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YOUTUBE (5 mins 45 secs) Armed police arrive for "Australians in London for the release of Julian Assange" occupy the Australian embassy
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 15/12/2010 - 2:31pmYOUTUBE (5 mins 45 secs) Armed Police Arrive for "Australians in London for the Release of Julian Assange" who occupy the Australian Embassy, delivering a letter of demands!. Australian academics, artists, health workers, anti-war activists, expats & Catholic Workers gather at the Australian Embassy demanding the immediate release of Julian Assange.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SnhnCvuwRc
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1. YOUTUBE (5 mins 45 secs) Armed Police Arrive for "Australians in London for the Release of Julian Assange" Occupy the Australian Embassy.
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Activist brings offshore gas tug to a halt
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 15/12/2010 - 2:06pmA local activist has prevented the tug supplying the controversial offshore gas drilling rig from leaving the Port of Newcastle by attaching himself inside the tug.
The Tour Maline, which is berthed at the T1 terminal at Honeysuckle, was preparing itself to send supplies to the Ocean Patriot for exploratory drilling for gas and other minerals 55km off the shore of Newcastle.
Rising Tide spokesperson Phillipa Parsons said that offshore gas and/or oil drilling was too risky and could destroy the marine and coastal environment.
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Botswana government rejects high-profile court ruling on Bushmen rights
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 15/12/2010 - 10:38am Four years later, the Botswana government continues
to reject the High Court ruling. © Survival
Four years on from a court victory which saw the Kalahari Bushmen win the right to live on their ancestral lands, the Botswana government has issued a statement flouting the ruling.
WikiLeaks protesters march in Sydney despite police intimidation
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 15/12/2010 - 10:26amAfter a speakout at Sydney's Town Hall on Tuesday December 14, a large group of 1000 protesters successfully marched to Martin Place, despite numerous attempted police blockades.
Police violently assaulted four protesters, to issue fines for obstructing traffic, but it was police that were holding up the traffic for US TV star Oprah Winfrey, who had closed down much of the city to broadcast a show from the Opera House.
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Protest to Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and Amazon
Submitted by Diet Simon on Wed, 15/12/2010 - 8:44amThe German online activism platform Campact!, which operates much like our GetUp!, is running a signature drive to protest against Visa, Mastercard, Paypal und Amazon cutting business links with WikiLeaks.
Melbourne Wikileaks protesters march on British consulate
Submitted by takver on Wed, 15/12/2010 - 2:10amA warm early summer day in Melbourne, with crowds of Christmas shoppers strolling the streets and city workers heading home on a Tuesday evening. Into this mix a gathering slowly grows on the lawn of the State Library. A gathering for free speech, to defend Julian Assange and the Wikileaks website.
Photos | Youtube Video | More photos | WikiLeaks protesters march in Sydney despite police intimidation | Antony Loewenstein Blog from Sydney: Defending Wikileaks faces Oprah-obsessed police force | London IMC: Assange out on bail, Anonymous out in support | Ireland IMC: Photos from Australia House protest London
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Armed police called to Australian embassy in London as Australian protesters occupy foyer demanding the release of Julian Assange
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 14/12/2010 - 9:28pmOn Monday 13th December at 5 pm, concerned Australian academics, artists, activists and expats occupied the foyer of the Australian Embassy on The Strand, London. They refused instruction by embassy security to vacate the building reading aloud a letter of demands addressed to the Australian High Commissioner.
Related: Video of protest
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Meat workers in Brooklyn, Melbourne, locked out.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 14/12/2010 - 12:24pmABOUT 140 meatworkers have been locked out of a meat processing plant in Brooklyn in Melbourne's west after picketing their workplace since Friday 10th December. The workers are trying to win a decent pay rise. Their employer Swift Australia, Australia's biggest meat packer and exporter, is only offering them a 2 percent pay rise, for which they are meant to worked for reduced penalty rates on a Saturday. vowed to picket until Christmas if necessary after being locked out of a Brooklyn plant.
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Sydney federal MP Tanya Plibersek attacks Wikileaks
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 13/12/2010 - 10:23pmFirst Julia Gillard bitterly attacked Wikileaks and Julian Assange. Then the Attorney General Robert McClelland suggested that Assange’s passport may be cancelled.
Now the member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek is sinking the boot in.
She says she’s progressive and a member of the ALP left. But it seems Tanya Plibersek agrees with her bosses – Wikileaks is bad news and Julian Assange is a law breaker.
Here some of what Plibersek said this week:
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Australians in London demand the immediate release of WikiLeaks founder
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 13/12/2010 - 7:42pmRESS RELEASE: DATE December 13th. 2010
On Monday 13th December at 4.30 pm, concerned Australian academics, artists, activists and expats will deliver a letter of demands to the Australian High Commissioner calling for the Embassy to be proactive in securing the immediate release from custody of fellow Australian citizen and founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange. The letter has been signed by celebrated journalist John Pilger, Australian born human rights activist
Peter Tatchell and a growing number of Bristish based stralians
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29 workers arrested at Visy in Dandenong- Solidarity Needed!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 13/12/2010 - 6:10pmAround 500 Visy workers across Australia have been on strike since November 29th, 400 of them at the Visy plant in Dandenong. The strike has been over the workers demands that the company stop undermining their job security by forcing casual employment on workers at the factory, as part of latest round of enterprise bargaining. Visy has further angered the protestors by flying in an a scab workforce by helicopter to maintain production at the factory and by taking out injunction on individual workers this morning. Today saw a major escalation of the dispute with at least 29 people being arrested and charged with creating an undue obstruction and besetting the premises. One worker was injured when a truck run over his foot.
Update: Trades Hall has called for a community picket at 6AM at the site tommorow (Tuesday 13th December). Please try to make if it you can to show solidarity. Corner Greens Rd and Hammond Rd Dandenong
Related: Video of arrests from Channel 9 -- Youtube footage of picketline -- AMWU Press Release -- Workers Solidarity Network
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Kaputt Leaks mp3
Submitted by huxwell on Mon, 13/12/2010 - 11:15amhttp://traffic.libsyn.com/kaputtradio/kr__179_kaputt_leaks.mp3
explicit language ! Collage of leaking vessels of trash and other...
Local voices, media samples, "the 6 diplomatic options" by Yes Minister
http://www.streetwarriors.com.au/
28:20 min 128 kbps stereo 26 MB
contact: kaputtradio@gmail.com
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Hemp Hour Podcast 2010-12-10 mp3
Submitted by huxwell on Mon, 13/12/2010 - 11:13amhttp://traffic.libsyn.com/kaputtradio/kr_hemphour_2010-12-10.mp3
with Bob and crew
28:15 min 64 kbps mono 13 MB
contact: thehemphour@gmail.com
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Adelaide rally for Wikileaks - Don't shoot the messenger
Submitted by takver on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 3:08pmPeople gathered on the steps of the South Australian parliament in Adelaide today to express support for the Wikileaks website and it's editor-in-chief, Julian Assange. This protest is one of many rallies around Australia to support Assange and Wikileaks.
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Mon. D13 *6pm - Australians in London to demand release of Assange and challenge Australian government complicity @ Australian embassy
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 12:38pm6pm MONDAY DEC 13th. *Australian Embassy London *"Australians Demanding the Release of Julian Assange"
PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL AND POST ON THE INTERNET OR FACEBOOK ETC.
If you can attend, RSVP your intention to attend on Monday
by phone/txt Ciaron at 079 392 905 76
this will help us organise the event
* If you know any Australians based in or around London, consider forwarding this email to them!
More information Ph./ Text Ciaron O'Reilly 079 392 905 76
From outside UK +44 79 392 905 76
Landline 0208 348 8212
Outside UK + 44 208 348 8212
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Hobart: rally for free speech, Wikileaks and human rights
Submitted by takver on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 12:01pmOver 200 people turned up for a Human Rights Day rally in Hobart in support of free speech, Julian Assange and the Wikileaks website on Saturday.
Meeting on the Parliament House lawns the rally heard speakers from the Democrats, Socialist Alliance, and a message of support from Independent MP Andrew Wilkie.
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Free Julian Assange! Hands Off WikiLeaks!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 2:07am 
December 2010
Sinister Attack on WikiLeaks to Cover Up Imperialist Crimes
Free Julian Assange! Drop All Charges!
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Human Rights Day rallies support Assange and Wikileaks
Submitted by takver on Sat, 11/12/2010 - 9:48pmHundreds of people took to the streets around Australia for Human Rights Day and to protest the persecution of Wikileaks editor Julian Assange and the attempts at suppression of the Wikileaks website.
Rally reports: Sydney rally, photos | Melbourne rally | Brisbane rally | Perth Rally photos 1, 2 | Adelaide | Hobart |
Youtube videos: Brisbane 1, Brisbane 2 | Melbourne: Robbie Thorpe, Indigenous Activist, Rally, Rap news | Sydney - Keith Dodd, Lee Rhiannon
More rallies are scheduled around the world in December and January. Activists in Australia have setup the www.rally4wikileaks.com website to mobilise global support of wikileaks or visit the Justice for Assange site. You can do your own report on the leaked cables by checking one of the thousand (and growing) wikileak mirrors and do a report for Operation Leakspin.
Statement - The Australian and Melbourne Indymedia Collective stand in solidarity with Wikileaks and its spokesperson Julian Assange and condemn their unprecedented persecution. Donate to Indymedia
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The powers that be.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 11/12/2010 - 8:47pmWe all know the great and tireless effort the "powers that be" have put into secrecy and all things clandestine. We know full well their power-trippy ways. Over the last several years, in particular, I believe this has made the world just that much more crazy. Stressed, anyway. A collective global frustration. Why else would there be such an epidemic of conspiracy theorists? People instinctively know when they are being lied to! It's not knowing the details that's made us feel unsafe somehow, suspicious, angry...
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