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Anyone who is fighting against the [[ecological crisis]] | Anyone who is fighting against the [[ecological crisis]] could be deemed a hero. However, there have been some who are so committed that they have ended in jail. This article is dedicated to Australian but will look to expand globally. | ||
== Australia == | == Australia == | ||
=== Street teams === | |||
'''FireProof Australia''' | '''FireProof Australia''' | ||
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*'''Sergio Herbert''' - on bail appealing a 1 year sentence, climbed on top of a coal train, sat on the coal and live streamed his protest on Facebook. | *'''Sergio Herbert''' - on bail appealing a 1 year sentence, climbed on top of a coal train, sat on the coal and live streamed his protest on Facebook. | ||
=== '''Industrial teams''' === | |||
*'''Max Curmi''' - climbed a 60-metre crane during a week of protests (late March 2022) organised by [https://www.blockadeaustralia.com/ Blockade Australia], a group dedicated to disrupting supply chains to protest the Australian government's inaction on climate change. | |||
*'''Juliet Lamont''' - 50-year-old documentary film-maker, was given a one-month term of imprisonment suspended for nine months for locking herself to a train carrying the first coal from Adani’s mine. | |||
=== Advertising === | |||
*[[File:Kyle Magee.png|alt=Kyle Magee|thumb|Kyle Magee painting the "Jail Portal" in Melbourne, before going to jail, again.]]'''Kyle Magee''' - convicted over 30 times and jailed on 6 separate occasions for blanking out billboards follows the earlier anti smoking [[wikipedia:Billboard_Utilising_Graffitists_Against_Unhealthy_Promotions|BUGAUP movement]] in the 70's and works with the international group called the [https://subvertisers-international.net/ Subvertisers]. Most recently jumped on a Adani coal train and started shovelling coal out of the carriage stopping Adani’s coal train for more than 20 hours, charged with fraud has written widely about [https://democraticmediaplease.net/files/wtfdydtf.pdf anti advertising activism] and writes a [https://democraticmediaplease.net/ blog] about the issues associated with for-profit advertising. | |||
=== Climate advocacy === | === Climate advocacy === | ||
These are groups of people that have not yet been to jail however they are supportive of the cause. | These are groups of people that have not yet been to jail however they are supportive of the cause. |