SOCIAL ACTIVISTS' CALENDAR FOR PROGRESSIVES IN ADELAIDE 2003
1 APRIL 2003
Please support the following actions and activities to promote peace,
social justice & environmental awareness.
NO WAR RALLY - PALM SUNDAY - ADELAIDE
* THE GEORGE BUSH FOR THE CONTROL OF IRAQ'S OIL & POLITICS IN THE ME HAS
BEGUN
* THE WAR MONGERS ARE ON A ROLL
* JOIN MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD WHO WANT PEACE TO STOP THIS UNNECESSARY
BUSH FAMILY OIL WAR
Gather Victoria Square 1pm
Volunteers Required to help on the day for badge selling, money
collecting, marshalling and collecting contacts.
Ring NOWAR on 8212 4822 or 0438 856 198
Volunteers will need to come to 239 Wright St at 11am on the Sunday.
BE AWARE THAT THE CLIPSAL 500 WILL BE IN PROGRESS AT THE TIME OF THIS
RALLY. PARKING WILL BE DIFFICULT TO FIND IN THE CITY
Palm Sunday Rally - April 13th, 2pm
Endorsed by the Adelaide Heads of Christian Churches in association with
NOWAR SA.
Gathering in Elder Park after rallying at 2pm at Victoria Square or St
Peters Cathedral
Volunteers also needed to assist with this rally.
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Please regularly check into our web site at www.nowar-sa.net
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PUBLIC FORUM
"IS WAR THE ANSWER?"
TIME: 8 - 10.30 PM
DAY: THURSDAY
DATE: 3 APRIL 2003
VENUE: MAUGHAN CHURCH
43 Franklin St, Adelaide
PANEL: DR FELIX PATRIKEEF
[a specialist in International politics, Politics Department
University of Adelaide]
DOMINIC SCHWARTZ
[ABC TV presenter and foreign correspondent with a particular
interest in the ME]
DR AMIR AL-OBAIDY
[an Iraqi biochemist who as a refugee fled Iraq two years ago
leaving his family behind in Baghdad]
Chairperson: Katrina Sedgwick
[Director of the Adelaide International Film Festival]
Tickets: $10.00 or $5.00 concession
- available at the door or from the GEC on 8221 6744
or at:
Global Education Centre
Level 1
Torrens Building
220 Victoria Square
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PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT REFUGEES
TIME: 7.00 - 9.00 PM
DAY: TUESDAY
DATE: 8 APRIL 2003
VENUE: CYNTHIA POULTON HALL
14 King William Road, North Adelaide
(Adjacent St Peter's Cathedral)
SPEAKERS: MECAK AJANG ALAAK
Former Refugee from Southern Sudan,Board Member of ARA
Will speak on his experiences of persecution, flight &
resettlement in Australia.
Mecak's story includes an extraordinary account of
leading
thousands of child Refugees from Ethiopia, across
Southern Sudan,
through Uganda to Kenya.
JUAN GARRIDO SALGADO
Former Political Refugee & Chilean Poet
Will speak on and recite examples of his poetry
reflecting on
Refugee issues past and present.
Former European Refugee will speak on her experiences.
JOHN WISHART
Justice for Refugees (SA)
will speak on "Advocating on Refugee and Asylum Seeker
Issues"
Further Information:
Annemarie Pugsley
304 Henley Beach Rd.
Underdale SA 5032
Tel: 83542951
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FILM BENEFIT FOR THE KUPA PITI KUNGKA TJUTA
TIME: 7PM
DAY: WEDNESDAY
DATE: 9 APRIL 2003April 9
VENUE: TANDANYA 253 Grenfell St, Adelaide
ADMISSION: $15
$10 (Concession)
Pay at the door.
All money raised will be donated to continue the Irati Wanti campaign.
This event is sponsored by the United Trades and Labour Council of SA
and the Irati Wanti campaign.
For more information: www.iratiwanti.org
08 8672 3413
Join with Mrs. Eileen Kampakuta Brown, senior Yankunytjatjara woman, and
members of the Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta who will be in Adelaide for Mrs.
Brown to receive an Order of Australia.
A screening at Tandanya of two inspiring short films featuring the Kupa
Piti Kungka Tjuta - Senior Aboriginal Women of Coober Pedy, SA.
Irati Wanti - `The Poison - Leave It'
Directed by Shannon Owen
The Irati Wanti documentary chronicles the inspiring and relentless
campaign of the Kungka Tjuta to protect their culture and country from
the contentious nuclear waste dump proposed for northern South Australia.
And
We of Little Voice
Directed by Peter Hodgson
The powerful documentary `We of Little Voice,' featuring members of the
Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta, reveals the effects of uranium mining and
nuclear testing on Indigenous communities in northern South Australia.
These days, there are mines and waste dumps. The Indigenous communities
in the region have concerns about how the fall- out from the testing and
the risks of mining leaks impact on their communities.
Irati,Wanti!! means The Poison - Leave It!! in Yankunytjatjara language,
Aboriginal language of the Western Desert, Central Australia.
Peta Montgomery
Administrative Officer
Conservation Council of South Australia
120 Wakefield St
ADELAIDE SA 5000
Phone: (08) 8223 5155
Fax: (08) 8232 4782
email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.ccsa.asn.au
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AMNESTY REFUGEE GROUP FUNDRAISER
"MURDER IN THE FIRST"
TIME: 8PM
DAY: THURSDAY
DATE: 10 APRIL 2003
VENUE: ODEON THEATRE NORWOOD
ADMISSION: $25 / $18 (Concession)
Tickets: 8221 5979
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ART SANS FRONITERES
ART EXHIBITION & AUCTION FOR REFUGEES RIGHTS
TIME: 7PM
DAY: FRIDAY
DATE: 11 APRIL 2003
VENUE: SEAS ART STUDIO
basement of 66 Hindley Street, Adelaide Friday 4 April:
organized by Adelaide's Refugee Action Council (RAC)
All proceeds will aid RAC's campaigns for refugee rights and an
emergency fund for Temporary Protection Visa holders.
The exhibition will be open Wednesday to Saturday, 12noon to 6pm, until
Friday 11 April.
For details phone 8410 4202
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ART EXHIBITION: INNOCENT VICTIMS
Children's drawings from the Woomera Detention Centre
CLOSING DATE: 13 APRIL 2003
VENUE: MIGRATION MUSEUM
Kintore Ave
Adelaide
For more information contact the museum on 8207 7570, or at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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PROSPECT AMNESTY GROUP FILM FUNDRAISER
"ALL OR NOTHING"
TIME: 6.45 PM
DAY: WEDNESDAY
DATE: 23 APRIL 2003
VENUE: Palace Cinema, Rundle Street East, Adelaide
ADMISSION: $13 / $7.50
TICKETS/BOOKINGS: 8221 5979
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WOMEN IN BLACK VIGIL
Silent Vigils Against War and Militarisation,
TIME & DATE: 5.30pm to 6.30pm.
Last Wednesday of every month
VENUE: steps of Parliament House
FURTHER DETAILS: Jillinda: 8341 7517
or
Cathy: 8296 4357.
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SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF EAST TIMORESE REFUGEES TO REMAIN IN AUSTRALIA
http://www.abc.net.au/ra/asiapac/programs/s817219.htm
EAST TIMOR: President urges Australia to allow refugees to stay
East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao has made a personal appeal to
Australia's Prime Minister John Howard on behalf of almost 2,000 East
Timorese refugees living in Australia. Most fled East Timor at the time
of the Santa Cruz massacre in Dili in 1991 and have established lives in
Australia.
But Australia no longer regards them as legitimate asylum seekers and
insists they return home now that East Timor is independent. President
Gusmao says the government's attitude lacks compassion.
26/3/2003 [ listen | audio help ]
Presenter/Interviewer: Karon Snowdon
Speakers: East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao; Australia's Immigration
Minister Philip Ruddock
SNOWDON: President Xanana Gusmao, on what he calls a personal visit to
Australia, nevertheless had a message for the Prime Minister John Howard
during a speech he gave in Sydney.
GUSMAO: "I appeal to the sensibility of the Australian authorities, in
particular to the Prime Minister of the difficult problem of East Timor
and East Timorese in Australia. I believe there is a need to consider a
new status for them with a possibility of being allowed to a welcomed
stay in Australia.
"One thousand and 6-hundred Timorese living in Australia will not incur
great hardship on the Australia economy."
SNOWDON: Sixteen hundred East Timorese living in Australia, having fled
Indonesian and militia violence, have been told they must return home
now that East Timor is independent and safe.
Many have been in Australia for ten years or more, some have married,
some were even born here.
Most feel they have more links in Australia than in East Timor and
significant community support is behind them, and as Xanana Gusmao
points out, East Timor, where almost half the people live on one
Australian dollar a day, is not at a stage of economic development to
offer them jobs, welfare or even housing.
GUSMAO: "These 1,600 Timorese will merely constitute another 1,600
mouths to be fed. Dozens of more families that we are unable to shelter."
SNOWDON: Following Australia's tougher stance generally on asylum
seekers, the government doesn't want to offer special visas which might
be taken advantage of - either by undeserving East Timorese or the
13,000 unlawful asylum seekers it says are in the country.
Earlier this week, Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock conceded however,
there might be cases where he could use his discretion to allow some to
stay.
RUDDOCK: "If you have a person who has substantial links with Australia,
and particularly an Australian citizen or permanent resident and that
might be in a spouse relationship, and in particularly if there are
children of that relationship and the children would be Australian
citizens, I think cases of that sort will be very compelling."
SNOWDON: The minister's office today added those with well founded fears
of persecution would also have their applications considered on a case
by case basis, and an official representation from President Gusmao
would also be considered.
President Gusmao says the Australian government's tough line lacks
compassion. He wants all the 1,600 to stay at least temporarily, until
East Timor gets on its feet economically - and that's unlikely to be be
soon.
But his country's own immigration policy is coming in for flack itself.
The draft law is currently before parliament and foreigners working for
non-governmment organisations claim the proposed law has draconian
provisions aimed at them.
Among them, foreigners would be banned from any political activity - a
vague, catch-all provision which could be read as marching in an
anti-war demonstration in Dili.
East Timor has benefited from the support of many Australians and other
foreigners during the hard times and even now and some are feeling
unappreciated.
Xanana Gusmao says he's yet to see the draft bill and its not
necessarily going to get his automatic stamp of approval.
GUSMAO: "I believe that we can talk more about this. We are beginning
and I believe what you raise will be a matter for public debate."
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THE BUSH FAMILY & THE NAZI CONNECTION
Could this explain the recent behaviour being displayed by the present
US Administration under "President" George Bush???????
Before "Dubya" and his bunch get too moralistic about appeasers and
collaborators:
Sins of the father or grandfather Bush...
Standing on the Dead
By Marc Ash
"What luck for the rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler
In October of 1942, under the Trading With the Enemy Act, the U.S.
government halted operations at New York's Union Banking Corporation. A
bank official was charged with "Running Nazi front groups in the Untied
States."
His name: Prescott Bush.
Prescott Bush, father of future U.S President George Herbert Walker Bush
and grandfather of George W. Bush, had been hard at work on behalf of
his Nazi partners. In flagrant violation of U.S. law, Prescott Bush had
worked tirelessly to launder money, procure raw materials, arrange
transportation and provide guidance for the Nazi war effort and the
German army he had helped to build.
In April of 2002, George W. Bush -- standing literally on the bones of
the men who fell at Normandy beachhead in mortal combat with that very
same Nazi army -- delivered his Memorial Day address. He said, in part,
"This is a day our country has set apart to remember what was gained in
our wars, and all that was lost."
Let us remember. As the German army came crashing into Poland, spreading
death and destruction in its path, Prescott Bush continued aiding the
Nazis. As German tanks rolled through the Ardennes Forest and into
Paris, Prescott Bush continued aiding the Nazis. As Allied forces
fighting to defend France were forced literally into the sea at Dunkirk
by the German Army, Prescott Bush continued aiding the Nazis.
As German war planes rained bombs down on London, killing 50 thousand
English men, women and children, Prescott Bush continued aiding the
Nazis. As millions died at the hands of the most ruthless and violent
organization the world has ever known, Prescott Bush continued aiding them.
And of course, as Hitler and the Nazis planned and carried out the
extermination of Europe's Jews, Prescott Bush was an eager and active
partner. When did Bush stop? When we made him stop. In this case, George
W. Bush won't have to worry about the US Government shutting him down.
That's been taken care of -- he is the US Government.
As debate rages back and forth across the Atlantic over the morality and
acceptability of this assault against Iraq, it is interesting to note
the German position. It was Germany who bought most completely into the
war lie during the past century. It was the German people who, with
their faith in country and leadership, and even their loyalty to the
Fatherland, made possible the greatest nightmare the world has ever
known. It is those same German people who stand today before Europe and
the world in unflinching opposition to this latest world conquering force.
How well do the German people know George W. Bush? Better than they want
to.
Sources:
Heir to the Holocaust :
http://www.clamormagazine.org/features/issue14.3_feature.3.html
The Bush Nazi Connection :
http://www.lpdallas.org/features/draheim/dr991216.htm
Gold Fillings, Auschwitz & George Bush :
http://www.spiritone.com/~gdy52150/bushies.htm
Or just do a search at www.google.com under "Prescott Bush Nazi UBC
1942" and take your pick of the documents that come up. (Highly
recommended.)
Why hasn't this information shown up with any media? The people in this
country should be aware of all this background on the Bush family.
Remember, our country did not just change with "11 September", it has
gone 180 degrees since this administration began. One cannot blame 8
years of the previous administration for all that is going wrong now.
Even if one thinks of the typical cycles in the economy, we are now
being controlled by a family with a sick background.
God help us all!
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