence in the NSW Police Force. Assistance commissioner McFadden had stated on Sunday, 29 June 2025, just two days after Thomas was punched in the face by a police officer that he’d “had a preliminary review of the body worn video with a number of commanders and one of our operations experts” and that there was no information at that stage that “indicates any misconduct on behalf of my officers“. “Police assistant commissioner Brett McFadden must stand down and an investigation into his conduct be established,” Higginson made certain on Monday. “McFadden has misled the public, ignored evidence, laid incorrect charges, made inconsistent statements, engaged in victim blaming and taken the case in the wrong direction.”
July 17, 2025 at 3:54 AM
milokei.bsky.social
Fascinating new empirical study about the efficacy of 'extreme' climate protest. Give it a read! The trade-off btw public disgust and public action

Have you summarised this as 'damned if you do, damned if you don't'@owasow.bsky.social?

#Sociology #AcademicSky #SocialMovements #ProtectProtest
owasow.bsky.social Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · Jul 14
New paper finds a ‘climate activist’s dilemma’: “study participants perceived climate activists engaging in extreme protests to be more immoral and supported movement less. However, extreme protests also heightened climate concern and intention to take action.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Journal of Environmental Psychology The climate activist’s dilemma: Extreme protests reduce movement support but raise climate concern and intentions Jarren L. Nylund, Michael Thai, Matthew J. Hornsey Highlights • Extreme (vs. moderate) climate protests reduce support for the activist group. • Support was reduced via immorality, low emotional connection, and identification. • Extreme (vs. moderate) climate protests increase climate concern and intentions. • Extreme tactics may boost concern but harm activist group support. • No loss of support for the broader climate movement or cause was observed. Abstract Some members of the climate movement advocate for disruptive tactics, including mass civil disobedience, in the effort to pressure governments to address anthropogenic climate change. However, prior research on the “activist's dilemma” suggests that extreme protest actions may reduce public support for a movement. The present research aimed to discover if these findings would replicate within the highly moralised context of climate change, and explore target deservingness as a potential moderator. Across two studies, with Australian psychology students (Study 1; N=178) and a politically representative sample from the United Kingdom (Study 2; N=511), participants perceived climate activists engaging in extreme (vs. moderate) protests to be more immoral, felt less emotional connection and identification with them, and supported the movement less. However, Study 2 found that extreme (vs. moderate) protests also heightened climate concern and intentions to take climate-related actions. These findings highlight a “climate activist’s dilemma”: while extreme tactics may reduce support for the activist groups who engage in such tactics, they may simultaneously raise climate concern and personal intentions to act.
July 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
milokei.bsky.social
#ProtectProtest by all means.
chenoweth.bsky.social Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · Jun 13
My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman@bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
A line chart with a blue line showing a large growth of protest events from Jan 20 - May 31, 2025, and a green line showing the relatively modest growth of protest events during the same period in 2017.
June 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
milokei.bsky.social
#ProtectProtest is the only way to safeguard our civil liberties. Who is going to resist when no one can stand with them?

#Protest is a human right
simonrosenberg.bsky.social Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · Mar 21
Australia has had "a quarter of a century of shrinking civil rights, expanding surveillance and harsher punishments in the name of Australia’s national security."

We have become a police state. #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2025/03/20/a...
How Australia became a police state
Pro-Palestine protests and sustained years of climate activism have contributed to the recent flurry of legislation.
www.crikey.com.au
March 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
milokei.bsky.social
#ProtectProtest #auspol
binarythis.bsky.social Hannah McCann @binarythis.bsky.social · Mar 6
“It comes as the University of Melbourne on Monday banned indoor protests, following a pro-Palestine encampment that extended to the occupation of a department building for more than a week”
jinghuaqian.com Jinghua Qian @jinghuaqian.com · Mar 6
The University of Sydney has apologised after initially telling a transgender international student she could face suspension after she allegedly wrote messages accusing the university of complicity in genocide in Gaza on campus whiteboards. @caitlinecassidy.bsky.social reports
March 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
milokei.bsky.social
And this is why it is so vital to #ProtectProtest
jbenmenachem.com jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · Mar 5
Yeah my workplace sure seems committed to free speech and its historical tradition of student protest.
March 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
milokei.bsky.social
Great scholarship about the trade off between repertoires and tactics of climate activists and movement support in France.

Really welcome data and interesting correlation (& some contrast) with previous studies

#AcademicSky #Sociology #PoliSci #SocialMovements #ProtectProtest
owasow.bsky.social Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · Jan 30
Do extreme protest tactics help climate movement? New study surveyed 8,001 French citizens for “effects of exposure to four protest actions with different degrees of extremity.” Found “relative to controls, extreme protest actions reduced support for the activist group…” osf.io/preprints/so...
Title page: Extreme Protest Tactics Reduce Support for the Climate Movement and Climate Mitigation Policies Kylie Fuller1 , Romain Ferrali2 , Lucas Francou Damesin3 , Izzy Gainsburg4 , Brent Simpson5 , and Robb Willer4 1New York University 2Aix-Marseille University 3Parlons Climat 4Stanford University 5University of South Carolina Abstract In response to the escalating climate crisis, and with major climate policy reforms under debate across Europe, many environmental activists have turned to extreme protest tactics, such as vandalizing museums and obstructing major highways. Research suggests that extreme protest tactics - protest behaviors perceived to be highly disruptive, harmful to others, or both - may attract media attention, but typically reduce public support for protest groups (e.g., Feinberg et al., 2020). However, this research has focused primarily on Americans’ responses to public protest. Additionally, little experimental research has tested the causal effects of extreme tactics in the context of the climate movement, even though it is the largest social movement in the world (Hasegawa, 2022). To address these gaps, we fielded a large, pre-registered online survey experiment, conducted on a representative sample of French citizens (n = 8,001), testing the effects of exposure to four protest actions featuring different degrees of extremity - a peaceful march, occupying an office building, blocking public transportation, and damaging infrastructure. Results showed that, relative to a control condition, extreme protest actions reduced support for the activist group, willingness to join the climate movement, and support for climate mitigation policies (e.g., a carbon tax on fossil fuel companies), with these reductions increasing proportional to the extremity of the protest actions. Additionally, we found no evidence that exposure to these extreme tactics led to greater support for a more moderate climate protest group, offering evidence against the “radical flank effect” found in previous research (Simpson et al., 2022). Overall, results show that previously demonstrated negative effects of extreme protest tactics on popular support for social movements and their policy goals extends to activism on climate change, and also generalizes beyond the U.S. to the European context, a cri… Figure 1. All protest tactics (vs. the control condition) significantly reduced support for the focal group. The march, blockade, and sabotage vignettes (versus the control condition) significantly reduced policy support. None of the protest tactics impacted willingness to personally do more for climate change.
January 31, 2025 at 8:38 AM
milokei.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #SocialMovements #BLM #ProtectProtest
January 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
milokei.bsky.social
The craven political class of late* has been eye-opening. Just pathetically weak. Legislating against the human rights of their own citizens at the merest whiff of disgruntled vested interests. For what?

#Auspol #ProtectProtest #Maskup

*5 states legislated to crack down on protest since 2019
December 17, 2024 at 6:17 AM
milokei.bsky.social
Nasty protesters, out here trying to protect themselves from chemical attacks and violent cops...

A #Protest #Crackdown. Just what Victorians need right now. Silence will be enforced on an obedient public that aren't troubled by anything at. Nice one Jacinta.

#Auspol #Vicpol #ProtectProtest
6newsau.bsky.social 6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · Dec 17
#BREAKING 🚨 Vic premier Jacinta Allan has announced a range of legislative proposals as part of an effort to ‘thwart’ protests outside of places of worship

It includes banning face masks which ‘conceal identities and shield from capsicum spray’ and the use of glue and locks
December 17, 2024 at 1:43 AM
milokei.bsky.social
We Aussies simply *love* using new legislation that furthers police powers and harms climate protesters especially. Put simply, this is the opposite of #ProtectProtest that #AustDemocracyNetwork and others have been pushing for. australiandemocracy.org.au/protecting-p...
Protecting the Right to Protest
Working together for a fairer democracy
australiandemocracy.org.au
December 15, 2024 at 12:09 PM
milokei.bsky.social
The complicity between institutions perhaps isn't as shocking as their repeated insistence that this whole charade is about student 'safety' - to be arrested and charged presumably. Just like USyd, powerful forces infest supposedly enlightened and beneficent institutes #ProtectProtest #auspol
December 5, 2024 at 2:16 AM