WGAR News: Footage of Tue 27th of January 2015 'National Freedom Movement' Sit-In at Parliament House Canberra: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo

Newsletter date: 5 February 2015

Contents:

* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: 10 Minute Video Footage of Tue 27th of January 2015 National Freedom Movement Sit-In at Parliament House Canberra
* Video: NITV News: Freedom Movement’s Canberra Sit-In on 'First Day of Resistance'
* Video: NITV News: Heavy Handed Policing During Invasion Day Marches: Video
* Video: NITV News: Always was, Always will be Aboriginal Land: Rallies Across Australia on Survival Day 2015
* Video: More Invasion Day Videos from Eleanor Gilbert & Respect and Listen
* Audio: Invasion Day Radio
* News: Invasion Day Articles from Green Left
* Homepage of the 'National Freedom Movement': http://freedommovement2014.wix.com/freedommovement
* WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement

- Videos

Eleanor Gilbert on Vimeo
http://vimeo.com/user1605040

10 Minute Video Footage of Tue 27th of January 2015 National Freedom Movement Sit-In at Parliament House Canberra
from Eleanor Gilbert on Vimeo
http://vimeo.com/117994794
http://freedommovement2014.wix.com/freedommovement#!events/co3d

NITV News: Freedom Movement’s Canberra Sit-In on 'First Day of Resistance'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJsVVWGXKw
27 Jan 15: "Police had to call for backup as angry protesters converged on Parliament House the day after Invasion Day. It was the climax of the Canberra Freedom Summit. Here is NITV News' political reporter Myles Morgan."

NITV News: Heavy Handed Policing During Invasion Day Marches: Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqCEzgHnCv4
28 Jan 15: "Video has emerged showing confrontations between police and Survival Day marchers in Brisbane and Melbourne. Rally organisers say they're upset with Queensland and Victoria Police who they say intimidated, harassed and arrested the mob during peaceful rallies. Larissa Baldwin took part in the Brisbane march and says she's disgusted with the police treatment -- which she says is the same every Survival Day."

NITV News: Always was, Always will be Aboriginal Land: Rallies Across Australia on Survival Day 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c6FjsRALd4
26 Jan 15: "On Survival Day 2015 we broadcast live from the Yabun Festival in Victoria Park in Sydney as mob around Australia gather to celebrate the survival of Aboriginal people and cultures. Australia Day - January 26 - marks the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet at Port Jackson in 1788, the raising of the British flag and the proclamation of British sovereignty. The push in recent years has been to celebrate the cultural diversity of modern Australia - but for the First People of this land - the date remains an uncomfortable one. Rallies have been held across the country - calling for Justice - equality - and Sovereignty. ... "

26th January 2015: Freedom March and Speeches on Vimeo
from Eleanor Gilbert

26th January 2015: Robert Eggington - Pyramid of racial power and privilege in Australian society.
from Eleanor Gilbert
http://vimeo.com/118301528
"Robert Eggington, Dumbartung, speaks at Aboriginal Embassy Canberra on Sovereignty Day, January 26th 2015."

26th January 2015: Shaun Harris on Vimeo
from Eleanor Gilbert
http://vimeo.com/118365894

26th January 2015: Prof Gracelyn Smallwood on Vimeo
from Eleanor Gilbert
http://vimeo.com/118389453

26th January 2015: Herbert Bropho on Vimeo
from Eleanor Gilbert
http://vimeo.com/118393991

26th January 2015: Grandmothers Against Removal on Vimeo
from Eleanor Gilbert
http://vimeo.com/118417667

26th January 2015: Nellie Paterson Napanangka on Vimeo
from Eleanor Gilbert
http://vimeo.com/118423888

Urgent plea to the Nation to come to Canberra for the Sit-In of Tue 27th of January 2015
from Respect and Listen
http://vimeo.com/117165236

National Freedom Movement - Sydney Forum
Respect and Listen on Vimeo
http://vimeo.com/respectandlisten
http://vimeo.com/117165236
http://www.respectandlisten.org/freedom-movement.html

- Audio

Let's Talk: Canberra Tent Embassy Invasion Day [Featuring Tauto Sansbury]
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/canberra-tent-embassy-invasio...

CAAMA: Nyoongar Mob cross Nullarbor to share their struggle ! [Featuring Marianne Mackay]
http://caama.com.au/nyoongar-mob-cross-nullarbor-to-share-their-struggle
28 Jan 15: "Western Australian Nyoongar human rights campaigner Marianne McKay says it was important for her people to be a part of national unity protest action on Survival Day in Canberra... to alert  the country about what is happening in the west. A group of thirty supporters made the long journey across the Nullarbor to voice their concerns about Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett’s recent announcement that he intends to close down more than a hundred and fifty remote Aboriginal communities."

- News

Green Left: Canberra march to Aboriginal tent embassy
https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/58135
31 Jan 15: "Chanting "Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land," more than 500 members of Aboriginal communities from across the country and their supporters marched from Civic in the centre of Canberra to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in front of Old Parliament House on January 26, also known as Invasion Day. ... A forum held on the following day discussed the way forward for the Aboriginal movement before protesters marched up the hill for a solidarity gathering outside New Parliament House. The community representatives present gave notice that they would be back on February 9 with a list of demands for Indigenous rights and sovereignty." By GLW authors Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter, Canberra

Green Left: National protests mark Invasion Day [Featuring Melbourne, Hobart and Canberra]
https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/58145
31 Jan 15: ""Today was the best Invasion Day protest that I have ever been to," Socialist Alliance councillor Sue Bolton told Green Left Weekly on January 26. "There was a real feeling of Aboriginal pride and resistance. The crowd was bigger today too." ... The community representatives present gave notice that they would be back on February 9 with a list of demands for Indigenous rights and sovereignty." By Alex Bainbridge, a socialist activist since 1990 when he first joined Resistance and then the Democratic Socialist Party. He was a founding member of the Socialist Alliance in 2001.

Green Left: Rally mourns invasion, calls to change the date
https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/58136
31 Jan 15: "Several hundred Aboriginal community members and their supporters gathered on Hobart parliament house lawns to mark Invasion Day on January 26. ... Aboriginal leader Michael Mansell spoke about how Australia is the only country that celebrates a day when a country was invaded. He asked how immigrants can feel part of a nation when the day marks the coming of one race displacing another - it is not a basis for unity, it is a basis for division. He said the day is "race based and based on a white Australia policy"." By Shaine Stephen, Hobart

- Homepage

Homepage of the 'National Freedom Movement'
http://freedommovement2014.wix.com/freedommovement

- Background

WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/26/wgar-background-to-the-national-free...
(last updated: 2 February 2015)

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WGAR News: Flyer: First Nations Freedom Movement - Parliament House Sit-In - From 9th of February 2015 - Every day 10am till 4pm - Until Our Voice Is Heard

https://indymedia.org.au/2015/02/04/wgar-news-flyer-first-nations-freedo...

Contents:

* Appeal: National Freedom Movement: Save the National Indigenous Times
* Analysis / Opinion: Dr Woolombi Waters, Indymedia Australia: Litigation now the new censorship in reporting the news in the 21st century - National Indigenous Times
* WGAR News: Gerry Georgatos on the future of the National Indigenous Times: NITV News

* Flyer: First Nations Freedom Movement - Parliament House Sit-In - From 9th of February 2015 - Every day 10am till 4pm - Until Our Voice Is Heard
* Flyer: National Freedom Movement - Sit in protest 9th of February outside Parliament house Canberra 10am til 4pm every day
* Event: Indymedia Australia: Freedom Movement Sit-In at Parliament House, Canberra, on 9 February 2015
* News: National Indigenous Times: First Peoples to confront politicians on February 9 in Canberra
* Audio: Gerry Georgatos and Warren Barnsley, NIRS: Protesters set to descend on Canberra [Featuring Freedom Movement supporter Josh Collard]

* Homepage of the 'National Freedom Movement': http://freedommovement2014.wix.com/freedommovement
* WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement

WGAR News: Aboriginal Sovereign Manifesto of Demands - National Aboriginal Freedom Movement

https://indymedia.org.au/2015/02/10/wgar-news-aboriginal-sovereign-manif...

Contents:

* Manifesto: Aboriginal Sovereign Manifesto of Demands - National Aboriginal Freedom Movement Aboriginal Embassy, Canberra, Australia
* Audio: Adam Evans, NIRS: Protesters come face-to-face with politicians during 'sit-in' [Featuring Tauto Sansbury and Gerry Georgatos]
* Audio Interview: Living Black Radio: 090215 ACT Freedom Sit In [Featuring Tauto Sansbury]
* Analysis / Opinion: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: They Came For The Abbott Spill, And Missed The Only Real Story In Town
* Audio: Ninah Kopel, The Wire: Protesting worlds worst child removal rate [Featuring Sue-Ellen Tighe, Michael Anderson and Tauto Sansbury]
* Video: NITV News - 9 February 2015: "GMAR groups from across the country rallied with Freedom Movement campaigners on the grounds of Parliament house to deliver a set of demands ... "
* News & Photos: CAAMA Radio at First Nations Freedom Movement Canberra 2015
* News & Photos: 9 News: Protesters attempt to derail TODAY Show's Canberra broadcast to bring attention to indigenous deaths in custody
* Photos from the Sit-In: Sovereign Union & Stop Stolen Generations Facebook
* Current Event: Freedom Movement Sit-In at Parliament House, Canberra, from 9 February 2015
* WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement

WGAR News: Aboriginal Protestors Deliver List of Demands To Parliament: CAAMA Video

https://indymedia.org.au/2015/02/11/wgar-news-aboriginal-protestors-deli...

Contents:

* Video: CAAMA: Aboriginal Protestors Deliver List of Demands To Parliament
[Featuring Clive Palmer, Tauto Sansbury, Michael Anderson, GMAR, Jenni Munro, Les Coe & Roxley Foley]
* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: Freedom Movement delegates report back on the meeting with Nigel Scullion
* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: Freedom Movement Sit-In protesters present Manifesto to Bill Shorten
* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: Clive Palmer responds to National Freedom Movement presence
* News & Photos: CAAMA: Nigel Scullion Visits Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra
* News: CAAMA News: "Aboriginal Rights advocates say they could soon send a delegation to England to present the Queen with a list of issues ... " [Featuring Tauto Sansbury]
* Audio: Gerry Georgatos, NIRS: Freedom Movement meets with Indigenous affairs minister [Featuring Tauto Sansbury & Nigel Scullion]
* Audio Interview: Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Michael Anderson on the Sit-In
* Audio Interview: CAAMA Radio: Young Voices... [Featuring Timothy Wilkey & Bud Spearim]
* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: Vanessa Culbong, Perth, speaks out at the Sit-In
* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: Sisters speak out at the Sit-In: Deaths in Custody
* Audio Interview: The Stringer Audio/Radio News: Gerry Georgatos interviews Bill Shorten on Aboriginal issues
* Audio Interview: The Stringer Audio/Radio News: Gerry Georgatos interviews Clive Palmer on Aboriginal issues
* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Leadership squabbling, not Aboriginal rights struggle, consumed by mainstream media
* News: National Indigenous Times: Scullion commits to consult with Freedom Movement and grandmothers
* Media Roundup: Diet Simon, Linksunten Indymedia: Aboriginal protesters come face-to-face with politicians during Canberra 'sit-in'
* Photos: Sovereign Union: Canberra Sit-in Gallery - 9 February 2015
* Event: Freedom Movement Sit-In at Parliament House, Canberra, on 9 February 2015
* WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement