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Oceania RSS FeedsSea Shepherd chases Whalers into New Zealand Antarctic Territory - The anti-whaling activists on board the Sea Shepherd ship MV Steve Irwin have been chasing the Japanese Whaling fleet for the last week. Contact has been made with harpoon vessel Yushin Maru 2 and with spotter vessel Kaiko Maru. While the chase continues no whales have been hunted and slaughtered. Over the same period there has been a deafening silence from the Australian and New Zealand Governments on the whaling issue....Feed Source: indymedia.org.nz Photos from Palestine Solidarity Demo in Wellington - Some photos from the demonstration today in Wellington. Several hundred people took part. After meeting outside the Minstry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, we marched to the monument to former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. There various people spoke, symbolic "blood" was splattered on the monument and an Israeli flag was burned.... Major Mobilisation This Saturday Against Israel's Invasion of Gaza - Global Peace and Justice Auckland (GPJA) and the Palestine Human Rights Campaign are planning a major mobilisation to protest the latest Israeli outrages against Palestinians living in the Gaza strip. The protest will gather at 12 noon, Aotea Square, Auckland on Saturday 10th January. This week Israel launched a vicious ground invasion of Gaza. At least 520 Palestinians have been killed since the start of last week. A meeting is happening tonight 6pm at the Unite Union offices 6A Western Springs Road, Auckland to plan for the mobilisation and a wider campaign to boycott Israel. Links: ... War in Gaza - Palestine Bleeds; the World Shudders A comprehensive view of censored and under-reported realities from the battle zone, front lines and the global scene In this report: - Israeli navy attacks humanitarian aid ship from Cyprus to Gaza; ship rammed and fired upon. - Overview of the global protests against the Israeli attacks on Palestine. - Summary of the military situation, including views of the Resistance and civil society. - Gaza has run out of medicines; How you can help with humanitarian aid. - Legal and Diplomatic developments. As hundreds of thousands of people all over the globe are... 500 demonstrate in Perth against Israel invasion of Gaza - From the newswire UPDATE RALLY SATURDAY JAN 10TH IN FREMANTLE Around 500 people from all sectors of Perth society marched through the CBD on Sunday January 4th to express their anger and sorrow at Israel's continuing assault on the citizens of Gaza, which last night entered a new and potentially more deadly phase with Tel Aviv sending a large ground force into the coastal territory. The demonstrators came armed with a colourful array of placards, flags and facepaint as they assembled for the rally held in Florence Hummerston Reserve. Speakers expressed their anger at the pro-Israel bias of... No to Israeli War Crimes - Rally Sunday January 4th - From the newswire .UPDATE: PHOTOS FROM PROTEST OUTSIDE WESLEY CHURCH 1 2 PERTH PROTEST ACTION Sunday January 4th, assemble 12.30pm at Florence Hummerston Reserve on the corner of Mount St and St George's Terrace. On Saturday 27th December, Ehud Olmert's government launched Operation Cast Lead, a 'military' operation which appears designed to destroy the few remnants of social infrastructure that remain functional in the Gaza Strip. An initial wave of sixty Israeli air force F-16 fighter-bombers dropped bombs on multiple civilian targets in the Gaza Strip. This first bombardment was soon... WA Premier reveals Kimberley gas hub site - From the newswire: December 23, 2008: WA Premier Colin Barnett, has announced the controversial new gas hub will be located at James Price Point, 60 kilometres from Broome. Mr Barnett says the exact site of the LNG precinct would be determined after consideration of significant cultural, heritage and environmental values of the area. "Compulsory acquisition of the land remains an option," Mr Barnett said. Since 2007, more than 40 possible Kimberley sites have been considered, and four sites including James Price Point, were short-listed in October this year. The Premier's preferred site is... 10 Tahun Tragedi Semanggi I - Sebuah perjuangan melawan lupa13 November 2008. Puncak rangkaian peringatan 10 tahun Tragedi Semanggi I dilangsungkan hari ini, berpusat di Kampus Universitas Atma Jaya. Hari ini bertepatan dengan peristiwa Tragedi Semanggi, 13 November 1998, peristiwa penembakan secara brutal dan membabi buta oleh aparat TNI dan Polri terhadap massa demonstran, yang menewaskan 17 masyarakat sipil termasuk mahasiswa dan pelajar saat aksi menentang Sidang Istimewa MPR.Rangkaian acara hari ini diawali dengan berziarah ke makam Sigit Prasetyo (mahasiswa UPI/YAI) di TPU Tanah Kusir. Pada pukul 10.00 acara di... Napak Tilas Tragedi Semanggi - 10 tahun tragedi semanggi9 November 2008. Ratusan aktivis melakukan aksi mimbar bebas dan napak tilas rute long march salemba-semanggi sebagai bagian dari peringatan 10 tahun Tragedi Semanggi. Aksi napak tilas dengan kendaraan bermotor ini dimulai dari Tugu Proklamasi hingga Kampus Unika Atmajaya, melewati rute Tugu Proklamasi, Bundaran HI, Diponegoro, Salemba, Kampung Melayu, Casablanca, Sudirman, Semanggi. Setelah 10 tahun berlalu, kasus pelanggaran HAM yang menewaskan mahasiswa dan rakyat dalam kasus Trisakti, Semanggi I dan II tak kunjung ada penyelesaiannya.Aksi yang dikoordinir... The Life and Times of Melbourne Indymedia - The Melbourne Indymedia collective met in February after a long hiatus to discuss its future. We decided that we did not have the energy required to continue the project and that therefore the collective had come to an end. We are however keen to help others take up the challenge of producing an activist based, participatory news site, whether that be a Melbourne Indymedia, an Australia Indymedia or something all together new. We feel such a space is very much needed. Several Melbourne Indymedia members expressed interest in mentoring such a project. If this interests you please contact us... Melbourne Indymedia Suspends Publishing - Open publishing has been suspended on Melbourne Indymedia as numbers in our editorial collective are insufficient to manage the site effectively and responsibly. We realise that MIM has played a vital role in reporting activist news from Melbourne, around Australia and internationally. To this end the present collective will be assessing options for how best to provide an activist news service in the future. If you wish to get involved, please contact us, or subscribe to our mailing list.... Indigenous Elder wins Environment Award - The Australian Conservation Foundation's (ACF) Peter Rawlinson Award was given to 'Uncle' Kevin Buzzacott, an Arabunna elder, on World Environment Day in 2007 for two decades of work highlighting the impacts of uranium mining and promoting a nuclear free Australia. Uncle Kev has been a tireless campaigner for indigenous rights including reclaiming the kangaroo and emu sacred totems from the Coat of Arms from Parliament House in Canberra and accusing the Federal Government of genocide. [Full Story]... A Spate of Spam - In recent times, we have had to go offline because of a flood of spam.... Full Circle: The Philippines and the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal - After Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia, the Philippines will only be the third country in history to be the subject of a session twice by the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal (PPT).... So Young, So Committed, and So Much in Danger - Even as young lawyers, they have witnessed injustices being committed as they chose to defend the oppressed. And because they persist in handling "controversial" cases, Jobert Pahilga and Noel Neri have earned the ire of some of the country's most powerful landlords and capitalists, as well as state security forces, and have become victims themselves of political retribution. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA... Copyright © 2009, Uncle HQ. All Rights Reserved. |