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River Red Gum killed today at #leardblockade
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In heat & flies at #leardblockade camp I hear #Whitehaven building coal rail line into forest it will gouge. Protesters are its mosquitos.
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I’ve met people at #leardblockade who helped save other forests. There’ll be a big hole where this one was, but good people keep trying.
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Why does mining in Oz trump endangered forests, farming, water, native plants & animals, community & climate health? #leardblockade
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Why do people keep fighting when the cause is hopeless? And when they get no recognition/reward even if they succeed? #leardblockade
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I like @troutish answer – ‘If it was hopeless they wouldn’t be there. They are hope.’ #leardblockade @kateausburn
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OK I’m depressed – been given ‘Small Acts of Resistance’, foreword by Vaclav Havel, & told to read it http://www.smallactsofresistance.com/ #leardblockade
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MT “@CAWBWindsor: ‘Nothing strengthens authority as much as silence’ – Leonardo Da Vinci” #leardblockade
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Scotty at #leardblockade on why – ‘Fringe benefits’ – I’ve met fantastic people – and if I didn’t do it my life would be meaningless.’
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‘Small acts of resistance are not just about the present & the past. I believe they are about the future, too.’ Vaclav Havel #leardblockade
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The global ecological system is collapsing & dying as humanity overruns natural ecosystems that make Earth habitable pic.twitter.com/1I3kRhkqp4 -
“I did what I could, where I was, with what I had.” Helen Suzman #leardblockade
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Excavator fails to push ancient River Red Gum over for coal rail line on edge of Namoi River #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/9c3X15fD5h -
North Coast Env Council Pres Susie Russell down 5 metre trench around River Red Gum – #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/t9T7MrK0H1 -
Police ask Russell, 56, to lock off. She refuses. Police rescue called. #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/S8f9tFHVaE -
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Big heat for S Russell, locked on to roots of pre- Captain Cook Red Red Gum on coal rail line #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/OvZUKVo9jB -
Planned Maules Creek cial rail line over and so close to Namoi River #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/cIIoAwAr78 -
Portrait of Susie Russell down 5 m trench around River Red gum before she decided to lock on #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/CNkmq8u6bf -
Excavator & trench round River Red Gum – several failed attempts to push it over – deep roots #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/6Z3n63S4I9 -
Ambulance arrives to monitor Susie Russell #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/1CIwJ5rFuk -
ThisNamoi River Red Gum (left) won’t be felled without a send-off – the official lineup at #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/ntlr3kvPxy -
State Emergency Service arrives at Red River Gum on Namoi River, site of #whitehaven coal train line. pic.twitter.com/8nI0aCNsd6 -
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I can’t get up close any more as police asked all non-essentials to move on. Concerns about soul slippage, tree fall…. #leardblockade
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Susie Russell and her lock-on buddy Marg McLean, 60. arrested. Susie to hospital first to check neck bruising #leardblockade
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Water refused, Susie suffering as lock-on thing too small (action was spontaneous). She came out, got ambulance attention. #leardblockade
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@PetefromHayNSW Susie is a friend of mine and knows this area well. She helped save Leard Forest from logging #leardblockade
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#HeroOfTheDay: Susie Russell, arrested & hospitalized after locking onto giant gum tree (now felled) @ #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/cLWMCw5BlB
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“@PetefromHayNSW: Link “Time to leave, Boggabri tells visiting protesters “@margokingston1 http://www.thecourier.net.au/news-feed/item/1842-time-to-leave-boggabri-tells-visiting-protesters …” #leardblockade
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@PetefromHayNSW call to leave was from a Boggarabri business lobby. Lots of local support for blockaders inc cakes to camps #leardblockade
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On way to Narrabri cop shop to collect Susie Russell and Marg McLean. Susie sounded groggy on phone but says feeling better. #leardblockade
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A tough day at #leardblockade: watching on as a bulldozer killed a great big old tree to make way for a coal railway. http://leardstateforest.tumblr.com/
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@KellyaAndrew checked out for neck bruising &sore throat due to bicycle lock too small & having to lie down @jaraparilla #leardblockade
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@KellyaAndrew Susie’s action was spontaneous, so had to make do with lock-on gear in boot of a car at the scene @jaraparilla #leardblockade
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Rainbow over Narrabri Cop Shop while we await Susie & Marg bail for trying to save River Red Gum #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/rH35Ke8xMp -
River Red Gum protectors S Russell & M McLean bailed – charge ‘hinder work of mining equipment’ #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/CPESiRaMbN -
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Heroes like Susie . Gotta love ’em!
and heroes like River Red gums…
now I am just going to find a quiet place to cry a little, then keep on trying, thank you Margot.
Please, please try and get that photo of Susie in the 5 m trench around the River Red Gum somewhere out into the MSM – SMH? Bravo Susie and other lock-ons and supporters – and Margo. Thank you for your valiant efforts.
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Doesn't even make the American Murdoch Queensland paper.
Shows just how manipulated Aussies are.
"Nothing strengthens authority as much as silence' – Leonardo Da Vinci"
Encapsulated in one sentence Margo …. thank you.
Moving and inspiring, love you Susie and Margo,very very valuable.