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CIA's involvement in drug trafficking and its negative impacts on black Americans

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 01/08/2013 - 1:19pm

FOR THE LAST YEAR and a half, the U.S. Department of Justice has been trying to explain why nearly everyone convicted in California's federal courts of ''crack'' cocaine trafficking is black.
Critics, who include some federal court judges, say it looks like the Justice Department is targeting crack dealers by race, which would be a violation of the U.S. Constitution.
Federal prosecutors, however, say there's a simple, if unpleasant, reason for the lopsided statistics: Most crack dealers are black.

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International news and opinion

Artikel fuer Amnesty International Rundbrief Juli 2013: NT Intervention

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 01/08/2013 - 12:58pm

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http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/NT_Intervention/NT-Int...

http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/Protect%20Arnhem%20Lan...

http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/Save-the-Kimberley/Ret...

NT Intervention

Sechster Jahrestag der NT Intervention – uebersetzter Auszug / Zusammenfassung aus dem Dokument ‘STRIKING THE WRONG NOTE”
Der psychologischen Auswirkung der Intervention auf die Ureinwohner wurde wenig Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt.

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Sechster Jahrestag der NT Intervention

21 Juni 2013 - 6-jaehriger Jahrestag der NT Intervention

Kampagne um Ureinwohnerkinder bei der Familie zu behalten

Jeff McMullen’s Rede Die Zukunft der Familie

Artikel von Jeff McMullen - THE WAY AHEAD -The new land grab

50-jaehriges Jubilaeum der Yirrkala Bark petition

Rettet die Kimberley Kampagne

Der Arena Artikel James Price Point: Victory or Loss

Dokumentarfilm ueber die Kimberley Old Country New Country

Kultur und Tradition der Ureinwohner sind bedroht

Protect Arnhem Land Kampagne - Schuetze Arnhem Land

You'll foot the bill

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 31/07/2013 - 8:30pm

Are you sick of how cheap groceries are? Longing for the day when the GST is expanded to include fresh food, bread and milk?

Don't you feel bad that some poor employer has to fork out for pesky penalty rates every time an employee works nights or weekends to, say – provide round the clock care for our elderly, or drive trains full of sports fans to and from footy games?

Maybe you lay awake at night fretting about how to reduce the corporate tax rate of Australia's most profitable companies?

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Chuck out cancer-causing plastic sandals!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 31/07/2013 - 3:33pm

Many of us wear or have worn the cheap clog-like plastic sandals. Throw them away! They are heavily polluted with carcinogenic chemicals. The ones that smell worst are the dirtiest.

That’s been found out by laboratory tests of 10 pairs of the plastic clogs in all price categories. The tests were commissioned by Germany’s biggest broadcaster, Cologne-based WDR, for its consumer service programme.

The lab looked for solvents, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals.

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WGAR News: Entrenching the NT Intervention: what happened to the resistance?: Solidarity Online

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 31/07/2013 - 2:45pm

Newsletter date: 1 August 2013

Contents:

* Paddy Gibson, Solidarity Online: Entrenching the NT Intervention: what happened to the resistance?
* German Language: Artikel fuer Amnesty International Rundbrief Juli 2013: Sechster Jahrestag der NT Intervention
* Sally Brooks, ABC Indigenous: Federal intervention 'demonised' Aboriginal men
* Senator Rachel Siewert: Greens call for abandonment of income management
* Rollback the Intervention Audio: Marking six years of the NT Intervention: Rally in Bankstown, Sydney - NSW trial site for expanded Income Management regime

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Stronger Futures

Income Management - IM

Michael Mansell

Frank Hytten

SNAICC News

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert

Federal intervention demonised Aboriginal men

Warren Snowden

Greens call for abandonment of income management

Rollback the Intervention Audio - IRAG

Marking six years of the NT Intervention

CEO of SNAICC

Rally in Bankstown Sydney - NSW trial site for expanded Income Management regime

CAAMA Radio's Paul Wiles

Peak body challenges media claims that culture is placing Aboriginal children at risk

Sharron Williams

Chairperson of SNAICC

Poverty - not Aboriginal culture - is the real issue

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle

Campaign against Forced Aboriginal Adoption in the NT

Australia's First Nations Party

Central Land Council - CLC

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 57 events from 30 July 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 30/07/2013 - 11:03am

Newsletter date: 30 July 2013

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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Event: 31 May to 31 July 2013: North Sydney, NSW
Guringai Festival
"Founded in 2001, the Guringai Festival aims to raise awareness
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the
Northern Sydney region. The festival usually starts on Sorry
Day 26 May and goes through to the end of NAIDOC Week,
the second week in July each year."

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De Pod 2013-07-27 [ audio ]

Submitted by huxwell on Tue, 30/07/2013 - 9:08am

http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/70096/77680/90294/?url=h...

Nachrichten Kommentar von Australien mit Wolfgang

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german language news commentary

On Philippine President Aquino's midterm year

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 29/07/2013 - 8:46pm

Deeper reforms needed to curb inequality

As President Benigno Simeon Aquino III moves past the midterm mark of his administration and begins his fourth year in office, deeper, broader and transformative reforms are needed if the people are to continue with their travel along the "straight path." While the past three years have certainly yielded victories and gains for the people, particularly in the government's anti-corruption efforts, it has also shown the limits of a good governance paradigm if unaccompanied by structural reforms addressing critical issues of poverty and inequality.

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Canberra events: Multi media exhibition: I Do Have a Belief II: Kevin Gilbert, 1933 - 1993

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 29/07/2013 - 4:49pm

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Mon 5 August to Sat 7 September 2013: Canberra City, ACT
Multi media exhibition:
I Do Have a Belief II: Kevin Gilbert, 1933 - 1993
Civic Library, Civic Square, London Circuit, Canberra City
"A rare opportunity to view the broad talent of
20th-century Wiradjuri activist, artist, poet,
playwright and printmaker, Kevin Gilbert."
"View original manuscripts, galleys, photo mural,
website, videos, linocut prints, posters and e-books

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Sydney events: Building Bridges 2013: every Wed in August + UN Day of the World's Indigenous People

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 29/07/2013 - 4:40pm

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Queensland events: Manuwangku Exhibition + Indigenous Careers & Employment Expo + Ration Shed Tours

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 29/07/2013 - 4:33pm

Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Sat 13 July - Sun 11 August 2013: South Brisbane, Qld
Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud
Photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
Opening night on 13 July 2013
Venue: Queensland Centre for Photography
"Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud is a
series of photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
presenting the community and country around Muckaty,
120 kilometres north of Tennant Creek in the NT."
"For over five years this area has been the focus

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Melbourne events: ISJA Meeting + Launch of the 2013 National Aboriginal & Islander Children's Day

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 29/07/2013 - 4:26pm

Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Thu 1 August 2013: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Next Meeting: Indigenous Social Justice Association - Melbourne
"During 2013, ISJA will meet the first Thursday of every month."
Event details: http://www.isja-msg.com/coming_events.htm

Event: Sun 4 August 2013: Northcote, Melbourne, Vic
Invite to the launch of the 2013 National Aboriginal & Islander Children's Day in Melbourne
Hosted by the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA)

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NT events: Manuwangku Exhibition + Bridging the Gap Seminar: Working with Yolngu in Arnhem Land

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 29/07/2013 - 4:16pm

Northern Territory Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Tue 27 August 2013: Tennant Creek, NT
Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud
Photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
Opening: Tue 27 August 2013
Venue: Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Cultural Centre
"Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud is a
series of photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
presenting the community and country around Muckaty,
120 kilometres north of Tennant Creek in the NT."
"For over five years this area has been the focus

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Adelaide events: Justice and Peace Candle Light Walk + Who is to blame for Australia's terrible racism?

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 29/07/2013 - 4:10pm

Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Fri 2 August 2013: Adelaide, SA
151st Justice and Peace Candle Light Walk
around Government House
Gather at dusk on the first Friday of the month
(except January and February)
"Join us on the Candle Light Walk to
call for a Treaty and Bill of Rights, and
to support the Ngarrindjeri and all other
Aboriginal people and the Stolen Generations,
their families and communities left behind,
in their call for Peace and Justice."

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Perth and WA events: Turtle & Trail Talk + Nyoongar Tent Embassy Human Rights Training

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 29/07/2013 - 4:03pm

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 6-14 & 17-25 August 2013:
North of Broome on the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, WA
The Lurujarri Dreaming Trail
Walk the Trail with us in 2013
As of 29 July 13:
"6-14 August: fully booked
17-25 August: fully booked"
"Feel free to contact us if you would like to
get some more information or if you would like
to register your interest for the Lurujarri
Heritage Trail 2014."
"In 1987, Paddy Roe initiated the Lurujarri Heritage

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WGAR News: Background to the Protect Arnhem Land Campaign, Northern Territory (NT), Australia

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 28/07/2013 - 2:46pm

Newsletter date: 28 July 2013

See:

WGAR News: Protect Arnhem Land Campaign: Respect and Listen [Northern Territory - NT, Australia] (25 Jul 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/07/24/wgar-news-protect-arnhem-land-campaig...

WGAR News: Arnhem Land Traditional Owners call for an end to fracking: The Stringer (22 March 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/03/22/wgar-news-arnhem-land-traditional-own...

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Green Left TV - YouTube - We need sea and land rights in Arnhem land - Featuring Mrs. Eather - a community activist from Maningrida

NIT National Indigenous Times - Traditional Owners stand up to US miner in Sydney protest

Protect Arnhem Land

Arnhem Land Traditional Owners call for an end to fracking

LeftandCorrect - YouTube - Protect Arnhem Land from Paltar Petroleum - Sydney

Cam Walker - Friends of the Earth

Respect and Listen - Protect Arnhem Land - Background Info

Protect Arnhem Land Awareness Day

Katrina Channells

Respect and Listen - Protect Arnhem Land - From the Environment Centre NT - Maps and Letters on Paltar oil exploration

Reporter Jane Bardon

Matt Brann

“Nauru riot was inevitable”

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 27/07/2013 - 12:57pm

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U.S. NSA spying reform fails, would have limited bulk collection, and 11 other Internet access stories

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 27/07/2013 - 9:10am

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Nauru staff condemn cruel conditions

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 26/07/2013 - 7:03pm

By Salvation Army Workers

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Australia

Where the wild things are

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 26/07/2013 - 6:00pm

Our new Environment Minister is just days away from approving a mine that will threaten the last-known healthy population of endangered Tasmanian devils.

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