{"product_id":"convoy-to-canberra-the-day-australia-changed-forever-9780645039467","title":"Convoy to Canberra: The Day Australia Changed Forever","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe humanitarian crimes committed by Australian authorities against their own\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecitizens, beginning in early 2020, will live on in infamy, but it is the people\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethemselves who create a nation's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the 12th of February 2022, the largest gathering of Australians in the nation's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehistory marched on the National Parliament in Canberra to protest the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etotalitarianism of the Australian Government, chanting \"Sack Them All, Sack\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThem All\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrowd numbers are notoriously difficult to calculate and prone to distortion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstimates varied between demonstrably incorrect official figures of 4-10,000, up\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto three million. Many estimates settled around the 1.4 million figure, which we\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebelieve to be fair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhatever the number, no politician, intelligence agency, police force or political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estrategist in Australia failed to notice that a massive number of people marched\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon the nation's capital, with a remarkable amount of good cheer, jubilance and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecamaraderie; character traits which the nation's leaders had failed to show in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprevious two years of authoritarian derangement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 2020 and 2022 Australia was gripped by a madness which was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003espiritual, administrative, political, social and judicial in its dimensions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis humble record can only do a little to record this seismic shift, a profound\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eturning point in the history of the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the preceding two years many Australians stood up against the rising tide of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etyranny, only to find themselves pepper sprayed, bashed by police in repressive, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edictatorial abuses which made headlines around the world, imprisoned, fined, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrown out of their jobs, socially marginalised and ridiculed in the mainstream\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emedia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the preceding two years there had been one remarkable demonstration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eafter another, attracting at first tens, then hundreds, then thousands, then\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehundreds of thousands of participants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut if the nation's government manipulated mainstream media was to be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebelieved, they numbered only a few, and all were either nut jobs or conspiracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheorists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing could have been further from the truth; but the protestors, from all walks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof life, were given no credit and no voice - until they found their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Stapleton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sense of Place Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645039467\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sense of Place Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41100214075507,"sku":"9.78065E+12","price":28.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2431abc6-947d-4887-b3e5-943c205f95ea.jpg?v=1700144290","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/convoy-to-canberra-the-day-australia-changed-forever-9780645039467","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}