“Commissioner Lanyon maintained the decision was "not about stopping free speech" but ensuring the community would feel safe.”

I don’t feel safe when politicians and police restrict speech.

#auspol #nswpol #nswpolice #freespeech #PeacefulProtests

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-06/nsw-police-protest-restrictions-decision-mal-lanyon/106203890?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=safari

This is our group of "Road Warriors," gathering for a selfie at the conclusion of our #protest today. #Resist and #Persist is their motto!

#Democracy #USA #NewJersey #IndivisibleNJ #Indivisible #MoveOn #Solidarity #NoTrump #AntiTrump #NoNazis #Demonstration #Pax #Peace #PeacefulProtests #NoMAGA #Activism

@fixatedpersonsunit

The document Delegitimization and Antisemitism in Australia – A Snapshot October-December 2025 by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism - December 2025 is a truely frightening document.

Not because it is accurate or credible, but because it seeks to develop a false narrative for policy makers and security agencies to use against peaceful protests, free speech, democracy, rule of law, human decency and legitimate criticism of terrorist states.

#auspol #propaganda #democracy #freespeech #PeacefulProtests

Rusudan Djakeli
‪@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social‬
Day 391 of daily, uninterrupted protests in 8+ cities across Georgia, against an illegitimate, repressive, pro-Russian regime. 🇬🇪🇪🇺

#GeorgianProtests #protest #peacefulProtests #GeorgiaCountry #DoNotAbandonGeorgia #freedom #democracy #EU

Сьогодні в Празі відбувся протест студентів столиці проти призначення проросійського провокатора та заперечувача науки Мацінки міністром охорони навколишнього середовища Чехії.
#fridaysforfuture #praha #Prague #PeacefulProtests #studentsforfuture #Прага #Протест #motoristesobe #motoriste #climatedemonstrators

https://www.threads.com/@jan_majicek/post/DSCriZgjRLN?xmt=AQF0mkRZ4VZ6p3yZIeHZY02o1US2QvLdvQCc61dlZLfyiP3S2FIlnsJJ8nHbrNsC-ETqliM

#News #Australia #FossilFuels #WeatherExtremes #NoPlanetB #RisingTide #PeacefulProtests
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"A national gathering for Australians frustrated by a lack of government urgency to address the climate crisis."
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Australia’s ‘protestival’: kayaks, music, a push for climate change action..
Fossil fuel protesters are making their annual pilgrimage to the NSW city of Newcastle to draw attention to climate policy failure. Police will be there too, with a ‘zero tolerance approach’.
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Hundreds of people set up camp at Foreshore Park on Friday in preparation for the Rising Tide people’s blockade on Newcastle Harbour. The crowd was expected to swell to 7,000 over the weekend as protesters arrived from across the country for what organisers said had become a national gathering for Australians frustrated by a lack of government urgency to address the climate crisis.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/28/australia-protestival-newcastle-rising-tide-music-climate-change

I really love this! They want to ruin people's lives, we can ruin their profits! 📉 Hit ‘em where it hurts! 👊🔗https://capitoltrash.etsy.com. #homedepot #homedepotice #boycotthomedepot #iceisillegal #trump #8647 #noem #noempuppymurderer #standforjustice #standforjustice✊ #peacefulprotest #peacefulprotests

Scenes From Saturday’s Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Protests – WIRED

By Brian Barrett Alyssa Walker

Politics, Oct 19, 2025 5:00 PM

Scenes From Saturday’s Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Protests

Organizers say the “No Kings” protests drew more than 7 million people across 2,700 cities. The crowds included high-profile politicians, A-list celebrities, and more than a few creative inflatables.

PHOTOGRAPH: Ethan Noah Roy

On Saturday, crowds gathered in cities across the United States to protest President Donald Trump and his administration. Organizers of the No Kings rallies claim that more than 7 million people attended in all, across 2,700 cities in the Unites States and beyond. The gatherings provided a clear picture not only of how widespread the resistance to the Trump administration has become, but also the diversity of the coalition driving it. Not to mention the signs.

“Today, millions of Americans stood together to reject authoritarianism and remind the world that our democracy belongs to the people, not to one man’s ambition,” said Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg, cofounders of the nonprofit Indivisible—which took the lead on organizing the rallies—in a statement.

Ahead of Saturday, House speaker Mike Johnson described the planned gatherings as the “hate America rally” and warned that the crowds would be filled with “antifa types.” In reality, the protests were uniformly peaceful, with inflatable costumes appearing to outnumber conservative bogeymen by a wide margin. And Trump’s response to No Kings? An AI-generated video of himself, wearing a crown, piloting a fighter jet and dropping massive amounts of excrement on protesting US citizens below.

In the real world, the crowds walked their routes without issue. Below are snapshots of No Kings from cities across the US, a look at a protest movement that is increasingly motivated and able to mobilize.

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#2025 #America #DonaldTrump #Education #History #Libraries #LibraryOfCongress #NationalPhotos #NoDictators #NoKings #NoKingsDay #NoNazis #October19 #Opinion #PeacefulProtests #Politics #Resistance #Science #Technology #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates #Wired

“More than 2,700 ‘No Kings’ anti-Trump protests and community events are scheduled to take place today, Saturday, October 18, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. And a majority of those events are in small and medium-size towns, as the grassroots pro-democracy movement spreads to all corners of the country.”

#Politics #USPolitics #NoKingsDayOct18th #NoKingsProtest #NoKingsInAmerica #PeacefulProtests #SmallTownProtests #FirstAmendmentRights #USConstitution

https://www.fastcompany.com/91424589/no-kings-protest-today-locations-list-events-october-18-cities-small-towns-chicago-boston-dc-nyc-seattle

The #UN #HumanRights Council (special rapporteur on freedom of peaceful #assembly and of #association) is calling for comments on the “Impact of digital and #AI assisted #surveillance on assembly and association rights, including chilling effects.”
https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2025/call-input-hrc62-thematic-report-impact-digital-and-ai-assisted-surveillance

Comments are due by Nov 7, 2025.

#CivilRights #Dissent #PeacefulProtests

“The Portland Chicken Has a Degree in Game Theory”

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat in Lucid on Substack

“The Power of Humor, and Resistance Actions as ‘Coordination Games’”

https://open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/the-portland-chicken-has-a-degree

#Press #US #Trump #Fascism #Repression #Resistance #Humor #GameTheory #ICE #NoKings #Protests #PeacefulProtests #PortlandChicken #Dickinson

Wise words from Dr. Bernice A. King #resist #peacefulprotests #nonviolence

Power to the Peaceful 🕊️ #resist #peacefulprotests #nonviolence

Six days a week our daughter joins with a small (but dedicated!) group of protesters, along sidewalks of busy intersections near her work. It's in a very pro-Trump territory in South Jersey, USA. She participates on her lunch hour and on her day off. Today we joined them.

#USPOL #Indivisible #IndivisibleNJ #50501 #NOKINGS #Protest #Resist #PeacefulProtests #Peace #Pax #Solidarity #Democracy

@SherBeareth This is needed everywhere in #usa today #nokings #nokingsday #PeacefulProtests but #protest please.

If #usa wants a king, please take ours. #notmyking We promise we won’t invade to get him back. #trump #protest #PeacefulProtests #ice #gop #fascist

Will these soldiers claim they serve their country well?
#scandal #trumpisaloser #ImpeachTrumpNow #PeacefulProtests
Marines prepare for Los Angeles deployment as protests spread across US - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/marines-prepare-los-angeles-deployment-protests-spread-across-us-2025-06-12/

Please keep sharing the truth about the #PEACEFULPROTESTS to combat #trumpLIES

These are the Protests Msm and Caroline Leavitt don't want you to see! #peacefulprotests #LeavittsALiar

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uo2fna47c4v6zcnklxfhcvjb/post/3lrdwkazgks2i

#politics #trump #alt #authoritarism #protests #justice #rights #peacefulprotests #mayorbass #marines #setup #chrismurphy #trap

Heather Cox Richardson 5/9/2025
Trap The BBB “gives the government the resources to do this in dozens of cities at once. So if you don't like what's happening in LA, it's coming to your town if the bill passes.”