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ANZAC Day Statement from Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 25/04/2012 - 1:14pm

WAR IS HELL. Galllipoli, 1915. On 25 April, 1915, Australian, British and other imperialist troops landed on a Turkish beach. It was the beginning of a horrendous waste of human life in the Gallipoli campaign, which was itself a minor part of the larger waste of human life during World War I. Both sides in this war were reactionary imperialist alliances, fighting to re-divide the world in the struggle for colonies, resources and markets.

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Is a renters revolution nearing?

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 24/04/2012 - 5:36pm

Gerry Georgatos
A renters rights movement is gathering momentum in Western Australia with its first impetus surprisingly from the state's South West, and in particular from the Blackwood Valley.

Melbourne Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 5 events from 28 April 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 23/04/2012 - 2:59pm

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Event: Sat 28 April 2012: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Desert Liberation Front presents
Lizard Rising Fundraiser Gig
Special guests:
* Uncle Kev Buzzacott aka Buzwapa,
* Robbie Thorpe and
* Johnny Harding
Flyer: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3154084985542&set=o.2874081946592...
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/lizard-rising-fundraiser-gig
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/224524544273924

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Victoria

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indigenous

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 23 events from 23 April 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 23/04/2012 - 1:07pm

Newsletter date: 23 April 2012

Contents:
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 23 events from 23 April 2012
* Justice Reinvestment Campaign for Aboriginal Youth NSW
* "How many more suicides before we open our eyes and ears?"
* Other articles

* UPCOMING ABORIGINAL RIGHTS EVENT AROUND AUSTRALIA - 23 EVENTS FROM 23 APRIL 2012

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Event: Tue 24 April 2012: UTS, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW
Public Lecture: UTSpeaks: More Intervention
"Will the Government’s Stronger Futures law
reforms aid indigenous communities or

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Justice Reinvestment Campaign for Aboriginal Youth NSW

How many more suicides before we open our eyes and ears?

Renters stress hits the Blackwood - time for a renters alliance Australia-wide

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 22/04/2012 - 1:01pm

Gerry Georgatos
We have all heard about mortgage stress however renters' stress has received comparatively little mention according to Lea Keenan, coordinator of the WA Renters Alliance. Ms Keenan said that rising rents are not confined to Perth and the north west however "are just as out of control in the south west."

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housing crisis

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Kony 2012 protesters violently attacked by Federation Square security for unfolding Kony 2012 banner.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 21/04/2012 - 4:00pm

Kony 2012 protesters were violently attacked by Federation square security guards who attempted to confiscate a banner used to raise awareness about the Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, in Melbourne Australia late Friday night.

The security guards wearing black shirts, threatened on lookers for filming the incident claiming filming is illegal in the square.

An independent photo journalist was assaulted by security guards and had his camera deliberately destroyed by one of the security guards for filming the incident.

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How many more suicides before we open our eyes and ears?

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 21/04/2012 - 8:00am

Gerry Georgatos
Kabi Kabi Elder, and Bundaberg campus coordinator Nulloo Yumbah at Central Queensland University, Cheri Yavu-Kama-Harathunian said she is devastated by the rising disenfranchisement of Aboriginal youth, and the world's highest suicide rates - of Australia's Aboriginal children.

"Across my desk came a study that reported 'the number of completed Indigenous suicides (in the Kimberley) last year exceeded the Australian Defence Force fatalities in Afghanistan'. I cannot comprehend this statement. It is too much," said Mrs Yavu-Kamu-Harathunian.

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Prof. Ian Johnston leads Geothermal pilot in Victoria

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 17/04/2012 - 3:19pm

Date and Time:

Mon, 07/05/2012 -

6:30pm to 8:30pm

Location:

Fritz Loewe Theatre (entry via level 2) McCoy Building University of Melbourne Cnr Elgin & Swanston Streets, Carlton

Contact Name:

Beyond Zero Emissions

Contact Phone:

03 8383 2232

Website:

http://beyondzeroemissions.org/events/discussion/prof-ian-johnston-leads-geothermal-pilot-victoria

Prof. Ian Johnston leads a team of geothermal experts from the University of Melbourne demonstrating direct geothermal systems in Victorian conditions. Earlier this month (3rd April 2012), the Victorian State Government announced a $1.6 million grant to support the work of the University of Melbourne and its industrial partners, Geotechnical Engineering and Direct Energy. This project will install geothermal heating and cooling systems into a range of buildings around Victoria and will monitor their performance.

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Launch of Fin Free Ranges to save the sharks

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 17/04/2012 - 2:51pm

On April 13th 2012, Fin Free Ranges was launched in Belgrave with a showing of the documentary Sharkwater The aim of Fin Free Ranges is to work with local government, businesses and the community to help rid the Shire Of Yarra Ranges of the ecologically destructive delicacy of Shark Fin soup and to raise awareness of the plight of the worlds Sharks
Related:Fin Free Ranges on Facebook -- Sharwater Documentary

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Free Pussy Riot

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 16/04/2012 - 10:18pm

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Fri, 20/04/2012 -

4:00pm to 6:00pm

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City Square cnr Swanston & Collins Streets Melbourne

Contact Name:

free pussy riot

Contact Email:

freepussyriotmelbourne@riseup.net

Website:

http://freepussyriot.org

A support rally for a feminist art collective punk band in Russia. Pussy Riot staged a protest against Putin in a Russian orthodox church,now members of Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samutsevich have are being held in jail facing sentence of up to 7 years inprison.
Bring instruments & brightly colored balaclavas - or at 4pm make your own on the day with Craft Cartel's supplies. Izzy Brown will be blasting out some hip hop during the balaclava making.

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Melbourne