LL:DDA: Survival 2004 - Canberra
This event is on the Leftlink Calendar - http://www.leftlink.net/ Survival 2004 Canberra Invasion Day Corroboree You are invited to a Corroboree and Festival at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy (in front of the Old Parliament House) King George Terrace, Canberra beginning on Monday 26 January The Corroboree will take place from Monday 26 January until Wednesday 28 January. The Aboriginal Tent Embassy was established in 1972 to demand recognition of Aboriginal sovereignty, Land Rights and justice. This struggle continues today. Support the struggle for Aboriginal rights. Support the Aboriginal Tent Embasy. It is recommended that people who come to the festival bring a gift to support the work of the Tent Embassy. It is possible to camp at the site during the festival. For information please call Canberra Community Radio 2XX fm on 02 6230 0100 or Darren Bloomfield at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy on 0400 415 282 Please send your message of solidarity to Canberra Community Radio 2XX fm at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the proposed Leftlink web site at http://www.leftlink.net/ -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: SEX DRUGS HISTORICAL TOUR - ST KILDA
This event is on the Leftlink Calendar - http://www.leftlink.net/ Below please find details of the 'Sex and Drugs Historical Tour' proudly sponsored by Port Phillip Local Drug Strategy. Join us for a jaunt through the laneways and byways of St. Kilda as we explore how drugs and sex work became a part of the City's identity and allure. Music and performance bring to life the experience of sex workers, drug users, residents and police as they play out the conflicts that have been repeated on our streets since the 1880s. 7.30-9pm, Wed 28/1; Tues 10/2; Wed 25/2. Meet O'Donnell Gardens Fountain (next to Luna park), St Kilda. If you interested in attending one of the performances, please email Krys Galas or phone on 9209 6852 ASAP as places are strictly limited to 30 per performance . Krystyna Galas Business Support Officer Neighbourhood Development 9209 6852 9536 2747 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the proposed Leftlink web site at http://www.leftlink.net/ -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Melbourne solidarity events
This event is on the Leftlink Calendar - http://www.leftlink.net/ Freedom Run Festival Saturday 24 January from 1 pm Ceres Farm, 8 Lee Street Brunswick Entry: $9 / $11 - Proceeds to Refugee Action Collective For information please call Refugee Action Collective on 03 9659 3505 - Share the Spirit Melbourne Survival Day Concert Monday 26 January from 12 noon Treasury Gardens, Spring Street Melbourne No Alcohol - Free event organised by Songlines Music Aboriginal Corporation For information please call Rachel or Bree at Radio 3CR on 03 9419 8377 - Support Chubb workers in East Timor Chubb workers members of KSTL East Timor were sacked while on strike against pay cuts Please write letters of protest and solidarity More information from APHEDA at www.apheda.org.au Donations can be given to Margot Hoyte at Victorian Trades Hall Council Tel: 03 9662 3511 - workers change the world -- Visit the proposed Leftlink web site at http://www.leftlink.net/ -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:URL: vote in SMH poll on GE crops
VOTE PLEASE!!!
ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST GE CROPS??
The Sydney Morning Herald's online poll re GE foods
and crops. Vote NOW at the following website:
http://smh.com.au/polls/form.html
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LL:ART: ASPI director demands more intervention into PNG
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/13/1073877825117.html In for the long haul with PNG By Hugh White - January 14, 2004 [ Hugh White is director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. ] A long and complex task lies ahead of Australia in Papua New Guinea. The Government's decision - announced on December 11 - to send almost 300 police and public servants to PNG is important. But if we are to make a lasting difference, this will need to be just the first, small, and relatively easy step in what will be a demanding national enterprise. That first step is important. Practically, it constitutes a major commitment to take significant responsibility for improving law and order in PNG. That in itself is important. And symbolically, last month's decision marks the end of the post-colonial era. We are now in a new era in which fears of being accused of neo-colonialism no longer constrain a return to deeper levels of engagement with PNG than we have seen since independence in 1975. This change in approach to PNG is one of the most important developments in Australian foreign policy in many years. It has been spurred by our slowly growing recognition of the depth of PNG's problems, and of their burgeoning scale. Within 20 years, PNG's population will double to more than 10 million people. But the even more important factor has been our growing confidence that there is something we can do about it. This is partly a global phenomenon. Since the end of the Cold War, the international community has become increasingly comfortable with the idea that countries have the right and even the obligation to become involved when the failure of states threatens the wellbeing of their citizens or of others. A doctrine of humanitarian intervention in the affairs of failing states has been born. Australia has been at the forefront of this process. We have been involved in humanitarian interventions of different kinds in places as diverse as Somalia, Rwanda and Cambodia. For Australia, state failure is a problem that sits on our doorstep, and engages our most enduring strategic interests directly. Crises in Bougainville, East Timor and the Solomon Islands have set a pattern for a new level of Australian involvement in responding to regional problems that threaten the stability and viability of our smaller neighbours. Our motives have blended genuine altruism with a clear sense of direct national strategic self-interest. And our successes have emboldened us to think we can make a real difference to the much bigger and more complex problems of PNG. Well, it is worth a try. But to succeed, we will need to do a lot more than simply continue the very substantial aid programs that we have been running for years. And we will need to do more than provide the extra 300 police and public servants announced last month. So let's step back and ask the broader questions: what are we trying to achieve in PNG, and how in broad terms are we going to do it? Australia's key objectives should be to reverse PNG's long-term economic and political decline, and restore it to a sustainable path to political stability and economic prosperity. This is the long and complex task I mentioned in my first paragraph. There are at least four elements to the kind of broad national agenda on PNG that we need to develop. The first is law and order. This is where the Government has very properly made its start. But no one should believe that 230 Australian police - no matter how excellent - will solve PNG's law and order problems. We need to look beyond the present deployment, to help PNG develop and implement a long-term plan for the police and justice systems it needs, and to agree what role Australia should play in it. The second element is the delivery of critical services - especially health and education. In these areas, Australia needs to move beyond the provision of advice and funds, to take a more active role in the delivery of services - just as we are doing in policing. But if such efforts are to be more than panaceas, they too need to evolve into a long-term program to help PNG build and sustain effective service-delivery systems. The third element of an Australian agenda for PNG should be the development of PNG's economy. Unless we can be confident that PNG is potentially economically viable, the whole process is a waste of time. There is no reason why it should not be, but it will require the application of a lot of entrepreneurial talent, as well as some capital, to realise PNG's economic potential. And finally, we need to help develop PNG's leadership: political, administrative, judicial, entrepreneurial, and intellectual. The many impressive individuals active in PNG public life should not blind us to the fact that PNG's resources of leadership are way below its needs. This is a complex issue involving institutional reform and education among many other factors. No issue is more important, or
LL:DDV: fundraiser for Iranian earthquake victims
This event is on the Leftlink Calendar - http://www.leftlink.net/ FUNDRAISER FOR VICTIMS OF THE EARTHQUAKE IN IRAN Date: Sat, Jan 24th Time:7.30pm Venue:Forest hill secondary college Theatre, Mahoneys rd Forest hill ( Melway Ref- 62 C6 ). Bookings and Information: 9884 1426 or 0411 77 8000 This concert of Iranian traditional and mystical music is being held by The Iranian community of Victoria and all funds collected will be donated to the victims of the Bam earthquake. Once again I appreciate any way that you can distribute this information. Regards, Roozbeh Malekzadeh ( Iranian Program 3CR ). -- Visit the proposed Leftlink web site at http://www.leftlink.net/ -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
