'The people of Sydney have all felt waves of emotions. That helplessness, despair and horror have quickly turned into a city that is mobilizing, fighting and taking action against the government...'
What's the smoke situation like in Sydney right now, forFor the past two weeks Sydney has been blanketed in a smoke haze that has made the air up to 11 times above"hazardous" levels. The new normal is staying indoors, and if you need to go outside, it has been advised to wear a P2/N95 particulate air purification mask to avoid any long term health damage from the smoke.
Pets are being locked indoors, with a city too scared to step outside. All are suffering a collective sense of despair as the apocalyptic red sun sets every day. Over 1,000 homes, six human lives and countless lives of native speciesHow are people around you feeling — is there optimism, or despair? Yesterday 20,000 people turned out to a rally at Sydney's Town Hall to protest [Prime Minister] Scott Morrison, [New South Wales Premier] Gladys Berejiklian, and in turn the Australian Liberal and Labor parties' inaction and silence on what is happening in our country. The last two weeks, the people of Sydney have all felt waves of emotions. That helplessness, despair and horror have quickly turned into a city that is mobilizing, fighting and taking action against the government who remain silent in the most damaging bushfire season our country has ever faced. We are angry, we are passionate, and we are going to keep resisting until something is done.The smoke 'fit! I've been, albeit morbidly, joking with my friends that this is #tankgirlsummer . We are all channelling our inner Tank Girl as we have to don our P2/N95 masks as we leave home every day. The resistance is anarchist! It is the apocalyptic future Australia that is the setting for the originalIt sure is! NIN is my choice for apocalyptic soundtrack, the exact kind of energy we need to resist against this colonial, neo fascist government who are letting our country burn.before heading out to your next protest. It's an anti-capitalist, anti-establishment anthem!Bit of both to be honest. I knew the Vetements balaclava would shock people, which is exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted people to be confronted, because the time for complacency is over. We need to take action, we need to be afraid and we need to be angry!Too common for my liking; they're the new normal, which is absolutely terrifying.I haven't seen any wild masks, but the picketing signs have been genius!"I am into being choked, just not by smoke" was my personal favorite from yesterday's protest.In seriousness, now that you're making headlines, what do you want to tell the rest of the world about Australia's bushfire crisis? Australia's climate crisis is a direct result of decades of inaction towards climate change.We need to take action! The time for complacency was over a long time ago, but if we don't act now the future of our planet is a bleak one I do not want to think about. I also want to add that the fight for climate justice is synonymous with the fight for Indigenous sovereignty. Until the Indigenous people of the land that we stand on have land rights, the colonial governing bodies that have jurisdiction of these lands will continue to extort the land for personal economic gain. We must center the voices of our Indigenous people in these conversations. They lived for tens of thousands of years on these lands in harmony with the earth, and it has been colonisation that has led us to this catastrophic state we are all experiencing. The fight for climate justiceDo you have a message for the Australian and New South Wales governments? It's time to do something. It's time to take action. It's time to put the future of our planet before greedy economic gain. Invite the Indigenous owners of the land on which we stand, land that we do not own, land that is stolen, to the conversation. Their knowledge of the land is far greater than your own. Listen. Learn. Implement. The Australian people have had enough, we will not continue to be complacent as you continue to destroy this beautiful country that we are all lucky enough to call our home.Turn up to protests, strike from work if you are in a privileged position to do so, donate money, be loud, do not be complacent any longer, because at this point complacency is complicity.
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