WGAR News: "Freedom Summit goes national and is now known as the Freedom Movement. The Sit-In in Canberra will commence January 26."

Newsletter date: 28 December 2014

Contents:

* Events: The Stringer facebook: Upcoming Information Events: "Freedom Summit goes national and is now known as the Freedom Movement." [Includes Adelaide flyer]
* Events: The Stringer facebook: "Tour dates to hear about the Freedom Movement are coming together with Adelaide and Sydney organised, ... " [Includes Sydney flyer]

* News: Gerry Georgatos, National Indigenous Times (NIT): Rally call goes out for an Invasion Day protest in Canberra
* Analysis / Opinion: Al Jazeera, Sudan Vision: A New Revolution in Australia
* Press release from the Freedom Movement - "the Aboriginal struggle and our voices will be reclaimed, January 26"

* WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement
* WGAR Background to 'The Freedom Summit': Alice Springs 27-28 November 2014

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- Events

The Stringer facebook: "Freedom Summit goes national and is now known as the Freedom Movement."
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=568857806592098
The Stringer: Freedom Summit goes national and is now known as the Freedom Movement. The Sit-In in Canberra will commence January 26. Hear about the national actions and of the Sit-In and why one should consider the journey to Canberra at information events in Adelaide, January 15, Melbourne January 17, Sydney January 18, Brisbane January 20, Alice Springs January 22. These information meetings will also be held in Perth, Darwin, Uluru and various towns across Australia with dates soon to be announced. Narrunga Elder, Tauto Sansbury, "It is all about reclaiming our voices, and that we are heard. We are reclaiming the Aboriginal Rights Struggle." Arrernte Elder, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks said, "In unity we can go forward from all the hurting inflicted upon our peoples."  ... "

- Events

The Stringer facebook: "Tour dates to hear about the Freedom Movement are coming together with Adelaide and Sydney organised, ... "
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=569596179851594
"The Stringer: The Freedom Summit goes national and is now the Freedom Movement. Tour dates to hear about the Freedom Movement are coming together with Adelaide and Sydney organised, and Brisbane, Adelaide, Alice Springs and events in Darwin and Perth and elsewhere to also be announced. The Freedom Movement is heading to Canberra on January 26 for the commencement of the Sit-In of Elders - of grey and white bearded wise old men, of the grey and white haired wise old women. Rosalie Kunoth-Monks said, "I am an Arrernte woman, a person of our culture. We are here in unity to reclaim our rights struggle." Narrunga Elder, Tauto Sansbury, "We will sit and not be moved, that is not till we have reclaimed our voices and for our right to be who and what we want to be." ... "

- News

National Indigenous Times (NIT): Rally call goes out for an Invasion Day protest in Canberra
http://www.nit.com.au/news/3964-invasion-day-protest-planned-for-canberr...
https://www.facebook.com/nitimes/photos/a.548439131890518.1073741829.518...
17 Dec 14: "The Original Peoples Freedom Movement is calling for thousands of First Peoples to converge on Canberra on Invasion Day, January 26 to join in a sit-in protest at government policies destroying their Culture and heritage. The protest, which will also mark the 43rd anniversary of the establishment of the original Aboriginal Tent Embassy, will demand government end what the Original Peoples..." By Gerry Georgatos

- Analysis / Opinion

Sudan Vision: A New Revolution in Australia
http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid=244137
22 Dec 14: "Indigenous Australians are regrouping after more than two centuries as the socially disadvantaged 'other' people. Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders activists hope 2014 will be remembered as the year they said: "Enough is enough." Rosalie Kunoth-Monks has no doubt about it. "We are under assault," she tells Al Jazeera. The 77-year-old renowned Aboriginal activist from the somewhat ironically named region of Utopia, Northern Territory, paints a bleak picture of a human rights crisis in the Aboriginal community. ... " By Al Jazeera

- Media Release

Press release from the Freedom Movement - "the Aboriginal struggle and our voices will be reclaimed, January 26"
Indymedia Australia: https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/22/press-release-from-the-freedom-movem...
22 Dec 14: "Raid on Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy - "Australia’s racism unabated"
The ‘Aboriginal’ Housing Company’s deplorable action in intending to orchestrate the eviction of the campers on The Block’s Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy should be seen for what it is – an attack on the rights and hopes of First Peoples. This morning the police called in to The Embassy. This follows on the back of teh controversial ‘Aboriginal’ Housing Company’s commercial development partner recently advertising the removal of Aboriginal people from nearby districts as an incentive for prospective renters.
The Freedom Summit’s Freedom Movement heralds today’s arrest of one of their delegates, and Embassy stalwart, Wiradjuri woman, Jenny Munro, as a clear sign that First Peoples in this country are held without any respect for their rights, cultural and otherwise, and that their dignity as human beings does not matter. They have only one choice offered to them - assimilation.
The Freedom Movement condemned the arrest of Ms Munro. ... "

- Background

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

WGAR Background to 'The Freedom Summit': Alice Springs 27-28 November 2014
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/11/29/background-to-the-freedom-summit-ali...
(last updated: 26 December 2014)

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WGAR News: New 'National Freedom Movement' website
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/01/06/wgar-news-new-national-freedom-movem...
Contents:
* Homepage of New 'National Freedom Movement' website: http://freedommovement2014.wix.com/freedommovement
* About: National Freedom Movement What's it about?
* Freedom Summit - The Delegates
* Upcoming Forums: Stringer Facebook: "Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide forums in the next couple of weeks are an opportunity to hear about the Freedom Movement's Sit-In at Canberra commencing on January 26."
* Audio Interview: 4ZZZ Brisbane: Indigi-Briz interviews Michael Anderson about the Freedom Summit ...
* WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement
* WGAR Background to 'The Freedom Summit'

WGAR News: Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day & Day of Mourning Events - Monday 26 January 2015

https://indymedia.org.au/2015/01/10/wgar-news-aboriginal-sovereignty-day...

Contents:

* Background to Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day and Day of Mourning
* 'National Freedom Movement' sit-in at Canberra
* Adelaide events
* Brisbane events
* Melbourne events
* Sydney events

- Background to Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day and Day of Mourning

Event:  Sun 26 January 2015: various locations in Australia
Sovereignty Day / Invasion Day / Survival Day / Day of Mourning
"Aboriginal people call it ‘Invasion Day’,
‘Day of Mourning’, ‘Survival Day’ or,
since 2006, ‘Aboriginal Sovereignty Day’.
The latter name reflects that all Aboriginal
nations are sovereign and should be united
in the continuous fight for their rights." Creative Spirits
"Australia Day - No time to celebrate:
Australia Day is traditionally the most racist
day of the year for Aboriginal people.
When people celebrate on January 26,
there is no escaping the fact they are celebrating
the day that one race of people invaded another
race of people’s country and took control of
Aboriginal lands and tried to dominate Aboriginal
people. Invasion Day, as it should be called,
celebrates the dispossession of land, culture,
and way of life of Aborigines." Jay McDonald, GLW
Event details: http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/history/australia-day-...
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/46475

- 'National Freedom Movement' sit-in at Canberra

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

"They gathered at the Old Bungalow at Mparntwe
(Alice Springs) from across the continent and for two days
in the centre of this continent, those at the Freedom
Summit spoke of the continuing tragedies and attacks
against their people and of the ways forward. A delegation
of 20 was endorsed by the Freedom Summit to mobilise around
it the First Peoples of this continent to stand up united
and reclaim the "Aboriginal Rights Struggle". In the
meantime, the Federal Government has responded to the
Summit’s organisers with the offer of a meeting.
But on January 26, the delegation will converge on Canberra
– and begin a sit-in right outside Parliament.
Thousands will join them, and in so doing, so will the
world’s press" (The Stringer - Gerry Georgatos 2014)

[Includes updated flyers for Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane]

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

https://indymedia.org.au/2015/01/16/wgar-news-25th-26th-27th-january-201...

"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'"

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

https://indymedia.org.au/2015/01/21/wgar-news-call-out-for-people-to-att...

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'

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

https://indymedia.org.au/2015/01/23/wgar-news-delegates-speak-about-the-...

[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 Abdulla (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'

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

https://indymedia.org.au/2015/01/28/wgar-news-angry-protesters-sit-in-th...

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

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

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

https://indymedia.org.au/2015/02/02/wgar-news-footage-of-tue-27th-of-jan...

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

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