{"id":15525,"date":"2014-03-13T08:22:32","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T21:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=15525"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:58:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:58:15","slug":"blasting-marchinmarch-partisan-myths-jansart-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/blasting-marchinmarch-partisan-myths-jansart-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Blasting the #MarchInMarch partisan myths: @jansant reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140125-112601.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15526\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140125-112601.jpg?resize=768%2C284\" alt=\"20140125-112601\" width=\"768\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140125-112601.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140125-112601.jpg?resize=300%2C110&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140125-112601.jpg?resize=270%2C100&amp;ssl=1 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By\u00a0<a title=\"Wayne Jansson\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/wayne-jansson\/\">Wayne Jansson<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jansant\">@jansant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>13th March 2014<\/p>\n<p>March in March (MiM) has now grown to 31 events across the country, the main\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marchinmarch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0has more than 42,000 likes, and growing.<\/p>\n<p>Last week\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bordermail.com.au\/story\/2128948\/border-joins-march-against-government\/?cs=11#disqus_thread\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Border Mail<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>ran a story about an MiM event for Wodonga, Victoria, claiming it was being organised by North-East Border Trades Hall.<\/p>\n<p>MiM organisers have been extremely careful to ensure their events are non-partisan and exclusively the initiative of concerned citizens, so <em>NoFibs<\/em> contacted MiM organisers for comment.<\/p>\n<p>MiM organisers were unaware of any event planned for Wodonga. Nothing about a Wodonga-based march or rally was listed on MiM&#8217;s official Facebook page or website at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Not being a user of social media, the Wodonga organiser Chip Elins was unaware the movement had grown into a national group with a central organising committee.<\/p>\n<p>Talks were held between Elins and MiM organisers, where it was agreed that the affiliation to North-East Border Trades Hall would be dropped, and Chip would organise the event as a private citizen.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mimwodonga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wodonga MiM event<\/a>\u00a0will be held at 11am Woodland Grove Park, Wodonga, this Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/marchinmarch.com.au\/pages-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March in March events<\/a>\u00a0will take place this weekend culminating with the march in Canberra on Monday.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Wayne Jansson\u00a0\u00a0@jansant 13th March 2014 March in March (MiM) has now grown to 31 events across the country, the main\u00a0Facebook page\u00a0has more than 42,000 likes, and growing. Last week\u00a0The Border Mail\u00a0ran a story about an MiM event for Wodonga, Victoria, claiming it was being organised by North-East Border Trades Hall. 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