Free the Refugees Solidarity Tour Woomera 2001 Friday September 21 - Sunday September 23 GET ON THE BUS Join the Refugee Action Collective trip to Woomera Detention Centre in South Australia to protest at the imprisonment of refugees and asylum seekers, as we go into an election where neither of the major parties offers a decent alternative to the current system of gross human rights violations. In the tradition of the Freedom Rides, defy the government tactic of using fear and remoteness to divide those of us living in Australia from those seeking peace and freedom, who would join us. Buses will be leaving from Melbourne and Sydney at this stage, and hopefully from Adelaide, Canberra, and other places as plans progress. The itinerary is as follows: Friday 21 September: Leave in the afternoon from Melbourne's own Maribyrnong Detention Centre, for a bus ride to Woomera in South Australia. Saturday 22 September: Arrive in Woomera for breakfast. Protest, activities, etc at Woomera Detention Centre for the morning, into the afternoon. Bus to Adelaide in the afternoon. Tentative plans for a public meeting in Adelaide to help build a refugee activist group there, and to discuss the day. Spend the night in accommodation, which we will be planning in either billets, backpackers etc, or perhaps a church or school hall. Sunday September 23: morning rally and speakout in Adelaide, and bus back to Melbourne arriving in the evening. In the days following the trip we will organise a public meeting or rally to highlight the experience. Register via email [EMAIL PROTECTED], or phone Giada 0408 538 916 The cost will be about $100 waged, $80 unwaged(including accommodation), but we will be fundraising to subsidise. Sponsorship forms are available, and with the endorsement of the ACTU and Trades Hall Council of Victoria, unions are open to sponsor members. Volunteers who would like to help organise things, please contact us (see details below), or come to our regular meetings Tuesday 6pm at Trades Hall, cnr Lygon and Victoria Sts. Please forward this email to any contacts you have. Thanks all Simon O'Neill Refugee Action Collective www.vicnet.net.au/~rac-vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0418 347 374 ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
