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Why the Victorian protests should concern us all
Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people gathered in Melbourne to protest vaccine mandates and the Victorian government’s proposed pandemic bill.
While the latest protests were relatively peaceful, they have followed a week of similar gatherings whose language and symbolism were at times violent.
- Josh Roose
- The Conversation
The protesters are a mix of groups, but the movement is riddled with far-right and alt-right extremists who, with their growing reach through social media and in the context of developments in the United States and Europe, pose one of the more significant challenges to Australian democracy in recent memory.
Who are the protesters?
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