BASHING REFUGEES IS A GLOBAL SPORT FOR POLITICIANS- read on to see how Canada is getting tough on the people seeking asylum there.… Go to Article
Month: April 2010
Letter to Prime Minister re NT Intervention
Mr Kevin Rudd
Prime Minister
Parliament House
Canberra.
Dear Prime Minister,
I have an undergraduate Social Work Degree and a Research Masters Degree (as a result of working with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in South Brisbane).… Go to Article
[Refugee] First we were angry, then distressed – NOW IT’S TIME FOR ACTION
First we were angry then distressed – NOW ITS TIME FOR ACTION
BELOW IS MATERIAL TO START- more will follow in next few weeks leading up to REFUGEE WEEK in JUNE
Please pass on to friends, fellow workers, anyone you know who cares about human rights….… Go to Article
The Paradigm Shift
We’re working the paradigm shift, but what the hell’s a paradigm and why would you want to shift it?… Go to Article
National Call Out
[Aboriginal News]
PRESS RELEASE- PRESS RELEASE – PRESS RELEASE – PRESS RELEASE
ABORIGINAL LAW AND CULTURE MOVEMENT
Wednesday April 7th 2010
An historic nationwide gathering of Aboriginal Peoples and supporters has been finalised for 6-9 July 2010 at the Alice Springs showgrounds
The planned Alice Springs convergence supported by Aboriginal Peoples and Non Aboriginal Peoples from across Australia is calling on the Rudd Federal Labor Government to bring an immediate end to the intervention and to re-instate the RDA (Racial Discrimination Act) fully and unconditionally.… Go to Article
Deaths in Custody — CUSTODIAL KILLING FIELDS
[Aboriginal News]
PRESS RELEASE
April 7, 2010 — from Les Malezer
From February 20-April 4, the custodial systems of Queensland, Western Australia and New South Wales became the Killing Fields.… Go to Article
Labor for a Just Palestine: A two state solution?
This a reply to ‘Labor for a Just Palestine’ Final Report on their visit to the Palestinian Territories (West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza), Israel and Lebanon from 1 March – 16 March 2010 .… Go to Article
Fear and caution on Facebook…
Hello Workers,
You may get an invitation from Facebook with the WBT logo on it.
Despite the self serving ads by the Facebook team I can offer nothing but fear and caution about Facebook.… Go to Article
What is”Palestinian Land Day”? — Poet Darwish explains
Ray Bergmann wrote this in response to a question about a Mahmoud Darwish poem and Palestinian Land Day:
Mahmoud Darwish wrote “Qasidat al-Ard.”… Go to Article