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"This system has made it much harder for us to share and care for each other" - After 6 years of NT intervention

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 21/06/2013 - 10:17pm

By Barbara Shaw - Six years ago my family watched the TV in my living room as John Howard announced he would be sending in the military and taking control of our communities.

I have never been more frightened in my life. I locked the gate of my town camp and kept the kids inside for two weeks for fear of them being taken. I worried constantly about my family out bush who didn't understand what was coming.

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The Stringer weekly newsletter - June 21

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Fri, 21/06/2013 - 7:25pm

NEWS update: The Stringer went live February 20. Four months young The Stringer has been reaching a growing readership, nationally and internationally. In the three months since March 1, The Stringer on average has had 12,340 new visitors each month with May recording 15,072 new visitors.

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 54 events from 21 June 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 19/06/2013 - 8:28pm

Newsletter date: 21 June 2013

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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Event: Fri 21 June 2013: South Brisbane, Qld
HOW THE WEST WAS LOST a film by David Noakes
Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy Family Night
"The story of the 1946 Aboriginal pastoral workers’ strike
An event more important than the Eureka Stockade but
never recorded in written histories - the passive resistance
by 800 Aboriginal station workers, from 23 different

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Queensland events: Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy Family Night + Black Queen, Black King

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 19/06/2013 - 7:16pm

Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Fri 21 June 2013: South Brisbane, Qld
Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy Family Night
HOW THE WEST WAS LOST a film by David Noakes
"The story of the 1946 Aboriginal pastoral workers’ strike
An event more important than the Eureka Stockade but
never recorded in written histories - the passive resistance
by 800 Aboriginal station workers, from 23 different
language groups, against the appalling living and
working conditions thrust upon them."

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Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

The US Wants Syrian Oil, Not Democracy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 19/06/2013 - 9:09am

By Carl Gibson - 18 June, 2013

"... the Persian Gulf, the critical oil and natural gas-producing region that we fought so many wars to try and protect our economy from the adverse impact of losing that supply or having it available only at very high prices." -John Bolton, George W. Bush's ambassador to the United Nations

All the hubbub over Syria is all about oil. And if you don't believe me, believe John Bolton.

Sixth Anniversary of the Northern Territory Intervention

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 19/06/2013 - 9:01am

Concerned Australians Striking the Wrong Note - By Michelle Harris

Aboriginal advocate Olga Havnen, in her Lowitja O’Donoghue oration has asked a critical question. She asks what has been the psychological impact of the Intervention on Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory. It is surprising that so little attention has been given to this critical, yet in some ways tenuous, link before now.

Children around the world need our help now

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 15/06/2013 - 9:43pm

Perth retirees make wheelchairs for kids in need

By Stephanie Dalzell, ABC
Friday Mar 15, 2013

Brother Olly Pickett was building wheelchairs for children in a tiny workshop in Cambodia when he came across one of the youngest workers in the group.

The 15-year-old amputee was propped up on his knees, undeterred by the rough concrete floor he was kneeling on.

He was helping construct one of a dozen wheelchairs for children on the outskirts of the town who struggled to get to the local school each day.

The Stringer weekly newsletter - June 15

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 15/06/2013 - 9:22pm

WGAR News: Kado Muir, Aboriginal leader and activist, interviewed by Community Radio 3CR

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 14/06/2013 - 2:26pm

Newsletter date: 15 June 2013

Contents:

* Community Radio 3CR interview with Kado Muir, Aboriginal leader and activist from the goldfields region of inland WA
* Background to the Walkatjurra Walkabout: Stepping out against uranium mining

* Nicole Watson, Tracker: Standing on the shoulders of giants [The Land Rights movement]
* Chris Munro, Tracker: Aboriginal Ink: A spoonful of land rights
* Roy Ah See, Tracker: Lest we forget who paved the way

* CAAMA Video: Native Title Conference
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Native Title reforms to make it easier for developers

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WGAR News: Pioneering myth of early white settlers branded a lie by historian Dr Timothy Bottoms

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 13/06/2013 - 3:05pm

Newsletter date: 14 June 2013

Contents:

* CAAMA: Frontier history revisited "A Queensland based historian has branded the pioneering myth of the early white settlers as a lie."
* Eleanor Gilbert, YouTube: Remembering the Frontier Wars - Anzac Day 2013, Canberra - Sovereign Embassy
* Brooke Boney, NITV News: Myall Creek massacre remembered
* Ron Sutton, SBS Radionews: Myall Creek: A massacre and a reconciliation
* The Inverell Times: Myall Creek remembered
* Sovereign Union: The Rufus River Massacre - Lake Victoria South West NSW

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