The police crackdown on protests in New South Wales is a serious attempt to erode democratic rights and curtail political expression under the cover of the pandemic. On this episode we discuss why democracy should be defended at the same time as serious health measures are put in place to deal with the health crisis. Our guests Vinil Kumar and Eleanor Morely are founding members of the campaign 'Democracy is Essential - Restore the right to protest in NSW'. 

Campaign Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/DemocracyNSW 

Sign up to the campaign - here 

Donate to help pay the fines - here 

Civil rights, profits and the lockdown by Louise O'Shea 

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Hosted by Roz Ward. Produced by Liam Ward. 

Music by Dan Kenny.