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Surviving Earth - mass suicide prevention. Theatrical trailer 2014 (inde doco)

Submitted by United Natures on Tue, 11/03/2014 - 1:46pm

Surviving Earth - mass suicide prevention. This is the theatrical trailer for Surviving Earth (2014); an independent Australian made documentary featuring Prof. Tim Flannery, Prof. Ian Lowe, Dr. Ian Dunlop, Prof. Paul Ehrlich and Bindi Irwin among others on the topics of resource depletion. climate change adaptation / mitigation and population overshoot. To be released later in 2014. Distribution enquiries welcome.

Directed by Peter Charles Downey.
Produced by PCD, Peter Erb, Chris Erb.

Trailer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxEoESc6MR0

Website
www.survivingearthmovie.com

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Melbourne and Victoria events: Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner + Camp for Deaf Aboriginal Children

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 10/03/2014 - 6:02pm

Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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

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

Event: 12 March 2014: Melbourne, Vic
Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner: Stories & Connections
"Aboriginal Tasmanian men Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner
were tried, found guilty and hanged in public for the murder of
two white whale-hunters. In January 1842, they were the first
people to be executed in Melbourne.

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Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

World should thank Iran for high executions, says Tehran official

Submitted by ACADP on Mon, 10/03/2014 - 10:51am

The circus of public executions in Iran continues at an alarming rate. Iran has stepped up executions and believes in doing so, it has earned the gratitude of mankind.

The Islamic republic's execution rate, which has soared to ghastly heights since self-described moderate Hassan Rouhani became president last year, should be viewed as a “positive marker of Iranian achievement,” according to the head of Iran’s Judiciary Human Rights Council.

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WGAR News: Treaty Now: An agreement between two equals: Callum Clayton-Dixon, Tracker

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 09/03/2014 - 1:21pm

Newsletter date: 10 March 2014

Contents:

* Callum Clayton-Dixon, Tracker: Treaty Now: An agreement between two equals
* Background to Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia

* Callum Clayton-Dixon, Tracker: Sovereignty: not a radical concept
* Jeff McMullen, Tracker: The Way Ahead: Sovereign rights in the 21st century
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Nothing will be done about suicides crisis
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

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February 2014 Honduras coup update

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 08/03/2014 - 11:44pm

February 2014 Honduras coup summary update

new site for the summaries online here: http://sydneywithhonduras.wordpress.com/monthly-news-summaries/

Summary of known political assassinations

-Justiniano Vázquez, political activist and brother of the should-be-mayor, was killed on 21/2/14
-Pedro Pérez, indigenous organiser, was killed on 18/2/14

Cases of known political persecution in February 2014

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Innocent on Death Row in USA

Submitted by ACADP on Sat, 08/03/2014 - 1:37pm

In the United States of America 143 death row prisoners have been released in the last four decades alone, after evidence emerged during their appeals process of the wrongful conviction. Most of these death row prisoners had spent more than a decade locked inside single tiny cages for 23 hours per day 7 days per week. Some had come within hours of being executed.

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WGAR News: Muckaty no Solution for Sydney's Radioactive Waste: Australian Greens

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 08/03/2014 - 1:07pm

Newsletter date: 9 March 2014

Contents:

* Jon Altman, Tracker: Evidently: Mining is not forever

* Australian Greens: Muckaty no Solution for Sydney's Radioactive Waste
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump in Northern Territory

* Emma Lancaster, The Wire: Gomeroi people call on Environment Minister to stop destruction of sacred sites [Featuring Dolly Talbott - Gomeroi elder and spokesperson]

* The Wilderness Society: Farmers and community stand strong to protect the Pilliga from coal seam gas

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WGAR News: Vote on Noongar Native Title deal must be all Noongars & in accordance with lore: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 07/03/2014 - 4:40pm

Newsletter date: 8 March 2014

Contents:

* Karen Ashford, SBS World News Radio: APY elders share sacred songline with the world

* Darren Mara, SBS World News Radio: The Native Title Act, 20 years on
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Vote on Noongar Native Title deal must be all Noongars & in accordance with lore
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: [Noongar Elder] John Pell slams SWALSC [South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council]

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WGAR News: Michael Mansell talks TREATY - Brisbane Blacks interview: Aboriginal Provisional Government

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 06/03/2014 - 10:45am

Newsletter date: 7 March 2014

Contents:

* Aboriginal Provisional Government: Michael Mansell talks TREATY - Brisbane Blacks interview
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Aunty Lilla Watson and Mary Graham about Treaties and Constitutional Recognition
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Chris Graham about Warren Mundine’s Treaty comments, Utopia by John Pilger and Constitutional Recognition
* Background to Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia
* Background to Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples

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Northern Territory Intervention

International news and opinion

treaty

Gerry Georgatos

Workers Bush Telegraph

warren mundine

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples

Tiga Bayles

Let's Talk

constitutional recognition

Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Aboriginal Provisional Government

Brisbane Blacks interview

Warren Mundine’s Treaty comments

Utopia by John Pilger

Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia

Aboriginal Sovereign Nations

NACCHO Aboriginal health

Hostility to Utopia film a denial of nation’s brutal past

Pilger's message to white Australia cannot be dismissed

Ian Curr

Hamish Chitts

Pilbara's Yaburara People

WGAR News: Good intentions aren't enough to close the gap: NATSILS

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 05/03/2014 - 2:16pm

Newsletter date: 6 March 2014

Contents:

* Amy McQuire, Tracker: The Lost Generations

* NATSILS: Good intentions aren't enough to close the gap
* National Congress: Justice Targets: Crucial drivers of change
* ANTaR: Justice Targets are needed for action on Aboriginal Jobs and Education

* NAAJA: Australia’s prison spend is a cost we cannot sustain

* The Stringer: Gerry Georgatos speaks outside Redfern Police Station - T.J. Hickey rally 2014
* Peter Boyle, Green Left: Photos: Justice for T J Hickey 10th anniversary protest

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