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It has now been confirmed that two ships that were to take part in the Freedom Flotilla II to Gaza have been sabotaged. One boat, a joint Greek-Swedish passenger boat, harboured in a Greek port was found with a damaged axel on Tuesday afternoon, and now another boat, an Irish passenger boat, in a Turkish harbour has been found to have exactly the same damage.

Newsletter date: 28 June 2011

Contents:
* Upcoming Sydney events:
Event 1: 28 June - Katherine Napaljarri Parker speaks on NT Intervention
Event 2: 29 June - Katherine Napaljarri Parker speaks at 'Our Generation' screening
Event 3: 29 June - Rally - Stop Nuclear Minister Martin Ferguson
Event 4: from 29 June - Exhibition of Photo artist Jagath Dheerasekara
* Upcoming events around Australia - 15 events
* Kimberley gas plant protest and blockade
* Past events:
Event 1: Women delegates speak on UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

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WAR CRIMES EXPOSED - Don't Shoot the Messenger! FREE ASSANGE!

*Sat July 9 Public Meeting Giuseppe Conlon Venue, Harringay, London

*Tues July 12 & Wed July 13 Vigil outside High Court, The Strand, London

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The Federal government will “meet its Waterloo” in its attempt to extend income management, a plank of the NT Intervention, to parts of Sydney, protesters say.

On Saturday June 25, several hundred people took to the streets of Sydney to protest the “atrocious” impacts of the NT Intervention, introduced four years ago this week.

Social breakdown had accelerated in the four years since the legislation was introduced, Paddy Gibson, a researcher with the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology Sydney(UTS), told the crowd at Town Hall.

Pollution from burning coal, oil and gas is driving a climate crisis, making our world more dangerous, increasing prices of food and water and jeopardising our way of life.

But if we cut pollution and invest properly in the clean alternatives, we can build a healthier, cleaner, more secure economy and community for all of us.

The best way to do that is to put a price on carbon pollution and use the revenue to help householders and invest in renewable energy, energy efficiency, public transport and forest protection.

The Melbourne Anti-Intervention Collective (MAIC) organised a protest outside the office of FaHCSIA – the Department of Families, Health, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to mark the fourth anniversary of the NT Intervention. The rally was one of a series being held across the country – see http://indymedia.org.au/4-year-anniversary-end-the-nt-intervention-rally – and was addressed by a number of speakers from MAIC (including Jasmine Ali, who wound up proceedings but is unfortunately not captioned in the video) and others taking advantage of the open mic.

A report issued last week from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) has strongly warned of the damage to the health of the world's oceans and marine life from several factors including the impacts of climate change. The report warned that if the current business as usual trajectory of damage continues "that the world's ocean is at high risk of entering a phase of extinction of marine species unprecedented in human history."

By Christian Bentley

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Science Docu - Soaps, Superstition and a Deranged Opposition Leader

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29:30 min 128 kbps stereo 27 MB

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