Unite!
From changeling_au_2004 at yahoo.com.au Sun Apr 1 22:01:09 2007
From: changeling_au_2004 at yahoo.com.au (Nigel W)
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 08:01:09 +1000 (EST)
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Hip Hop artists launch 'Boost Our
Pay' Campaign
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Message-ID: <702180.14172.qm@web56614.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Looks good! Be good to include a pic - probably the first one in the thread, as the Unite! logo can be clearly seen.
All the best,
Nigel
ps: I haven't forgotten about responding on the global warming and Hicks issues - just been flat out!
takver
Liz Thompson raised "... a question that really need to be asked is why
it is that the full force of the state - snatch squads, federal police,
anti-terror units - have been deployed against the G20 protesters, when
Paul Wolfowitz, architect of the Iraq invasion, a man against whom a
million Australians and millions more around the globe protested, got a
special invitation [to the G20 forum]." Full Story
with Audio reports | Video
report
Fair Go for David |
Petition to fire Paul
Wolfowitz
From tirin at takver.com Fri Apr 20 06:55:07 2007
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:55:07 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: News Round Up 20 April
Message-ID: <200704200655.l3K6t78m017985@apollo.linuxengine.net>
Its been a month since our last feature. Here is a quick summary of
several items from the newswire this week. Will run tonight, just to get
the features running again.
--
in solidarity
Takver
News Round Up 20 April
Forest Defence: Protests continue in Tasmania's southern forests,
with two more activists
arrested in the Upper Florentine valley on April 19. | Forest Defence Unit
Refugees: Australia
makes WAR on Iraq and Iraqi Refugees. "While the Australian
Government was organising refugee swaps with the US government, 60
nations met with UNHCR met in Geneva seeking a solution to the exodus of
Iraqis from their war torn country who are struggling to survive in
Syria and Jordan." said Pamela Curr at the JustFreedom blog. ?Refugees are
human beings, not products that countries can broker and trade,? said Bill
Frelick, Refugee Policy director at Human Rights Watch. ?The United
States and Australia have signed a deal that bargains with lives and
flouts international law.?
Food Politics: State Government authorises Victoria's
first GM wheat crop. | Campaign to Stop GM Wheat
Student activism: Over 150 students
blockaded a dinner party at Melbourne University on April 17 to
protest at the administration?s plans to introduce cuts to courses,
student and staff numbers next year.
Workers
win dispute at Preston Motors: Another employer has been forced
to negotiate with the relevent union in dispute through community
assemblies and wider support as NUW workers voted to return to work
after a month long picket. | Union Solidarity
Bring David Hicks Home. The 'Bring
David Hicks Home' float entered by a contingent of university
students and community activists in this year's Mardi Gras, won the
award for most outstanding political comment. Some comentators
say "the Howard Government has done a deal for the election year and
are trying to cover up 5 years of shameful inaction over the abuse of an
Australian citizen. A national
Day of Protest will occur on April 21. | Fair Go for David
From tirin at takver.com Mon Apr 23 11:43:42 2007
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:43:42 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Doctors launch Campaign Against
Nuclear Weapons
Message-ID: <200704231143.l3NBhgWK008763@apollo.linuxengine.net>
A quick one...
Anyone interested in doing some ftrs?
--
in solidarity
Takver
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/200704ICANWvictims.jpg
Doctors launch Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons
There was a large red cross on the steps of Parliament House and a map
of Melbourne with rings at 3, 5 10, 20 and 80km radii from the centre
asking the question 'What would happen if a 1 Megaton nuclear bomb
landed in Melbourne's CBD?', while 'doctors' in white coats tended
'victims'. The occasion was the launch of the Australian branch of the
International Campaign against Nuclear Weapons by members of the Medical
Association for Prevention of War (MAPW). [Read
More | Press
Release]
MAPW |
ICANW |
Nuclear Free
Australia
From tirin at takver.com Mon Apr 23 14:15:10 2007
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:15:10 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Behind the ANZAC Myth
Message-ID: <200704231415.l3NEFAA4024770@apollo.linuxengine.net>
ANZAC Day ftr :) Comments?
--
in solidarity
Takver
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/200704_IWW_anti-conscription_poster_1916.jpg
Behind the ANZAC Myth
"The overt politicisation of ANZAC Day during the last decade by the
Howard government, is turning it from a day in which the country
remembers and recognises the ultimate sacrifice made by Australians who
have died in war and the sacrifices made by those who continue to carry
the physical and psychological scars that have blighted their lives and
continue to blight the lives of their partners and children, to a
jingoistic festival. Many survivors have had to carry the added burden
of being sent to wars that were fought for short term political and
ideological expediency, not the defence of Australia...." said Joseph
Toscano. Read More
Remember
the IWW Fight
against Conscription |
Event
Details
Leunig on Lest
we forget the ultimate price of warfare
Why
Workers Need to Oppose Militarism
From changeling_au_2004 at yahoo.com.au Mon Apr 23 22:05:07 2007
From: changeling_au_2004 at yahoo.com.au (Nigel W)
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:05:07 +1000 (EST)
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Doctors launch Campaign Against
Nuclear Weapons
In-Reply-To: <200704231143.l3NBhgWK008763@apollo.linuxengine.net>
Message-ID: <116168.70460.qm@web56609.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
I should have time to return to my MIM duties soon. While monitoring the news wire, I'll keep watch for stories worth turning into features - a difficult task considering so much "activism" these days is Ruling Elite sponsored and thus counterproductive or *at least* questionable.
Looking at this event (