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Militancy and collaboration at the USyd Strike

Submitted by autonomousactions on Sat, 06/04/2013 - 1:58pm

Tuesday March 26 marked the begining of a 48 hour strike at Sydney university. The strike was called by the NTEU with CPSU support as a continuation of the struggle against the uni administrations new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement, intended to undercut staff conditions, increase casualisation, micromanagement and surveillance under the familiar guise of "flexibility". In the early hours of March 26, some anarchists once again broke into the City rd Catholic college (or chapel of the Insurrection) and again dropped a massive banner reading
“WE ARE THE UNI WE CAN SHUT IT DOWN

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Thought provoking clips on journalism and deaths in custody

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 06/04/2013 - 8:53am

Thought provoking clips on journalism, on deaths in custody, Mr Ward and Mulrunji

A journalist with a difference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzigzfSNx9Y

The REAL FACTS on DEATHS in CUSTODY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVof4bQg1X8

The BETRAYAL of MR WARD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TM5KqgQNAI&playnext=1&list=PLF0B0129D1B...

ALEC DOOMADGEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH8lT437h6I

MULRUNJI - Palm Island

Free screening of John Pilger’s The Secret Country at Amnesty Intl - 8 April

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/04/2013 - 8:50pm

Date and Time:

Mon, 08/04/2013 -

6:00pm to 8:30pm

Location:

Amnesty International NSW Action Centre, Level 1, 79 Myrtle St, Chippendale, Sydney, NSW

Contact Name:

Amnesty International Australia

Contact Phone:

02 8396 7658

Contact Email:

aiansw@nsw.amnesty.org.au

Website:

http://www.respectandlisten.org/

Free screening of John Pilger’s seminal documentary,

The Secret Country -
The First Australians Fight Back.

Amnesty International NSW Action Centre,
Level 1, 79 Myrtle St, Chippendale, Sydney, NSW

Monday, 8 April 2013 - 6:00pm for 6:30pm start

Special Guest Speaker:

Sue Gillett, Bankstown Aboriginal Activist & STICS member

A special message from John Pilger for our screening will be read out on the night.

Hosted by Amnesty NSW and the Demand Dignity Network

For the flyer: http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/Misc/The-Secret-countr...

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Sydney

Cuts to single parent payments lead to hardship

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 02/04/2013 - 11:59pm

Courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/cuts-to-single-parent-payments-lead-to-hardshi...
Gerry Georgatos - There are 630,000 Australian lone parent families with dependents – 84 per cent are single mothers and 16 per cent are single fathers. 54 per cent of these single parents have a youngest child less than nine years of age. Of the parents with a child less than 9 years of age 59 per cent were in some form of employment end of June 2011 according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2011).

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Aborigines declare themselves an independent republic

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 02/04/2013 - 8:13pm

The Murrawarri flag

The brown and blue represent mother earth, the sky where Murrawarri spirits wait until their return on the falling star, water and the people, the white star represents the return of the Ancestors’ spirits on which they return to earth and the eight points on the star represents the eight clan groups of the Murrawarri Nation and the future provinces that will make up the Murrawarri Republic.

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Sydney

Police investigating police rally 26 APRIL 2013 and Greg Smith

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 02/04/2013 - 1:29pm

beyond time to polish up the eyeballs once more and to allow our members and supporters to catch up with what isja has planned to once again highlight the futility of police investigating other police and the absolute need to call for and end to police brutality and corruption.

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The Stringer weekly newsletter - March 30

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 30/03/2013 - 7:37pm

Welcome to The Stringer’s weekly newsletter

The Stringer went live February 20 - http://thestringer.com.au/
Some of our stories from the last week include:

Australia’s pathway to poverty – bridging visas

March 30, 2013
The Australian Government’s hard on refugees policy is creating an underclass of people – many condemned to an itinerant lifestyle and many condemned to living on the streets.

According to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship since November 25, 2011, 12,765 people have been released from the detention centres and into community on bridging visas.

Sydney Aboriginal rights events: Our Generation screening + Meaningful Movies: The Secret Country

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 29/03/2013 - 3:53pm

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Click on the links for details of the events ...

Event: Tue 2 April 2013: UTS, Sydney
Our Generation screening
organised by the UTS Amnesty group
Event details: [scroll down page to Upcoming Our Generation screenings] http://www.respectandlisten.org/
About the film: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about
Film Reviews: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/09/24/our-generation-film-reviews

Event: Mon 8 April 2013: Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
Meaningful Movies:
The Secret Country - The First Australians Fight Back

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Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

SEP Public Meetings: Fifteen Years of the World Socialist Web Site - Sydney

Submitted by Socialist Equal... on Fri, 29/03/2013 - 1:56pm

Date and Time:

Sun, 07/04/2013 -

2:30pm to 4:30pm

Location:

Carslaw Lecture Theatre 157 Carslaw Building, Eastern Avenue University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus Short walk from Redfern Railway Station Parking $6 flat rate in City Road entrance university car park

Website:

www.wsws.org

In the 15 years since the World Socialist Web Site began publication on February 14, 1998, it has established itself as the most widely read and authoritative socialist publication in the world, accessible in 19 different languages.

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Sydney

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 47 events from 29 March 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 29/03/2013 - 11:38am

Newsletter date: 29 March 2013

Click on the links for details of the events ...

Event: Thu 28 March to Sun 14 April 2013: Belconnen, Canberra, ACT
I Do Have a Belief:
Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993) Art Retrospective
Location: Belconnen Arts Centre
Producer: Gilbert Family
"I Do Have a Belief is an exhibition and events
celebrating the life of Kevin Gilbert and his contribution
to the local community, advancing human and political
rights and Aboriginal sovereignty at a national and
international level."
"The showcasing of his creative work includes

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