. @austingmackell Yes, #Anonymous has been in touch. Will be interesting to see what develops on #OpJubilee
— Steve Keen (@ProfSteveKeen) October 19, 2012
#OpJubilee
Remember Remember the 5th of November.....
The system is unfair -we demand change
Saturday, 20 October 2012
#OpJubilee
On 5 NOVEMBER 2012 ANONYMOUS CALL FOR THE CANCELLATION OF ALL DEBT AN END TO ALL WARS REDISTRIBUTION OF THE LAND AND ELIMINATION OF POVERTY
Remember Remember the 5th of November.....
Remember Remember the 5th of November.....
David Hicks, GITMO Torture and the potential fate of Julian Assange
WACA (Wikileaks Australian Citizens Alliance) sat down with Aloysia Brooks, the founder of The Justice Campaign to talk about David Hicks, GITMO Torture and the potential fate of Julian Assange, if extradited to the USA.
Aloysia is a human rights and social justice advocate who campaigns for thepromotion and protection of human rights in the increased security environment. ...
Aloysia is a human rights and social justice advocate who campaigns for thepromotion and protection of human rights in the increased security environment. ...
reported by @TheJusticeCampaign
Helen Caldicott & David Freeman Nuclear Power: Life & Death
Veteran Australian based Global anti-nuclear campaigner Dr Helen Caldicott (credited with persuading then NZ Prime Minister David Lange to implement anti nuclear policy) speaks with David Freeman
reported by Citizen News Network
reported by Citizen News Network
The Story of Your Enslavement
We can only be kept in the cages we do not see. A brief history of human enslavement - up to and including your own. From Freedomain Radio, the largest and most popular philosophy conversation in the world.
reported by Citizen News Network
They're Killing Protesters in Bahrain Right Now
They are killing protesters in Bahrain right now. Town of Duraz
Bahrain 45 National Guard troops involved the suppression of the Nuwaidrat 19/10/2012
Bahrain 45 National Guard troops involved the suppression of the Nuwaidrat 19/10/2012
Occupy Sydney connecting with Sydney Homeless
Since its inception, Occupy Sydney has engaged at one level or another with elements of the homeless community. In fact Occupy has almost continuously had direct participation from at least some of the local homeless community.
These connections have been less than accidental. There was for example nothing accidental about the decision to locate the Occupation in Martin Place in close proximity Sydneys main ad hoc and organised homeless services venue.
Occupy Sydney are now a resource for genuinely Homeless people in Sydney.Leveraging partnerships with skilled non government/ngo affiliates the Occupation has become a regular point of contact and inquiry for the City's Homeless.
Through partnerships Occupy Sydney has become the sole defacto 24-7 contact point for Sydney Homeless people requiring blankets and advice on resources.
From today the partnership will grow further as The @SydneyHomeless Project and Occupy Sydney begin flowing out the following services:
These connections have been less than accidental. There was for example nothing accidental about the decision to locate the Occupation in Martin Place in close proximity Sydneys main ad hoc and organised homeless services venue.
Occupy Sydney are now a resource for genuinely Homeless people in Sydney.Leveraging partnerships with skilled non government/ngo affiliates the Occupation has become a regular point of contact and inquiry for the City's Homeless.
Through partnerships Occupy Sydney has become the sole defacto 24-7 contact point for Sydney Homeless people requiring blankets and advice on resources.
From today the partnership will grow further as The @SydneyHomeless Project and Occupy Sydney begin flowing out the following services:
- Managed Removals Solutions (available now)
- Removalists Prepacking Service
- Casual Labour Hire - CBD specialists 24-7 removals, logistics
- Street Promotions Casuals
- On Street Advertising
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- Commercial Power-Saver Solutions
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- Events Photography & Video Production (including Livestreaming options)
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You can also Contact @occupySYDNEY or on Facebook
Friday, 19 October 2012
To Occupy Sydney from Austin G Mackell
originally delivered as a birthday message at the Occupy Sydney Anniversary October 13th 2012
First of all: Thanks, and congratulations to all of you for making it out today. What you are doing is having a huge impact.
In just one year the Occupy movement has changed the whole discussion. Gone is the myth of an apathetic generation, who, because they weren’t cueing up to join the youth wings of the major parties were presumed to be without political vision or a sense of justice.
The taboos that protected those at the top from the scorn their actions deserve is starting to erode. Success at the expense of others is no longer celebrated with quite the same gay abandon.
The taboos that protected those at the top from the scorn their actions deserve is starting to erode. Success at the expense of others is no longer celebrated with quite the same gay abandon.
Cutting through the din of commercialism and horse race politics, this new movement has managed to be heard. People know what you mean when you say “we are the 99%”.
Perhaps not gone, but severely damaged, is the myth of market magic, the idiotic idea that you can build a nation by cutting the funds that build its roads, schools and hospitals.
This is just the beginning.
Perhaps not gone, but severely damaged, is the myth of market magic, the idiotic idea that you can build a nation by cutting the funds that build its roads, schools and hospitals.
This is just the beginning.
It’s my understanding that Occupy had the good fortune to be addressed by rebel aussie economist Steve Keen - one of the few economists clear headed enough to realise that debts which can’t be paid won’t be paid, and for this reason, one of the few to see the current crisis coming.
It’s not news to anyone here that the 1% and their courtiers have turned the world economy into a Casino where homes and jobs of millions of people became little more than chips these playboys toss across the table to impress each other.
What Keen tells us goes beyond this however, exposing the systemic problem – untenable levels of private debt, built up by asset speculation bubbles like the one driving Sydney’s housing crisis. His call for you to “Occupy the Economics Departments” should not go unheeded. Of course, with the formal institutions are not the only way to learn – the point is we need a whole generation of bright young economists with good hearts and independents minds. There is going to be one hell of a mess to clean up by the time this is over.
Of course his ideas, while demonstrably head and shoulders above the standard theories in describing what is happening, are still mostly ignored by mainstream economics.
In this he carries on a proud Australian tradition of being there first, way ahead of the moral and intellectual pack.
Of course his ideas, while demonstrably head and shoulders above the standard theories in describing what is happening, are still mostly ignored by mainstream economics.
In this he carries on a proud Australian tradition of being there first, way ahead of the moral and intellectual pack.
Aboriginal land rights activist William Cooper from Yorta Yorta country, near where the Murray and Darling rivers meet, who in 1887 was among 11 signatories in a petition to the Victorian governor that marks the first time the campaign for aboriginal land rights would be articulated in a language the invaders could not pretend they didn’t understand. It was only when he was in his 70’s however, after moving to the Melbourne suburb of Footscray that he truly found his calling as an activist. HE still managed to achieve more than most of us could in several lifetimes. By 1935 his energy had helped create the Australian Aborigines League which called for indigenous people to be given direct representation in parliament, land rights and generally equal treatment before the law.
A petition in this spirit managed to gather 1814 signatures despite what Wikipedia calls “active obstruction from the national and state governments of the day.” And we should note, without twitter or facebook to help him. IN 1938 he helped organise the first combined, interstate protest by Australian Aborigines – a protest of mourning to mark the anniversary of the invasion, which whites celebrated calling it “Australia Day” [do the scare quotes thing with your hands].
But Cooper wasn’t only interested in the plight of his own people. He also led what the Israeli Holocaust museum named in his honour, "the only private protest against the Germans following Kristallnacht."- arriving with a delegation from the Australian Aboriginal League at the German Consulate in Melbourne, where they delivered a petition condemning the “cruel persecution of the Jewish people by the Nazi government of Germany.”
Another great, but mostly forgotten figure is that of Wilfred Burchett – best known for his work as a war reporter of great note. Even before becoming a journalist, however, he had written from Germany to Australian papers warning of the rise of the Nazis, even helping, at great personal risk, to become a people smuggler – saving many Jews before barely escaping with his own life.
After returning to Australia Burchett would go on to cover the uprising in New Caledonia. From there he would go on to China, where he would accompany Chinese troops as they marched south to Burma to assist the British. Following a Japanese victory he and George Rogers, a Life photographer, escaped through the jungle with the help of local Naga guides, taking a hard route to India through the mountains never before travelled by white men. He would later be injured on another trip to Burma, and survive a kamikaze attack against King George V. He would also be the first foreign correspondent to reach Hiroshima after the bomb was dropped, shocking the world with his descriptions of the devastation.
Defying attempts by the US Military to suppress reporting on the results of their bombng wrote:“‘The damage is far greater than photographs can show. After you find what was Hiroshima, you can look around for twenty-five and perhaps thirty square miles. You can see hardly a building. It gives you an empty feeling in the pit of stomach to see such man-made destruction’. ”His work also included the first public account of radiation sickness and it’s terrifying effects, saying:
T"hey lost their appetites, their hair fell out, and bluish spots appeared on their bodies. They then began bleeding from the ears, nose and mouth. Doctors first diagnosed them as suffered from general debility, and gave them vitamin injections. The results were horrible. Their flesh began rotting away from their bones, and in every case the victim died. Minor insect bites developed into great swellings, which would not heal. Slight cuts from falling brick and steel splinters caused acute sickness. The victims began bleeding from the gums, then they vomited blood, and died’.
As one of the many online tributes to Burchett details: "The official narrative of the atomic bombings downplayed civilian casualties and categorically dismissed reports of the deadly lingering effects of radiation. Reporters whose dispatches convicted with this version of events found themselves silenced."
General MacArthur ordered Burchett to be removed from Japan, and his camera with photos of Hiroshima mysteriously vanished while he was in the hospital. U.S. officials accused Burchett of being influenced by Japanese propaganda. They scoffed at the notion of an atomic sickness.
The U.S. military issued a press release right after the Hiroshima bombing that downplayed human casualties, instead emphasizing that the bombed area was the site of valuable industrial and military targets.
Other journalists, having been busy covering the pomp of the official surrender ceremony, knew no better than the military told them.
Burchett would go on to report the deal that ended the Korean War from the northern side, before travelling to Vietnam where he detailed the destruction of that country by foreign powers, and the heroic resistance of the people there, and is said to have been on friendly terms with Ho Chi Minh.
No good deed goes un-punished of course, and Burchett was attacked ferociously by reactionary forces in Australia, who labelled him a traitor, as they always do with those who tell too much of the truth. The government refused to issue him a passport in 1955 after his was lost, repeating the claims against him of being a communist agent, effectively sending him and his family into exile for more than a decade.
While both Cooper and Burchett are now experiencing somewhat of a revival, they still gain nothing like the prominence their remarkable achievements deserve – and which one would hope was awarded to any Australians of such a calibre, regardless of their political beliefs and affiliations.There is a reason for this – the same reason we don’t hear about the early white setllers who decided to live with their aboriginal partners and children rather than stay in the bigoted white society with its irrational fear of their love for each other.
It is the same reason Assange is so fiercely attacked now by his vastly inferior contemporaries in the Australian media. It is the same reason that a group of aboriginal protesters, banging on the windows of a restaurant and chanting – desperate for our leaders to listen - is reported as a mob who have attacked the Prime Minister. She lost a shoe! She lost it, that is, when security decided to whisk her out of there as if she were about to be speared and boomeranged to death, their actions providing the only basis for the impression of any violence. The people in charge don’t want us inspired by these examples.
They don’t want us reminded that it is possible to stand up, to say no to power, to go against the grain, to speak the truth without fear for the consequences.
It’s always important to remember, that just like a big hairy spider, they are much more scared of us than we are of them.
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Thursday, 11 October 2012
Occupy Sydney to Celebrate 1st Birthday @ Martin Pl
This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of Occupy Sydney's site within Martin Place, protesting 24/7 since October last year against corporate greed and pushing for economic and social justice.
Starting at 11am from outside Customs House in Circular Quay, Occupy Sydney participants and supporters from Wikileaks, Anti-War, Refugee and Indigenous Rights groups will march through the city, back to Occupy Sydney's location outside the Reserve Bank of Australia, where the celebration will continue with live performances by Novakayn, Kids of Yesterday, Takadimi, The Cheeky Misfits, Middle Eastern Sunrise and many more Occupy supporter artists .
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Keynote Economic speaker, Steve Keen plus recently re-elected Greens Councillor, and long-term supporter of Occupy Sydney, Irene Doutney will be speaking along with crew members from the activist boat, the Sea Shepherd on recent events.
"Occupy Sydney welcomes all to join in our Anniversary Celebrations" said Occupy Sydney participant, Katie Sheppard. " The day includes speakers and public forums on economics, sustainability, and affordability. There will also be live music, yoga classes, and free food provided by "Food not Bombs".
Occupy Sydney has watched the appalling state of behavior demonstrated here and abroad by politicians, banks, and the "1%" which shows more than ever, the relevance and need for Occupy to exist as a local and global educational and social movement."
Occupy Sydney Anniversary Freeschool : Food Security
An Occupy Sydney Anniversary Freeschool
Food Security Event Sunday 14th Oct 10am
@ Martin Place /Above Rail
The People's Food Plan: Have your say!
A few months ago, the government released the Green Paper for its industry-focused national food plan. Read more here about why this plan won't make for a fairer food system:
The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (http://australian.foodsovereigntyalliance.org/) is working on a 'People's food plan' that proposes real solutions.
A draft of our People's Food Plan discussion paper is available here: http://australian.foodsovereigntyalliance.org/blog/2012/09/14/peoples-food-plan-values-principles-and-best-practice-discussion-draft-now-available/
We want to hear from you!
We are hosting public meetings all around the country to discuss the plan and hear your suggestions for changes and additions.
We'll be at Martin Place for Occupy Sydney's first anniversary and we'd love to see you there to discuss important questions about how our food system needs to change.
A draft of our People's Food Plan discussion paper is available here: http://australian.foodsovereigntyalliance.org/blog/2012/09/14/peoples-food-plan-values-principles-and-best-practice-discussion-draft-now-available/
We want to hear from you!
We are hosting public meetings all around the country to discuss the plan and hear your suggestions for changes and additions.
We'll be at Martin Place for Occupy Sydney's first anniversary and we'd love to see you there to discuss important questions about how our food system needs to change.
Monday, 8 October 2012
Occupy Sydney Anniversary October 13th
Thats Right!!! On Saturday October 13th one of the few remaining 24-7 Occupations which evolved from Occupy Wall St, Occupy Sydney turns one year old!! We're doing it with some of what's become traditional Occupy , for example our Free School sessions, and some new concepts.
Our Birthday Bash will kick off with The Winds of Truth March, starting at Customs House (Alfred Street,behind Circular Quay) note: alternative assembly McDonalds Block. where we will address Britains curious and unequal extradition laws -
Occupy Citizen of the Year 2012
Our Birthday Bash will kick off with The Winds of Truth March, starting at Customs House (Alfred Street,behind Circular Quay) note: alternative assembly McDonalds Block. where we will address Britains curious and unequal extradition laws -
Occupy Citizen of the Year 2012
| PRECEDED @ 11am by Winds of Change March to #OccupySydney #O13 anniversaryhttp://ow.ly/eexiu (please join) On October 15th 2011 the Occupation Story began in Sydney. ONE YEAR LATER... On October 13 2012 that story continues.... THE WIND OF CHANGE MARCH ... 11AM ASSEMBLING OUTSIDE CUSTOMS HOUSE CIRCULAR QUAY. 12pm Entertainment Begins: Activist Band ~ NOVAKAYN www.facebook.com/Novakayn2 www.facebook.com/Novakayn1 KIDS OF YESTERDAY www.facebook.com/ TAKADIMI www.facebook.com/Takadimi THE DISADVANTAGED https://www.facebook.com/ MUZYY LIVO https://www.facebook.com/ THE MIDDLE EASTERN SUNRISE with Nicky Open Mic plus many more (please add as friends so we can share together ~ www.facebook.com/Novakayn2 ) When all Marches have arrived a Parade of Placards will leave for NSW Parliament where a Media & Public photo opportunity be created along the fence. The Placards will then be reclaimed and the parade will return to Occupy Mainstage where the placards will be placed around the Stage Area. An Occupy solidarity statement with Australia's Indigenous Peoples will be read. A Message of Traditional Indigenous Recognition will be Performed. A Welcome to The 1st Occupy Sydney Anniversary Festival will be spoken... a site information message will be delivered and ...let the Games Begin :) MAINSTAGE: Reserve Bank Top area: Multiple Musical & Entertainment Acts interspersed with Social Change and Economics speakers , PLUS: appearances by Faces of Occupy past and present. Activist Band Novakayn also Kids of Yesterday and Takidimi will play live (please add as friends so we can share together ~ www.facebook.com/Novakayn2 ) A Children Safe Play area. AFFORDABILITY Forum : ( Lower Reserve Bank Area , Phillips & Martin Pl October 13th 12 noon to 6pm. Lower Area. Free Food (inc.l Barbecue/the Peoples Kitchen) - The Affordability Forum will include: Free Store - PROMOTING THE CONCEPT OF FREESTORES as part of our Repair and Reuse before Recycling Platform. Free Giveaways -FURNITURE Clothes sports gear , camping equipment (to prevent Flea marketers some restrictions may be placed on what is taken. a discussion about homelessness and sustainable affordable living possibilities... FREE COMPUTERS: courtesy of the Occupy Sydney OpEquip Project HOUSING A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT a discussion about alternatives to owning or renting housing Squatting Tent Living (BYO) An Announcement of a Strategy to End Involuntary Homelessness and Provide Affordable Housing for All Citizens and Residents within 15 years. Some long term strategies. Occupation Area : Cnr Elizabeth & Martin Pl (near Channel 7) An Occupy Sydney Art Photographic & Videos Exhibition... ECONOMICS FORUM: The Economics Forum with keynote speaker Prof Steve Keen Affinity Groups Info Zone: Chillout space: A Chill Zone and Zen Zone(Yoga with Vicki Aleta & 3 other teachers) , near the occupation. Needed: What would you like to bring to Occupy Sydney Anniversary?? |
Saturday, 6 October 2012
Aboriginal Indigenous Rally 12th October
An initiative of Indigenous Social Justice Action & Friends
Friday, 5 October 2012
Australian Whistleblower James Johnson persecuted
At 10 am this Friday morning 5 October 2012, in VCAT at 223 William Street, Melbourne, (“William Cooper Justice Centre”) a prominent Australian journalist, lawyer and political activist, Mr James Johnson will be sentenced on two charges of “professional misconduct” and faces being banned from practising law for at least 5 years (possibly for life) as payback for blowing the whistle on widespread corruption and misconduct in Australia’s legal system.
Earlier this month, the Victorian government (in its Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal) ruled that despite a distinguished two decade career amongst the elite of the legal profession, Mr Johnson’s crime? Making comprehensive whistleblower complaints about corruption and misconduct by a number of Australian barristers, solicitors and judges – complaints that, despite their seriousness and the weight of evidence behind them, the relevant government authorities have not and will not investigate to determine whether they are true or not.
The Victorian Legal Services Commissioner, Mr Michael McGarvie, who is prosecuting Mr Johnson has asked Victoria’s VCAT Tribunal Senior Member Mr Jonathan Smithers impose a lifetime ban on Mr Johnson.
Mr Johnson has responded by filing a 500 page submission proving the truth of his allegations, including draft orders for the VCAT Member to sign, and by demanding the resignations the Legal Services Commissioner, along with Mr Jonathan Smithers of VCAT and Mr John Bowman of VCAT. In May of this year VCAT Deputy President Bowman ruled at a secret all-Government hearing “a day [and a half” before the “trial” against Mr Johnson began on 21 May, that Mr Johnson would not be allowed to produce any government evidence to defend himself to against the charges and to prove his status and rights to legal protections as a “whistleblower”. VCAT struck out 57 summonses calling for the production of substantial government records and testimony from 57 hostile witnesses, most of them prominent public servants. (Click here to view more information on James Johnson).
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Read More: Australian Legislative Ethics Commission
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Occupy for Assange Wikileaks October 6th
From 1pm On October 6th Occupy Sydney host a public broadcast of two Support Assange Wikileaks Coalition Events in Adelaide and Sydney at the Occupation in Martin Place (cnr Elizabeth St and Martin Place).
From Adelaide SAWC Bring us Christine Assange, Senator Scott Ludlam (Greens),
Greg Barns (President Australian Lawyers
Assoc),
Philip Dorling (Independent Journalist),
Gail Malone (Human Rights/Peace Activist),
Cathy Vogan (Media Artist, Teacher, Citizen Journalist)
12:30 pm - 4:30pm (AEST)
From the Sydney Don't Shoot the Messenger event hear
Antony Loewenstein - Free Lance Journalist
Christine Keavney - Stop the War Coalition
Paul McAleer - Sydney Branch Sec, Maritime Union of Australia
Aloysia Brooks - The Justice Campaign.
Sydney Support Assange Wikileaks Coalition will march to join Occupy Sydney following
their Town Hall event.
The
Aloysia Brooks - The Justice Campaign.
Sydney Support Assange Wikileaks Coalition will march to join Occupy Sydney following
their Town Hall event.
SAWC ADELAIDE USTREAM SAWC SYDNEY USTREAM
Syd Rally 4 #WikiLeaks stopwarcoalition.org/events/rally-f… will march 2 Martin Plc where @occupysydney will b screening Adelaide forum somersetbean.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/julian…
— StWC Sydney (@stopwarsyd) October 2, 2012
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Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Occupy Global Birthday Solidarity Card
Mic Check!!!
Between September 17th and October 15th most of the Global Occupy movement will celebrate their first birthday.
The Occupy Global Birthday Solidarity Card is a grassroots inter Occupy local live-streamer montage of pre-recorded and live inter-occupy solidarity messages being compiled and distributed amongst Occupy around the World. It is an opportunity to generate some Occupy love while leveraging available technologies and showcasing Occupiers media skills.
Distribution: Global Revolution Live will carry some episodes of the Ustream live. The Stream will be available for public viewing. Occupy Sydney will broadcast the Channel live via a projection screen.
Global Occupy Live Streamers & Media Groups: We encourage you to join us in making the 1st Global Occupy Video birthday card.
How it works:
We have created a Global Ustream Occupy Birthday Card Channel.
Occupy Streamers from around the world will contribute to it. Live and Pre recorded.
To access ask http://twitter.com/occupysydney or http://facebook.com/occupysydney from your Occupy account for access codes and preferred times. Please friend or follow to enable PM or DM of signin and password.
Thats right!! You stream live (or pre record) into this stream
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Embed this Stream in your website or blog.
Embed code below
<iframe width="480" height="302" src="http://www.ustream.tv/embed/12180999?ub=ff3d23&lc=ff3d23&oc=ffffff&uc=ffffff&v=3&wmode=direct" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border: 0px none transparent;"> </iframe>
<br /><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/" style="padding: 2px 0px 4px; width: 400px; background: #ffffff; display: block; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center;" target="_blank">Streaming live video by Ustream</a>
Between September 17th and October 15th most of the Global Occupy movement will celebrate their first birthday.
Distribution: Global Revolution Live will carry some episodes of the Ustream live. The Stream will be available for public viewing. Occupy Sydney will broadcast the Channel live via a projection screen.
Global Occupy Live Streamers & Media Groups: We encourage you to join us in making the 1st Global Occupy Video birthday card.
How it works:
We have created a Global Ustream Occupy Birthday Card Channel.
Occupy Streamers from around the world will contribute to it. Live and Pre recorded.
To access ask http://twitter.com/occupysydney or http://facebook.com/occupysydney from your Occupy account for access codes and preferred times. Please friend or follow to enable PM or DM of signin and password.
Thats right!! You stream live (or pre record) into this stream
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Embed this Stream in your website or blog.
Embed code below
<iframe width="480" height="302" src="http://www.ustream.tv/embed/12180999?ub=ff3d23&lc=ff3d23&oc=ffffff&uc=ffffff&v=3&wmode=direct" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border: 0px none transparent;"> </iframe>
<br /><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/" style="padding: 2px 0px 4px; width: 400px; background: #ffffff; display: block; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center;" target="_blank">Streaming live video by Ustream</a>
Occupy The Yoga Mat = October 13th Anniversary Event
| As part of the Occupy Sydney First Birthday celebrations come Occupy the Yoga Mat FREE afternoon program of yoga to celebrate 1yr of Occupy Sydney's continuous occupation at Martin Place. The goal of yoga is LIBERATION (freedom) experience a range of half hour workshops drawing upon a number of lineages including the kundalini & jivamukti traditions through out the afternoon. Free your mind, open your heart & be the change. Stay tuned for updates & announcements of our VERY special guest teachers ♥ |
The program is shaping up for a liberation celebration...here's what we can reveal so far;
*Turn your world upside down with Sydney teacher Vicki Smart in a handstand wkshop
*The inspiring Jivanmukta Jessica Stickler is visiting from NYC & will share some gems on OWS Yoga & the practice of spiritual activism
*Kundalini creative meditation workshop with Aleta Lafferty practices to support you in being the change you want to see in the world
More yoga goodness to be announced very soon. Please help our mission of freedom by sharing this event far & wide
*Turn your world upside down with Sydney teacher Vicki Smart in a handstand wkshop
*The inspiring Jivanmukta Jessica Stickler is visiting from NYC & will share some gems on OWS Yoga & the practice of spiritual activism
*Kundalini creative meditation workshop with Aleta Lafferty practices to support you in being the change you want to see in the world
More yoga goodness to be announced very soon. Please help our mission of freedom by sharing this event far & wide
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Degrees of Thirst - Occupy Monsanto
Degrees of Thirst (infographic) (via http://www.occupymonsanto360.org)
Created by: www.OnlineAssociatesDegree.com
Occupy / Boycott / Protest Bienalle of Sydney
NAURU IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK! OCCUPY THE 18TH BIENNALE OF SYDNEY!
URGENT! THIS A CALL TO EVERYBODY & THE ARTISTS INVOLVED IN THE 18TH BIENNALE OF SYDNEY TO OCCUPY OR BOYCOTT THE EXHIBITION!
WHY? TWO MAJOR PARTNERS OF THIS CONTEMPORARY ART EVENT ARE PARTNERS IN NAURU'S RE-OPENED, OFFSHORE DETENTION FACILITY!!
To EVERYBODY and the more than 100 artists involved in the Biennale hailing from Australia, New Zealand, Asia Pacific, the Americas, Europe, South Africa and the Middle East,
See this link for a list of the artists: http://bos18.com/artists
The title of this year's Biennale is: "All Our Relations". It may fast lose its positive connotation of connectivity and creativity between people of the world when these two major partners are deciding the brutal fate of thousands of refugees. The 18th Biennale of Sydney's website says that one of the benefits of corporate sponsorship of the event is to showcase "community and corporate responsibility". It is clear that Transfield and the Australian Government see refugees who arrive by boat as not part of this "community".
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| from safecom.org.au
It has come to our attention that two major partners of the 18TH BIENNALE OF SYDNEY, 2012 is logistics company Transfield (since 1973) and the Australian Government. As you may already know, the Australian government has awarded Transfield a $24.5 million contract to provide cleaning, catering and security for an inhumane refugee detention facility on the island of Nauru. This south pacific island is once again the Australian government's offshore detention centre for refugees who attempt to enter Australia by boat. Over 2000 refugees have arrived since the Labor government announced it would re-introduce detention on Nauru in mid-August, 2012. So who knows how many refugees are destined to be imprisoned on this island, and for how long? The previous Howard government's racist policies had already shown us the terrible physical and psychological effects this unnecessary detainment had upon fellow humans. We must try stop it immediately.
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We hope you consider the OCCUPY / BOYCOTT action. We only have until Sunday the 16th of September to make an impact!
From concerned fellow artists and refugee activists.
For further information call Occupy Sydney - ph Lanz 0410722000 email occupysydney@gmail.com
Or call Van Thanh Rudd on mob. 0430 397 074
Monday, 10 September 2012
Aboriginal Passport Ceremony 15th of September 2012
Dear All
We warmly invite you to:
Aboriginal Passport Ceremony 15th of September 2012
Aboriginal Passport Ceremony, a ceremony granting Refugees and Australian citizens Aboriginal passports will take place at:
17 Edward St. Darlington, from 11am on Saturday 15th of September.
Refugees will receive the passports for free. Others who want a passport will need to bring a passport photo and pay a $10 fee.
It is to be an amazing event highlighting the strength and sovereignty of the Indigenous Peoples of Australia!!
Free Food, Entertainment and Live Music!
Come and celebrate with us this ''Historical Day'' and please invite all your friends and family.
For more information call: Ray Jackson 0450 651 063 or Raul Bassi 0403 037 376
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Risks to Children from Common Chemicals by Gail Malone
Are you willing to risk the health or even lives of your children just because the manufacturer of a chemical says it's safe? Take RoundUp, it’s sold at supermarkets and hardware stores, so it must be safe, well is it? Did you know that when you spray that dandelion in the crack on your path, you are exposing yourself, your pets and your children to the chemicals for at least a few months? Now researchers have found that one of RoundUp’s inert ingredients can kill human cells, particularly embryonic, placental and umbilical cord cells. The new findings intensify a debate about so-called “inerts” - the solvents, preservatives, surfactants and other substances that manufacturers add to pesticides. Glyphosate, Roundup’s active ingredient, is the most widely used herbicide in the United States, but I think Australia could give them a run for their money. Until now, most health studies have focused on the safety of glyphosate, rather than the mixture of ingredients found in Roundup, not that glyphosate is a big enough problem. This year Monsanto, manufacturer of RoundUp, agreed with the New York Attorney General's office to discontinue their use of the terms "biodegradable" and "environmentally friendly" in ads promoting glyphosate-based products, including Roundup (1). Biactive 'new and improved' RoundUp is based on glyphosate, Monsanto does not disclose what the 'improved' surfactant is. One specific inert ingredient, polyethoxylated tallowamine, or POEA, was more deadly to human embryonic, placental and umbilical cord cells than the herbicide itself. “Moreover, the proprietary mixtures available on the market could cause cell damage and even death [at the] residual levels” found on Roundup-treated crops, such as soybeans, alfalfa and corn, or lawns and gardens. A research team suspects that Roundup might cause pregnancy problems by interfering with hormone production, possibly leading to abnormal fetal development, low birth weights or miscarriages (2). The term “inert ingredient” is often misleading, U.S. Federal law classifies all pesticide ingredients that don’t harm pests as inert. Inert compounds, therefore, aren’t necessarily biologically or toxicologically harmless - they simply don’t kill insects or weeds. However, some inert ingredients have been found to potentially affect human health. Many amplify the effects of active ingredients by helping them penetrate clothing, protective equipment and cell membranes, or by increasing their toxicity (3). RoundUp is in the hands of untrained people across the country-side spraying for all they are worth to save us from weeds. There are many safe methods for dealing with weeds, that are cheap and some are not even labour intensive. Solarisation for instance, we live in a very hot country – use it, steaming or slashing annuals so they don’t seed, you don’t even need to disturb the ground to dig them out. It has been found that many weeds have become resistant to RoundUp, Fleabane quite common in the area, is just one (4). So, we are in fact making super weeds, like we have made super cockroaches and super bacteria by ill informed and out of control use of insecticides and antibiotics? I don’t know what it takes for humans to learn the error of their ways, we always want a quick fix, but to what end? I, for one would like a say in what is sprayed around my environment, as I live on a waterway, but alas I don’t! Take the Periwinkle in Wendoree Park for instance, not ten metres from Mangrove Creek, it does not respond well to herbicides as many plants with glaucous (waxy) leaves don’t, yet it has been sprayed and it is my understanding it will be again. This needs to be done again for an obvious reason, glaucous leaves. It is also a waste of money to be spraying in strong heat, as it is contra indicated. It would be far better to water it, cover it with thin clear plastic, plant around the circumference of the infestation to control erosion and to help keep future weed invaders and their seeds out. Then leave it for as long as possible, over summer would be ideal and wha-la dead Periwinkle, cheap, painless and safe, just plant up, mulch, follow up spot weed, job done without a drop of poison! Plants grown in solarised soil soon after treatment have often benefited from improved seed germination, better stand establishment, improved plant height. Such increased growth responses are thought to be due primarily to the increase in soil nutrient availability, as a result of the breakdown of soil organic material. By spraying, the mycorrhiza, fungi that colonise the plant roots and aid in the uptake of soil mineral nutrients, that supports the riparian system dies. Do we want to help our environment or make ‘statements’, or do we just want to be seen to be doing something? If you must use Roundup use full P.P.E. (Personal Protection Equipment). Don’t wear leather shoes or gloves, wear rubber and don’t spray it, paint or inject it. DON’T EVER use it near waterways or when there is a breeze, dew, mist or even high humidity, it WILL translocate. Still, it is far better to be sure than sorry, so why not dispose of the RoundUp you have appropriately, Monsanto will survive. In this area we are concerned about our aquifer, silicosis and other environmental problems, and rightly so. RoundUp is also big a problem and yet we are very caviler about its use and it is one environmental problem, unlike the above, that we as individuals, can control. “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world” - John Muir.1. (Caroline Cox / Journal of Pesticide Reform v.108, n.3 Fall98 rev.Oct00)2. Op. cit. 13. Op. cit. 14. First case of glyphosate resistance? Agrow, No. 260, 12 July 1996Gail Malone (Conservation and Land Management Cert. IV, Control Weeds)
republished with kind permission from Gail Malone
republished with kind permission from Gail Malone
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