"Jobs with justice, not work for rations" - Anti-Intervention rally and march in Melbourne, 4 March 2011

Submitted by peter on Sat, 05/03/2011 - 11:01pm

Melbourne's Anti-Intervention Collective organised a protest under the banner "Jobs with Justice, not Work for Rations". After speeches at the State Library there was a march down Swanston Street to Federation Square, where the stage was occupied for more speakers and the formal handing over of a petition for delivery to the CFMEU in the NT...

See report on the MAIC website, http://maicollective.blogspot.com/2011/03/we-sent-them-message.html, and also on this site - http://indymedia.org.au/2011/03/05/melbourne-anti-intervention-rally-432011

There is a longer report with more photos on Melbourne Protests - http://melbourneprotests.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/jobs-with-justice-not-...

Keywords: 
NT intervention
indigenous
racism
MAIC
Geography: 
Melbourne
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Submitted by Flowerpower on Thu, 17/03/2011 - 2:01pm

A good video of the rally made by the Uniting Church can be found here on VIMEO

Intervention Rally - Melbourne from Uniting Church in Australia on Vimeo.