When
Where
Why
The People’s Blockade 2024 will be groundbreaking — 10,000 people over 10 days, coming together for a family-friendly Protestival and flotilla blockade in one of the most significant climate uprisings on the planet, stopping coal exports from the world’s largest coal port at Muloobinba/Newcastle on Awabakal and Worimi land and water for an unprecedented 50 hours!
Come for an hour, come for 10 days!
• Ready to commit? Register here: https://bit.ly/blockade2024-rego
• Still need time to think? Sign up for updates here: https://bit.ly/blockade2024-updates
• Everything you need to know: https://bit.ly/blockade2024-guide
WHAT TO EXPECT
The People’s Blockade 2024 will be a mass mobilisation of game-changing peaceful action for a climate revolution.
Workshops, grassroots democracy, a huge "protestival" with live music, DJs & floating dance parties. Skilling up and planning to build the power of our climate defence movement.
Thousands of people will take to the water to stop coal exports for 50 hours, including two full nights! You can borrow one of our kayaks, or bring your own vessel — a kayak, tinny, yacht or surfboard!
10-DAY PROGRAM
• Tues 19 — Setup, Welcome
• Wed 20 — Prepare, Skill up + Build our Movement
• Thur 21 — Prepare, Skill up + Build our Movement
• Fri 22 — Protestival: Flotilla + Beach Fun
• Sat 23 — Protestival: Flotilla + Beach Fun
• Sun 24 — Protestival ends; Debrief + Build our Movement
• Mon 25 — Celebrate + 2025 Planning
• Tues 26 — Pack Up, Wrap Up + Canberra Wave departs
• Wed 27th — Canberra Wave
• Thur 28th — Canberra Wave
JOIN WITH THOUSANDS TO DEMAND
• An immediate end to new coal projects
• A 75% tax on coal export profits to fund community and industrial transitions and climate loss & damage.
• The end of coal exports from the world’s largest coal port, by 2030.
WHY JOIN THIS PROTEST?
Time is running out. We are hurtling towards catastrophic climate collapse. The ALP government continues to approve new coal and gas projects, pouring fuel on the climate fire.
We need a peaceful citizen’s movement of unprecedented scale to break the fossil fuel industry’s stranglehold over our democracy.
BACKGROUND
Last November, 3,000 people joined the 2023 People’s Blockade and successfully stopped coal ships in a 32-hour flotilla blockade.
It was fun, joyous and beautiful.
And when 109 people chose to take further action and be arrested, they made global headlines demanding an end to new fossil fuels and transition funding for workers and communities.
The People's Blockade 2023 was the spark. 2024 will be the big bang.