Anthea

Respect and equal human rights for all, no exceptions, and a just transition to a fossil fuel free future.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Human rights are the foundation of human dignity.

As we mark 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, #StandUp4HumanRights & help promote a world of dignity, freedom & justice for all.

https://t.co/ogvMznxhkU

[Anthea @Athena25595773]

@aswinthapa51 @newscomauHQ Well, you're not wrong. But how do you persuade people to change what they value? Only the trauma they will eventually experience, too late to forestall it, I fear.

[WACA @akaWACA]

BREAKING: Labor minister for Home Affairs ⁦@ClareONeilMP’s office occupied!
⁦@AustralianLabor⁩ govt must provide permanent residency w/ full rights for all refugees it has left in limbo, onshore & offshore - inc those left in Nauru & PNG.

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

One of the biggest obstacles to building a robust anti-war movement is people's belief that their own individual activism and opposition makes no difference, which is simply not true. Your individual activism and opposition makes *ALMOST* no difference, not no difference. These might sound similar, but they're actually literally an entire infinity apart.

If your efforts to oppose our track toward WW3 made no difference, then those efforts would be pointless. But if your efforts make even the slightest bit of difference above absolute zero, all that means is a lot more people need to join you to help turn us away from this dangerous trajectory.

Hollywood has given us the wrong impression of how these things work, because the narrative structure of movies always places all its emphasis on the actions of the individual protagonist having an immensely consequential effect. Luke Skywalker blows up the Death Star. Frodo destroys the One Ring. The Avengers save the universe. They need to make the hero's actions have major consequences to make you care about their adventure.

But real life isn't like that. In real life it takes many, many people to bring about real change. The actions of one individual make very little difference; even people like me who have larger-than-average voices are just a tiny drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things.

Real change doesn't depend on the individual, it depends on the collective. We can see this just by looking around society, at what a massive billions-of-cast-members collective improvisation human civilization is. It takes the collective to keep civilization functioning, and it will take the collective to change it.

One bee sting won't protect the hive, but many bee stings is deadly. The bee doesn't hesitate because its one individual sting isn't going to bring about its Hollywood ending — it just stings.

We need to be like that. Sting with all the power of your one sting, whatever that may be. Organizing. Attending protests. Guerrilla street activism. Writing. Tweeting. Making memes. Distributing literature. Talking to people. Making videos. Whatever you can do to help wake up the rest of the bees and alert them to the threat that our collective hive has come under.

You won't stop the empire by yourself. You won't make a major difference. But you will make *A* difference. And there's nothing anyone can do to stop you from making that small difference that you can make.

Take that unstoppable small difference and work toward getting as many of the others to do the same, because enough unstoppable small differences will necessarily add up to becoming an unstoppable big difference. And once we hit that point, healthy change becomes inevitable.

[Anthea @Athena25595773]

As you go on with your more or less normal day, here in Aus, the torture continues on #Manus/PNG & #Nauru, & onshore here.
The harm continues, it's never stopped.
9 long years; 1,000 still waiting on safe resettlement.
#SystematicPsychologicalTorture
#9YearsTooLong #Auspol

[Kon Karapanagiotidis @Kon__K]

It never ceases to shame me that standing up for desperate human beings fleeing for their lives & thinking we should protect them is “political.”

Yet turning refugees back at sea & locking them up is a neutral view.

It ain’t.

Pick a side.

compassion or cruelty

#lineker

[Adelaide Vigil for Manus and Nauru @VigilFor]

The govt must act urgently to grant permanent visas to all refugees living in Australia & to those still held offshore on PNG & Nauru.
Rally from 11am-12 midday 29 Nov followed by time for people to share their stories
https://t.co/a32ViV3uZI…

[Canberra Refugee Action Campaign @rac_canberra]

The Canberra Convergence is endorsed by Adelaide Vigil For Manus And Nauru @VigilFor #PermanentVisasNow #canberraconvergence #PermanentProtectionNow

[Anthea @Athena25595773]

Please call for the Australian Government to put an end to this torment and grant refugees who were sent to Nauru and Manus permanent protection https://t.co/Jrx7FqyJkc

[eX-detainees @riserefugee]

Note:in 2011, RISE predicted the Australian Immigration Detention Network will become like the US private prison system and IT IS TRUE NOW. This type of systemic abuse and torture wouldn't be continuing had you listened to us back then.

RISE eX-detainees

[eX-detainees @riserefugee]

This is what you have voted your Labor Party for. You have elected the Australian Labor party to abuse, murder and torture us in Australian run detention centres.

Blood on your hands Australia.

[Anthea @Athena25595773]

@AlboMP "... ecocide and our own extinction is extremely profitable.

There is only one word to describe this: stupidity. And we have legislated this stupidity and created a system of self-destruction. ... Are we really this stupid?" ...
https://t.co/GuSlTeXjIf

[RAC Victoria @racvictoria]

Via @Mums4Refugees
Long term bridging visas is a torturous form of limbo.
Is the Department of Immigration incompetent or simply unprofessional for the past decade.
https://t.co/ftzMTs7neU

[7NEWS Adelaide @7NewsAdelaide]

South Aussies have rallied at Victoria Drive in the city, pushing for change to offshore detention for asylum seekers. It has been nearly nine years since Australia resumed offshore processing for refugees arriving by boat. 7NEWS Adelaide at 6pm | https://t.co/8ftPfGgvkq #7NEWS

[Anthea @Athena25595773]

@DannyS36955511 @7NewsAdelaide We do.

[Anthea @Athena25595773]

Despicable:
Liberal Party text alert warns voters about illegal boat interception
https://t.co/4H85sFs7oU

[Green New Deal Rising @GNDRising]

Last night we disrupted @pritipatel because her #Rwandaplan is cruel, morally bankrupt & it will cost lives.

We demand the Government drops this widely condemned policy & provides support for people seeking safety.

No matter where we come from, we all deserve dignity & respect

[FlokiNET @FlokiNETehf]

Dear Australian Federal Police,

Nice try to shut down whistleblower websites but this will not be possible with the ones we host.
The public has the right to know what is happening in Nauru and you will not stop it.🇳🇷
#EnlaceHacktivista