Australia

Below is the text of an article from the World Socialist Web that explains just how regressive the ALP's policies on education are. Teacher performance pay, bonuses for schools that do well on NAPLAN data, bringing in unqualified people to teach in schools...the list goes on. The Left in this country needs to wake up and realises this country is lurching to the right regardless of wins the next election.

by ray jackson

whilst i am all in favour of our mobs being in both the australian constitution, along with any future bill of rights, i also see the process as being fraught with problems. problems that i see as only being solvable, in the main, by the atsi peoples initially.

whilst it cannot be argued against that south australia has the strongest and legal basis for their traditional lands, based on the historical letters patent being ignored by 'settlers' and sa governments, all the other aboriginal nations must be equal to the sa position for the return of their lands.

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Alice Springs Gathering Resolutions
Media about the Alice Springs Gathering
Melbourne New Way Summit Presentations

ALICE SPRINGS GATHERING RESOLUTIONS:

Rollback the Intervention: Statements/Reports
Resolutions from the Defending Indigenous Rights Conference Alice Springs. 6-9 July 2010.
[Click on link to read statements] http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/statements/

http://media.libsyn.com/media/kaputtradio/kr__163_about_language.mp3

public funded media samples, Al Jazeera, youtube

Peter Sellers, Adam Hills, David Mitchell, Chaser, Flying Tadpole, mynameisscott.com for Expert Village, Small Poppy, The Fascist Party, Suzlon Energy

"Tampa Song" by 2 Cents Worth and Friends B. Browne, moving forward remix MMM, Julia sings Dolly Parton, "Oralie" by Soda Cake