Emma Jade Dorge
Emma Jade Dorge is an activist, spokeswoman for Extinction Rebellion and midwife.[1][2]
Dorge goes by the name Emma Jade on Facebook but her name and image are widely available online and have been reported in the mainstream media.[3] When Dorge appeared in court in September 2019 she invoked the extraordinary emergency exculpation in an attempt to justify her actions.[4]
Dorge has made the following statements in the Extinction Rebellion SEQ Facebook page:
Land rights mean climate justice. We’re not calling on colonizers to make some token changes. We’re calling for system change and decolonization. Colonialism kills. Address the root cause of the problems here. If you can’t acknowledge that then be turned away then - we don’t need people to uphold the state.[5]
You’re on stolen land. You’re following illegitimate/ illegal law,don’t uphold it.[6]
Extinction Rebellion SEQ itself has as one of its aims:
"Dismantle Colonial Systems of Exploitation: Decolonise and replace oppressive government structures with systems of self-management and true participatory democracy."
Based on their statements Emma Dorge and Extinction Rebellion SEQ appear to have as their aim the elimination of western state institutions.
October 2019
On 9 October 2019 Dorge called in sick at her workplace, Redcliffe Hospital, and attended a protest at which she was arrested. Dorge managed to sneak a phone in the Watchhouse and live-streamed from that location. Her employer, the Metro North Hospital and Health Service, discovered that she was not sick as a result of her public activities on this day.[7][8]
While live-streaming Dorge stated:
"You’re living on stolen land, in an illegal occupation of so-called Australia and you’re watching the sixth mass extinction unfold." [9] [10]
March 2022
In March 2022 Dorge participated in a protest attempting to disrupt a freight line to Port Botany. The protest was organised by Blockade Australia.[11]
December 2022
In December 2022 Dorge accepted a plea deal in the relation to the protest in March. Dorge spoke to the media before court and stood by her actions. During the interview Dorge said:
"The courts are just another kind of violent mechanism that the state uses to repress us." [12]
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- ↑ https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6429754/brisbane-bridge-climate-activist-in-court/?cs=14231
- ↑ https://archive.is/PGCh6
- ↑ https://www.news.com.au/national/extinction-rebellion-protesters-to-block-another-city-street-on-day-four-of-action/news-story/779844eb616a544fbc89638c4aea5e27
- ↑ https://www.ladbible.com/news/news-climate-change-activist-claims-shes-allowed-to-break-the-law-20190905
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/extinctionrebellionseq/photos/a.243839029838888/385004549055668/?type=3&comment_id=385423225680467
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/extinctionrebellionseq/photos/a.243839029838888/385004549055668/?type=3&comment_id=385423225680467
- ↑ https://ohsdaily.com.au/core/a-midwife-at-a-busy-public-hospital-and-a-extinction-rebellion-activist-claimed-sick-leave-at-taxpayers-expense-on-the-same-day-she-was-arrested-for-protesting-redcliffe-hospital-midwife-em/
- ↑ https://archive.is/uBlJp
- ↑ https://ohsdaily.com.au/core/a-midwife-at-a-busy-public-hospital-and-a-extinction-rebellion-activist-claimed-sick-leave-at-taxpayers-expense-on-the-same-day-she-was-arrested-for-protesting-redcliffe-hospital-midwife-em/
- ↑ https://archive.is/uBlJp
- ↑ https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/sydney-climate-protester-enters-plea-deal/ar-AA15fp25
- ↑ https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/sydney-climate-protester-enters-plea-deal/ar-AA15fp25