[indymedia-melb] Melbourne Indymedia Newsletter 10/04/06

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Indigenous Camp eviction looms
09/04/2006
The Camp Sovereignty protest site in Melbourne's Kings Domain Gardens faces the
threat of eviction after police visited the camp on Friday morning. The camp
was established for the Commonwealth Games to serve as a base for actions
coordinated by the Black GST campaign to highlight the on going resistance of
Indigenous and non Indigenous people to the illegal occupation of the
Australian continent.

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(1) Camp Sovereignty Eviction
Monday Apr. 10, 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Kings Domain. Beside Myer Music Bowel in CBD
Event Topic: Civil Liberties
Event Type: Protest
camp soreignty is being evicted on monday 10/4 at 4pm by police. people need to
join together, link arms and stop this from happening. the state can spear some
parkland to be given to the aboriginal people on it currently.


(2) People for Constitutional Human Rights
Wednesday Apr. 12, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Justice Department of Victoria
55 St Andrews Place
East Melbourne
Event Topic: Civil Liberties
Event Type: Protest
The only way they could remove the human rights that would be include din a
future Austrlaina Constitution would be through a referendum.
http://www.peopleforconstitutionalhumanrights.org


(3) Film premiere TSOTSI 2006 Academy Award winner
Thursday Apr. 13, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Cinema Nova 380 Lygon Street CARLTON
Event Topic: Other
Event Type: Film Screening
Winner of the 2006 Academy Award for best foreign language film. TSOTSI (meaning
'thug') is set in the township of Soweto in Johannesburg. A young thug makes a
living out of stealing and carjacking, and then one day the proceeds out of his
carjacking turn out not to be so straightforward...and require constant care.
What does he do? Can humanity survive in the face of daily brutality under
capitalism? Featuring kwaito music from the streets of Jo'burg. Pre-film drinks
and raffle draw from 6.20pm.


(4) WEST PAPUAN BENEFIT & FUNDRAISER - Melbourne
Thursday Apr. 13, 8:00pm - 12:00pm
Central Club Hotel, 293 Swan St, Richmond
Event Topic: Anti-War
Event Type: Benefit Gig
Venue: 94281480 and bookings on 90171125 or http://www.moshtix.com.au
http://www.freewestpapua.com | http://www.mftcc.com
MY FRIEND THE CHOCOLATE CAKE | DILI ALLSTARS | THE BLACK BROTHERS |
STRINGBAND STYLE (WEST PAPUA)| MEMBERS OF NOT DROWNING, WAVING | WP TRADITIONAL
DANCERS, SINGERS, FILMS AND MORE
West Papua has been in the news a lot recently. The arrival of 43 West Papuan
asylum seekers on Australian shores and the discovery of a veritable Garden of
Eden in the forest shrouded Foja Mountains has catapulted the story of West
Papua into mainstream public attention. The drive that compels 43 West Papuans
to make a perilous ocean crossing in a traditional canoe to seek freedom is
something that we Australians as their closest neighbours should support. They
have arrived on our shores proclaiming of political persecution, state
terrorism and genocide in West Papua. This is no conspiracy; there are
mountains of evidence to support these claims from the UN to Yale University to
Amnesty International.
This will be a top night of music dance and film. Come and play your part, have
an enjoyable evening and help support the campaign to give these brave people
safe refuge inside our desert island. Need volunteers, please contact
freepapua_pacifica at nym.hush.com


(5) Villawood 06 : Easter convergence
Friday Apr. 14 ? Monday Apr. 17
Villawood
Event Topic: Migration
Event Type: Protest
Friday 7 April, 6:30am ? 8:30pm
Saturday 8 April 9:30am ? 8:30pm
Sunday 9 April, 10:00am ? 6:00pm
Every Easter since 2002 activists have come together and converged on a
detention centre to voice our opposition to Australia?s disgraceful refugee
and ?border protection? policies and to demonstrate our solidarity with
those behind the fences. This Easter the protest is at Villawood Detention
Centre ? in the heart industrial Sydney. This year?s protest will be part
of a Global Day of Action Against Immigration Detention (15/16 April).
Villawood now holds more refugees than any other detention facility and has been
consistently used as the base for government?s ongoing practice of forcible
deportation of asylum seekers. And, like all Australia?s detention centres,
life here in its concrete cages is a life of pain, boredom and insecurity that
is driving people crazy and even to attempt suicide.
V06 ACTIVITIES (a rough guide)
Friday 14
10.30am Meet at Jones St next to UTS for convoy to camping site at Campbell
Pioneer Reserve (5 min from Villawood). Actions at Villawood Friday pm.
Saturday 15