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There has been a flurry of articles recently proclaiming that NFL player protests against racism and police brutality were winding down and entering a new stage: what聽 moving 鈥渇rom protest to progress鈥�.

Then along came Bob McNair.

Reclaim The Night is an annual event held to protest all forms of violence against women.

This year鈥檚 RTN rallies were held against a backdrop of rising student activism following the release of the Human Rights Commission report on campus sexual assault, the defunding and outsourcing of women-centred rape crisis services and specialised women鈥檚 refuges,聽and the worldwide #MeToo social media campaign that exposed the prevalence of sexual harassment.

The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) organised a rally outside the Papua New Guinea Consulate on October 31 to protest the sacking of 1000 PNG dockworkers.

The sackings come after the awarding of a 25-year stevedoring contract covering PNG's main ports, to a notoriously anti-union Filipino company, International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI).聽