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The following declaration prepared by the "Declaration Working Group" will be presented to the Occupy Melbourne General Assembly on Saturday 12th in the Treasury Gardens.

DRAFT First Declaration of Occupy Melbourne

We stand in solidarity with the people in the Occupy movement in Australia and across the globe. In the name of freedom and democracy, we stand resolutely in opposition to unjust, unrepresentative, and unsustainable systems and practices world-wide.

Our Vision

India's Soliga tribe recently secured unprecedented rights to a tiger reserve © Kalyan Varma/Survival

SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL, November 10, 2011 - - Indigenous peoples are key to preserving the world’s forests, and conservation reserves that exclude them suffer as a result, according to a new study from the World Bank.

On 11 March 2011 Fukushima became the new symbol of the uncontrollability of nuclear installations. In Germany powerful protests have achieved the closure of several nuclear power stations, in some countries nuclear programmes are being cut back, but in several others nuclear energy production is still being expanded. And in Niger, Congo, Namibia, Canada, Australia, Kazakhstan and elsewhere uranium continues to be mined unscrupulously and almost unnoticed.

It all starts with uranium!

"The Murdoch enterprise has prospered...from a peculiar ability to penetrate democracy's imperfect immune system." - Bruce Page, The Murdoch Archipelago, 2003.

Hi kids, let's play Join the dots!

Derec Davies used a bicycle U lock to attach himself to a dredger in Gladstone Harbour this morning. The direct action was taken to protect the Great Barrier Reef against the development of Gladstone harbour liquefied natural gas facilities on Curtis Island to export Coal Seam Gas. Massive Dredging of the Gladstone harbour is occurring which fisherman and environmentalists say is causing turbidity in the water and causing illness of fish effectively closing down the local fishing industry. Development is endangering the World Heritage status of the Great Barrier Reef.

Related: In 2010 Conservationists criticised government over coal ship grounding on Great Barrier Reef near Gladstone | Capricorn Conservation Council: The LNG invasion of Curtis Island | ABC TV Four Corners: Great Barrier Grief | Getup! petition to Save the reef

Newsletter date: 9 November 2011

Contents:
* Aboriginal Leaders call for apology over NT intervention
* Report on 'Consultations' - "A flawed process and not what people said"
* Darwin book launch of 'Walk With Us' - Aboriginal views on the NT Intervention
* Video: Yuendumu Voices - Reflections on the Intervention
* National Health Leadership Forum (NHLF) to be voice to govt
* Interview with Jonathan Nichols, Editor of a APY Project
* Project: Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud exhibition
* Jon Altman: The intervention is dead, long live the intervention

Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation MEDIA ADVISORY 9 November 2011
http://yindjibarndi.org.au/

On Wednesday 9 November FMG is holding its AGM.
Michael Woodley, CEO of Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation, and a dozen traditional owners from Roebourne, and friends, will be holding a peaceful vigil outside the AGM this Wednesday morning.

While FMG reports its yearly profitability and progress, the Yindjibarndi people want to draw the attention of investors and broader public, to the fact that this has come at a terrible human cost.

About a week ago Alaa Abd El Fattah was arrested in Cairo and abducted into a military prison. He is one of the best known activists and bloggers of the Egyptian uprising. He was called to appear before a military court to respond to trumped up charges to have stolen weapons on 9 October, to have attacked soldiers and to have called for violent actions. A call out for an international day of action has been made by the No Military Trials for Civilians Movement on 4 November 2011 in Egypt to occur on November 12th to defend the Egyptian revolution and end military trials. They demand the immediate release of Alaa Abd El Fattah and all others incarcerated in military jails. It would be great to see solidarity from the Occupy Movement in Australia on this day for our Egyptian brothers and sisters who have inspired us with their continuing brave struggle for freedom.

Even if you are NOT in the UK, please NETWORK FAR AND WIDE. This COURT CASE has profound implications for FREEDOM OF SPEECH for ALL. Robert needs ALL our support.

http://holliedemandsjustice.org/

When Speaking the Truth Becomes a Crime,
Freedom of Speech is on Trial

Monday 14th November, 10 AM - Stonehaven Court, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Robert Green stands ALONE in a Stonehaven Court accused of "breach of the peace"
for reporting the TRUTH. If you can get there please attend your presence
and support is NEEDED in this landmark case.