National Freedom Movement - 15th, 18th, 20th, 26th January

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A preamble by Ray Jackson, Indigenous Social Justice Association president and then a statement from the Freedom Movement about the Sit-In at Canberra. There are three lead up forums - Adelaide (today), Sydney (Sunday) and Brisbane (Tuesday) before the January 26th Sit-In.

By Ray Jackson - The Sydney section of the freedom summit to be held at the Redfern Aboriginal tent embassy at the block to be held at 3pm on sunday 18 january. this forum is to allow two of our freedom summit delegates, aunt jenny munro and les coe to relate what occurred at alice springs last november. information will also be related on the critical need to attend the canberra tent embassy sit-in on the invasion day weekend and beyond up to the opening of the federal parliament. our other nsw freedom summit delegate, ghillar michael anderson, is unable to attend due to other matters. further details are listed below as well.

information is given also on the freedom summit events that are to be held at tandanya in adelaide where tauto sansbury, ms. christine abdullah, john singer and roxley foley. plus others. see below for full details.

on january 20 the queensland section meets to spread the call for solidarity to this most important event. it is to be held at musgrave park at 3pm. a fine line-up of murri warriors, male and female, will be relaying the call of attending the sit-in.

these three events clearly show our united determination to discontinue the colonisation of our peoples. the time for fight-back has arrived and we are more than ready to take back our lands and our sovereignty. aboriginal control of aboriginal lives. sack the foul abbott government from their thieving ways.

all information attached and below.

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NATIONAL FREEDOM MOVEMENT – lead-in forums to the January 26 Sit-In, Canberra

“We can wait no longer to reclaim the Aboriginal rights struggle, to reclaim the Aboriginal voice. Our old people have waited their whole lives and have had their expectations betrayed... Our people are dying far too young – in unprecedented numbers and rates. The Freedom Summit came together over two days in Alice Springs in the last week of November. Now we have a movement and we’re carrying the call for our people’s justice,” said Freedom Movement spokesperson and Chair of the Narrunga People, Tauto Sansbury.

“This movement has brought great hope to my heart for the first time in a long time. I am overwhelmed and emotional by the support and by the numbers of our people who are heading to Canberra… We are cultured people, we are dignified people,” said Freedom Movement spokesperson and Arrernte Elder, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks.

Convoys are leaving from around the country and heading to Canberra for the Freedom Movement’s Sit-In outside Federal Parliament. They will first gather at the Old Tent Embassy. In the context of the last 50 years it has never been worse for far too many of our People – our children are removed from their families at the most horrific rates yet known, our people imprisoned at the highest rates known, more of our people are homeless than ever before, more of our people are living in extreme poverty than ever before, land rights have become land grabs by non-Aboriginal corporate Australia, hundreds of our homeland communities have been threatened with closure and our people are relentlessly threatened with assimilation. Our people are dying of suicide at the highest rates ever known. Professor Sam Watson said that the Aboriginal rights struggle began to collapse in the “mid-1970s when we went from the streets to the suits… we have to go back to the streets.”

Starting tomorrow there are 3 major lead-in forums – in Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane – to inform our people of why as many of us as possible must journey to Canberra to support the Sit-In by our Elders.

Adelaide - Thursday, 15 January – 6pm at Tandanya
Come and listen to lifelong Narrunga advocate and campaigner, Tauto Sansbury. Tauto has fought long and hard for our people on so many issues. Tauto is calling for all our people to unite and reclaim the rights struggle, reclaim our voices and we can only do this if we are strong in numbers, and tied to the message of unity.

Freedom Movement delegates, Ngarrindjeri advocate Christine Abdulla, APY’s John Singer and Roxley Foley (son of Dr Gary Foley) will speak. They are all heading to Canberra for the Sit-In.

Relentless social justice advocate Gerry Georgatos has also been invited to speak.

Sydney - Sunday, 18 January – 3pm at The Block, Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Indigenous Social Justice Association president, Ray Jackson, will MC the event at The Block. Ray is a lifelong campaigner and especially on deaths in custody and the Stolen Generations. Ray has assisted many families over the years through the grieving process that comes with a death in custody. Ray attended the Freedom Summit in Alice Springs.

Freedom Movement delegates, Wiradjuri man and woman, brother and sister, Les Coe and Jenny Munro will speak. They are lifelong fighters, and have been at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy since 1972. One generation after another generation of their families have fought for the freedom of their people. Last year Jenny set up the Redfern Tent Embassy to save The Block, and eight months later the Embassy thrives.

There are two powerful guest speakers who will urge Black and White to get to Canberra to support the Elders’ Sit-In. Former international journalist and filmmaker and non-stop humanitarian Jeff McMullen will speak. His dedication to the Aboriginal rights struggle is now more than four decades old. He is loved by many. Fellow humanitarian Gerry Georgatos will also speak and his work among our people at the coalface and in communities is second to none.

Brisbane – Tuesday, 18 Jan – 3pm at Musgrave Park
An impressive array of ten speakers will urge people to journey to Canberra or to engage in peaceful actions of solidarity on the day of the Sit-In.

Powerful cultural man and rights advocate, Uncle Paul Spearim will lead the rich array of speakers. Uncle Paul attended the Freedom Summit in Alice Springs. He is a cultural warrior. His sons, Paul Bud Jr and Boe will both speak. Their deeds at the community level in helping those most in need, speaks for itself. Paul Spearim Jr is a Freedom Movement delegate.

The uncompromising and irrepressible tribal warrior, Wayne Coco Wharton shall also speak.

Other powerful speakers will include powerful justice stalwarts Rosemary Bell and Jade Slockee.

Dr Marcus Woolombi Waters is an academic who stands with the coalface, who has never compromised himself and stands solid on the ways forward.

Legendary Black Power champion, Professor Sam Watson will speak. He has dedicated his life unswervingly to the cause.
Cairns based academic and social justice stalwart, Professor Gracelyn Smallwood is journeying to the event to urge everyone to Canberra. Her body of work in the Aboriginal rights struggle and in improving lives has been life-long.

Lastly, once again, Gerry Georgatos will speak. This human rights warrior is journeying to all three events while at the same time fleeting in and out of communities where he is doing vital work. Gerry and Jeff McMullen have been invited to speak because they are our brothers. They are one of us in their hearts. Jeff has given more than 40 years of his life to our cause and Gerry’s work among our people has gone on for more than 30 years. Gerry’s most recent campaigns in highlighting the suicide crisis and in working in the ways forward is unprecedented, his contribution has been mind-boggling. His work and research with deaths in custody, with our people in prison and upon release, his work with our homeless and in finding many homes are all the work of a true humanitarian. His work in exposing corruption has seen him persecuted but yet he stands solid
on our side

One of his great battles was fighting for the release of nearly 100 children from Australian adult prisons. If it was not for him many Australians would not have known about these children. He fought and won their release. Gerry once said, “Only when we get the justice done for First People - only then can we get it right for everyone, for all of us. No other justice should be our highest priority than that which seeks to correct the worst and cruelest injustices."

Please spread word, this is our time, our chance to reclaim our rights struggle.

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Background to the National Freedom Movement

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WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement

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25/26/27 January 2015: National Convergence on Canberra events

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WGAR News: 25th, 26th & 27th January 2015: National Freedom Summit - National Convergence on Canberra events

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"Contents:

* 25/26/27 January 2015 Freedom Summit Canberra events:

-- Sun 25th January - Last Day of Freedom
--- Workshops on the Urgent Issues: Aboriginal Tent Embassy

-- Mon 26th January - National Day of Mourning
--- Community Walk 26th Jan 10:30am: Assembly at Garema Place Civic to walk to Aboriginal Tent Embassy
--- Early Afternoon - The 2015 Isabell Coe Memorial Sovereignty Lecture
--- Workshops on the Urgent Issues: Aboriginal Tent Embassy

-- Tue 27th January - First Day of Resistance
--- National Convergence on Canberra Sit-In Protest: Assembly at Aboriginal Tent Embassy to walk to Capital Hill Parliament House
--- Workshops on the Urgent Issues: Aboriginal Tent Embassy

* National Freedom Movement - lead-in forums to the January 27 Sit-In, Canberra:

-- Thu 15th January 2015: Adelaide Community Forum
-- Sun 18th January 2015: Redfern Community Forum
-- Tue 20th January 2015: Brisbane Community Forum

* Background to Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day and Day of Mourning
* WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement
* WGAR Background to 'The Freedom Summit'"

National Convergence on Canberra Sit-In Protest

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WGAR News: Call out for people to attend the 'National Convergence on Canberra Sit-In Protest' on the 27th of January 2015

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Contents:

Urgent plea to the Nation to come to Canberra for the Sit-In: http://vimeo.com/117165236
Homepage of the National Freedom Movement: http://freedommovement2014.wix.com/freedommovement
Events for 25th, 26th and 27th of January 2015 National Convergence on Canberra
National Freedom Movement What's it about?
Freedom Summit - The Delegates
NITV News: WA Protestors get on board for Survival Day's "Sit In for Freedom" in Canberra

National Freedom Movement - Reportbacks on the lead-in forums to the January 27 Sit-In, Canberra:

Read about how the Adelaide forum went:
- Mobilising for Canberra 2015-our chance at history, to reclaim the Aboriginal rights struggle and the justice

Read about how the Sydney forum went:
- 'The Opportunity for real change'
- People urged to attend Canberra First Peoples sit-in

Videos about how the Sydney forum went:
- Respect and Listen: National Freedom Movement: http://www.respectandlisten.org/freedom-movement.html
- National Freedom Movement - Sydney Forum: Respect and Listen vimeo
-- Aunty Jenny
-- Jeff McMullen
-- Gerry Georgatos
-- Felon and Uncle Ben to come

WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement
WGAR Background to 'The Freedom Summit'

Delegates speak about Parliament House Sit-In in Canberra

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WGAR News: Delegates speak about the National Freedom Movement's Parliament House Sit-In in Canberra

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[Ed. note: Some sources have said the Sit-In is on Monday the 26th of January 2015 and some say Tuesday the 27th of January 2015. It could be either day.]

Contents:

* Audio Interview: National Indigenous Radio's 'Weekly News-in-Review'
"The Freedom Movement's Tauto Sansbury and Gracelyn Smallwood discuss a national protest in Canberra on January 26"
* Audio: Warren Barnsley, NIRS: Northern Territorian of the Year to attend Freedom Movement protest [Featuring Rosalie Kunoth-Monks]
* Audio: Gerry Georgatos, NIRS: Jenny Munro urges mob to attend Parliament House protest
* Audio Interview: CAAMA: Roxley Foley….Momentum Grows for Canberra
* Audio Interview: Radio Adelaide: Christine Abdullah (Ngarrindjeri) S.A. Delegate for the Original Peoples Freedom Movement
* Audio: Gerry Georgatos with Warren Barnsley, NIRS: Noongar delegation heads to Canberra freedom protest
* WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement
* WGAR Background to 'The Freedom Summit'

Angry Protesters Sit-In at Canberra's Parliament House

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WGAR News: Angry Protesters Sit-In: The 'National Freedom Movement' marches on Canberra's Parliament House on the 'Day of Resistance'

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Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Date with destiny - February 9 - First Peoples will Sit-In
* Analysis / Opinion: Shalailah Medhora, The Guardian: 'We have no friends in parliament,' Indigenous protesters tell Canberra
* Video: NITV News - 27 January 2015: Angry Protesters - The 'National Freedom Movement' marches on Parliament House on the day after Invasion Day [Featuring Michael Anderson, Ken Canning, Jenny Munro & Marianne Headland Mackay]
* Audio: Gerry Georgatos, NIRS: Freedom Movement to return on resumption of parliament [Featuring Michael Anderson]
* News: National Indigenous Times: Freedom Movement to confront politicians on February 9

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

* Audio & Photos: CAAMA: Nyoongar Mob cross Nullarbor to share their struggle! [Featuring Marianne Mackay]
* Audio: Let's Talk: Canberra Tent Embassy Invasion Day [Featuring Tauto Sansbury]
* News: CAAMA News: National unity protest action on Survival Day in Canberra [Featuring Marianne Mackay]
* Audio: Gerry Georgatos, NIRS: Stolen Generations representative among attendees at Canberra rally [Featuring Eileen Cummings]
* News: Henry Belot & Emma Kelly, The Canberra Times: Day of mourning and hope at Canberra's Aboriginal Tent Embassy
* Photos: Sovereign Union: Freedom Summit Side Events: Canberra 2015

* WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement
* WGAR News: Invasion Day / Survival Day Rallies and Marches Across Australia: NITV News; SBS News; Occupy Sydney
* WGAR News: The day I don't feel Australian? That would be Australia Day: Chelsea Bond, The Conversation
* WGAR News: Updated 26 January 2015 Events: Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day & Day of Mourning

Insiders confirm Sit-In last straw for Prime Minister

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WGAR News: Breaking News: Insiders confirm Sit-In last straw for Prime Minister - leadership change: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Freedom Movement Sit-In for Aboriginal rights at Parliament House, Canberra, on 9 February 2015

https://indymedia.org.au/2015/02/02/wgar-news-breaking-news-insiders-con...

Contents:

* Breaking News: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Insiders confirm Sit-In last straw for Prime Minister - leadership change
* News: Green Left: In Brief: Parliament sit-in for Aboriginal rights
* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: In Australia, there is the Aboriginal rights struggle
* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Date with destiny - February 9 - First Peoples will Sit-In
* Audio: Gerry Georgatos, NIRS: Freedom Movement to confront Federal politicians [Featuring Christine Abdulla]
* Audio: Gerry Georgatos, NIRS: Freedom Movement to confront politicians in Canberra [Featuring Vanessa Culbong]
* Audio: Gerry Georgatos, NIRS: Freedom Movement to return on resumption of parliament [Featuring Michael Anderson]
* News: National Indigenous Times: Freedom Movement to confront politicians on February 9
* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: 10 Minute Video Footage of Tue 27th of January 2015 National Freedom Movement Sit-In at Parliament House Canberra
* Homepage of the 'National Freedom Movement': http://freedommovement2014.wix.com/freedommovement
* WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement

Footage of 27th of January 2015 Sit-In by Eleanor Gilbert

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

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

Freedom Movement: Parliament House Sit-In: From 9 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

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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

Aboriginal Sovereign Manifesto of Demands

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

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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

Aboriginal Protestors Deliver List of Demands To Parliament

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

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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

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