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"Deep into the eyes of racism" - Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Thursday March 22

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 24/03/2012 - 4:35pm

Gerry Georgatos
Two of Nyoongar Tent Embassy's stalwarts had not been to the Embassy for more than a week. Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation's Robert Eggington and John Pell were in Perth city on planning duties for the March 28 Stolen Wages march and rally when Mr Eggington was urged on by a spiritual sense and looked at Mr Pell, "Johnny, lets go to the Embassy."

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Forest Rescue heighten protest actions to save forests - however many arrests

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Wed, 21/03/2012 - 10:38pm

Gerry Georgatos
Forest Rescue Australia (FRA) has heightened its protest actions halting Warrup logging on an almost daily basis - however at the price of arrests. A Forest Products Commission (FPC) spokeswoman confirmed that protestors had entered work areas on three separate days in the last ten days and on two occasions had locked themselves on to two logging machines while work continued in other parts of the operation.

On Monday 19, FRA protestors entered the Warrup logging area and one protestor managed to lock himself on to a logging machine for 15 hours.

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Fun and Games in the lead up to QLD elections

Submitted by kimk on Wed, 21/03/2012 - 7:47pm

There must be something in the water this week as politicians, billionaires and religious zealots converge on Queensland in the days before this weekend's state election, sparking national controversy and protests.

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Indonesia Jails Five West Papuans

Submitted by 2060 on Sun, 18/03/2012 - 9:18pm

Indonesia jails five peaceful protestors for treason. Amnesty is calling for their immediate release.

- Five West Papuan citizens have been jailed for THREE YEARS for peacefully expressing their political views.

- They were charged with the absurd charge of TREASON for taking part in the 3rd Papuan People's Congress in October.

- These five West Papuans are now officially “prisoners of conscience” according to Amnesty International.

- Amnesty says there are now 95 prisoners of conscience in Indonesian occupied West Papua.

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Treason trials hand down guilty verdict on West Papua Congress leaders

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 16/03/2012 - 9:47pm

by West Papua Media from West Papua Media sources in Jayapura March 16, 2012

Hundreds of security forces are on the streets around Jaypura, West Papua, in a show of force as an Indonesian court found five Congress leaders guilty of Makar (treason), and sentenced the defendants each to three years in prison.

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Indigenous land claimants, Greens, vow to fight nuclear waste dump at Muckaty

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 15/03/2012 - 6:19pm

Indigenous representatives of Muckaty, Greens and environmentalists are vowing to fight the nuclear waste dump passed by the Australian Senate on March 13.

The Greens spokesperson for nuclear issues, Senator for Western Australia Scott Ludlam, said Labor and the Coalition colluding to pass the National Radioactive Waste Management Bill in the Senate today was "just the beginning of the next phase in the campaign to stop this waste dump".

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"Pay the Rent" - say Nyoongars - "Stronger Futures can go straight to hell"

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Thu, 15/03/2012 - 5:19pm

Gerry Georgatos
With the Stronger Futures debacle in the Australian Senate the following could not be more timely. Nyoongar rights advocate and CEO of Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation, Robert Eggington has gathered together with several prominent Nyoongars, and a large number of the Nyoongar community, to announce their own Native Title proposals for the state government to consider.

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From Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation - Stolen Wages Rally - March 28

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Mon, 12/03/2012 - 9:29pm

To all Media networks

There will be a large gathering of Aboriginal People on
28 MARCH, 2012
COMMENCING 11:00 AM
at the corner of Riverside Drive and Victoria Avenue
for a march to Parliament House .

The march route will be up St Georges Terrace,
stopping momentarily at the Office of Premier and Cabinet.

At Parliament House the speakers will address issues such as

STOLEN WAGES - RECENT EX GRATIA ANNOUNCEMENT

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To get the justice done, the splintered, shard-like "left" needs to coalesce

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Fri, 09/03/2012 - 11:32pm

Gerry Georgatos

The compassionate left wing screams for social justice and argues for our governments and society's institutions to have a heart and help people from the bottom end up, and to desist with the proposition that they can achieve for the downtrodden by working from the top end of town and down.

The bona fide left wing is fractious and forever splintering and yet it calls out for groundswells of people power to coalesce in mass social movements which will give rise to cultural waves.

Filipino women march against US military expansion in the Philippines and the Pacific

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 09/03/2012 - 12:44pm

Unity Statement, March 8, 2012

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2012, we, Filipino women declare in strongest terms possible, our opposition not only to increased presence but to U.S. military presence per se on Philippine soil.

The United States is increasing its military presence in Asia-Pacific, in particular in the Philippines, and the Philippine government is showing no qualms in allowing this to happen.

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