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Joma wants peace, the ‘ground’ doesn’t — Padilla

MANILA, Philippines — The peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front (NDF) reached a high point in December 2012, when Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison agreed to the so-called “special track” that would have facilitated the process.

A correspondent has pointed out an interesting connection: not only was the date of the bombing of the Boston marathon – April 15 – the anniversary Ronald Reagan’s bombing of Tripoli in Libya in 1989, but the young fanatics who carried out the bombing had attended a mosque that was built with funds from the International Islamic Call Society which was headquartered in Tripoli before NATO went in and wrecked the country.

Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Mon 1 July 2013: Smithfield, SA
Protest the Basics Card!
NO Compulsory Income Management!
Not In Playford, Not Anywhere!
"To mark the one-year anniversary of the so-called
"trial" of compulsory income management in the
City of Playford, and the introduction of TWO NEW
categories of income management,
SIMPla (Stop Income Management in Playford) calls
for all opposed to this heavy-handed, unjust, wasteful

Comrades,

We write in the name of the Anarchist Popular Union (UNIPA), the revolutionary organization of Brazil, to urge the international support and to do a denounce about the syndicates and syndicate centrals that are fulfilling a reactionary paper in front of the popular levant.

Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Thu 27 June 2013: Carlton, Melbourne, Vic
Cultural Flows films Melbourne Premiere!
"Jeanie's story is one of many depicted in a new
documentary that explores two Indigenous communities'
deep connections to the rivers and waterways in their
country. The Cultural Flows films were created as a
collaboration between the Wadi Wadi and Mutthi Mutthi
Nations and activist organization Friends of the Earth.
This unique community film project brings the stories,

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 25 to 27 June 2013: Kariong, NSW
Dance: 'Breaking Ground' - mid year show
"The 2013 NAISDA mid year show is called 'Breaking Ground'
in acknowledgement of this year’s NAIDOC theme,
celebrating the 50th anniversary of the presentation of the
Yirrkala Bark petitions to the Federal Parliament."
Organisation: NAISDA
Venue: NAISDA Dance College
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1028&si=0&mi=6&yi=2013

Newsletter date: 27 June 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: World Heritage push for world’s oldest rock art
* Greens Senator Scott Ludlam: Minister, Protect the Burrup with World Heritage Listing
* Saffron Howden, SMH: Population weighs heavily on ancient Aboriginal rock art

* Greens MLC Robin Chapple: Local Aboriginal Jobs Sacrificed in Shoddy Government Contract Deal

* Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation: New hope for the Yindjibarndi people
* Ben Leahy, Pilbara Echo: Yindjibarndi sign land access with Rio Tinto

There is international silence about one of the world's worst rising police deaths in custody records, South Africa - worse than in the Apartheid years.

Read the whole story at: http://thestringer.com.au/south-africas-tragic-deaths-in-custody-record-...

For a short time my first documentary, Anima Mundi - Permaculture, Peak Oil, Climate Change and the the Gaia theory, is available to watch for free at Culture Unplugged, an online film festival. Anima Mundi is signed with a US distributor who has ripped me off, thus I have allowed the film to be shown free in their licensed territories by the festival. Click the link to watch: www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/11753/Anima-Mundi Please vote for Anima Mundi.