Hazelwood protest included ‘ordinary people’, not just guys in wombat suits
…tipping point?
‘Yesterday’s protest at Hazelwood power station was billed as a day of “community protest and non-violent mass civil disobedience,” and yet despite the small numbers, what was remarkable was the ‘ordinariness’ of the crowd.’ Check it.
Perhaps that’s an exaggeration. But outreach by the grassroots climate players is increasingly wrangling in ‘ordinary’ people from the local community.
