Australians are pushing back against ‘authoritarian’ anti-protest laws in ‘a return to the spirit of the 60s’
After the extraordinary crowds at the Sydney Harbour Bridge march, advocates say political attempts to crack down on freedom of speech are out of step with community attitudes
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Caroline Alcorso’s first protests were with her family on Tasmania’s Franklin River in 1982 – blockades against the damming of the waterways that grew into Australia’s Greens movement.
She was also on the Sydney Harbour Bridge last Sunday, marching alongside at least 225,000 others to call for an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and says the collective mood reminded her of those times on the river.
Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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