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Get involved with the Melbourne Indymedia collective!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 29/07/2011 - 8:12pm

Interested in getting involved in Melbourne Indymedia?

We need people to write features and stories, moderate the site, promote the site and help with tech support. If you want to help come along to our next meeting which will be held during the Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair at the Abbotsford Convent. Come along and help build Melbourne Indymedia into a vibrant newswire that helps build the peace, indigenous rights, environment and workers rights struggles. There is more to life than Facebook! The meeting is at August 13th, 1-2PM at the Abbotsford Convent - come to our stall to ask where exactly.

The Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair web site is here.

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Melbourne Indymedia Collective Meeting

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 29/07/2011 - 8:11pm

Date and Time:

Sat, 13/08/2011 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

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Abbotsford Convent

Interested in getting involved in Melbourne Indymedia. We need people to write features and stories, moderate the site, promote the site and help with tech support. Come along to our next meeting. As a bonus we are holding our meeting during the Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair which is being held at the same time at the convent. Come along and help build Melbourne Indymedia into a vibrant newswire that helps build the peace, indigenous rights, environment and workers rights struggles. There is more to life than Facebook!

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Boys at Broadmeadows Detention Centre sew lips together

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 28/07/2011 - 6:46am

On the afternoon of Sunday 24th of July, The Refugee Action Collective received distressing images and news of 3 boys sewing their lips together at the Broadmeadows Detention Centre. When trying to visit these boys Serco officers would not comment on whether the boys had received medical help. All three boys are unaccompanied minors from Kuwait, Iran and Iraq. They have been unlawfully detained for up to 11 months. They are desperate and need immediate medical care and support. We demand Serco to release information on the condition of the boys immediately.

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asylum seeker protest

Austalia's Mandatory Detention

Broadmeadows Dentention Centre

Students protest on roof of Monash University in solidarity with asylum seekers

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 28/07/2011 - 6:36am

On July 27th fefugee rights student activists have taken to the roof of the Monash University campus centre (Clayton Campus) in protest against the Gillard Government’s treatment of asylum seekers. The rooftop protest was called specifically to support the refugees currently detained at the Darwin Detention Centre, who are demonstrating against their imprisonment.

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asylum seeker protest

4 Melbourne Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 27/07/2011 - 9:49am

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

Event: Wed 27 July 2011: Melbourne, Vic
'Our Generation' Community Screening
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Film details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/

Event: Thu 28 July 2011: Carlton, Melbourne, Vic
Gary Foley speaks on the history of Aboriginal resistance
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/gary-foley-speaks-on-the-history-of-aboriginal-r...

Event: Wed 7 September 2011: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Indigenous Social Justice Association:
Discussion of Justice Reinvestment

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'Our Generation' Film

FILM SCREENING: OPERATION 8: Deep in the forest - NZ 'terror raids' film at MIFF

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 27/07/2011 - 9:19am

Date and Time:

Wed, 27/07/2011 -

9:00pm to 11:00pm

Location:

Kino Cinemas 45 Collins St Melbourne, Vic, 3000

Contact Name:

CutCutCut

Website:

www.cutcutcut.com

FILM SCREENING - OPERATION 8: Deep in the forest
NZ 'terror raids' documentary shows tonight at the MIFF

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Courage Unfolds: LGBT activism in Asia

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 26/07/2011 - 5:25pm

Date and Time:

Sun, 14/08/2011 -

5:00pm to 8:00pm

Location:

Solidarity Salon 580 Sydney Road Brunswick

Contact Name:

Alison Thorne

Contact Email:

03 9388-0062

Website:

www.socialism.com/melbourne

Special Freedom Socialist Party meeting

Courage Unfolds is an exciting new documentary produced by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and the Lesbian Activism Project of the Philippines. But this documentary is not a film to passively consume — it’s an organising tool!

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No Harvey No! Forest activists unfurl giant banner at QV building, Melbourne

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 26/07/2011 - 3:39pm

Today, two activists scaled trees outside the QV building in Melbourne’s CBD and unfurled a giant banner, stating ‘No Harvey No! Stop selling forest destruction!’ The climbers have positioned themselves high in the trees in front of a Harvey Norman sign and are intent on staying up the trees as long as possible to take a stand against forest destruction. They are being supported by ten activists on Swanston St, who are distributing information to members of the public.

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Murdoch scandal: hypocritical warmongers exposed

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 19/07/2011 - 12:37am

The scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch and his global media empire is giving the world a glimpse of what the face of power looks like today — and it’s ugly.

The revelations of networks of patronage and power, which link politicians and the police to corporate interests that believe themselves to be above laws, ethics or scrutiny, are frightening.

However, Murdoch’s reputation for deciding elections and dictating policies to governments, and the notorious right-wing bias (and looseness with inconvenient facts) of his media outlets, is not new.

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Price on Carbon Pollution: Give facts a head start

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 17/07/2011 - 11:13pm

As the carbon price announcement went live, politicians and polluter lobbies were in a frenzy. Check out this video to make sense of all the noise - and read our FAQs about why the sky won't fall in. If you're looking for other ways to keep momentum building, check out this community letter - it's a great way to keep your neighbourhood talking why about a price on pollution matters.

* How will the carbon price work?

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