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HIROSHIMA DAY
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Hello all. Some more news about the
JAG Melbourne Hiroshima Day Rally this
Friday the 6th of August at
5.30 pm on the steps of the
Victorian State Library.
This Rally seems like it will be the biggest JAG rally ever. Highlights
will include:
*** High Profile Speakers
- Harry Van Moorst
(influential member of the successful
campaign against the Werribee Toxic Dump)
- Anette Xiberas
(Prominant Indigenous Rights campaigner)
- Kevin Buzzacott
(representative of the Arrabunna people of S.Aust. on
whose land the Roxby Downs uranium mine is operating)
- Mary Delahunty
(former ABC news presenter and current ALP politician)
*** Entertainment
- Imagery projection exhibition
- Theme floats and costumes during the march
- Debut of a new single "Stop Jabiluka Mine" featuring an all star
combo of Melbourne musicians
- Large choir
- 5-7 minute aural simulation of the Hiroshima bomb exploding to be
conducted in Swanston Walk at the time of the original explosion -
8.15am on the day. The piece is to be simulcast on
Triple R (102.7 FM) and PBS (106.7 FM) radio.
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other stuff
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I found this weblink and I think it would be great if we could flood it
with anti-nuke responses. It is a simple one page site surveying attitudes
to uranium as a fuel source and nuke weapons as a 'defense' option.
http://members.tripod.com/~pssa/index.html
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Oh yes and I am still asking for volunteers to help out with the new JAG
Melbourne website. Thanks to those who have offered their services, however
I would appreciate as much help as possible. In case anyone misinterpreted
my earlier notice on this matter, I am looking for anyone with _one or
more_ of the skills listed below, not all of them. The revamp will be
divided into several managable tasks that would be feasible for individuals
to take on.
Skills required
- www graphic design
- JavaScript, Java, Perl, DHTML and XML programming
- Audio / Video streaming
- Photography
- Website promotion
- Acrobat PDF publishing
- Virtual Reality QTVR, VRML
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JAG Melbourne has started to explore in detail the various effects of
uranium mining on workers at the mines. Despite what you may have heard,
the Jabiluka mine will only provide 110 'permanent' jobs. Even ERA admits
this. These employees can only work a maximum of 3 years before it is
considered they have been exposed to too much radiation. These jobs are
hardly permanent. Radiation causes sterility, brith defects and cancer.
Recent evidence suggests that the 3 year period that ERA endorses may
actually be 50% more time allowed than in identical situations, under
different legislation, overseas.
We need people to help research the health issues of mining uranium.
Immediately following this research we would like to start asking several
unions to get involved on the grounds of worker safety.
If anyone on this email list is involved in the health field, can you
please reply to me and let me know if you are willing to help out.
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Paul.
Jabiluka Action Group - Melbourne.
Information Technology (IT) Department
http://vic.jag.org.au/
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