LL:DDS: RE-ENACTMENT: 80th Anniversary of Ngarrindjeri petition
The 45th Candle Light Walk to be held around Government House Adelaide
in December 2003, will mark the 80th Anniversary of a remarkable
Ngarrindjeri petition to the Governor in December 1923 (see copy retyped
by the Greens SA - below). This petition was a heartfelt plea from the
Ngarrindjeri mothers from Point McLeay for their stolen children. This
was not the first time the Ngarrindjeri had drafted and presented a
grievance petition to the Crown authorities. The first was in 1867 when
the Ngarrindjeri gave the Prince of Wales a memorial which they asked be
presented to Queen Victoria and which is now in the possession of the
English Crown.
However, what is of more note than these Ngarrindjeri pleas is the
obdurate failure of the Crown to have responded to their petitions.
It is a sad indictment on the fair go South Australian way of life
that the Crown has still not heeded the Ngarrindjeri fair call from 1836
for recognition of their human rights to equal treatment as human beings
within the legal system establishing South Australia.
This forthcoming eightieth (80th) anniversary of the unfulfilled
Ngarrindjeri parents' call for recognition and respect for family values
needs to be acknowledged as the enlightened and understandable quest for
equal rights protection from South Australia that it is.
The people of South Australia have a unique opportunity through the
Governor of South Australia, Her Excellency Marjorie Jackson, to now
establish a permanent partnership with the Ngarrindjeri people by
re-enacting this 1923 petition presentation this December.
To ensure your participation or attendance at the forthcoming
re-enactment please contact: FAX: 85 751 448 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
For further information regarding the 45th Candle Light Walk contact the
organisers and register your fax number or e-mail address.
DONATIONS: Ngarrindjeri Justice Fighting Fund c/: BANK SA - BSB 105-165
A/c No. 015569840
Ngarrindjeri Contacts:
Victor Wilson - Kalparrin Community at Murray Bridge - email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
{W} 85 324 940 / FAX 85 325 511 / mob. 040 718 2353;
Pastor Ken Sumner - Raukkan Community Council - Co-ordinator
{W} (08) 85 740 096 / {Fax} (08) 85 740 096;
Tom Trevorrow - Ngarrindjeri Land and Progress Association - e-mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
website: http://ngarrindjeri.tripod.com/
www.ngarrindjeri.com
{W} 85 751 557|657 / FAX 85 751 448
THE CANDLE LIGHT WALK HAS AN ON-LINE FLYER AT:
http://www.country-liberal-party.com/pages/adelaidemob.htm
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The Register, Adelaide, Friday, December 21, 1923
GIVE US OUR CHILDREN.
The Aborigines' Plea
Opposition to New Act
The Aborigines (Training of Children) Act, which was passed last
session, has caused much heartburning amongst the natives, and a
deputation of three of them came to Adelaide from Point Macleay, to
present a petition to his Excellency the Governor, praying for the
repeal of the measure. They will return today.
The Treasurer (Hon. W. Hague), in introducing the Bill to the House of
Assembly on September 20, stated that the attention of the Government
had been directed to the problem of training aboriginal and half-caste
children. It had become patent that the children would have to be taken
in hand while comparatively young. The Bill provided that the Protector
of Aborigines, who would be the guardian of all such children under the
age of 18 years, was empowered to transfer them to the State Children's
Council for training. There would be no obligation for him to make the
transfer if he were satisfied that it would not be to the child's
advantage. No transfer could be made unless the child were over 14
years, or had passed the qualifying examination. In the case of a female
child, the Governor might extend the time of supervision until the age
of 21 years had been attained. The children would be put to a trade, or
otherwise put to work under the supervision of the council. The Bill was
supported by both sides of the House, and was carried on the voices.
Three Ambassadors
Then Point Macleay deputies - Willy Rankine, Leonard Campbell, and John
Stanley - called at The Register office on Thursday, and explained the
aborigines' attitude to the new law. Campbell, the bearer, as he
informed an interviewer, of a Scotch name, is a splendidly built man of
47 summers, and he related with pathos, the fear of the native men and
women that their young ones will be taken from them [original has
'tehm']. We don't mind the Government taking them and training them,
he said. We want them to get on and be useful. But we want to feel that
we still have full rights over them, and that they are our own children.
There are a lot of times when a woman with only one daughter is unable
to get about, and if the girl is taken from her, there is no one left to
help her, and she has to borrow the daughters of other women. We do not
wish to help burden on the State, but our children have never been State
LL:DDV - Woman As leader!
-- Socialist Feminist Study Group -- The Feminine Mystique and Its Relevance Today Thursday 13 November -- Woman as leader! Join us for a lively discussion of how to vanquish the feminine mystique once and for all!! Dinner at 6.30 pm ($6.50 donation) Sessions run from 7 - 8.45 pm Solidarity Salon. 580 Sydney Road, Brunswick. All welcome. Sponsored by Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women. For more info call 9386-5065. . -- -- 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: Carmen Lawrence speaks in Melbourne
Howard's End: Alternatives from the Left A public meeting presented by Socialist Alliance Speakers Carmen Lawrence, ALP MP and candidate for party president David Glanz, Socialist Alliance candidate for Wills Janet Rice, Maribyrnong councillor and co-convenor, Victorian Greens Tim Gooden, assistant secretary, Geelong Trades and Labour Council Thursday, November 6, 7.30pm Victorian Trades Hall, Carlton Suggested donation $5 (waged) Information: 9386 4815 or 9639 8622 PLEASE FORWARD . -- -- 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: Unite day of action and 2nd Day school
Comrades Unite is holding a day of action on Brunswick St, Fitzroy on Saturday 6th December from 12 noon, meeting outside Black Cat cafe, 252 Brunswick St, Fitzroy and then marching down the street. Some outlets will get the Unite sticker after proving over their adherence to the six minimum standards. Others will be named and shamed and be placed either on a yellow list or a red list. Daily from yesterday we are visiting shops on the street, organising workers, and giving bosses the deadline of 6th December. Bosses are already sweating about being named and shamed in the period prior to the lucrative Xmas break. The day of action will finish with a Hip Hop Unite benefit at the Black Cat from 8pm... The following week Unite is hosting the second trade union training day from 2pm on Saturday 13th December at Trades Hall. The theme is: How to organise and the three person panel are amonst the most experienced and militant union activists in the country: Marisa Bernardi, organiser for NSW NUW veteran of many industrial battles; Robbie Cecela, CFMEU (FEDFA) one of the best respected shop stewards in the the Victorian construction industry from the days of the BLF deregistration to today; Dave O'Brien, ex-CFMEU (FFTS) organiser, veteran of dozens of strikes, occupations and pickets in union and community campaigns. Book your seat now! To get involved in Unite or help with the campaign, phone (03) 96399111 or phone Billie Brown on 0400898336 . -- -- 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: PETITION: Support Sydney Peace Prize to Hanan Ashrawi
Subject: PETITION: Support Sydney Peace Prize to Dr Hanan Ashrawi - SIGN TODAY CIRCULATE WIDELY Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 08:11:38 +1100 Hi everyone Below is the link to the online petition to support the awarding of the Sydney Peace Prize to Dr Hanan Ashrawi http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/439042231 Link to the petition can also be accessed later tonight at the Council website: www.arabcouncil.org.au The campaign against Dr Ashrawi is still mounting and rallying support quickly is essential. This petition outlines a short biography of Dr Hanan Ashrawi's commitment to human rights, peace and justice. Due to the nature of the campaign we needed to give the petition a deadline (until 17 November 2003). We therefore urge supporters to act quickly by signing TODAY and circulating the information widely. For your information, we had initially submitted the same petition last week to another site (which might be known to many of you). Usually petitions get listed the following day and we expected to circulate the information much earlier. However, up until this day the petition is still not listed and my queries to that site remained unanswered. I am baffled by this:) with the limited time frame we had, we decided to go ahead and submit it to the above site. Please circulate widely as we have a very short time frame to collect signatures. Cheers Randa -- Randa Kattan Executive Director Australian Arabic Communities Council Inc. PO Box 1103 Bankstown NSW 2200 Australia Tel: +61 2 9709 4333 Fax: +61 2 9709 2928 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.arabcouncil.org.au _ Disclaimer: This message and its attachments may contain legally privileged or confidential information. It is intended solely for the named addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail. You are hereby notified that any use, review, disclosure or copying of this information is strictly prohibited. Any content of this message and its attachments, which does not relate to the official business of the Australian Arabic Communities Council Inc. must be taken to be views expressed by the individual sender. No warranty is made that the e-mail or attachment(s) are free from computer virus or other defect. -- -- 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: Coming soon at Trades Hall
GET IT LIVE - GET IT AT TRADES HALL ARTS, bringing class back into the class struggle . . . - BAGHDAD NIGHTS with ROD QUANTOCK - Hurry, hurry, hurry . . . final days. Must close Saturday Nov 8th He has stood beside Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser, Bob Brown and Barry Jones, archbishops and angels, social and community leaders, activists and anarchists on stages and the backs of semi-trailers arguing and fighting for the voiceless and the victims of an increasingly mad world. His informed analysis and stinging comments are leavened by dollops of absurd humour and outright hilarity The New Council Chambers 8pm Tues - Sat, until Nov 8th Tues to Thurs $25 Full/ $15 Conc, Fri Sat $30 Full/ $20 Conc + bf Ticketek Bookings Ph: 132 849 or visit http://www.ticketek.com.au REVENGE OF THE TROUBLE MAKER - LAUNCH How To Make Trouble And Influence People This booklet is billed as tales of Australasian creative resistance. The Question Mark Collective has brought together in one publication tales of resistance to dominant ideology, corporate power and the State in Australia and New Zealand during the past 200 years. The book is punctuated by posters, stencils and photographs of acts of creative resistance. The launch will also be accompanied by the Australian premier screening of Steal This Movie - a historical docu-drama illuminating the courage and insanity of a brilliant activist, Abbie Hoffman - prankster supreme, whose zany intensity was partly responsible for ending the Vietnam War.Stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Janeane Garofalo and Jeanne Tripp The New Ballroom 6:30pm Saturday, November 1st Entry by gold coin donation - Proceeds to SUWA SHOW/3CR JIM CAIRNS COMMEMORATION Speakers will include Jim's biographer, Paul Strangio, his former Whitlam Cabinet colleague, Moss Cass, and his Moratorium campaign associate, Bernie Taft. The commemoration will also feature screening of rare video footage, including Jim's last television interview a few weeks before his death. Trades Hall Bar 2 - 6pm Sunday, November 2nd - CARMEN LAWRENCE - A Public Meeting - Carmen Lawrence, federal Labor MP and candidate for ALP president, will be speaking in Melbourne on Thursday, November 6, at a public meeting organised by the Socialist Alliance: Howard's End and alternatives from the Left. Other speakers include David Glanz, Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Wills, a Greens representative, and a prominent unionist. The New Ballroom 7:30pm Thursday, November 6th Entry $5 GET IT LIVE - GET IT AT TRADES HALL 54 Victoria St (Cnr Lygon St) Carlton Ph: 9662 3555 Trades Hall Bar - open nightly from 5pm 'til late Friday Happy Hours 4-7pm more info visit http://www.tradeshallarts.com.au -- -- 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:INFO: New anthology: Many Faces Many Lives
Bear in Mind is a self-advocacy, support and community education organisation for people with an Acquired Brain Injury. After a series of writing/storytelling workshops, Bear in Mind West has recently launched an anthology-- and we're very proud of it smile See below for a general blurb. I've attached some quotes for your reading pleasure, and flyers to distribute around your networks. If you want these and don't receive them, or have any questions about the process-- just ask. - Ria - MANY FACES MANY LIVES I am different. But sometimes it crosses my mind, that maybe I am fortunate to have had, in one lifetime, two different ways of being me. MANY FACES MANY LIVES is an exciting new anthology by 10 very different writers- all living with an Acquired Brain Injury. There is life after ABI. MANY FACES MANY LIVES reflects (some of) the challenges, (some of) the possibilities- and (some of) the struggling, striving, diverse, creative glory. Copies now available for $10, plus postage. For more information, contact Ria at Bear in Mind West on 9329-3039 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- 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:DDS: SOCIAL ACTIVISTS' CALENDAR FOR PROGRESSIVES IN ADELAIDE
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS' CALENDAR FOR PROGRESSIVES IN ADELAIDE EARLY NOVEMBER 2003 Please support the following actions and activities to promote peace, social justice environmental awareness. SIEV-X MEMORIAL RALLY [2ND ANNIVERSARY] An event to remember the tragic drowning Organised by Refugee Action Collective SA TIME: 1PM DAY:SATURDAY DATE: 1 NOVEMBER 2003 VENUE: MOSELEY SQUARE GLENELG SPEAKERS: Hon Kris Hanna (Australian Greens, SA Parliament) Hon Senator Kate Reynolds (Democrat Senator) HIGHLIGHTS: Street Theatre [which will highlight the failure of the RAN to rescue the refugees]AMNESTY Juan GarridoPoetry Geoff Hastwell Musical tribute Lighting of candles in memory of the Siev-X victims Release of flowers in rememberance Please bring your own flowers) CONTACTS: Colin Mitchell 0409 615 927 Dr U Ne Oo 0439 680 791 .. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Presents a night of music and talks by those who have been involved in the defence of human rights in the Asia Pacific region THEME: HUMAN RIGHTS THE ASIA PACIFIC TIME: 7.30 - 9 PM DAY:THURSDAY DATE: 13 NOVEMBER 2003 VENUE: FAD BAR 30 WAYMOUTH ST ADELAIDE SPEAKERS: EMER CUMMINS: NEPAL (former teacher in Nepal) ANDY ALCOCK:EAST TIMOR (Chairperson of the Australia East Timor Friendship Association SA Inc) JI CHEN:CHINA (PhD student at the University of Adelaide) MUSIC: HENRY PHAN SINGER (song/writer/performer/social observer Vice President of the Australian Vietnamese Human Rights Committee) NO CHARGE BAR will be open . PUBLIC SEMINAR: AUSTRALIA THE PACIFIC Saviour or Neoconialist Sheriff? Presented by the Australian West Papua Association (SA) the Hawke Peace Centre, Uni of SA Supported by the Australia East Timor Friendship Association (SA) Inc, Fiji Association and the Tongan Community Radio (SA) Inc TIME: 2-5.30 PM DAY:SATURDAY DATE: 15 NOVEMBER 2003 VENUE: LECTURE THEATRE HH4-8 UNIVERSITY OF SA [CITY WEST CAMPUS] LEVEL 4, HANS HEYSEN BUILDING Enter off Hindley St near Worlds End Hotel [above library] SPEAKERS: DR ROBERT WOLFGRAMM A sociologist born in Fiji of German, Fijian, Tongan, Jewish Australian heritage JACOB RUMBIAK Senior Research Associate of RMIT A leader of OPM (the West Papuan independence movement) Gaoled by the Indonesian military for 10 years SITI ROGOIMURI A Fijian, p/t theological student who works with the homeless ANDY ALCOCK Chairperson of the Australia East Timor Friendship Association (SA) Inc NETI FOLAUHOLA President of the Tongan Community Radio and school teacher THERESE KEMELFIELD A Bougainvillean who works on traditional Motuna stories and children's games REFRESHMENTS: will be served BOOKINGS: Phone: Hawke Centre RSVP phone line 8302 0215 Website:
LL:PR: Lyndon LaRouche: Fascism restyled for the new millennium
News Release Contact: Alison Thorne 03-9386-5065, 03-9388-0062 For release: immediately Lyndon LaRouche Exposed In Lyndon LaRouche: Fascism Restyled for the New Millennium, author Helen Gilbert provides a highly revealing look at the background and politics of the LaRouche movement, which is sure to stand candidates in the upcoming Federal Election under the name Citizens Electoral Council (CEC.) Dennis King, whose definitive book on LaRouche was published in 1989, calls the new publication, Highly recommended -- packed with vital up-to-date information to refute the egregious deceptions of LaRouche organisers. This small, well-documented booklet from Red Letter Press reviews LaRouche's origins as a one-time socialist who took a turn to the far-right in the 1970s. He instigated his followers to physically attack left organisations and published hysterical diatribes against women, people of color, Jews, and gays. In the U.S., LaRouchites actively sabotaged labour reformers in Teamsters for a Democratic Union and built a multi-million dollar empire through political spying and defrauding senior citizens. In Australia the CEC scapegoats Aborigines and in 1997 published a pamphlet titled Aboriginal 'Land Rights:' Prince Philip's Racist Plot to Splinter Australia. As a perennial U.S. presidential candidate LaRouche is now taking a milder public tone, but Gilbert finds his essential message the same. She has studied current LaRouche publications and found a far-right agenda that combines racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic scapegoating with extreme hostility toward women and environmentalists. LaRouche also promotes nuclear power and the banned pesticide DDT. He seeks to save the free market economy. Gilbert defines fascism as a mass movement that aims to preserve capitalism by smashing working class gains and eliminating democratic rights. On this basis, she concludes that LaRouche is a peculiar variety of 21st century fascist. The author, a longtime feminist, anti-Nazi activist and socialist, first became aware of LaRouche in the 1970s when he was actively threatening radicals and spouting conspiracy theories from the front pages of New Solidarity. The 46-page booklet is priced at $7 and is available from Solidarity Salon: 580 Sydney Road, Brunswick 3056. To order a copy by mail send a cheque for $8 payable to the Feminist Education Association, PO Box 266 West Brunswick Vic 3055. For more information or to receive a review copy, contact the Feminist Education Association which distributes Red Letter Press in Australia at PO Box 266 West Brunswick Vic 3055 or 03-9388-0062. Web: www.RedLetterPress.org. . -- -- 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]
