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“This is the commonwealth’s last opportunity to avoid international prosecution. Stop the denial and resolve the issues of the Black G.S.T. The unfinished business is Genocide to be stopped. Sovereignty to be restored and a Treaty /s to be signed. We intend to make these issues and our presence the focus of the forthcoming Stolenwealth games in 2006.”
Aboriginal Elders from Geographic Australia, Tuesday 12 April 2005
1)RECLAIM SHELL COVE ABORIGINAL EMBASSY- YUIN NATION 2) INSPIRATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM CORROBOREE FOR SOVEREIGNTY 2005 @ ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY 3) LETTERS OF SUPPORT NEEDED FOR ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY 4) ABORIGINAL ELDER’ S GAMES BOYCOTT INTHE CANADIAN NEWS 5) BLACK GST- BOYCOTT THE STOLENWEALTH GAMES 6) CALL TO END GENOCIDE – LAST CHANCE FOR DOMESTIC JURISDICTION TO ACT 7) ONE LAND, ONE LAW, ONE SPIRIT - RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IS ALIVE AND WELL IN AUSTRALIA 8) KANGAROO AND EMU TRIAL UPDATE 9) THE REDFERN- WATERLOO PROJECT 10) SOUTH AFRICA- INSIDE THE NEW REVOLT 11) GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS ALERT 12) ABOUT THE FORGOTTEN CONFLICT IN WEST PAPUA 13) JAMES HARDIE ASBESTOS COMPENSATION & THE BARYULGIL COMMUNITY 14) SORRY DAY EVENTS BRISBANE 15) 30A CALL TO ACTION- FORBES GLOBAL CEO CONFERENCE @ SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE 16) SYDNEY MAYDAY RALLY 17) ANTI BASES CAMPAIGN COALITION 18) PEACE CONVERGENCE @ SHOALWATER BAY 19) THE ENVIRONMENT MOVEMENT &VSU 20) OTWAY RANGES STILL UNDER THREAT 21) STOP THE BOMBS PEACE WALK VISITS 3 MILE ISLAND 22) FREE LEONARD PELTIER 23) TIMOR SEA JUSTICE UPDATE 24) POSTSCRIPT OF NOTE-SEVEN INDIGENOUS NATIONS UNITE BLACK GREEN SOLIDARITY UPDATES LATE APRIL 05 Send short updates or weblinks to sustainablesnail@riseup.net
1___RECLAIM SHELL COVE ABORIGINAL EMBASSY___
Camping gear and supplies are needed for the Embassy. Contact Uncle Dootch for help/donations on: 0413 736 742
The Shell Cove Aboriginal Embassy was illegally evicted on Friday 15th April, with Embassy supporters expelled from the site , and their personal belongings and camping gear stolen.
Yuin elder Roy Kennedy (Uncle Dootch) from the Kuradji Embassy has put an urgent call out for people ASAP to show solidarity by joining the camp @ Bellambi Point. Ongoing support will be needed to enable the protection of threatened Sacred Sites.
The Shell Cove Aboriginal Embassy, south of Wollongong, is in Yuin country, and is set up to protect Sacred Aboriginal Sites that are threatened by a 200 birth Marina.
“They want to disturb 4000 burial sites to put in 200 boats”
The disrespect shown to Aboriginal culture, in the search of the almighty dollar, needs to stop. Destruction of cultural artifacts and s acred burial sites is illegal under international genocide conventions.
This development threatens coastal and estuary ecosystems and threatens a chain reaction of consequences for surrounding natural systems.
There are a number of sacred Aboriginal sites that need protection from “developments”. (destruction). Bellambi Point Aboriginal Embassy is set up out of concern for sewerage outfall and developments that threaten the natural waterways of the area.
http://www.savelakecowal.org/shellcove.html
2___INSPIRATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM CORROBOREE FOR SOVEREIGNTY 2005@ THE ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY___
Inspirational communications from the elders at Corroboree for Sovereignty2005, held annually at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra. For a report of the occasion goto http://www.abc.net.au/message/blackarts/culture/s1302892.htm
The highlight of Invasion Day is the opportunity to sit and listen to elders from various nations, and their passionate and informative holistic stories keep the many attendees transfixed even under the blazing midday sun. Some of these speeches and some other interviews were recorded by Fiona Hogg from 4zZzfm in Brisbane and are available for listening and downloading @ http://radio.indymedia.org/news/03/4125.php
3___LETTERS OF SUPPORT NEEDED FOR ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY___
Indigenous People need to speak up for the continuing survival of the Tent Embassy, the political platform for all Indigenous Nations of geographic Australia in Canberra, located in Ngunnawal country
The call is out requesting letters of support for the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. The government continues to work to divide communities with the newest Minister for Territories Jim Lloyd and Liberal ACT Senator Gary Humphries in need of reminding of the importance and continued necessity of the Embassy as a place for the Sovereign Peoples and their supporters to gather and lead the way to real recognition, respect, justice and peace.
Also the Heritage Listing of the ATE is under threat in a process of the delisting of all sites, and they need to re-apply. More info and a form letter will be available in the near future. Send letters to: senator.humphries@aph.gov.au, heritage@deh.gov.au , your local paper, and a copy to the Tent Embassy.
4___ABORIGINAL ELDER’ S GAMES BOYCOTT HITS THE CANADIAN NEWS___
Aboriginal elders threaten to disrupt Commonwealth Games in Australia Last Updated Sat, 16 Apr 2005 15:42:45 EDT CBC News
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Aboriginal leaders in Australia are threatening to disrupt next year's Commonwealth Games in Melbourne unless the country's prime minister and other senior officials are charged with genocide.
Indigenous elders have lodged a legal complaint with the country's highest court calling for the government to be investigated for crimes against native Australians.
Aboriginal groups say they will target the Games as part of their campaign for justice.
Campaigners are claiming that Australia's conservative government is not only failing to address the suffering of the indigenous population but is doing so on purpose.
They want Prime Minister John Howard as well as the federal attorney general and the police commissioner to face charges of genocide.
Aboriginal leaders say that in recent years, there has been a deliberate and systematic destruction of native people.
Aborigines suffer disproportionately high rates of early death, imprisonment and unemployment in Australia. Poverty has caused many communities to self-destruct through the abuse of drugs and alcohol, as well as gasoline sniffing.
The Australian government says spending on indigenous health care is at record levels and there are more Aboriginal students entering post-secondary education. Seniors ministers insist that Aboriginal issues are a priority.
One indigenous elder, Isabelle Coe, says if the High Court decides not to pursue these genocide claims, there could be mass protests at next year's Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Campaigners are also calling on countries to consider boycotting the event over the treatment of Australia's aborigines.
5___BLACK GST- BOYCOTT THE STOLENWEALTH GAMES___ The Black GST Genocide Sovereignty Treaty
The Black GST campaign to boycott and protest at the 2006 Melbourne "Stolenwealth" Games was launched on 26th January 2005 in Melbourne.
The Black GST Collective would be contacting numerous groups interstate over the next few months inviting them to consider focussing on a campaign of a boycott and protest in Melbourne in 2006.
For further info and to get your Black GST T-Shirt send an email to:- gst2006@hotmail.com http://www.kooriweb.org/gst
6___CALL TO END GENOCIDE – LAST CHANCE FOR DOMESTIC JURISDICTION TO ACT___
Indigenous Elders from geographic Australia are lodged a writ of mandamus at High Court Registry in Melbourne at 10.00am Wednesday 13 April 2005, directing the defendants to investigate and prosecute key perpetrators (including top government officials) of acts of Genocide committed against Original Peoples of geographic Australia on 26 September 2002 and daily thereafter.STORY @
MORE DETAIL http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=default&featureview=196
7___ONE LAND, ONE LAW, ONE SPIRIT___
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IS ALIVE AND WELL IN AUSTRALIA
We are seeking your support for our call on people of all religious denominations to recognise the rights of aboriginal people to practice our own religious/spiritual beliefs as under section 116 of the constitution, the same abilities as all other religions that have been brought here.
“We have walked and talked with the creator since the beginning of time, the story of creation in the bible was nothing new to us, and we embraced it because we new it was connected to what we had, even though they showed no respect for our knowledge.” Nana Wadjularbinna.
“How can they pretend to be Christian if they continue to let genocide happen to Aboriginal people in this country.” Aunty Sue
Signed, Suzanne (Charles) Rankin Wadjularbinna Nulyarimma Jaara person of the Kulin Nation Gungalidda elder 0431 143 065 0432 525 072
For more information on genocide, visit www.aboriginalgenocide.com.au Fell free to lobby on our behalf, or make an effort to learn more about the issue raised in the statement. Appreciate the opportunity to stand humbly by the god-given custodians of country. Learn from ancient wisdom. Respect Aboriginality. MORE @ http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2005/04/90991.php
8___KANGAROO AND EMU TRIAL UPDATE___
The Queen vs. Kevin BuzzacotT Verdict
Arabunna Elder and Indigenous Activist Kevin Buzzacott has been handed a 12 month good behaviour bond for reclaiming the Coat of Arms, representing the totems Kangaroo and Emu, from the Old Parliament House.
Over a dozen cops forcibly arrested Uncle Kevin Tuesday night from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra after he failed to appear in court due to ill health.
Reclaim the Stolen Totems on Coins http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2005/04/90953.php
9___THE REDFERN-WATERLOO PROJECT?___
I'm shocked. Usually when people draw comparisons between Australia and apartheid (as visiting South African activist-musician Vusi Mahlasela did this week (1)) I think, perhaps a little defensively, "it's not really like that here. Not anymore. Not now."
And so I am shocked, shocked and ashamed, to hear a 21st century NSW government, and a labour government at that, arguing once again to move Australia's oldest kernel of Indigenous urban culture out. Out of the way. Out of the centre. Out of sight.
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10___SOUTH AFRICA- INSIDE THE NEW REVOLT___
Obedience Doesn't Pay: inside the new revolt by richard pithouse Sunday March 27, 2005 pithouser@ukzn.ac.za
"We have no land. Most of us have no jobs. We are just rotting here. When the police come they make fools of us. We can't control the people - they get angry. They burnt tyres and mattresses in the road. They say we have committed public violence but against which public? If we are not the public then who is the public and who are we? [City manager Mike] Sutcliffe talks to the Tribune about us but he doesn't speak to us. All they do is send the police every time we ask to talk. It is a war……
Global Ecosystems Again Shown to Be Perilously Imperiled, Now Is Time for Action http://forests.org/action/alert.asp?id=world
The Earth is Dying: World Ruination Is at Hand Ecological Sustainability Matter of Life and Death - Are you Ready? April 11, 2005 By Dr. Glen Barry,
The Earth is dying, and most of her species, including humans, are heading towards extinction. Species dying. Biological life arrayed in complex ecological splendor that set the conditions for life is threatened as never before. Forever gone. World ruination is at hand. MORE @ http://earthmeanders.blogspot.com/
JOIN THE INTERNET EMAIL ACTION @ http://forests.org/action/alert.asp?id=world#sendemail
12___ THE FORGOTTEN CONFLICT IN WEST PAPUA___
Rape of a Nation by Jakarta IMC Editorial Group - Jakarta IMC Thursday, Mar 31 2005, About the forgotten concflict in West Papua
West Papua… Some people even never heard of the place, let alone know that there’s a conflict going over there that perfectly examplifies the ‘current state of the world address’. A culture is destroyed just to serve the needs of our ‘civilization’. Just like so many other forgotten atrocities, this one has to be made public. Spread the word!! http://jakarta.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=130
13___JAMES HARDIE ASBESTOS COMPENSATION & THE BARYULGIL COMMUNITY___
ABC News Online
Last Update: Friday, April 15, 2005. 2:48pm (AEST)
James Hardie fund to include Indigenous community
The James Hardie company has announced that members of the Baryulgil Aboriginal community on the New South Wales north coast will be able to claim compensation for asbestos diseases.
Members of the community were concerned there would be no compensation for workers of the Baryugil mine, which James Hardie owned between 1944 and 1976.
James Hardie sold the mine - trading under the name Asbestos Mines Pty Ltd -to Woodsreef Mines Ltd, which is now known as Mineral Commodities Ltd.
Asbestos Mines is now in liquidation.
James Hardie says today's announcement should allay community fears that it would not be eligible for compensation through the Special Purpose Fund (SPF).
It says that once an agreement is reached with the New South Wales Government on a long-term funding deal, the Baryugil community will be included.
"James Hardie does not expect the decision to include Baryugil in the SPF to significantly increase the total value of claims already factored into the SPF funding arrangements," the company said in a statement.
James Hardie estimates that the mine employed about 350 people during The time it owned it and the population of the town was about 100 to 200 people. The potential liabilities of Asbestos Mines was not included in the original Heads of Agreement that James Hardie reached with the New South Wales Government.
The company says that was because no participants sought to do so. The community will soon hear the results of lung testing done recently By the state's Dust Diseases Board.
14___SORRY DAY EVENTS BRISBANE___
NEXT MEETING_WEDNESDAY APRIL 20TH 11AM -12 NOON JAGERA ARTS HALL 121 CORDELIA STREET, SOUTH BRISBANE ALL WELCOME - PLEASE INVITE ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING Contact Gillian Brannigan on 33772242 or g.brannigan@uq.edu.au for further information regarding Sorry Day Events.
Just to briefly catch everyone up with what we have been planning and hearing that others are planning I will try to provide brief summary:
Friday May 20th - An evening ceremony at the Bringing Them Home Memorial Plaque in King George Square followed by nightly candlelight vigils each evening until Wednesday May 25th (information and promotional materials for the National Day of Healing will also be distributed at the vigils - we need volunteers to help with the vigils)
Thursday May 26th -
Dawn Ceremonies are being planned at the Bringing Them Home Memorial Plaques around Brisbane at Kalinga Park (Nundah), Sherwood Arboretum, Orleigh Park (West End) and one at Wynnum. there is also a plaque atMitchelton which has not been 'adopted' in the same way that the other plaques have but it seems that a few people may be able to organsie a small ceremony there this year (please let us know if you could help with this!)
Link-Up (Qld) National Sorry Day commemorations and community day at Roma Street Parklands from 9am - 3pm. There will be special guest speakers information stalls, displays, food and entertainment for young and old including the Link-Up (Qld) Support Group Choir who will also being selling artworks by the Support Group and their poetry book and other items.
Saturday May 28th -
Rally and Walk for Healing followed by a Family Day at Jagera Arts Hall. Starts at Roma Street Forum at 10am - bring your hat and a bottle of water. There will be speakers, food, entertainment and activities for all ages at the Family Day.
There are also events being organised at the University of Queensland such the annual Sorry Dinner on May 27th and I will email these details as soon as they are finalised. There will probably be other events announced closer to the time so we'll try and keep you posted. In the meantime enjoy our second national newsletter and let me know if you haven't already got a copy of the first edition!
Cheers to all, Gillian ANTaR Qld Association IncOffice 10, 25-27 Cordelia Street South Brisbane Qld 4101 Tel 07 3844 9800Fax 07 3844 9562 email: antarqld@dovenetq.net.au web: www.antarqld.org.au
15___30A CALL TO ACTION- FORBES GLOBAL CEO CONFERENCE @ SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE___
6:30pm, Wed, 27 April @ Gaelic Club
Come and help plan actions to coincide with the 5th Annual Forbes Global CEO Conference, which is being held from 30 Aug to 1 Sep at the Opera House and involving 300+ of the world's "top" CEOs.
[where] Level 3, Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills [transport] 50m from Central train station.
MAY DAY march and rally @ Hyde Park North, Sydney 11:00am on Sunday, 1 May Contact: Warren Smith on (02) 9264 5024
Transport: Train to St James Station, Bus to Elizabeth St. Support the right of workers to organise collectively, and defend the gains made by unions for working people and their families. Rally 11am, May 1, Hyde Park Nth Sydney.
With control of both houses of parliament later starting in June, the Howard government will try to pass a raft of anti union bills.
We need to build support for unions in the community and in thestreets. Support the right of workers to organise collectively, and defend the gains made by unions for working people and their families. Unionists and supporters of unions are asked to assemble from 11am, Sunday 1st May,2005 in Hyde Park North with the march starting at 12PM [ + Aboriginal rapper Jakalene Extreme at the May Day Toast ]
Jamming the ADF Billboards http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2004/07/74504.php
17___THE ENVIRONMENT MOVEMENT &VSU___
Did you know that Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU) is an attack on students rights? Did you know VSU is an attack on student environment collectives and the student environment movement? Did you know VSU affects the whole environment movement in Australia and will have enormous implications for future campaigns on environmental issues?
CALLING ALL ENVIRONMENTALISTS..... APRIL 28TH IS THE NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST VSU THERE ARE RALLIES AND FESTIVAL S PLANNED IN EVERY CAPITAL CITY ANDMAJOR REGIONAL CENTRES IN AUSTRALIA...
Melbourne meet 2pm State Library -festival at 3.30pm Treasury Gardens Sydney meet UTS 12pm, Railway Square 1pm then festival at Sydney Uni Perth meet 12.30pm at the Parliament House Brisbane meet 2.30 at King George Square then festival at QUT Adelaide meet 12pm at Adelaide Uni
18___ANTI BASES CAMPAIGN COALITION___
FORWARDED MESSAGE I just want you to know and others on your lists that there is a very effective and long standing group working on the issue in Australia. It is called:The Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition website: www.anti-bases.org Your lists ought to know that the just about every munition landed on Iraq andAfghanistan were guided there by PINE Gap.
Your lists ought to know that there are going to be three new bases commissioned in Australia in the near future. Yours lists ought to know we are planning a peace convergence on Rockhampton soon to protest the new base there and fact that US and oz troops are practicing for nextaggression. Denis Doherty National Coordinator AABCC
19___PEACE CONVERGENCE @ SHOALWATER BAY___ Peace Convergence at Shoalwater Bay June 8 - 12, 2005 Hi Everyone, The Brisbane Anti-Bases Group met last night and have decided to propose a peace convergence @ Shoalwater Bay Basically this would break down into: June 8 & 9 (Weds, Thu) workshop, preparation and meeting space. June 10-12 (Fri- Sun) Days of Action as decided by group - affinity groups. After further discussion nationally and with people of the region we will decide where to set up a base camp space somewhere in the Rockhampton-Shoalwater Bay region Oh yes, we also have a Peace Convergence phone number. The messages will be checked regularly. . Convergence #:: 0401 301 614 Peace,Robin Taubenfeld Brisbane Anti-Bases Group
20___OTWAY RANGES STILL UNDER THREAT ___
Yvonne Francis, veteran Otway forest campaigner was arrested today by officers from the Department of Sustainability and the Environment (DSE) in a logging coupe near Asplin Creek. Asplin Creek is a tributary of Gellibrand River that supplies water to the Warrnambool region. Ms Francis was also arrested in 1984 protecting Apollo Bay 's water supply in the West Barham catchment.
Ms Francis was with members of Otway Environment Council and several visitors walking along Asplin Creek Road . They found it freshly bulldozed down to the creek as part of logging operations on the North Anchor coupe. Ms Francis said ‘The absence of any drainage on roadwork so close to the creek shows that logging prescriptions in the Otways have once again been broken. I am extremely concerned that silting and sedimentation will occur when autumn rain washes the disturbed soil….
read the latest Quoll Patrol News at http://www.ecorevolt.forests.org.au/spz.htm
21___STOP THE BOMBS PEACE WALK VISITS 3 MILE ISLAND___
Harrisburg. PA- On Monday, April 18, 2005, an international group of about 35 people, including 3 Buddhist Monks and 1 Buddhist Nun, will hold a peace vigil outside the 3 Mile Island nuclear reactor in Harrisburg . The "Stop the Bombs International Peace Walk" will depart from the Baughman United Methodist Church in New Cumberland around 8am and travel 15 miles on foot to arrive at 3-Mile Island around 3pm. After an interfaith prayer vigil ,they will continue on to the Grace United Methodist Church in Harrisburg. They are visiting the plant as part of their 7-week pilgrimage from the gates of the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn., to the UN Headquarters in New York City.
Stop the Bombs Peace Walk Say Free Uncle KEvin http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2005/04/90526.phpegr of Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, New Caledonia,
22___FREE LEONARD PELTIER___
In an ongoing legal battle with the Minneapolis Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), lawyers for political prisoner Leonard Peltier will argue in court on Friday, April 15, 2005, for the release of some 90,000 pages of information contained in an investigation file opened by the Bureau nearly 30 years ago.
A participant in the American Indian Movement, Peltier went to assist the Lakota people on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota where, on June 26, 1975, a tragic shoot out occurred. He was wrongfully convicted in the deaths of two FBI agents &, despite the courts' acknowledgment of FBI & prosecutorial misconduct in the case, has been imprisoned since 1976, currently at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. The 60-year-old activist for Indigenous Rights has been designated a political prisoner by Amnesty International & was nominated for the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. His case was documented by renowned author Peter Matthiessen (In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, Viking Press, 1983) & in several films, including Incident at Oglala, produced by actor Robert Redford. Peltier's supporters plan to return to Pine Ridge to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the tragic shoot out on June 26.
At Friday's hearing, Kuzma said, the Peltier legal team will argue vigorously that all withheld materials should have been turned over at the Peltier trial 28 years ago..
Sign our Parole Petition http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/parole2008 Write in support of Executive Clemency http://www.peltiersupport.org/Welcome/Clemency.html Pass a Resolution http://www.peltiersupport.org/Welcome/Resolution2004-2008.html
Lawyer Contact: Barry Bachrach, Esquire; Bowditch & Dewey, 311 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01615;(508) 926-3403 or bbachrach@bowditch.com
23___TIMOR SEA JUSTICE UPDATE___
http://www.timorseajustice.org
NEXT ROUND OF TALKS The next round of maritime boundary negotiations between the Australian and East Timorese Governments, have been scheduled to take place in Dili on the 26th, 27th and 28th of April.
The talks are expected to focus on details of the proposed creative solution in which the Australian Government has reportedly offered $3-4 billion in return for East Timor postponing its claims of sovereignty for up to 100 years.
A protest will be held by the Timor Sea Justice Campaign outside of Melbournes DFAT offices at 2 Lonsdale St on Tuesday the 26th of April at 12 noon.(More info to come.) Actions are also being planned in the other capital cities.
MEETINGS Melbourne: The Timor Sea Justice Campaign, Melbourne meets every two weeks in the Evatt Room of Trades Hall, cnr Lygon and Victoria St, Carlton. The next meeting will be held 6:30 on Wednesday the 27th of April. (A special meeting to organise the April 26th Rally, will be held in the Trades Hall bar next Wednesday the 20th at 6:30pm.)
Sydney: Australia-East Timor Association (NSW) Monthly Meetings are the fourth Wednesday of each month in Room 310, Level 3, Tower Building, Uni of Technology , Broadway between 6.30pm and 9pm. Contact: Stephen Langford (02) 9331-5986
Our colour brochures are still available to order. Please email tom@timorseajustice.org or find online at: http://www.timorseajustice.org/documents/TSJC_brochure_nonprintformat.pdf
Sydney events… The DILI ALL STARS are playing at the Bondi Hotel, Sydney, Sat 23 April Elaine Brieres Docos/book launch. (Documentary about East Timor.) Valhalla Cinema, Glebe Point Road, Glebe, Thursday May 12th 6-7.30pm
To join the Black Green Solidarity email list http://www.lists.perthimc.asn.au/listinfo/blackgreensolidarity
Seven NSW Indigenous nations seek union
Goodooga, Northern NSW, 12 April â?? Aboriginal leaders and elders from seven nations in New South Wales are to meet on 22 April to form a union of Aboriginal Nations.
â??We are all sick and tired of the pretended and the appointed leadership who dictate on matters that affect our lives,â?? says Michael Anderson, leader of the Euahlay-I Nation, in a release to the media. â??It is our intention to treatise with all the Nations in order to form a bonded set of objectives which will carry us forward on our march to self-determination.â??
He is convening to Moree, northern NSW, the Euahlay-I, the Anaiwon of the New England tablelands, the Goombangeil of the Nymboida river area, the Dthun-gaddi of the Macleay River, the eastern Gumilaroi, central Gumilaroi and western Gumilaroi and the Murrawarri of the North West of New South Wales. MORE @ http://perth.indymedia.org/?action=newswire&parentview=9826
Up to Date Black Green Solidarity Compilation http://blogs.ardice.com/BlackGreenSolidarity/
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