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2/22/2014 News from Front Line Action on Coal | Front Line Action on Coal

NEWS FROM FRONT LINE ACTION ON COAL

February 7, 2014 by frontlineaction in Uncategorized Leave a comment

Hi all, from the new camp!

Apologies for not updating here recently.

In the last couple of days, the bulk of camp FLAC has moved from the edges of the Leard State Forest to Cliffs property, just 15

minutes away. Those who are interested in visiting, passing through, or joining can contact

[email protected].

Things have been rather hectic in the last couple of months, with work ramping up at the new Maules Creek mine site and 28

activists arrested since December. Just yesterday a protester attached to a tripod structure shut down the main haul road of

Whitehavens Tarrawonga Coal mine for twelve hours in an inspiring display of endurance and resolve. Here on the front

line, dedicated people have consistently been putting pressure on Whitehaven and Idemitsu coal companies in the form of

creative and peaceful direct action. There have been tree sits, picket lines, tripods, and mono-pole structures; with individuals

locking their bodies to all kinds of forest-smashing machinery to voice impassioned objection to the desecration of country

and land. Whats becoming rapidly clear is that these open pit coal mines do not have social license; we will not stand by

while the entitled few jeopardise and pollute water, farmland, sacred sites, and the air that we breathe in spite of deep and

widespread objection.

This campaign sends a strong message that coal mines are a poor investment and investors should get out while they can


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2/22/2014 Jonathan Moylan | #StandWithJono | Jonathan Moylan pleads not guilty in Supreme Court - Jonathan Moylan | #StandWithJono

25 year old Jonathan Moylan has made his fi rst appearance in the Supreme Court of New South Wales today, where he entered a plea

of not guilty.

The ongoing case was moved from the Downing Centre Local Court to the Supreme Court on the request of the prosecution. It has

been set to be heard in June 2014 over three weeks.

Supporters stood out the front of court holding placards and banners showing their support for Jonathan and his actions. Mr Moylan

was also supported by his parents, and his twin sister.

Maules Creek local farmer Rick Laird, whose property is threatened by Whitehavens proposed mine, also attended court with Mr

Moylan. The Laird family has owned property in the area for 150 years and are the namesake of the Leard State Forest, two thirds of

which will be destroyed if the proposed mines in the area go ahead.

Weve been fighting these mines for years, and people are finally starting to hear about it. Youre only given limited ways to

challenge mine proposals, and they get approved anyway, even if it means the end of a community. If these mines go ahead, its

the end of our livelihoods. We wont be able to farm the land and we worry about the impact of coal dust on our health, said Mr

Laird.

The Maules Creek community stands with Jono, said Mr Laird, out the front of the court house where a large contingent of people

from the Gomeroi nation, also joined the vigil.

An international campaign has also been growing with Jonathan receiving support from prominent figures such as Noam Chomsky,

Bill McKibben and David Suzuki. In recent days there has been coverage in several European papers.

It is an honor to stand with Jono, to support him in his dedicated and courageous actions to defend all of us against the scourge

Jonathan Moylan pleads not guilty in Supreme Court


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This is an excellent comment, but it is dated.I would reword Bucky's comment that 'wekeep inventing jobs because of this falseidea that everybody has to be employed atsome kind of drudgery... to justify hisreason to exist..' to read 'we keep inventingjobs because we exist in a belief paradigmthathat we need growth to survive... yet it isonly the economy that requires growth... leteach person carry out his or her ( ) specialtalent, and allow community to networkand grow through a partnership paradigm,rather than the hierarchical model of thefree market'...

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DECEMBER 2 13In the fifth day of escalating protest at Leard Forest in northwest NSW, protestors seeking to protect the forest from beingcleared for an open-cut coal mine have again blockaded theentrance to the construction site for the mine, preventing awater tanker from accessing the site. A woman is attached to the gate that provides access to thesite for water tankers carrying thousands of litres of wateronto the construction site to build a road through the forestand begin work on the mine.


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FEBRUARY 7, 2013LOVE YOG ON THE H UL RO D

Blocking Whitehaven Coal's Tarrawonga haul road today, holding up three trucks sofar Whitehaven is responsible for the desecration of Sacred Gomeroi burial sights,and the potential pollution of the local land, water and air, if the production of theMaules Creek Mine continues.We are asking you to come and help us stop itCome and stand in solidarity with those who have already put themselves on the line,with the farmers who continue to support and assist us, and the Gomeroi people whohave suffered at the hands of this cold corporation."Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet"


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DECLARE: I am being divinized thru a process the Greekscalled Theosis by the Living Spirit of The Prime Creatorwho dwells within my consciousness as theSuper-Consciousness.I am in my authority and power as a Son/Daughterof God and death has no hold on me, I am already anImmortal. Death has been swallowed up by Life and nolonger has a sting . Victory has already beenaccomplished. I am not subject to the law of entropy and I am notunder the jurisdiction of the Prince of this World . The Logos, the generative principle of all creation, isactive and alive within my mind/body/spirit complexand nothing can halt or alter the inevitable unfoldment ofthe Divine Evolutionary Purpose for the Sons andDaughters of God.

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Joining in on suffering does not changesuffering.. . it has been said, "you cannot solve aproblem at the level of consciousness in which itwas create."People suffer because they have beenseparated from love. And yes, you have the greatgift of free will and choice to be one with love orseparated from it. It is self love that leads to outer love andthenit can be shared with the world, LovingConsciousness." You CAN harmonize with love,love transforms consciousness. "Love one another as yourself. It cannot beany other way. Conversely, loving others IS howyou love yourself. Love is a power, not a process."

Love Without End.via facebook com/cynthia oneill2


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Sovereignty The word has been bastardised for many, manyyears, as we would all know. Theres many people over the planetwho claim to be gurus of soverign, many people say that this isthe only way, and so on.Sovereignty is in your heart, not just in your head. Sovereigncapacity is the ability to know who you are, the ability to knowhow you need to behave as a sovereign being. Behaviour is whatmakes everyone around us on the planet judge us, dependingwhat we say and depending what we do, because they are theonly things they can witness. They can judge what they hear, butthey have no idea how we feel about it until we speak it or until

we enact it out by our behaviour.e enact it out by our behaviour.We are the consciousness, we are the divine being, and theconscious, the divine being, is the sovereign over the body, so it isthe ultimate authority over our body. It controls what we think,say and do.If anyone wants to say that they own our body and has theright to control it, then ask them, Please control what I think, sayand do better than I can, and if you cant, sit down and shut up.That is the first thing.

via Jagamara, native Australian @ youtube.com/user/paradoxman316


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I would tell you that the occupy movement needs to havean agenda. Occupying for the sake if occupying is asmoronic as the anarchists who destroy property todemonstrate we don t need government. By doing so,they show the most obvious need for it.

Please specify what needs to happen. Help theschools, help the impoverished, don t just sit aroundfucking up urban parks again. Bitching at the rich nevergets anyone anywhere. If you want a movement, youhave to move the people. Make the change you want, inpeaceful and constructive ways.

Please don t just complain again. If everyone ofthose occupiers spent all of the time they spent occupyingbettering their communities while spreading theirmessage, we would all be better off.

via facebook.com/OccupyWallSt


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Back in the real world (mainstream culture),the Occupiers and Rainbow Tribe had to copewith a complacent population unwilling orunable to ask meaningful questions. Few haveever bothered to ask, Actually, why can't welight a bonfire in a trash can, bring out thedrums, flutes, trumpets, dancers, and wine,and have a council meeting about local politicsnd have a council meeting about local politicson the street?The reality of Occupy is that communityamplifies wealth. Sharing multiplies what eachof us owns individually, and strong localcommunities are surely the best thing toovercome racism, sexism, hunger,gentrification, loneliness, unemployment,ADHD, depression, and greed. Poverty is aculturalultural construct that falls as soon as we feellike it. As Yoko Ono said, War is over if youwant it.

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