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Canberra events: Anzac Eve Peace Vigil + National Corroboree + Manuwangku: Under the Nuclear Cloud

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Sat 20 April 2013: Locations all over Australia!
Junk for Justice - The Wilderness Society Kimberley Campaign
"Promote your garage sale to thousands of people
via an interactive map on the Junk for Justice
Facebook page."
"You can also find other garage sales in your area to visit.
In return, we ask that you donate a fair portion of your
day's profit to the Wilderness Society to help us cover
the costs of our court case against the West Australian

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 44 events from 20 April 2013

Newsletter date: 20 April 2013

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

Event: Sat 20 April 2013: Locations all over Australia!
Junk for Justice - The Wilderness Society Kimberley Campaign
"Promote your garage sale to thousands of people
via an interactive map on the Junk for Justice
Facebook page."
"You can also find other garage sales in your area to visit.
In return, we ask that you donate a fair portion of your
day's profit to the Wilderness Society to help us cover
the costs of our court case against the West Australian

The Shortwave Report (April 19) Listen Globally!

Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (April 19) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (128kb)(27MB), broadcast quality (16MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom
(If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up there {35MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&)

Immigrant strawberry pickers shot in Greece for claiming unpaid wages

At least 34 Bangladeshi workers ended up in the hospital after they were shot by land caretakers in the strawberry fields in Nea Manolada, Ilia. Dozens of angry foreign workers who were unpaid for at least six months had gathered demanding to be paid for their work. Instead they were shot by the business’s caretakers.

Sydney University condemned for banning Dalai Lama

Human rights groups blast Sydney University over its decision to cancel a planned visit by the Dalai Lama.

John Kaye media statement:
The University of Sydney has withdrawn an invitation to the Dalai Lama to
speak on campus in June. The University has compromised its independence to
protect its financial ties with the Chinese government, according to Greens
NSW MP John Kaye.

('Uni under fire for pulling pin on Dalai Lama event', ABC TV 730, 17
April, http://j.mp/abctv130417)

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The week in nuclear news

Articles and source links for these items can be found at www.antinuclear.net and at www.nuclear-news.net

AUSTRALIA

North Korea continues to be a source of anxiety for Australia, though we are not seen as a target at present, and perhaps they don’t have a nuclear missile anyway? Intrepid Dr Helen Caldicott takes off for nuclear lectures in South Korea.

AVAAZ puts people power into court

By AVAAZ

Big businesses and governments around the world hire expensive lawyers to protect their interests, often by twisting the law to undermine the public good. It's a problem for many campaigns, but we've got a solution: put together a crack legal team that can meet the legal bullies head on in court.

WGAR News: "We have won and it is over - the project is dead": Hands off Country on the Kimberley

Newsletter date: 18 April 2013

Contents:

* Hands off Country: "We have won and it is over - the project is dead"
* Respect and Listen: NIT - A Kimberley victory
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Barnett can't walk away from important Kimberley investments
* Ryan Emery, NITV: James Price Point gas hub too expensive: Woodside
* SBS Radionews Audio: Woodside abandons James Price Point gas hub
* SBS Radionews Audio: Reaction to scrapping of WA gas hub plan
* NIRS: New designs for James Price Point to be explored
* YouTube: Woodside JPP Pullout

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New global alliance calls for 100 percent renewable energy

San Francisco/ Hamburg, 17 April 2013:  A newly established global alliance of civil society organisations, academics, business associations and policy makers has called upon national legislators to commit to 100 percent renewable energy in the power, heating&cooling and transportation sectors. At a Pathways To 100% Renewable Energy Conference in San Francisco, California, the alliance launched an international campaign to build political will among a critical mass of decision makers and set a required goal of 100% renewable energies.

Party Time With Thatcher [ audio ]

http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/67782/75198/88078/?url=h...

News media samples, Wizard of Oz samples, Thatcher clips from youtube, Jeremy Rifkin, Choonami Autotune, Topic, Billy Bragg,'No Masters No Gods' Martin Cubby, Spitting Image mix, Thatcher Song' Brill

additional sounds: Anga Diaz with Bass n drum DJ, Lavuno electronica, Juan Laya Jorge Montiel

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WGAR News: Geelong, Mona Vale and Ryde Book Launches: 'A Decision to Discriminate'

Newsletter date: 17 April 2013

Contents:

* Geelong (Victoria) Book Launch: A Decision to Discriminate - 3 May 2013
* Mona Vale (Northern Sydney) Book Launch: A Decision to Discriminate - 13 May 2013
* Ryde (Northern Sydney) Book Launch: A Decision to Discriminate - 11 June 2013
* Lola Forester interviews Jeff McMullen on Blackchat Koori Radio 93.7FM
* Ada Lee, South Sydney Herald: A Decision to Discriminate: Book Review
* YouTube: Kylie Sambo on income management and Aboriginal youth in the NT - Maddie Church

ASOCHIVIDA defends dialogue and understanding with Nicaragua Sugar

Chichigalpa Association for Life (ASOCHIVIDA), the most representative organization of persons with chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) of the country, recently ratified its commitment to continue the dialogue process established with Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited (NSEL), a company of Grupo Pellas.

ASOCHIVIDA issued a statement signed by its Board of Directors, rejecting disinformation campaigns and reiterating its strong support towards this dialogue, which aims to seek benefits for its members, while Boston University leads a scientific research to determine the causes of CRI.

National Democratic Front of the Philippines denies NPA uses child soldiers

National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) spokesperson Fidel V. Agcaoili denied that the New People’s Army (NPA) use child soldiers to fight for their cause.

In a letter sent to ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau head Danny Buenafe, he reiterated that the claims in the news article ‘PH rebels use child soldiers,' a report based on an international conference in Helsinki, Finland last March 9, led by the newly appointed Secretary General of Child Soldiers International, Richard Clarke, are unsubstantiated.