One of the largest protests in Australian history. Entire Harbour Bridge covered in people.
Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza
Submitted 3 weeks ago by princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone to australianpolitics@aussie.zone
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
I can’t believe the size of that crowd. It’s actually nerve wracking to think of that many people so close together, but good on them for showing how serious they are about ending support for this odious genocide.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
The police getting them to turn around seemed like it risked crowd crush even more, but I’m no expert on crowd dynamics. It definitely looks like more than 100k people to me though.
johnwicksdog@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Not an expert either but I’ve been to rallies with a conservative estimate of 30k and this was easily several times larger from only what could see.
SARGE@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
There’s no FOMO, there’s no reward for continuing on when you the people in front of you slow down, or you’ve been told to turn around.
There’s specific mentalities that contribute to crowd crush events and an organized peace march just doesn’t have that.