Good People Break Bad Laws: Civil Disobedience in the Modern Age

by Topher Field

This book is the revolution you've been waiting for.As we emerge from Covid Madness we see the world has changed. Our governments are already planning climate lockdowns, ULEZ zones, 15 minute cities, and energy rationing.Covid introduced a world where corporations collude with governments and together they demand absolute power and twist our laws to achieve total control.The revolution starts with five simple Good People Break Bad Laws.Topher Field was a leading dissident during the Covid Madness as Melbourne City endured 18 months of house arrest, business closures, curfews, arrests, and police brutality including the shooting of peaceful protesters to 'keep them safe'. Now Topher shares the lessons he's learned and invites you to join the revolution of Good People who Break Bad Laws.

262 pages, Paperback

Published November 23, 2023

Reviews

[Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

As someone who lost employment (twice) during the “Battleground Melbourne Era”, someone who “broke bad laws” many times this book brought forward heartache but it also invoked warmth. So well written that the pages turned themselves. Highly recommend.

[SylviaV · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good People Break Bad Laws by Topher Field.

This is a thought provoking, sobering and a must read for all of us who believe in free speech, freedom of choice and a fair go. This book should be on the required reading list in schools and be the subject of debate in all classrooms, but in our current education system this is unlikely to happen. I have a hope that years in the future this book will be used in the history class as an example of how fear either real or fabricated can destroy a society within a very short time period and the resilience of some brave people to stand up and oppose those bad laws and fight for freedom of choice and free speech. It is so easy to say, yes, I will be that person that stands up when the question is academic, but in the real world how many are brave enough to stand up against overwhelming odds that the consequences of your actions could hurt you and your loved ones.
I now have a greater understanding of why so many people complied and reinforced the absurd and cruel 'laws' that made no sense what so ever to people who applied a bit of common sense and why good people break bad laws. It has opened my eyes to the reality of how easy people are persuaded to join a cult or give in to mob rule, when politicians, media talking heads and celebrities are sprouting the same message across the globe. It is a sad reality that common sense, critical thinking, personal responsibility, civil liberty, human rights, freedom of choice and free speech are so easily sacrificed on the altar of "For The Greater Good".
Thank you to Topher Field for writing this book and making the documentary Battleground Melbourne.

[Lloyd · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read documenting an unprecedented period in Australian history during which the state imposed a temporary tyranny against its people, a society that has a long history of personal freedoms.

More than its eloquent prose, your brave and principled actions are what I found most inspiring about this book, for which I commend your sir. Also enjoyed the libertarian elements that percolated throughout the book, with thematic hints the likes of Mises, Rothbard, and Hayek — which I happen to be reading concurrently.

On a side note, big fan of your podcast (loved the extended discussion with John Ruddick!), and thoroughly enjoyed and moved by your award-winning documentary “Battleground Melbourne”, which I have shared with many. Keep up your courageous work

[Dawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don’t recall ever listening to a book at least of the author reading his own book when they break down and start to cry during the reading. Mr. Field had to pause his reading as he became emotional recounting stories of people reaching out to him and the things they were suffering under Melbournes authoritarian lockdowns. (Chapter 5)

“Stockholm syndrome should be renamed Melbourne syndrome.”

What was done in the US was bad enough. What was done in Australia was out and out authoritarian tyranny.

[Michael Haseloff · Rating 5 out of 5]

My wife and I stood up with thousands of others, in Adelaide where most of the police at the rallies were civilised. One officer in the mall stopped to talk to us to get our side of things, unfortunately he was pulled away and told not to talk to anyone. Kathy Scarborough and the leadership group were wonderful.

[Art Lindholm Jr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Compelling narration by the author of protests against human rights violation/oppression by the Victoria/Australia government during the COVID plandemic.

[Anita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good People Break Bad Laws is essential reading for anyone who cares about human rights, freedom and justice, and for anyone who doesn’t. We live in a society who has become lulled to the sense of liberty. Life has become too easy, and apathy has become a common way of viewing political change- what can I do? The government will fix it.
Western countries needed a wake-up call, and the covid nightmare was it. I believe Covid was a test to see how far citizens could be pushed, and Melbourne was the focus. The vast majority failed the test.
Topher’s book walks us through the situation in Melbourne from the start. Alternating chapters with the lived experience of lockdowns, protest, police overreach, as well as discussions on freedom, liberty, civil disobedience and power.
A peaceful civil nation is a fragile thing. And as Topher said, ‘The only limit that limits government, is the limit of our obedience.’ I’m buying this book for my grown children so that they can know when to draw that line.

[Maxine Burns · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a well-written book about a terrible period in our State (specifically). Topher writes about what went on during this period in an open and understandable way. So much was wrong but Topher brought it to light so clearly. I highly recommend this book.