Hi everyone,
below are details for "community marches" against war and racism in Sydney
which are being organised by Socialist Alliance and details of some of the
women candidates who are running as Socialist Alliance candidates in NSW and
Sydney.
In addition to Pip Hinman (NSW SA Senate candidate) and Sue Johnson (SA
candidate for Grayndlyer), there are two other women on the greater Sydney
tickets for Socialist Alliance - Lisa Mcdonald (SA candidate for Reid)
&Marina Carmen (SA candidate for Kingsford Smith).
There will also be a community march in Auburn on October 20 - for more
details check out www.socialist-alliance.org
MEDIA RELEASE
www.socialist-alliance.org
Wednesday October 10, 2001
Local candidates call community march against war and racism
Two Newtown residents who will be contesting the November 10 federal
elections have called a community candle-lit march against war and
racism for Friday October 19.
Ms Sue Johnson (30), the Socialist Alliance candidate for Grayndler and Ms
Pip Hinman (42), the lead Socialist Alliance candidate for the NSW Senate
urged the local community to support the march.
Greens Councillor Sylvia Hale will be one of the speakers addressing
thenight march, which will wind its way down busy King Street after
gathering at the junction of King St and Enmore Rd at 5.30pm. Other
speakers will include members of the Afghan community, other refugee
communities, local unionists, pensioners and refugee activists.
Ms Johnson, a public service facilities planner, said that many people in
the local community were "disgusted at the bi-partisan support for the war
against Afghanistan and the outrageous treatment of the few hundred refugees
Australia has to deal with".
Ms Hinman, a full-time human rights campaigner, said that PM John Howard
"had shown a total disregard for the human rights of refugees" while
promoting a war that will add to the 25 million refugees already fleeing
war, oppression and poverty.
Sue Johnson 0407 485 201
Pip Hinman 0412 139 968
Grayndler Socialist Alliance campaign launch: 7pm Tuesday October 23,
Herb Greedy Hall, cnr Petersham & Marrickville Rds, Marrickville.
* * * Media opportunities from 6.30pm * * *
Additional information on Ms Pip Hinman
Ms Hinman, full-time campaigner for human rights in Asia, was briefly
detained by Indonesian police, along with her four-year-old daughter
and 30 other international participants in a labour rights conference in
Jakarta in June. (See <www.asiet.org.au>).
Ms Hinman is sharing the Socialist Alliance Senate ticket with leading
refugee rights activist Ian Rintoul.
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