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November 17, 2021

Climate Activists Disrupt Operations at World's Largest Coal Port For 11 Straight Days
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In Australia, climate activists have disrupted rail shipments into the
Port of Newcastle for an eleventh consecutive day, in a nonviolent
direct action campaign aimed at halting exports from the world's largest
coal port. Some of the activists have locked their bodies to rail cars
and railroad tracks; while others suspended themselves on platforms or
giant tripods in the path of trains, forcing long delays as police
struggled to remove them. At least 19 people have been arrested on
charges that could see some of them jailed for up to 25 years. On
Tuesday, activists suspended themselves from massive pieces of
machinery, halting operations in the coal port.

Blockade Australia Activist: "I'm taking this action on the stolen land
of the Worimi and the Awabakal people. This land was never ceded over by
these people. Australia has been committing genocide against the First
People of this land for 250 years now. Australia has been brutalizing
the First People, has been brutalizing the land and the water."



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