Brisbane

WGAR News: Nov 27: Stand Up And Be Counted: Fifth Global Call to Action to Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities, facebook event

Newsletter date: 6 October 2015

Contents:

* facebook event: Friday, 27 November 2015:
Stand Up And Be Counted: Fifth Global Call to Action to Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1656551727921649/

* For more info:

www.sosblakaustralia.com

Perrin Park Multicultural Festival

Date and Time: 
Sat, 22/08/2015 -
10:00am to 2:30pm
Location: 
Perrin Park, Toowong - Brisbane
Contact Name: 
Lillian Shewring
Contact Phone: 
0423 471 194
Contact Email: 
lilly@maraccas.org
Website: 
www.maraccas.org

2015 Perrin Park Multicultural Festival – to be held at Perrin Park Toowong:

Saturday, 22th August 2015, 10am – 2:30pm as part of Queensland Multicultural Week.

Now in its 3rd year operating (previously known as Brisbane West Cultural Expo); the Perrin Park Multicultural Festival aims to recognise and celebrate local and international communities residing in the Brisbane West Region – including Toowong, Indooroopilly, Taringa, St Lucia, West End, Auchenflower and other surrounding suburbs.

Geography: 

WGAR News: Aboriginal activist enters Australia without passport: Stefan Armbruster, SBS News [featuring Callum Clayton-Dixon]

Newsletter date: 23 July 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Stefan Armbruster, SBS News: Aboriginal activist enters Australia without passport

* Bio: Stefan Armbruster - Brisbane-based correspondent, SBS World News

* Policy Statement: The Guardian (The Worker's Weekly): CPA policy statement - NO to paternalistic recognition

* About Us - CPA: An introduction to the Communist Party of Australia

New issue of FTP zine out now

Download zine: https://ftpzine.wordpress.com/

“This is the fifth issue of FTP zine, our biannual report on anti-colonial, anti-state resistance, compiled within occupied Cadigal territory.

Like previous issues we have chosen to highlight acts of resistance to the Australian state and its control of this territory, such as attacks on its police, its prisons, its monuments and its schools.

WGAR News: Protests in Berlin, Sydney, Brisbane & Perth against closure of Aboriginal communities in Australia

Newsletter date: 29 June 2015

Ed. Note: This newsletter was last updated on 29 June 2015 at 10.40pm AEST. It may be updated further with news from Berlin and Sydney as it comes to hand.

Contents:

Berlin Protest:

* facebook: 2nd Berlin Action - Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia: https://www.facebook.com/events/1585337031740518/

WGAR News: Vinka believes it's crucial to empower the next generation to create a healthy community that celebrates culture, cares for country and builds opportunities.

Newsletter date: 6 May 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Jon Altman, New Matilda: The Hunt For The Good Life: A Black Perspective

* Video - Vinka's story: Ella Archibald-Binge, SBS News: Home-grown Derby girl to be town's first Aboriginal doctor [Vinka's story is featured on Living Black: Kimberley Healing this week.]

WGAR News: The May 1st rallies have Gone Global: States in Australia, Aotearoa (NZ), Canada, Germany, Hawaii, Hong Kong China, UK, USA

Newsletter date: 10:20 am, 1 May 2015; Last updated 4:40pm, 1 May 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: SOGIP: Aboriginal communities should not be closed ! By Martin Préaud, Barbara Glowczewski and 16 French researchers working in Australia
* Analysis / Opinion: Arena Magazine: The Real Cost of Closing Remote Communities, by Brian F. Codding, Douglas W. Bird and Rebecca Bliege Bird
* Analysis / Opinion: Jon Altman, Land Rights News - Northern Edition: The quest for the good life

WGAR News: "This day is not for you." AFP prevent Fred Hooper from marching on Anzac Day, Canberra 25 April 2015: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo

Newsletter date: 28 April 2015

Contents:

* Video: NITV News - 27 April 2015: [Frontier Wars march in Canberra; Frontier Wars commemoration in Brisbane]

* Media Release: Sovereign Union: Police cause ugly confrontation with Aboriginal people at Canberra ANZAC Commemoration
* Media Release: Murrawarri Republic: Murrawarri Head of State refused entry to ANZAC Day March