Tag: Protests
Free speech doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want, wherever. Here’s how to explain this to kids
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Melbourne has seen days of anti-lockdown and anti-vaccination protests with hundreds of arrests made. Many protesters hold right-wing and extremist views.
Police say people have been...
What are the protests against Victoria’s construction union all about? An expert explains
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After violence on Monday outside the Melbourne offices of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy union, the Victorian government ordered a...
Many anti-lockdown protesters believe the government is illegitimate. Their legal arguments don’t stand up
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Lockdown has been particularly hard in Victoria and some dissent against restrictions is to be expected.
While it might be easy to dismiss the...
We live in a world of upheaval. So why aren’t today’s protests leading to revolutions?
Today’s protests are driven more by anger over social and
economic inequity than deep-seated grievances against a regime. Orlando Barria/EPA
We live in a...