March 11 marks one year since the devastating earthquake and tsunami that ravaged northern Japan. It is one year since the start of the meltdowns at Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant. An Australian National day of Action Against Uranium is planned for March 11 to commemorate the commencement of the ongoing Fukushima crisis.
http://www.11march.com
The NSW State Liberal Government is planning to send Nuclear Waste from the site of an old uranium smelter in Hunters Hill to the Western Sydney Suburb of Lidcombe. The proposed storeage facility is within walking distance of thousands of local homes. Local residents have produced this film to try and explain why Nuclear Waste shouldn't be brought to our backyards.
Please send us your support.
You can find our film at: http://www.battler.org.au/2012/03/no-nuclear-waste-film/
By Marc Young, Editor
marc.young@thelocal.de
Are Germans the new Americans?
That's what some commentators are asking as Germans face growing animosity from their fellow Europeans amid the seemingly endless eurozone debt crisis.
Because just like the United States in many parts of the world, Germany is finding itself unloved yet indispensible at the same time.
WA Police said they helped 437 at-risk youths in three months
Gerry Georgatos
The Office of the Police Commissioner of Western Australia said that its focus on vulnerable youth has been working, and that more than 400 at-risk youths have been taken off the streets after dark.
A police spokesman said they had implemented the operation to protect the best interests of vulnerable youth and the community, with Operation Safe Place.
Fortescue fuming at Wayne Swan's attack
Gerry Georgatos
Mining giant Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) has come out swinging at Federal Treasurer's Wayne Swan's attack on the rich mining giants, who he described as the 0.1% and who deny the middle classes various equity.
In an essay by Mr Swan published in The Monthly magazine, he accused 'an elite' of entrepreneurs, including Australian mining magnates Gina Rinehart, Clive Palmer and Andrew Forrest, of using their incredible wealth to pursue vested interests.
On the 1st day of the 11th round of TPPA negotiations, Occupy Melbourne took non violent direct action at the Melbourne Convention Centre. Three protestors locked on with thumb locks inside the venue and before being arrested for trespass were cut free by police using an angle grinder, an action that was heavy handed and dangerous. The protest aimed to draw attention to the way the secret negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement will empower U.S. multi-nationals at the expense of democracy.
Related: Sean Bedlam's footage of lock on -- Will Wallace in Green Left Weekly -- Occupy TPPA campaign website
Click on the links for details of the events ...
Event: Sun 11 March 2012: cities across Australia
Rally against uranium
Event details: http://www.acfonline.org.au/get-involved/take-action/renewable-not-radio...
Event: 21 March 2012: various locations internationally
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Event details: http://www.un.org/en/events/racialdiscriminationday/
Let's Fight Racism!: http://www.un.org/en/letsfightracism/
Event: Thu 22 March 2012: various locations across Australia
National Close the Gap Day
At around 10am on March 1st, shortly before the police began their official ‘Sea of Blue’ anniversary march from the Rocks to the Sydney Town Hall, a group of anarchists dropped a banner reading “PIG BRUVA IS WATCHING, COMMUNITY NOT SURVEILLANCE CULTURE” from the Cahill Expressway bridge. The banner was hung directly above the George St march route while 750 pigs were gathered only two blocks away at the Rocks Police station.
The release of millions of Stratfor documents by Wikileaks this week has shown the world the gross injustice being meted out on Julian Assange for his part in establishing the Wikileaks institution in an attempt to make democracy accountable.
Related:National Rally Alert
by Gerry Georgatos
Following Thursday evening when 60 police officers marched into Nyoongar Tent Embassy to pull down and confiscate tents, and which included an arrest, the Western Australian police force flexed its muscle once again on the Friday afternoon on behalf of the Perth City Council and the Barnett state government.
Newsletter date: 3 March 2012
Contents:
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention legislation
* NITV Current Affairs present the Stronger Futures Forum
* Amnesty International Australia: Lobby your MP for homelands
* Speeches from Parliament House Canberra protest against new NT Intervention legislation
* National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples: Aboriginal Communities now subject to 15 Years of Intervention
* New website: "Sovereign Union - National Unity Government"
* The Wire: Indigenous call for help reaches the community
by ray jackson, president, indigenous social justice association
The Stronger Futures legislation designed to roll out the second stage of the intervention in the nt is not about improving the life of the aboriginal communities and those families who reside there. this is not about the original lie of stopping child abuse or even closing the gap. youth suicides have skyrocketed, arrest and incarceration of aborigines, mainly for alcohol abuse, has also increased dramatically. school attendance is, in fact, dropping. health remains a high priority.
On 24/02/2012 8:59 PM Bob Randall wrote:
Dear Friends & Family,
Please have a look at this short compelling video, sign the petition, and share this link with with everyone you can.
In days, the European Commission will try a last ditch attempt to revive ACTA. But we can shine a light on their dirty trick and foil their plans.
Governments are turning their back on ACTA one by one, so the EC is asking their Court of Justice to give the treaty the greenlight and renew its momentum -- but they plan to manipulate the process by giving the court only a narrow, uncontroversial question to consider, hoping it will lead to a positive outcome.
We are looking for some volunteer assistance and resources for the
Elders Olympics.
We do not have a budget to be able to 'buy-in' this assistance, so I was
hoping that some of you might be willing to lend a hand.
Can you please pass this message on to anyone who might be able to help.
If people could contact Gay directly as soon as possible, that would be
great.
Sarah Lees | Manager - Community Services
Wollondilly Shire Council | PO Box 21 Picton NSW 2571
P 02 4677 1108 | E sarah.lees@wollondilly.nsw.gov.au | W
www.wollondilly.nsw.gov.au
On Tuesday Getup members called on their local MPs to reject the Government's smokescreen of a gambling reform bill. You talked, and Canberra listened.
In record time more than 5,000 of you spoke out against the shoddy bill and yesterday Senator Nick Xenophon and Andrew Wilkie MP joined the Australian Greens in declaring the bill dead on arrival. They will not support it, and instead are pushing for the tried and tested '1-120 solution' that we detailed in Tuesday's email.
Gerry Georgatos Former ALP president and Bandjalung man, Warren Mundine is putting on a brave face after being denied the opportunity to become the first Aboriginal federal Labor politician.
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (March 2) 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 Spanish National Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, NHK World Radio Japan, and the Voice of Russia.
Rank & File nurses here in Victoria Australia have now taken over their own struggle as their Union the ANF has been legally braked by "FairWork Australia" ...
8 am and 6pm daily there are community assemblies, meetings outside 15 hospital sites.
Check out the nearest one to where your live, study or work and bring family, neighbours, friends, workmates.
Ambos (ambulance crews) and Firies (Fire fighters) and other unions now regularly show solidarity community, class wide support for the nurses.
The Australia Corporate Government and its Companies over a 27 year period have removed every single one of my Human Right. Every human rights written - that includes any treaty covenant- Declaration of Human Rights
In amongst them all is the right to fair and just legal representation. Sedition orders which read 'no assistance to be given' are seen often.
My post is written in sincerity, it is a much needed ADVERTISEMENT seeking A highly ethical, fearless SOLICITOR AND BARRISTER who can find the guts to stand up in the High court and represent my case as it deserves to be.
