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Podcast: The Sound of Solidarity
Episode: How the first Mardi Gras defied anti-protest laws
Description: Ken Davis, a '78er who took part in the first Sydney Mardi Gras, and Jean Parker from Solidarity discuss the lessons from 1978, when the first Mardi Gras protest march demanding LGBTIQ+ liberation was violently attacked by police with 53 arrests and people severely beaten.
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Mass defiance not only strengthened the fight against discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people but also triggered a campaign to drop the charges that won legal change and the right to march.
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As we face new anti-protest laws today, Ken and Jean will explain what happened and the lessons for today.
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