Hundreds mobilized. Thousands disrupted. Dozens arrested. “This is only the Beginning,” say activists planning to blockade a major international mining conference to be held in Melbourne in late October. In the wake of Extinction Rebellion’s successful blockade of...
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12 September 2019 – “Strike, Occupy, Shut It Down”
The wave of disruptive civil disobedience protesting the climate emergency is set to escalate, with activists gathering support for a “mass blockade” of the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) in Melbourne in late October. IMARC is a giant conference...
27 August 2019 – Yarra Council and Vic Greens endorse Blockade IMARC
Activists planning a mass blockade of the giant International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) in Melbourne in late October have been given a boost with two significant endorsements in the past fortnight. The inner-city Yarra City Council approved a motion at...
23 August 2019 – IMARC activists against anti-protest crackdown
Activists planning to disrupt a major international mining conference to be held in Melbourne in late October have slammed the Queensland government’s crackdown on climate protests, announced yesterday. The activists are pledging to push ahead with a “defiant,...
2 August 2019 – Herald Sun Article Release
Climate change activists are planning a four-day blockade to shut down a major mining conference in Melbourne in October. The group is promising an “S11-style protest’’ around the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre which is hosting the International Mining and...
1st August 2019 – Community activists to blockade IMARC
A huge meeting of students, climate and mining activists trade unionists, animal rights and other community activists voted on Sunday to organise a mass protest to shut down IMARC on 29 October. "With the environment melting down, we need mass civil disobedience",...