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Oceania RSS FeedsStudent Housing Action Collective defy eviciton notice - From the newswire: December 4, 2008 - The Student Housing Action Cooperative (SHAC) are refusing to leave their squatted double story terrace buildings in Melbourne. They face eviction after taking possession of the empty site in August. The Carlton property is owned by the University Of Melbourne and the group were issued an ultimatum to leave by November 28. SHAC have refused to move out. "The University has asked us to leave as soon as we have completed our exams," said Alexander Turnbull, a member of SHAC. "We're not planning to go anywhere unless Melbourne University provides us with a...Feed Source: perth.indymedia.org Crisis in Thailand - a Marxist view - Thailand is currently in crisis, with a deformed expression of class struggle occurring between one side that wears yellow shirts and another that wears red. How can we make sense of this situation, and what is the way forward for those of us interested in the interests of the poor and working class? John Moore, formerly a resident in Thailand, and now a Workers Party activist, argues that the Thai working class is a mass force that has yet to roar, but that the small radical element amongst them shouldn?t ?give up the bullet for the ballot? to reform Thai society through the Thai capitalist... Climate Global Day of Action: Auckland demonstration against Kwila - "Western demand for kwila is not only killing the forests, it is also killing our people. The forest is seen as our mother, which provides us with food, water and shelter - and when that is taken away, our people lose everything." Saturday 06 December 2008 13:00pm - 15:00pm Design Warehouse 136 Fanshawe Street Auckland email aspaceinside (at) gmail.com for more info. This summer a rag-tag bunch of activists will attempt to impose a people's ban on the selling of Kwila in Auckland City, a mostly illegally logged rainforest hardwood sold across the Western world as outdoor furniture or decking... Auckland Forum: The Politics of Third World Mining - GPJA FORUM ? THE POLITICS OF THIRD WORLD MINING. Monday, December 1, 2008. 7:30pm Trades Hall 147 Great North Road, Grey Lynn Speakers include: Maire Leadbeater, human rights activist, will talk about the struggle for self-determination in West Papua and the impact of the Freeport mine operations, December 1st is the day the local people raise the West Papuan flag in defiance of their Indonesian occupiers who have banned the flag raising ceremonies in West Papua. Joe Hendren, New Zealand trade union activist recently returned from the Philippines will talk about how the intensification of... Police hire spooks to snoop online activists - From the newswire: November 27, 2008: Mainstream media is reporting that internet communications and websites of Australian activists and protest groups have been secretly monitored by state and federal agencies for over five years. According to the reports a Melbourne private intelligence firm specialising in open-source intelligence has been engaged by Victoria Police, the Australian Federal Police and the federal Attorney-General to monitor and report on activist groups internet use. Open Source Intelligence is an information process which finds, selects and acquires information from... Chester Forest Rescue Camp Steps Up - STOP PRESS: Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson at Chester Forest Tonight! - WED 26 NOVFrom the newswire: November 25, 2008 - Forest rescuers are gearing up to save over 800 hectares of rare, pristine forest in WA's southwest. The group have set up a tree platform and sustainable community camp in the Chester forest block as the Forest Products Commission begins to mark out logging roads into the coupe. Photos: CHESTER FOREST RESCUE CAMP A callout has been made to forest lovers crew to get down and support the campaign. Chester Forest Block near the Blackwood River, 40k south-east of Margaret... 10 Tahun Tragedi Semanggi I - Sebuah perjuangan melawan lupa13 November 2008. Puncak rangkaian peringatan 10 tahun Tragedi Semanggi I dilangsungkan hari ini, berpusat di Kampus Universitas Atma Jaya. Hari ini bertepatan dengan peristiwa Tragedi Semanggi, 13 November 1998, peristiwa penembakan secara brutal dan membabi buta oleh aparat TNI dan Polri terhadap massa demonstran, yang menewaskan 17 masyarakat sipil termasuk mahasiswa dan pelajar saat aksi menentang Sidang Istimewa MPR.Rangkaian acara hari ini diawali dengan berziarah ke makam Sigit Prasetyo (mahasiswa UPI/YAI) di TPU Tanah Kusir. Pada pukul 10.00 acara di... Napak Tilas Tragedi Semanggi - 10 tahun tragedi semanggi9 November 2008. Ratusan aktivis melakukan aksi mimbar bebas dan napak tilas rute long march salemba-semanggi sebagai bagian dari peringatan 10 tahun Tragedi Semanggi. Aksi napak tilas dengan kendaraan bermotor ini dimulai dari Tugu Proklamasi hingga Kampus Unika Atmajaya, melewati rute Tugu Proklamasi, Bundaran HI, Diponegoro, Salemba, Kampung Melayu, Casablanca, Sudirman, Semanggi. Setelah 10 tahun berlalu, kasus pelanggaran HAM yang menewaskan mahasiswa dan rakyat dalam kasus Trisakti, Semanggi I dan II tak kunjung ada penyelesaiannya.Aksi yang dikoordinir... Untuk barisan yang tercerai berai, Untuk kawan yang berguguran sepuluh tahun silam - 10 Tahun Tragedi SemanggiSudah tiga hari berlalu. Kami kembali pulang ke Salemba. Ratusan kardus berisi roti gopek-an (Rp 500), serta tumpukan air mineral dari merek Aqua, Vit, Ades, sampai merek yang tidak terkenal, tinggi tersusun. Bertumpuk mencapai langit ruangan. Wah-wah dari mana bantuan sebanyak ini datang, sejenak terpikir dibenak saya, pergerakan ini ternyata didukung banyak orang. Tapi kaku otot kaki dan rasa kesemutan di pundak sebelah kanan cepat-cepat merebut perhatian.(artikel ini kami tayangkan ulang pada feature sebagai peringatan sepuluh tahun tragedi semanggi.. agar... 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... 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]... A Spate of Spam - In recent times, we have had to go offline because of a flood of spam.... Full Circle: The Philippines and the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal - After Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia, the Philippines will only be the third country in history to be the subject of a session twice by the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal (PPT).... So Young, So Committed, and So Much in Danger - Even as young lawyers, they have witnessed injustices being committed as they chose to defend the oppressed. And because they persist in handling "controversial" cases, Jobert Pahilga and Noel Neri have earned the ire of some of the country's most powerful landlords and capitalists, as well as state security forces, and have become victims themselves of political retribution. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA... Copyright © 2008, The Complete Cat. All Rights Reserved. |