The Wills branch of the Socialist Alliance has called a speakout against
the government's attempt to curtail civil liberties in the name of
"fighting terror".
Join us at 10.30am in the Coburg mall (in front of the post office) on
Saturday, June 1 to hand out leaflets, get petition signatures and to speak
out against this threat.
* The Wills branch is also calling a community public meeting on the laws
on Monday, June 24, details to be advised. Any group interested in
co-sponsoring this meeting is welcome to ring 9386 4815 or email
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ARE YOU A TERRORIST?
Take our easy 5 Point Quiz:
1. Have you ever disagreed with any government policy and joined with
others to express this by sending emails, or phoning any politician
government department or bureaucrat?
2. Have you ever joined or been associated with any trade union, local
protest group, or political or religious activist organisation?
3. Have you ever participated in a non violent protest, rally or strike?
4. Have you ever donated money, bought raffle tickets or in any other way
supported any international environmental, political or human rights
organisation such as Amnesty International or Greenpeace?
5. Have you ever provided any professional advice for any political or
religious organisation?
If you answered Yes to any of these questions then you run the risk of
being labelled a "terrorist" under the federal governments sweeping new
anti - terrorist laws.
If you do any of these things in the future you any many other Australians
could be held without trial, interrogated by ASIO, and jailed for five
years for failure to answer questions.
Did you know?
. The Governments new laws propose to give the Commonwealth Attorney
General power to ban any political organisation which the Attorney General
"reasonably believes" is associated with any terrorist activity anywhere in
the world.
. The definition of terrorist act does not even require there to be any
actual physical harm to any person, or even any intention to harm any
person or property.
. Any one who supports, is a member or is even informally associated with
any banned organisation will automatically become liable to imprisonment
for life under the new laws.
. The new laws would have defined several notable Nobel Peace Prize winners
(and anyone who supported them) such as Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu
or Xanana Gusmao as terrorists simply for having been involved in their
peoples independence struggles?
Can you trust present and future politicians with powers that enable them
to outlaw dissent and lock up their political opponents?
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