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New year's eve solidarity demo at Villawood detention centre

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 8:56pm

At midnight, as 2011 became 2012, a group of anarchists held a small noise demo outside Villawood Immigration Detention Centre with fireworks, drums, chants and a banner reading 'NO ONE A HOSTAGE IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE - FIRE TO THE PRISONS'. People inside heard us and answered by waving and shouting 'freedom.' Being able to communicate with people across these borders meant that, even though it was a small gesture, for us it was a beautiful way to start this new year.

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Floating DVD Project - Strategies of Struggle From Below

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 29/12/2011 - 4:15pm

This is a social project done through the sharing of an experimental documentary and the creation of an interactive space to engage with ideas that aren’t normally disseminated, in which people can connect and discuss experiences and their thoughts about various strategies of struggle. You can browse the site, stream or download the documentary, share your experience, read others’ experiences from around the world and debate ideas.

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Punks Not Dead - Melbourne punk bands reclaim unused spaces for shows

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 27/12/2011 - 1:59pm

Almost 35 years since punk hit independent bands in Melbourne, Australia are still keeping the punk spirit alive. They are are saying F*@% you! to the main stream venues around that charge high prices for drinks, large entrance fees and make bands jump through hoops to play by running their own shows in unused spaces.

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Save the forests - Save Warrup, Arcadia, the Amazon, all of them

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 20/12/2011 - 12:40pm

By Gerry Georgatos

Bridgetown-Greenbushes Friends of the Forest (BGFF) are worried that the end is near for Warrup Forest. BGFF coordinated a Warrup Forest twilight rally - more of an information tour - on Saturday, 10 December for interested residents.

70 people coalesced at the old Bridgetown railway station and then by a bus and car pools went into Warrup for the twilight event. Representatives of the Western Australian Forest Alliance (WAFA) and the Conservation Council (CC) were present.

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Candle-lit vigil and performance for refugees in detention over Christmas

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 8:05pm

On Thursday, December 15, the Refugee Action Collective (Victoria) held a vigil and performative action to remember over 4,000 asylum seekers and refugees that will languish in immigration detention over Christmas. Supporters and activists, and passers-by helped to light the 4,000 candles and keep them alight over a few hours as musicians performed and passers-by stopped to talk to us about the issue, and sign petitions to stop the deportation of a Hazara asylum seeker, Ismail.

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Steelworkes 'demonstration in athens (17/12)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 18/12/2011 - 4:23am

400 steelworkers made a dynamic demonstration ,today
in the centre of athens.They have stike from 31 octomber until today when the boss of their factory released 37 workers and threated them that he will fire also 187.Solidarity
actions have made a lot of organisations,left parties
and anarchists.
A lot of parties for economical solidarity took part
these week .The anarchosundikalist union of Holland
send a solidarity message to the workers.Τ

http://aristerosite.blogspot.com/

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International news and opinion

The gluttony of Australian politicians

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 17/12/2011 - 10:16am

The Gluttony of Australian Politicians.

While Nurses ask for a one percent wage rise and amongst these would be people who nurse Rudd when his heart needs medicals and are refused, Julia Gillard will be receiving a wage of a quarter or is it half million if my stats are correct.
The source is correct politicians in Australia are getting a pay rise.
This is in total disregard for the disadvantaged who are being tormented and turfed into living in abject poverty under systems created by the former and this government.

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Occupy Melbourne's Dare To Share Teddy Bears Protest

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 10/12/2011 - 11:29am

After our weekend picnics were rained out on consecutive weekends Occupy Melbourne's Dare To Share Teddy Bears Protest went off on Friday December 9th without a hitch. About 25 kids, carers and others met up in Treasury Gardens at 10am for a picnic before heading off on a tour of the various bodies involved in cutting $481 million from education spending in the past year. Despite a little interference from Protective Services officers we were able to occupy the lobbies of the Premiers Office, Department of Education and Department of Education (Office of Children and Early Childhood) buildings. At each we engaged in various activities including mic checks linking the big picture (capitalist greed) to the everyday one (cuts to TAFE, VCAL, occasional care, school maintenances, etc), sining the Teddy Bears protest song (lyrics below) and presenting novelty sized Education report cards (small version attached) failing the government for its anti-social behaviour and indicating that it "must do better". A fun time was had by all and we have plans for more kid friendly protests in the near future.

Video: http://youtu.be/80OeJ08Y8v0

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Conservationists in tree canopy lead way for tiny Leadbeater’s Possum

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 06/12/2011 - 8:04am

Conservationists in tree canopy lead way for tiny Leadbeater’s Possum

Logging has been halted today in the Toolangi State Forest, in the Central Highlands just an hour and a half north of Melbourne.

“The forests of the Central Highlands have been decimated by years of unsustainable logging and more recently by bushfire. Any forest left standing must be immediately protected from logging”, said spokesperson for the group, Luke Pavia.

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Eureka protests in Ballarat: from dawn vigil to pool protest

Submitted by takver on Tue, 06/12/2011 - 4:02am

In the wee hours of Saturday morning, December 3rd, some 40 people gathered in the dark at the monument in Eureka park in Ballarat. For the last 10 years people have gathered at the monument for a dawn vigil to remember those who died one morning 157 years ago fighting to defend basic rights and liberties.

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