Newsletter date: 12 November 2014
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WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
This is not satire. The stakes have been raised in macho posturing between PM Tony Abbott and Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the news that russian warships have been seen heading towards Australian waters after Abbott asked Putin to apologise and compensate the victims of the MH17 tragedy.
According to The Australian, "Australian P3 Orion surveillance aircraft have been deployed to monitor the ships, along with Anzac class frigate, HMAS Stuart.The ships are in the Coral Sea, south of Bougainville off Australia’s east coast."
Climate change is not on the Australian G20 agenda. As the most pressing issue of our era, why not? Jan is a protestor at the G20 in Brisbane, Australia 2014. More info see http://briscan.net.au/
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From November 8 community groups will launch a range of actions and events against the economic rationalism, state repression and sheer ridiculous spending of the G20 event in Brisbane. While the police report over 20 groups they know of, the Brisbane Sovereign Embassy - BASE and BrisCan-G20 are organising a People's Convergence. There will be street marches through the week and a People's March on November 15.
While the media has been in a feeding frenzy over anarchist plots and police powers, the real issues that the G20 will be discussing and the inequality it perpetuates has largely been ignored.
Social justice and environmental groups will be amongst many of the organisations protesting the policies of the G20 in Brisbane this week. This is what a few of them have to say:
Corporate Capture of policy making
From November 12-16, Wandering Cooks (at the corner of Cordelia St and Fish Lane, South Brisbane) will serve as a venue for community gatherings, creative events and media production. Free wifi, computers and tech support will be available for “citizen journalists” to produce their reports on G20 activities and action.
Media Alert Nov 11, 2014
Perth Indymedia speak with Robin Taubenfeld of BrisCAN-G20 on their Peoples Convergence and March opposing the upcoming G20 in Brisbane.
Aaron Fernades traveled to the remote Manus Island in Papua New Guinea earlier this year to investigate Australia’s controversial detention policy and the lives it continues to affect. The result was an independent documentary produced for Al Jazeera.
http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/77491/85616/97759/?url=h...
Satirical Australian News Mash
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Our Economic Culture, Marx Time by Gray
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