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Mission to shut down Darwin's Marine base launched at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 04/06/2012 - 3:50pm

Media Release 4 June 2012
A national campaign to shut down the recently established US Marine base in Darwin will be launched at the gates of Lavarack Barracks with an open mike Speak Out against the US Alliance and the unveiling of a mural. The campaign has been initiated by long time, itinerant peace activist, Graeme Dunstan of Peacebus.com.

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
U.S. Alliance
peace protest
Marines

Locals blockade Baillieu’s vandalism of iconic Yarra Valley mountain

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 04/06/2012 - 3:30pm

Local residents and environmentalists have this morning (4th June) blockaded the Baillieu government’s logging of the Yarra Valley’s most iconic mountain, Mt St Leonard.

Last week, the Baillieu government’s logging company VicForests sent bulldozers in to Mt St Leonard, one of the most controversial logging locations of recent years. Logging on the side of Mt St Leonard can be viewed from as far away as Kinglake and has residents who survived the 2009 fires fuming.

Geography: 
Victoria
Keywords: 
logging protest Victoria
Mount St Leonards
Toolangi

De Pod 2012-06-02 mp3

Submitted by huxwell on Mon, 04/06/2012 - 11:04am

http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/60503/67407/80843/?url=h...

Nachrichten Kommentar mit Wolfgang

Wetter Kriege, US Inc. ohne America, Julian Assange und die Australische Regierung, Spanishe Paella Bonds, Zirkus Australicus, Germanische Piraten, Nimbin Hookups, Australisches Jagen und Fischen in National Parks - Musik von Nicky Bomba

18:12 min 128 kbps stereo 17 MB

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Keywords: 
german language news commentary

Aunty Bonita Mabo, wife of Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo: My reflections on the Mabo Decision 20 years on

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 03/06/2012 - 9:05pm

Courtesy of The National Indigenous Times - Wednesday May 30 edition - Editor Stephen Hagan's interview with Aunty Bonita Mabo, wife of Eddie 'Koiki' Mabo

http://nit.com.au/chat/1147-aunty-bonita-mabo-wife-of-eddie-koiki-mabo-c...

Who's your mob Aunty Bonita?

I was born in Ingham in north Queensland. My people (Neehows) are from the Malanbarra Clan from Palm Island on my mother's side.

My Dad can trace his people to Tanner Island in Vanuatu.

Geography: 
Australia
Queensland
Promotion: 
Feature
Keywords: 
Land rights
Eddie Mabo

SEP meetings on June 10th: Defend Wikileaks editor Julian Assange

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 03/06/2012 - 8:39pm

The Socialist Equality Party will be holding public meetings in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth on Sunday, June 10, to defend WikiLeaks’ editor and Australian citizen Julian Assange. The British Supreme Court has rejected his appeal against attempts to extradite him to Sweden on dubious sexual assault allegations, for which he has not even been charged. The Swedish authorities are functioning as nothing more than a tool of the US Obama administration, which wants to force Assange to Sweden.

Geography: 
Perth
Melbourne
Keywords: 
solidarity
Wikileaks
Julian Assange
Socialist Equality Party

Australian government backs US campaign against Syria

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 03/06/2012 - 8:35pm

Reprinted from the WSWS By Peter Symonds 2 June 2012 The Australian Labor government has again demonstrated its role in international affairs as the loyal point man for Washington, with the announcement on Tuesday that two Syrian diplomats, including the chargĂ© d’affaires, had 72 hours to leave the country.

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Keywords: 
Socialism
U.S. Alliance
peace movement
Syria
World Socialist Website

Muckaty nuclear waste dump update

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 03/06/2012 - 3:06pm

June 2012

Hi everyone,

Some short updates on the Muckaty nuclear waste dump and news links are below. There is a lot of energy and momentum in the campaign at the moment thanks to all of the support activities people have been undertaking around the country. 

1- Australian Council of Trade Unions votes to support Muckaty campaign

How to start a revolution: Learn from Iceland!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 03/06/2012 - 12:39pm

By Deborah Corwyn

The ladies of Iceland have taken another stand against the tyranny brought to their country by a handful of so called elite bankers proclaiming to know better what’s good for them. Iceland is now the shining example of what can be done when Mama is fed up.

Mama needs to be heard around the globe. We will not tolerate what these morally bankrupt and spiritually dead men have in store for our children and grandchildren. We outnumber and can outthink them.

To all women everywhere and any man with the intestinal fortitude to join them 


Rights campaigner Julian Assange acknowledges his Torres Strait Islander form and content

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 02/06/2012 - 3:47pm

Gerry Georgatos
Global justice campaigner and WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange has contributed his life to standing up for the oppressed and in challenging the world’s most powerful governments and clandestine institutions.

Mr Assange was born in Townsville, Queensland however he readily acknowledges a diverse heritage which he proudly said includes a Torres Strait Islander great-great-grandparent. In his form and content is that of a Thursday Islander, his (step) great-great-grandmother.

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
Darwin
Hobart
Global/International
Albury
New South Wales
Melbourne
Newcastle
Cairns
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Queensland
Wollongong
Sunshine Coast
Townsville
Victoria
Promotion: 
Feature

WGAR News: Stand for Freedom campaign calls for organisations to support the Yolngu Statement

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 02/06/2012 - 2:28pm

Newsletter date: 2 June 2012

Contents:
* Interview with Richard Downs, Eastern Region Alyawarr spokesperson
* Stand for Freedom campaign calls for organisations to support the Yolngu Statement
* WSCF strongly support the Yolngu Nations Assembly’s Statement
* Reconciliation for Western Sydney (R4WS): Letter to Senator Evans
* WGAR supports the Yolngu statement opposing the Stronger Futures laws
* SMH: Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration [by Michael Kirby]
* Interview with Randa Kattan spokesperson for the Bankstown Coalition
* More 'Stronger Futures' Legislation related articles

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
More Stronger Futures Legislation related articles
Interview with Richard Downs - Eastern Region Alyawarr spokesperson
WSCF strongly support the Yolngu Nations Assembly’s Statement
Reconciliation for Western Sydney - R4WS - Letter to Senator Evans
WGAR supports the Yolngu statement opposing the Stronger Futures laws
SMH - Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration by Michael Kirby
Interview with Randa Kattan spokesperson for the Bankstown Coalition

Moree Gomeroi go on rental strike, slam Land Council

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 02/06/2012 - 7:46am

Inverell, northeast NSW, 1 June 2012 - - Gomeroi tribal people in the Moree area have been advised by their clans to stop paying rent for houses they live in as part of an assertion of sovereignty.

They have also slammed the NSW Aboriginal Land Council for “contemptuously” and “tyrannically” doing lease deals with state and commonwealth governments.

Ask Kenya to be a leader in cracking down on shoddy malaria drugs

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 5:32pm

Shoddy malaria drugs don't just hurt malaria patients; they are breeding a stronger strain of malaria and reversing hard-earned progress against its spread. Children and adults are dying of malaria every day; action must be taken immediately.

Urge the Kenyan government to crack down on fake malaria drugs today. »

Malaria victims in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are at about a 35% risk of being treated with a fake or ineffective drug, according to a recent study published by the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.

The Shortwave Report 6/01/12 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 10:27am

Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (June 1) 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=&)

This week's show features stories from NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and the Voice of Russia.

Geography: 
Global/International
Keywords: 
International news and opinion
shortwave
China Radio International
Radio Havana Cuba
Voice of Russia
Radio Deutsche-Welle
NHK Japan National Radio

Robber barons and greedy thieves

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 9:50am

Banker man grows fat, working man grows thin...

Rocker Bruce Springsteen touched on a nerve of widespread discontent with the financiers and bankers at a Berlin concert on Wednesday, railing against them as "greedy thieves" and "robber barons."

Springsteen, a singer-songwriter dubbed "The Boss" who has long championed populist causes, played to a sold-out crowd at Berlin's Olympic Stadium, singing from his album "Wrecking Ball" and speaking about tough economic times that have put people out of work worldwide and led to debt crises in Greece and other countries.

Geography: 
Global/International
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