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"Thousands took to streets across Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane on
Saturday November 20 to protest COVID-19 lockdown measures and vaccine
mandates.
The rallies occurred after weeks of protests in Melbourne against the Public
Health and Wellbeing (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021. The Monday prior,
protesters hung an inflatable effigy of Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews on a
gallows assembled in Melbourne’s CBD.
Moments like these connect anti-vax movements to far right and white
supremacist extremist groups and conspiracy communities in Europe and white
settler nations around the world including Australia, Canada, USA and New
Zealand.
Resistance to vaccinations in Australia is due to a range of mitigating
factors. Vaccine hesitancy and resistance to pandemic legislation among
minority communities including Indigenous and culturally and linguistically
diverse communities, is due to institutional distrust caused by centuries of
colonial medical and legislative violence. This could be the reason why some
members of these communities are taking part in protests.
White supremacist and right-wing groups are capitalising on vaccine hesitancy
to distribute conservative ideologies to new audiences via protests and social
media. Among these are complex narratives about resisting a “New World Order”,
which supposedly threatens a bygone Australian way of life.
Many involved in these movements probably do not realise they are aligning with
people whose values and ideas are steeped in white supremacy."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
