{"id":226923,"date":"2022-11-02T13:41:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T12:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=226923"},"modified":"2022-11-02T13:41:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T12:41:16","slug":"climate-protestors-attempt-to-disrupt-the-melbourne-cup-horse-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=226923","title":{"rendered":"Climate Protestors Attempt to Disrupt the Melbourne Cup Horse Race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update \u2013 Extinction Rebellion \u201cfriends\u201d claimed responsibility for pouring oil onto the racetrack<\/a>, maybe an attempt to injure the horses and riders?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chaos breaks out at Melbourne Cup, Police argue with protesters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By ISABEL MCMILLAN<\/strong>N CA NEWSWIRE1:28PM NOVEMBER 1, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate protesters are running amok at the Melbourne Cup, blocking a key entry point into Flemington racecourse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activists standing on the roof of a van blocking the road have been filmed and live streamed by a fellow protester, as she was interviewed by police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protesters blocking the road were heard yelling \u201cat your pheasant, drink your wine, your days are numbered, bourgeois swine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe are at the Melbourne Cup asking for climate justice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/breaking-news\/chaos-breaks-out-at-melbourne-cup-police-argue-with-protesters\/news-story\/05c164aceca7b2c4bf686908d1ecd4f0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The 162-year-old\u00a0Melbourne Cup<\/a>\u00a0event is about as egalitarian as a large national event can be. Ticket prices this year started from AU $158 AUD for a family day ticket, so it’s fair to say a lot of the attendees were ordinary working-class people \u2013 though of course much pricier options were available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember attending the Melbourne Cup once as a kid. We didn\u2019t have champagne and pheasant, we had peanut butter sandwiches a picnic blanket. My mum brought a thermos of tea, and we had bottles of water, so we didn\u2019t have to pay for overpriced food and drink at the stands \u2013 though mum bought us all an ice cream when she won one of her long shot $0.50 race bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, most socialists ceased to care about actual workers a long time ago. Particularly the kind of spoiled brat green champagne socialists who live off their wealthy parents, who fill their empty lives pretending to be downtrodden victims, destroying priceless artworks and disrupting the lives of real working-class people. Everyone who isn\u2019t part of their clan of fake proletariat is \u201cbourgeois swine\u201d, or whatever other insults their small minds can imagine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note the image at the top of the page is a generic horse racing image.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update (EW): h\/t\u00a0Mike Jonas<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Extinction Rebellion \u201cfriends\u201d claimed responsibility for pouring oil onto the racetrack, maybe an attempt to injure the horses and riders?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BREAKING: This morning XR was contacted by friends who had dumped 1000 liters of sludge onto Flemington Racecourse ahead of today\u2019s Melbourne Cup activities. Footage of this and a press release are attached. @FlemingtonVRC<\/a> @XRVicAus<\/a> @BBCNews<\/a> @7NewsMelbourne<\/a> @10NewsFirstMelb<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/hzNv3tL4Le<\/a><\/p>— XRVicAus (@XRVicAus) November 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>