The article mentions a large student demonstration in Australia on 12 November. If anyone knows about it please post any details as I can't get through the paywall for The Advertiser in the link.

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[–] 6 points 6 days ago (8 children)

The article mentions a large student demonstration in Australia on 12 November. If anyone knows about it please post any details as I can’t get through the paywall for The Advertiser in the link.

Here's a de-paywalled archive link of the Advertiser article: https://archive.is/OaNBl

The organising group is called 'High School Anti-Capitalists'. They look to have a website and Instagram accounts for Melbourne and Sydney groups.

Usually you'd find this sort of thing on the Green Left event listings, but there's nothing there for it. I noticed, though, that's there's a bunch of listings around the country for 'students say no to AI' protests on the 10th.

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  • I expect these protests to be sizeable. The last round of them were. The group is a Socialist Alternative initiative, along the lines of CARF, Students for Palestine etc. I'm not sure if it's broader than that and if The Socialists or any other groups are also building these protests.

    I wouldn't have thought to compare them to what's happening in Europe.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 6 days ago (6 children)

    Am I mistaken in thinking we should inform people about actions they can be involved in? Seriously, if this is the wrong platform to be doing that, I'll stop.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    Was this intendsd as a reply to my comment? Because I'm all in favour of it, and it's why I spent the time finding the group's details. I mentioned the Green Left listings not as a 'go do this over there', but just as a tool for finding details like the ones you were looking for, and because I went looking for details there and thought it was odd I didn't find any.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

    Thank you z_g. Not aimed at you personally, just really concerned about what I see coming and thinking, as I seem to be the only one (mostly) putting up petitions and posts about actions, that maybe I am mistaken in doing so here.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    The mods and admins would let you know if there was an issue. I think 99.99% of aussie zoners appreciate your enthusiasm and gusto.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    I'm not taking any moderation action right now, but I would point out that the rules of the !worldnews@aussie.zone community are that it be about news from overseas with a specific focus on Australia. Generally speaking, if it's from an Australian news outlet, we let that qualify automatically, for now. If it's not from an Australian source, a significant focus of the article should be on Australia or Australians. This article is written by a former British Prime Minister, for the British edition of the Guardian, and makes only a very fleeting mention of Australia.

    I don't want you to do anything different right now, but if you're submitting to the Overseas News community, consider finding articles that come from Australian sources like the ABC or SBS, or finding an article that talks more directly about Australia in particular, or that approaches it through an angle that concerns Australian geopolitical concerns more specifically than the concerns an American or European-focused article would.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 5 days ago

    I have been told before what you are telling me now.

    I considered all that you state about the article but because it mentioned an Australian event i could not access I had to put up the post so others could access the info or provide any details they might know. The link was within the article so the post was necessary in order for others to use the link.

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  • [+] -10 points 6 days ago* (6 children)

    o no. im sure all of those poweful billionaires that own all the police and politicians are very worried about this "youthquake"!

    What do they have planned? some terrifying nonviolent protests and non-destructive marches?

    That will really inconvenience some people (not the billionaires) for 3 to 6 hours on a saturday!

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  • [–] 7 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Oh look, another agitator who runs their mouth on the internet but doesn't do shit IRL.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

    I do what I can given my age and my living circumstances. In my private life I am very much involved in my own conservation project, every single day. Our environmental problems are caused by our social/political/economic system as are the major challenges facing the young which is my other big concern, because like Nature, the young, especially the children, have little power against capital. I do what I can there more indirectly.

    Have you given up?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    Perhaps that's the case here in Oz where there are heavy doses of apathy, cynicism and lack of solidarity.

    The western world is in economic distress, appears to be heading into a wide-ranging war and effing AI is taking over future jobs. All of these affect younger generations. You want to be on the side lines and be nihilistic?

    Why don't we support these movements and spread the information instead?

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  • [–] 0 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    dude, i plan on being deceased within 2 to 5 years. I hate it as much as anyone, but I'm tired bro. If people really want change they're gonna have to do more than shout peacefully.

    (and I'm not suicidal, goddamnit. lucky for me, I have a terminal illness.)

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