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Oceania RSS FeedsSTOP the WAR FAIR - Adelaide 11-13 Nov 08 - From the newswire: Campaign to Stop the APDSE - The Asia Pacific Defence and Security Exhibition (APDSE) is an international arms fair being held in Adelaide between 11-13 November 2008. APDSE corporate site: apds2008.com NOVEMBER 11 = Armistice Day: On a day normally set aside for remembering the horrors of war, the world's arms dealers will be thinking only of profit, but the campaign against the arms fair in November is building nationally. Campaign site: apdsexhibition.org The Premier of South Australia has invited the worlds arms dealers to Adelaide on the 90th anniversary of Armistice...Feed Source: perth.indymedia.org Rudd's so-called education revolution - From the newswire: AUG 27, 2008 - In light of Rudd's so-called education revolution, here's a piece by a local reporter on the need to revisit the Federal schools funding model. Last last year we went through the all too familiar ritual of analysing the school results and announcing to stunned gasps that the private system has outperformed the public system. This year, 13 of the top 15 schools are private ones The Howard model is here to stay. Unless the state and federal government come up with a way to make sure our public schools are properly resourced, so is the gap between the two... Petani vs PTPN VIII Condong : Empat Aktivis Aliansi Gerakan Reforma Agraria Ditangkap Polisi - Hentikan Teror Aparat Kepolisian terhadap Petani Karangsari!Tiga pengurus Aliansi Gerakan Reforma Agraria (AGRA) ranting Desa Karangsari yang diculik aparat kepolisian tidak berseragam kemarin, Selasa (26/08) kini telah berada di sel tahanan Polres Garut. Ketiganya adalah Mulyana, Dede, dan Dayat. Sementara satu orang lainnya, Asep, masih belum diketahui keberadaannya. AGRA menuntut kepolisian untuk segera membebaskan seluruh aktivis yang ditangkap.Perkembangan ini disampaikan Aliansi Gerakan Reforma Agraria (AGRA) melalui siaran pers tertanggal 27 Agustus 2008. Sebelumnya, AGRA menyatakan... Pembubaran Blokade dan Penangkapan Korban Lapindo - Sekitar pukul 17.30 WIB lalu (Senin, 25/08/08) barisan korban Lapindo dari desa Siring dan Jatirejo yang memblokade jalan masuk utama tanggul di pinggir jalan raya Surabaya-Malang dibubarkan oleh polisi. Blokade warga tersebut terkait dengan berlarut-larutnya pembayaran ganti rugi yang dilakukan oleh pemerintah maupun Lapindo. Pada pembubaran tersebut, tiga orang warga dari Jatirejo ditangkap oleh polisi. Peristiwa pembubaran oleh polisi ini dilakukan pada saat sebagian warga yang sejak pagi tadi berkumpul pulang ke rumah untuk makan dan mandi. Secara kuantitas, jumlah warga yang masih berada... US Spy Base for Geraldton - West Coast Pine Gap - From the newswire Tuesday 19th August 2008 - Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has confirmed that negotiations are well underway to install a US military facility outside Geraldton - despite there being no consultation with the state or local governments, or the local community. Work is expected to begin later this year on a satellite ground station for the US MUOS, a new satellite communications system being deployed by the US Navy. When built, the system would become the third US site housed in WA, alongside a spy base and a military communications centre. It is the first big US... Aksi Internasional Menentang Pertemuan G8 telah dimulai - Aksi protes terhadap pertemuan G8 2008 telah dimulai. Pada hari kamis, demonstrasi menentang pertemuan Menteri Luar Negeri Negara-negara G8 telah dilakukan di Kyoto. Terdapat tiga kamp protes di Sapporo, kota terdekat dengan Lake Toya, dimana pertemuan G8 akan dilaksanakan mulai tanggal 7-9 Juli. Alternative Media Centre di Sapporo dan Tokyo telah di siapkan dan jaringan pengacara untuk kondisi darurat telah siap mendukung aksi demonstrasi ini. Bahkan, beberapa konferensi dan aksi demonstrasi telah dijadwalkan minggu depan. Berbagai aktivis dari seluruh dunia telah terbang ke Jepang,... Midwinter Multimedia: For those left out in the cold - As Midwinter approaches and rain and winds push us (mostly) off the streets and into our homes, why not dash out for an evening to various events that seek to raise awareness about those people left out in the cold by society and those for whom war and colonisation pushes to the margins; homeless people, female factory workers in Mexico, refugees, Tuhoe and Latin American anti-imperialists. Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland: Socialist Aotearoa: Workshop on Che Guevara | 7pm, Thursday 12th June Homage to Chilean President Salvador Allende - an evening of music, dance and film | 7pm, Friday 27th June... A daughter's wish for her missing father on Father's Day - Lorena "Aya" Santos, aged 25 from the Philippines, has written an open Father's Day letter to her father, Leo Velasco who 'disappeared', after being abducted last year by soldiers and has not been seen since. Father's Day occurs in June in the Philippines. Mr Velasco is a consultant for the National Democratic Front Philippines (NDFP), in its peace negotiations with the government. The NDFP is the umbrella political wing of a number of left organisations, including the bannedCommunist Party of the Philippines (CPP) in its peace negotiations with the Philippines government. Her mother is... Airport Foodcourt Workers Strike Against Medieval Conditions - Two dozen workers at Auckland Airport?s foodcourt staged a lightening strike on Saturday 7 June, in protest at medieval working conditions. The strikers marched through the foodcourt calling for their rights and were applauded by the public. Employers and security tried unsuccessfully to silence the upbeat strikers. The company is a joint venture between HMSC, a mega-corporation with businesses around the world, and Auckland International Airport. Mike Treen of Unite Union said the workers had the worst employment contract the union had come across. The workers have a start time but no... The Life and Times of Melbourne Indymedia - The Melbourne Indymedia collective met in February after a long hiatus to discuss its future. We decided that we did not have the energy required to continue the project and that therefore the collective had come to an end. We are however keen to help others take up the challenge of producing an activist based, participatory news site, whether that be a Melbourne Indymedia, an Australia Indymedia or something all together new. We feel such a space is very much needed. Several Melbourne Indymedia members expressed interest in mentoring such a project. If this interests you please contact us... Indigenous Action Against Mining Hold Australian Firm At Bay - NUEVA VIZCAYA, Philippines- Tribal villagers up north Luzon blockaded the Australian mining company from further exploring minerals in their community, Friday noon, and forced the mining firm to leave the village. According to reports, hundred dozens of indigenous residents in Kasibu town ,"pushed away employees of a foreign mining firm and their earth-moving equipment that were supposed to start exploration in their community", said Inq.Net. The action held by local people has lead to an indefinite operation shut down of OceanaGold Philippines Inc.- an Australian company. Indigenous residents... Letter to the Manila Indymedia Editor - To us members of the Progresibong Alyansa ng mga Mangingisda sa Pilipinas (PANGISDA), the curfew imposed by Malacanang last Friday was a stark reminder of Martial Law. In Central and Southern Luzon, the curfew prevented fishermen living in interior villages from going to the sea to fish and thus violated their constitutional right to travel freely. [ Read More ] Related Stories: [ Rise Up And Be Counted | Condemn Detention of Journalists | Workers Vow To Continue The Struggle ]... Nine Filipinos Staged Mutiny In the High Seas - Roderick Sumang, Delter Algay, Edwin Lee, Jesus Manaqued, Sherilo Moraleja, Socrates Silan Jr., Dennis Tolentino, Noel Cusi and Jose Menpin -- all undocumented workers -- flew to Mauritius a month ago to work as crew members on the fishing vessel Ruei Thih Fa. With their Taiwanese captain Jui-yin Huang and nine other Chinese crewmen, they set sail from Mauritius' capital, Port Louis, on Oct. 31 and began work on Nov. 2, unaware that they were to fill 22-hour work days. On Nov. 5, their fourth day at work, they took action. Jolted awake by the captain's buzzer after only two hours of sleep,... Melbourne Indymedia Suspends Publishing - Open publishing has been suspended on Melbourne Indymedia as numbers in our editorial collective are insufficient to manage the site effectively and responsibly. We realise that MIM has played a vital role in reporting activist news from Melbourne, around Australia and internationally. To this end the present collective will be assessing options for how best to provide an activist news service in the future. If you wish to get involved, please contact us, or subscribe to our mailing list.... Indigenous Elder wins Environment Award - The Australian Conservation Foundation's (ACF) Peter Rawlinson Award was given to 'Uncle' Kevin Buzzacott, an Arabunna elder, on World Environment Day in 2007 for two decades of work highlighting the impacts of uranium mining and promoting a nuclear free Australia. Uncle Kev has been a tireless campaigner for indigenous rights including reclaiming the kangaroo and emu sacred totems from the Coat of Arms from Parliament House in Canberra and accusing the Federal Government of genocide. [Full Story]... Copyright © 2008, Top Websites. All Rights Reserved. |
