By Jeane Bicket
In this article I will discuss the social, political and/or economic factors contributing to the endangerment of Warlpiri Language and outline steps that could be taken to maintain it as a minority language.
Newsletter date: 24 June 2013
Contents:
* CAAMA: UN wants more effort from Australia in Aboriginal child welfare
* NIRS: National push will aim to improve poor child protection outcomes
* Northern Territory (NT) Forced Aboriginal Adoption Media Coverage
* NACCHO political alert: Call for government cooperation as NACCHO outlines ten point plan for enhancing Closing the Gap efforts
* NACCHO launches new 2013-2030 Healthy Futures 10 point and AIHW report card
By Chantal Valery (AFP)
POLUNSKY UNIT, Texas — Hank Skinner escaped execution in 2010 by only 20 minutes after a dramatic 11th-hour reprieve. He now regards this as a miracle.
The 51-year-old, who was convicted in 1995 of the brutal triple murder of his girlfriend, Twila Busby, and her two adult sons, has protested his innocence for years, despite DNA evidence against him.
Haunted by the possibility of execution, the wait has taken a mental toll, says Skinner, who admits that in one sense, death may come as a relief.
Newsletter date: 23 June 2013
Contents:
* Barbara Shaw, New Matilda: The NT Intervention - Six Years On
* Paul Bleakley, Australian Times UK: Intervention marks 6 years, as community questions impact
* ACOSS, NWRN & St Vincent de Paul Society: Joint Statement: Six years of the NT Intervention is six years too long
* The Wire: Stronger Futures? [Featuring Paddy Gibson and Kylie Sambo]
* The Wire: Major parties agree on what one expert calls a piece of 'apartheid' in Oz [Featuring Dr Ruth Phillips]
June 18, 2013
“We’re not selling this oxygen to anybody,” said Vitalino Álvarez, a participant in the Unified Aguán Farmers´ Movement (MUCA) in the boiling hot northern region of Honduras. Like many places around Honduras and the world, Álvarez’s community is a direct victim of international carbon trading programs—or what residents call “selling oxygen.”
Honduras coup update May 2013........
http://www.sydney-says-no2honduras-coup.net/much-shorter-monthly-summari...
Almost 4 years into the coup, Honduras' war against farmers continue, with at least seven organised farmers assassinated in May 2013..
Political persecution in May 2013
Summary of known political killings this May 2013 in Honduras:
2 farmers in El Achiote, Aguan, Humberto Martínez and Celín Ochoa were murdered by hitmen on 5/5/13
Los Laureles farmers coop president of MUCA, José Omar Pérez Menjivar, was assassinated by palm oil hitmen on 11/5/13
By Barbara Shaw - Six years ago my family watched the TV in my living room as John Howard announced he would be sending in the military and taking control of our communities.
I have never been more frightened in my life. I locked the gate of my town camp and kept the kids inside for two weeks for fear of them being taken. I worried constantly about my family out bush who didn't understand what was coming.
NEWS update: The Stringer went live February 20. Four months young The Stringer has been reaching a growing readership, nationally and internationally. In the three months since March 1, The Stringer on average has had 12,340 new visitors each month with May recording 15,072 new visitors.
By Will Mooney
Republished here from ON LINE opinion, courtesy of Graham Young
Orininal posting at http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=15153
'We always look for the river' says Aunty Jeanie. She's sitting by the banks of the Murrumbidgee. It's flowing swollen after spring rains. Sun sparkles off the murky water and through the drooping red gum leaves. Aunty Jeanie is a Mutthi Mutthi woman. Her family is part of this place. 'This is my mother's country,' she says, 'and her mothers and…,' she thinks for a moment, 'it goes right back.'
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (June 21) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (128kb)(27MB), broadcast quality (16MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom
(If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up there {35MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&)
Here is my request to US Gov and Texas Gov to release information gathered during the investigation of a staged crime in Dallas, Texas, wherein my name was planted at the scene as a suspect.
LAS VEGAS, June 20 - Noting the large peaceful demonstrations taking place in major Brazilian cities, Rael, spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement (IRM), is calling for more such protests to be held worldwide.
“It's time for a world revolution,” he declared in a statement released today by the IRM. “Not a revolution to replace the governments, but a revolution to replace the whole system!"
For Rael, who is also the founder of Paradism and the author of “Geniocracy," there is no need to launch a revolution to replace politicians currently in power.
We are over-run by raping murderers: joining the dots on refuge & crime.
Or why we should fund the Loft & give child asylum seekers a safe place.
I'd so like to never speak of this again.
But the media is full of raping murdering parolees again.
Violent sex offending is a real conundrum.
More than one in 25 Aboriginal people die from suicide. That’s more than triple the rate of non-Aboriginal suicide deaths.
The federal government has just launched an initiative to try to reduce suicide rates in Indigenous communities.
The Aboriginal Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Advisory Group is to provide the government with advice, and drive reform, to improve mental health, but some are worried the government funding and support won't reach the people who need it most.
Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/06/05/adelaide-events-justice-and-peace-can...
Click on the links for details of the events ...
Event: Fri 5 July 2013: Adelaide, SA
150th 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
Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary
Click on the links for details of the events ...
Event: Thu 4 July 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: 7 to 14 July 2013: various locations in Australia
2013 National NAIDOC Week
The theme for NAIDOC Week 2013 is:
We value the vision: Yirrkala Bark Petitions 1963
"We value the foresight, strength and determination of the
Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary
Click on the links for details of the events ...
Event: Wed 26 June 2013: Perth, WA
An Introduction to ALSWA
"Would you like to know more about the
Aboriginal Legal Service of WA?
Come along to a free information session
with guest speakers from ALSWA.
Introduction by ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington."
Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (ALSWA)
Flyer: http://www.als.org.au/images/stories/CLE/intro%20to%20alswa%20workshop%2...
