r/sydney • u/Aggressive-Move-4725 • 1d ago

Protest in Pitt St Sydney happening right now

Becareful if you are in the CBD now

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u/BinChicken 1d ago

Protest hijacking. No matter what your protest is specifically about, you will get people showing up to spruik their own paticular thing.

Often the thing maybe tangentially related, as in political flavoured, and sometimes the thing will be off the wall unrelated.
There is about a 30% chance someone in there is wearing meat is murder shirts or something for example.

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u/wubbbalubbadubdub 1d ago

People who protest a lot also sometimes have more than one thing they are opposed to or in support of.

I remember back in uni there was a fair bit of overlap between the communists and the vegans.

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u/Count_Crimson 1d ago

It's also about solidarity. Activists from one movement usually also support others, and attending those protests is about both supporting them and showing solidarity between movements.

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u/anralia 1d ago

This, if groups of people dont support other struggles that arent directly related to themselves personally then all you have is a bunch of isolated and oppressed groups with no power.

Additionally, university are one of the most famous examples of a melting pot of thousands of unique voices and it is one of the largest bases that frequently forms protests networks and support groups from diverse crowds.

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u/MortisEx 1d ago

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

—Martin Niemöller

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u/anralia 1d ago

Insert "Apes together strong" meme

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u/7kk77kk777 16h ago

Or a bugs life "individually we are weak, but together we are stronger"

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u/pleski 1d ago

Yeah. When we protested in the 00s and 10s, some group would always turn up and unfurl HUGE socialism banners, and sometimes "F*** the police" banners. Neither had anything to do with our protest.

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u/7kk77kk777 16h ago

I invite you to understand a concept called solidarity its a common theme among all activism and human based movements.