In the few short weeks between 20 Feb 2010 and 2 May 2010 7 people died in custody in Australia .… Go to Article
Month: April 2010
Jobs With Justice: May Day Rally Fights for Aboriginal Workers’ Rights
Media Release
April 30, 2010
Jobs With Justice: May Day Rally Fights for Aboriginal Workers’ Rights
The Intervention Rollback Action Group (IRAG) , local trade unionists and representatives from a number of Aboriginal communities will stage a demonstration in Alice Springs this Saturday May 1st, international day for workers rights.… Go to Article
Invitation to Joan Shears getting the OAM
INVITATION
The family, friends and supporters of Joan Shears OAM invite
YOU
to a dinner gathering and entertainment
at the QCU Building Level 2
at 6.30pm for 7.00pm on Friday evening 7th May 2010
to celebrate the
conferring of the medal of the Order of Australia on
JOAN SHEARS
by the Governor of Queensland on the previous day.
… Go to ArticleRefugee HERALD SUN HATE CAMPIAGN
Hi Folks,
Below is a summary of the Herald Sun articles opposing a Victorian State Government initiative which promotes respect and knowledge of diversity through Victorian Schools.… Go to Article
Foco Nuevo in May
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Refugee NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR REFUGEES
Save lives -Protect refugees
AMNESTY CALL FOR NATIONAL ACTION
Our politicians are turning their backs on Australias impressive record of helping refugees fleeing war and persecution.… Go to Article
ANTaR news – justice for Peter “Bo” Duncan! March on Labour Day!
Third justice rally for Peter ‘Bo’ Duncan
Time: 10 a.m. Date: Saturday 1 May 2010
Venue: Queens Park, Toowoomba (corner Margaret & Hume St.)
… Go to ArticleOne of the Great Scandals of Australia’s History: Aboriginal Labour in 20th Century Queensland
5.30pm Thurs 20 May
Level 2 TLC Building
16 Peel St
South Brisbane
free admission
refreshments available
Ros Kidd was awarded a doctorate by Griffith University in 1994 for her groundbreaking research into government control of Aboriginal people in Queensland between 1840 and 1988.… Go to Article
May Day Celebration
Next 17 Group “Place and the Custodial Ethic –an Aboriginal metaphysic”.
The May meeting of the 17 Group – on Wednesday the 5th of May at 7pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End.… Go to Article
Working with Refugee/Asylum Seeker Children and Families Forum – MELBOURNE
Working with Refugee/Asylum Seeker Children and Families Friday 21 May 2010
Workshop content
Prof Louise Newman
9.30am 11.00am This forum will review the psychological and emotional issues facing children and young people seeking asylum and refugee status in the Australian context and will look at current issues in immigration detention impacting on children and adolescents.… Go to Article
Refugee REFUGEE FORUM
Socialist Alternative is hosting a very special public meeting dealing with the issues of
REFUGEES AND RACISM IN RUDD’S AUSTRALIA
6:30pm Thursday 29th April
Trades Hall, Cnr Lygon and Victoria Sts, Carlton
This panel discussion will deal with the recent changes to government legislation towards Afghan and Tamil refugees: arguing that the Rudd government is continuing much of Howard’s policy towards refugees.… Go to Article
Refugee Things are not always as they seem
On the 23rd April 2010, there was a story in the Daily Times Pakistan that 22,000 Afghan refugees had returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan under a UNHCR program of returning refugees.… Go to Article
Take a Stand for Safety on Wed April 28th
[From
Rights on Site]
Since the introduction of the Australian Building and Construction Commission in 2005, we have witnessed a massive increase in deaths and serious injuries in the construction industry.… Go to Article
Human Rights Framework Fails Aboriginal Rights
[Aboriginal News]
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ORGANISATIONS OF AUSTRALIA
MEDIA STATEMENT from Les Malezer
23 April 2010
(*Issued at the UN Headquarters, New York, during the 9th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 19 – 30 April 2010)
HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK FAILS ABORIGINAL RIGHTS
We, the Indigenous Peoples Organisations of Australia, note the announcement this week by the Australian Government of a new human rights framework in Australia.… Go to Article
The Internationale
- Arise! ye workers [starvelings], from your slumbers;
- Arise! ye prisoners [criminals] of want.
- For reason in revolt now thunders
- And ends at last the age of cant.
Celebrate the International Day of the Workers
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Celebrate the International Day of the Workers
Saturday 1st May Paddington Workers Centre 5 pm Great food 6 pm Blackboard performances 7 pm guest artists Absolutely Scandalous Jumping Fences Phil Monsour Combined Unions Choir Sincopao Robbie Dunn Come along and join in singing The Internationale and Solidarity Forever
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Protected: Minutes from ARC Meeting , Thurs April 15
19.691146-79.878683
… Go to Article More deaths in custody — man who begged for help dies
[Publishers Note: Below is a report from Ray Jackson, president of the Indigenous Social Justice Association and elder of the Wiradguri nation who sends out emails under the heading Aboriginal News.… Go to Article
May Day 2010
Phil Monsour Concert for Union Aid Abroad in Lebanon and Palestine
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Climate Change: Is Nuclear Power the Solution?
Solidarity forum:
Climate Change:
Is Nuclear Power the Solution?
2pm, Saturday 17th April,
Justice Products (on the deck),
192 Boundary Street, West End
Nuclear power is being touted as a “clean” alternative to fossil fuels.… Go to Article
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues coming soon
[Aboriginal News]
Hi Everyone
The ninth session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues begins in New York next Monday.… Go to Article
‘Radical Legend: Humphrey McQueen in Conversation’
Humphrey McQueen on this Sunday: Writers’ Hub – UQ Centenary Celebration Day – The University of Queensland, Australia]
Sunday 18th April
UQ Fryer Library,
Level Four, Duhig Building (Building 2)
Sunday 12:00
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Radical Legend Humphrey McQueen In Conversation |
http://www.uq.edu.au/centenary/celebration/writers-hub… Go to Article
Politics of Climate Change: Waleed Aly (4,050 words)
‘What’s Right? The Future of Conservatism in Australia’ by Waleed Aly Quarterly Essay 37, March 2010
The following extract is a very interesting and insightful discussion of the politics of climate change in Australia.… Go to Article
“Your Legal Rights”: Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement’s quarterly newsletter
Dear all
ALRM’s quarterly newsletter magazine “Your Legal Rights”, Edition 21, March 2010, can be downloaded here.
In addition to the Reports by the Chairperson and CEO, following are the articles in this edition.… Go to Article
‘Open Day for Whitefellas’ at Queensland Parliament
“Now, the fellah, the unemployed man, the starving native, do not lay claim to the truth; they do not say they represent the truth, for they are the truth” — Franz Fanon ‘The Wretched of the Earth’
Brisbane Murris and their supporters went to parliament on Saturday 10 April 2010 to petition the parliament.… Go to Article
‘Vantage point ethics’ and ‘radical’ politics
A response to Labor 4A Just Palestine APHEDA Middle East trip final report
I have a difficulty with the slapping of labels like ‘radicals’ on Palestinians.… Go to Article
Alice Springs Convergence – 6 to 9 July 2010
[Aboriginal News]
PRESS RELEASE- PRESS RELEASE – PRESS RELEASE – PRESS RELEASE
NATIONAL ABORIGINAL CUSTOMARY LAW AND CULTURE MOVEMENT
Monday 12th April 2010
An historic nationwide gathering of Aboriginal peoples and supporters has been finalised for 6-9 July 2010 at the Alice Springs showgrounds
The Alice Springs convergence, supported by Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal peoples from across Australia, will call on the Rudd federal Labor government to immediately end the intervention and unconditionally re-instate the Racial Discrimination Act.… Go to Article
Gillard targets parents
This is the Minister for Education Gillards Plan for the improving school communities.
The minister is also the Deputy PM of a government that had the overwhelming support of workers and their unions when we voted them in to kiss the Howard Liberal Government goodbye along with Workchoices.… Go to Article