18 Jun 2008 Perth Indymedia

Nowhere, here in the Middle: Special Film Screening - 26 June 08 What the Government called "the middle of nowhere", these people call home. The film travels to the NT to meet the people who live at the proposed radioactive waste dump sites, shedding light on the dark implications of these plans. A film by Tara Jones - screening at Lotteries House, West Perth 6pm JUN 26 - free tea, coffee & snacks provided. With Adele Pedder - Nuclear-free campaigner, ACF - and Dr. Gavin Mudd - Environmental Engineering, Monash University - Felicity Hill: Womens' International League for Peace and Freedom...
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16 Jun 2008 Perth Indymedia

From the newswire: June 16, 2008 - An asylum seeker who feared persecution upon deportation from Australia shows how "politically polluted and bankrupt Australia's refugee determination system really is..." WA Rights group Project SafeCom says. The case of Mr Zhang... shows how the Minister has absolutely no idea about decisions made by his own Ministerial Intervention, handled by the Immigration Department's "Ministerial Intervention Unit" "Australia, even after the furore in recent years over the goings-on inside the Immigration Department, still deports people to places where they fear
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12 Jun 2008 Perth Indymedia

From the newswire - JUN 12 2008: Perth's ROAR feminist collective have condemned PETA's (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) use of pornography as part of their campaign strategy. In their "Milk Gone Wild" campaign, PETA has produced media based on the U.S. Girls Gone Wild video series - despite allegations of rape by one young woman who was forced to have sex with one of the crew. ROAR say the company has been charged and found guilty of taping underage women. ROAR ask: "...why would PETA affiliate with such misogynist, paedophilic material? In their two 'Milk Gone Wild' video's they
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10 Jun 2008 Jakarta IMC

Toya Lake, Hokkaido, Jepang

Pada bulan Juli 2008 mendatang, para pimpinan negara-negara yang memonopoli dua per tiga kekayaan bumi ini akan berkumpul di Toya Lake di Hokkaido Jepang.

Meskipun Kelompok -yang kemudian disebut sebagai G-8 – ini sama sekali tidak memiliki hak dan legitimasi untuk menentukan urusan-urusan di bumi ini, mereka telah menunjuk dirinya sendiri untuk mengatur dunia. Sehingga akhirnya G8 mengendalikan globalisasi neo-liberal bersamaan dengan meluasnya kemiskinan, kekerasan, kebencian, pengkotak-kotakan, dan pengrusakan lingkungan.



Media Center: Three Media Centers
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09 Jun 2008 Aotearoa IMC - Features

As Midwinter approaches and rain and winds push us (mostly) off the streets and into our homes, why not dash out for an evening to various events that seek to raise awareness about those people left out in the cold by society and those for whom war and colonisation pushes to the margins; homeless people, female factory workers in Mexico, refugees, Tuhoe and Latin American anti-imperialists.

Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland:

• Socialist Aotearoa: Workshop on Che Guevara | 7pm, Thursday 12th June
• Homage to Chilean President Salvador Allende - an evening of music, dance and film | 7pm, Friday 27th June

09 Jun 2008 Aotearoa IMC - Features

Lorena "Aya" Santos, aged 25 from the Philippines, has written an open Father's Day letter to her father, Leo Velasco who 'disappeared', after being abducted last year by soldiers and has not been seen since. Father's Day occurs in June in the Philippines. Mr Velasco is a consultant for the National Democratic Front Philippines (NDFP), in its peace negotiations with the government. The NDFP is the umbrella political wing of a number of left organisations, including the bannedCommunist Party of the Philippines (CPP) in its peace negotiations with the Philippines government. Her mother is
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09 Jun 2008 Aotearoa IMC - Features

Two dozen workers at Auckland Airport’s foodcourt staged a lightening strike on Saturday 7 June, in protest at medieval working conditions. The strikers marched through the foodcourt calling for their rights and were applauded by the public. Employers and security tried unsuccessfully to silence the upbeat strikers. The company is a joint venture between HMSC, a mega-corporation with businesses around the world, and Auckland International Airport. Mike Treen of Unite Union said the workers had the worst employment contract the union had come across. The workers have a start time but no
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24 May 2008 Jakarta IMC

200 lebih mahasiswa ditangkap

Dini hari (24/05/08), polisi dengan brutal menyerbu masuk kampus Universitas Nasional (UNAS) di Pejaten, Jakarta selatan. Polisi melakukan penyerangan dengan mendobrak gerbang kampus sekitar pukul 05.00 sambil meneriakkan kata-kata kasar dan makian, serta merusak bangunan kampus. Berawal dari aksi mahasiswa sekitar pukul 21.00 Jumat (23/5) malam, merespon kenaikan harga BBM yang diumumkan pemerintah. Polisi mulai melakukan penjagaan di depan kampus sekitar pukul 21.30.

Sekitar jam 12 malam keadaan kembali tenang dan mahasiswa berangsur kembali masuk ke kampus.
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24 May 2008 Jakarta IMC

Transmission Asia Pacific 2008

SUKABUMI, West Java - A network of individuals and groups who are into media activism have come together in an event called Transmission Asia-Pacific 2008 (TX-AP) to share their skills on online video distribution and video activism.

TXAP 2008 From May 19-25 2008 fifty-five tech and video activists gathered in West Java, Indonesia to share code and stories. Organised by EngageMedia and the Jakarta based Ruangrupa Transmission Asia-Pacific brought together projects from 15 different countries, from Japan to India, and China to New Zealand, to discuss ways to most
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14 Mar 2008 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
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17 Jan 2008 Manila Indymedia

NUEVA VIZCAYA, Philippines- Tribal villagers up north Luzon blockaded the Australian mining company from further exploring minerals in their community, Friday noon, and forced the mining firm to leave the village. According to reports, hundred dozens of indigenous residents in Kasibu town ,"pushed away employees of a foreign mining firm and their earth-moving equipment that were supposed to start exploration in their community", said Inq.Net. The action held by local people has lead to an indefinite operation shut down of OceanaGold Philippines Inc.- an Australian company. Indigenous residents
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03 Dec 2007 Manila Indymedia

To us members of the Progresibong Alyansa ng mga Mangingisda sa Pilipinas (PANGISDA), the curfew imposed by Malacanang last Friday was a stark reminder of Martial Law. In Central and Southern Luzon, the curfew prevented fishermen living in interior villages from going to the sea to fish and thus violated their constitutional right to travel freely. [ Read More ] Related Stories: [ Rise Up And Be Counted | Condemn Detention of Journalists | Workers Vow To Continue The Struggle ]
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13 Nov 2007 Manila Indymedia

Roderick Sumang, Delter Algay, Edwin Lee, Jesus Manaqued, Sherilo Moraleja, Socrates Silan Jr., Dennis Tolentino, Noel Cusi and Jose Menpin -- all undocumented workers -- flew to Mauritius a month ago to work as crew members on the fishing vessel Ruei Thih Fa. With their Taiwanese captain Jui-yin Huang and nine other Chinese crewmen, they set sail from Mauritius' capital, Port Louis, on Oct. 31 and began work on Nov. 2, unaware that they were to fill 22-hour work days. On Nov. 5, their fourth day at work, they took action. Jolted awake by the captain's buzzer after only two hours of sleep,
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09 Oct 2007 Melbourne Indymedia

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.
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10 Jun 2007 Melbourne Indymedia

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]
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