LL:DDS: Woomera tour

2002-03-11 Thread Sandra Mick
RALLY FOR REFUGEE FREEDOM AT THE WOOMERA CONCENTRATION CAMP EASTER - THURSDAY 28/3 TO TUESDAY 2/4 This Easter, a demonstration will be held at the Woomera Detention Center in South Australia. Hundreds if not thousands of people disgusted at the Howard government's racist

LL:INFO: Royal Commission into Building Industry

2002-03-11 Thread Steve Smith
Dear Comrades, Here is some information about the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry. Make no mistake about it, this is a Patricks style attack upon building unions. The Federal Government has allocated $60 million to the building industry Royal Commission compared

LL:URL: Refugee deportation plans

2002-03-11 Thread Jack Smit
Project SafeCom Members Newsletter All other refugee lists refugee groups News update - Saturday March 9, 21:00 Taipei ST News has just come through that the Minister for Immigration has ordered the deportation of 700 asylum seekers from Woomera Detention Centre, Cocos Island and Christmas

LL:PR: WILPF media release re Nuclear Posture Review

2002-03-11 Thread Cathy Picone
WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (AUSTRALIA) MEDIA RELEASE - 11/3/02 A classified Pentagon briefing paper recently leaked to the US media calls for marked changes in US nuclear posture. Until now, US nuclear policy (to use nuclear weapons as a last resort) has been based around

LL:REM: Building Effective Social Movements Workshop

2002-03-11 Thread Gillian Davy
MICHAEL ALBERT, co-founder of Boston-based Z Magazine and ZNet, will present a one-off practical workshop for Melbourne activists. Building Effective Social Movements will be held on Monday 25 March, from 6.00-9.00pm, at RMIT University's City Campus (MultiFunction Room, Level 4, Building 8).

LL:DDV: Forum: Climate, Australia and the Pacific 14th March

2002-03-11 Thread Friends of the Earth Melbourne
Climate change: Australia's policy and its regional implications FoE presents a climate justice forum. Featuring: Dr Jon Barnett, Lecturer, Dept of Anthropology, Geography Environmental Sciences, Melbourne University; Nic Maclellan, Journalist researcher specialising in South Pacific issues;