"Inspired by the principles of Malcolm X / Malik El-Hajj Shabazz. A 'Third Worldist' perspective focusing on the increasing pace of south-south co-operation which is challenging US hegemony, and the struggles of those oppressed by neo-colonialism and racism who fight for their social, political and cultural freedom 'by any means necessary'"
8/13/08
Wu Tang Clan - I Can't Go To Sleep Ft. Issac Hayes
5/28/08
New Caledonia’s USTKE union calls for a general strike
Posted at 23:25 on 27 May, 2008 UTC
New Caledonia’s mainly Kanak USTKE union has called for a general strike to coincide with Thursday’s arrival in Noumea of the French junior minister in charge of overseas territories, Yves Jego.
The USTKE leader, Gerard Jodar, says the action is in protest at the French state’s policy of sending security forces to back employers in industrial disputes.
Mr Jodar says the union wants Mr Jego to understand that the government should no longer be at the service of employers and revert to a healthier use of the police.
Last month, a New Caledonian court sentenced 23 USTKE members, including Mr Jodar, to jail terms of up to a year over last January’s clashes with police in Noumea.
Mr Jodar, who is appealing his six-month jail term, was sentenced for directing striking workers during a prolonged fight near a bus depot at the centre of a strike.
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http://www.ustke.org/Thursday May 01, 2008
Plus de 3000 manifestants pour la Marche du 1er Mai More than 3,000 demonstrators to the march of 1 May
Aux côtés des nombreux militants et manifestants de l’USTKE, quelques responsables politiques indépendantistes, le directoire du Parti Travailliste, les représentants des organisations environnementales, les responsables de Rhèbùù Nùù, le Comité de défense des prisonniers de Saint-Louis, les représentants du CNDPA en Kanaky, quelques représentants du Comité 150 ans, le collectif de soutien « Agir contre l’arbitraire et les discriminations », le Comité de soutien de Sidji Chimenti composé d‘étudiants, les grévistes de Ponérihouen Ambulance, les camarades grévistes de Carsud, les grévistes de CFP, les camarades grévistes de Fabicale et les nombreuses personnes qui soutiennent l’organisation syndicale depuis sa création, ils ont chacun à leur manière répondu à l’appel à la mobilisation générale pour la fête des travailleurs. Alongside the many activists and demonstrators of the USTKE, some politicians independence, the Executive Labour Party, representatives of environmental organizations, officials Rhèbùù Nùù, the Committee for the Defence of Prisoners of Saint-Louis, representatives of CNDPA in Kanaky, a few representatives of the 150 years, the collective support "Acting against arbitrariness and discrimination", the Support Committee for Sidji Chimenti composed of students, strikers Ponérihouen Ambulance, fellow strikers Carsud, PSC strikers, fellow strikers Fabicale and the many people who support the trade union organization since its inception, they have each in their own way responded to the call for general mobilization for the feast of workers. La ville blanche était noir de monde, et en même temps multicolore avec l’agitation des drapeaux "Usines et tribus même combat". The White City was black world, and at the same time multicoloured flags agitation "Plants and tribes themselves."
La présence des différentes communautés fût également un moment fort pour les organisateurs de la marche du 1er mai. The presence of different communities was also a high point for organizers of the march of 1 May.
3/26/08
Zapatista Solidarity Event-Melbourne
organizing for autonomy in Mexico.
Talk about four struggles which are part of the Other Campaign
Purepecha people's autonomous school& enviro conservation.
Farncisco Villa Popular Independent Front's urban housing co-ops
Cucapa people in Baja California North Community Police in Guerrero
Short doccos on different indigenous struggles and organizing in the north
of Mexico.
Entry, food & drink all by donation.
2/7/08
Waitangi Day-Kulin Nations 08
In the Kulin Nations, Waitangi day for the whanau started with our tamariki holding our Tino Rangatiratanga flag A beautiful testament to 168 years of our Haapu and its resistance and struggle against colonial rule.
Peoples from all struggles gathered outside the NZ settler consulate on Waitangi Day.
After a welcome from our elder Nan Old (Taranaki), Cheryl (ISJA) read the Aboriginal Trent Embassy Declaration, as peoples resident in Melbourne that support Indigenous struggle we wanted publicly acknowledge and affirm the Sovereignty of Aboriginal Nations in Australia.
Sina read a statement from Te Ata Tino Toa, companera Tia Taurere, "The Tino Rangatiratanga flag symbolises the long tradition of struggle and resistance by Maori against colonisation and the Crown sponsored theft of Maori land and resources. It is a symbol used by Maori who continue to resist the pressures of colonisation and cultural and economic genocide. Such a concept embraces the spiritual link Maori have with 'Papatuanuku' (Earthmother) and is a part of the international drive by indigenous peoples for self determination."
Sina then set about shattering settler fairytales & mythology reminded the whanau gathered, that the Treaty of Waitangi still remains to be honoured 168 years after its signing. The NZ Settler Governments refused to sign the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous peoples and the recent human rights abuses of the peoples of Tuhoe by nga poaka on behalf of the NZ settler state.
Just like the crap served up on here recently on stray alia Day, what is the nz settler state celebrating? We are definitely not celebrating our lack of, Tino Rangatiratanga, Mana Motuhake, Sovereignty or Self Determination. That’s for sure.
Rayna Fahey (Green Party, Radical Mamma, Pakeha Anarchist) then spoke about decolonisation and anti racism, affirming Indigenous rights is about human rights and respect, “ Respect for people and respect for our environment, and what it means to live up to treaty obligations as a settler.
Marisol Salinas (Mapuche, Environmentalist) gave the solidarity of the Mapuche peoples for the Maori struggle for self-determination. The Mapuche are under siege by the Chilean state as they seek to defend heir lands from the greed of multi nationals and corrupt, racist governments.
Nick Chesterfield (Kaurna Nation) a seasoned campaigner for Indigenous rights in the Pacific, notably of late Nick’s mahi with West Papua has been inspiring.
He gave an awesome korero about Aboriginal Sovereignty, Indigenous Unity in the pacific region and the challenges we face as we resist colonisation in the Pacific.
We were then honoured to have the Aboriginal Tent embassy represented by long time freedom fighter Robbie Thorpe (Krautungalung, Gunnai Nation) addressed us. “Land thieving, colonising, genocidal racists,.” This is invasion, and colonisation means for Indigenous peoples. He then reiterated how crucial it is for us to support each other’s struggles in the Pacific. . Robbie gave good serve against the four setter gubbaments and their refusal to affirm Indigenous human rights to Self Determination at an International level. Shame all right.
With a large Australian Federal Police presence Robbie reminded us that in the Pacific Australia and NZ & Amerikka are the biggest colonisers. Sina expanded on the role the AFP has in the Pacific and how the have built up over the past 10 years their presence in the pacific, they are a deployable paramilitary police group, resourced to the hilt. They are as Kevin Carmody sings, “ terrorists dressed in uniforms under the protection of their law”. The use of paramilitary police style repression & humans rights abuses in Tuhoe recently looks like part of an over all picture of state/police repression of Indigenous peoples thorough the Pacific at the movement. Are our human rights the price we have to pay in the Pacific for Settler, Trade & security agreements and arrangements?
With the Mob converging on Kkkanberra for the opening of the Gubbament, Indigenous rights are gaining momentum both here and throughout the Pacific and the world. We are standing up, we are unified; there’s a change in the wind for sure.
11/16/07
November 17 - Big Day Out Against Racism
The Western suburbs Community Festival in support of African
communities in Australia has joined forces with the March for
Multiculturalism.
Both events will now happen on Saturday November 17.
The MARCH will start at 1pm at the State Library and participants will
then invited to attend the Festival in Footscray, starting 4pm.
The NEW VENUE for the COMMUNITY FESTIVAL IN SUPPORT OF AFRICAN
COMMUNITIES IN AUSTRALIA is the
Nicholson Street Campus, Victoria University,
Corner Nicholson & Buckley Streets, Footscray.
Three (3) minute stroll from the Footscray Railway Station.
Festival performers include: The Conch, Ajak Kwai, Busted Onions, The
Brothahood, Lorazi Red, Valanga Khoza, King Marong & more.
The two events will be a combined show of support for the
African-Australian community.
Come and celebrate our multiculturalism and support the
African-Australian community!
We reject the Federal Government's attempt to isolate and marginalise
the African community in Australia, and its targeting of the Sudanese
community in particular.
We welcome African migrants and refugees and celebrate their valuable
contributions to our community.
Come and celebrate our multiculturalism and support the
African-Australian community!
Together we can stand in solidarity and friendship.
Organisers of the March for Multiculturalism
Organisers of the Racism No Community Festival
11/2/07
Kia Kotahi Ra te Moana nui a Kiwa
Tongareva Drum dance
By Omar Hamed
http://www.justfocus.org.nz/articles/2006/08/11/pacific-youth-hold-fast-we-cant-ignore-colonisation/
10/30/07
Samoa sets up diplomatic ties with Cuba
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Posted at 05:52 on 17 October, 2007 UTC
It has been confirmed that Samoa and Cuba have established diplomatic ties.
This follows reports from Havana which said Samoa had become the 186th nation to have diplomatic relations with Cuba.
The relationship was formally established last week in New York according to the acting chief executive officer for Samoan foreign ministry, Petina Sila.
Samoa was represented at the recent UN General Assembly by the Prime Minister, Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, and some senior government officials.
http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=35816
related:
http://uriohau.blogspot.com/2007/05/mau-movement.html
http://www.michaelfield.org/black_saturday.htm
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=71168
http://uriohau.blogspot.com/2007/08/acceding-countries-as-pawns-in-power.html
10/26/07
King Kapisi - Reverse Resistance
Dedicated to Omar Hamed, with love from our family, made a beautiful banner bro for the tautoko rally apopo. Kia Kaha Bro, Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou Ake Ake Ake !!!!!!
Stand in solidarity! Global Day Of Action - Saturday 27th Oct, 12 noon
I'm banner making & baking sis, see you there.
Don’t forget to make yourself heard on Saturday. If there’s nothing on in your area, organise something!
I’m baking, stitching and painting!
Donations can be made to the defence fund. See the Civil Rights Defence Committee website for details. Or if you’re coming to Melbourne, we’ll be collecting on the day to send over one big donation to cut down on paypal fees
- Everywhere: Any letters emailed to lettersforprisoners[at]riseup[dot]net will printed out and distributed to arrestees. Obviously don’t write anything that could negatively impact on you or anyone else! If you can help with processing these letters, please email the crew on the same address. For more information, see http://www.civilrightsdefence.org.nz.
- Auckland: Demonstration Saturday Oct 27th at 12 noon meeting in Aotea Square. [ Poster ]
- Hamilton: Protest Sat 27th, meet 12 noon @ Garden Place.
- Rotorua: Hikoi Thursday 25th Oct, meet 9am Apumoana Marae (by Blue Lake), hikoi to Rotorua District Court for bail hearings.
- Whanganui: Rally and march Saturday October 27th at 12 noon. Meet at the River Traders Market on Moutoa Quay (behind Taupo Quay).
- Wellington: Protest Sat 27th, meet 12 noon @ Midland Park. Bring noisemakers and rage [ Poster ]. Prisoner support meetings are being held at 128 Abel Smith St, 6pm, each Tuesday. A range of solidarity events are happening over the coming days. [ Upcoming events ].
- Christchurch: A solidarity rally and march will be held in Cathedral Square at 12noon on Saturday Oct 27th, followed by a picnic with live music [ Posters: 1 & 2 ]. A meeting to plan solidarity work will be held Thursday 25th, 6pm at the Otautahi Social Centre, 206 Barbadoes St. A benefit gig has been organised for Thursday 1st November at the Wunder Bar in Lytellton.
- Dunedin: Picnic on Sunday Oct 28th to discuss the Terrorism Supression Act, Tuhoe history and Parihaka. 12 noon - 2:30pm, Otago Museum Reserve.
- Sydney, Australia: Public meeting & demonstration on Thursday October 25th, 5:30pm outside NZ Consulate-General, 55 Hunter St, Sydney
- Melbourne, Australia: A solidarity demonstration will be held Saturday 27th in Federation Square, 12noon.
- London, England: Solidarity protest Saturday 27th, 12 noon @ NZ High Comission, 80 Haymarket, SW1Y, Westminster.
http://radicalcrossstitch.com/2007/10/25/stand-in-solidarity-global-day-of-action-saturday-27th-oct-12-noon/
10/25/07
PUBLIC ENEMY "Don't Believe The Hype"
Omar has done awesome activism in Opposing the FTA with Amerikkka &
Neo Colonialism in the Pacific (amongst heaps of other solid things)
PACIFIC YOUTH HOLD FAST: WE CAN’T IGNORE COLONISATION
By Omar Hamed
http://www.justfocus.org.nz/articles/2006/08/11/pacific-youth-hold-fast-we-cant-\
ignore-colonisation/
Omar Hamed:A Citizen’s Guide To An Emerging Empire
Thursday, 9 November 2006,
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00170.htm
Selling out our neighbours and serving the empire
A commentary on Winston Peters Foreign Policy “Five Year Plan’
By Omar Hamed
http://snap.enzyme.org.nz/2006/03/selling-out-our-neighbours-and-serving.html
>
> Kia ora whanau
>
> Omar is a dear friend of our whanau, and gave us awesome tautoko when
> I was picked up after the g20 last year. Tautoko back at ya bro.
>
> Ana
>
>
> Another of 17 alleged terrorists rounded up in nationwide police
> swoops last week can now be revealed.
>
> He is Omar Hamed, a 19-year-old Auckland man facing three charges of
> illegal possession of a firearm.
>
> It is alleged Hamed - a Palestinian, born in Greece, but raised on the
> North Shore - was twice in possession of firearm in Tauranga between
> January 10 and January 14 this year, then was in possession of a
> semi-automatic rifle, in Auckland, between September 13 and
September 16.
>
> His lawyer Anthony Rogers last week failed in a District Court bid to
> prevent publication of his name and picture, but appealed Judge
> Josephine Bouchier's ruling to the High Court.
>
> However, the deadline for that application past at 4.30pm today.
>
> Hamed is currently in custody, awaiting an Auckland District Court
> appearance on November 1.
>
>
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/story.cfm?c_id=1501470&objectid=10472072
>
Speaker Box - Waha Nui
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Mixed Media-Film-Acoustic Music-Spoken Word-Guest Speakers
On the 28th of October 2007 to commemorate the "Declaration of Independence" 1835
6pm @ Te Karanga Art Gallery 208 Karangahape Rd
Raise the Consciousness: Current state Violations on Human Rights
Nau Mai haere mai!!
Fundraiser for the whanau affected by the Police Raids
KOHA ENTRY
10/20/07
Urewera 17 Wellington Court Video - 19/10/07
A video following a long day outside the bail hearing of the four arrested in Wellington as part of the nationwide police raids. The four were ordered to remain in prison, and to be transferred to Auckland for further hearings. The decision is likely to be appealed (more)
10/17/07
Sydney Solidarity with Aotearoa Arrestees: Protest Report
Consulate in Sydney this morning.
Armed with carrots and an avocado (certified non-explosive),
demonstrators told passers-by `This is considered a weapon in New
Zealand. Houses were raided across the country, a bus of school
children was searched at gunpoint, and what do they find to
confiscate? A bag with some carrots and an avocado.
This is their"police intelligence". This is the justification for
their anti-terror laws, which are being used to crush dissent and
intimidate activists.'
The group had a banner reading `Police are the real terrorists' and
leaflets warning that `A heavily armed gang of over 300 thugs called
the "New Zealand" gang, known for their previous violent offenses,
have recently kidnapped at least seventeen environmental,
peace-movement, anarchist and Tino Rangatiratanga (Maori Sovereignty
movement) activists. They are known to have automatic guns, run
illegitimate terrorist training camps in the midst of Aotearoa
society, and to be paid by foreign governments who have committed acts
of aggression and illegally occupied people's land. The gang is
slavishly obedient to their mysterious leader, known only as "Helen."
Some demonstrators tried to enter the consulate building but were held
back by Federal Police. A representative of the Consulate came down to
talk to the protest and left to pass on a message of `strong disapproval'.
A further public meeting and demonstration will be held next Thursday,
October 25, at 5.30 pm outside the NZ consulate (55 Hunter St, Sydney.)
http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/73876/index.php
10/16/07
Solidarity protest at NZ Consulate
http://www.indymedia.org.nz/
thanks PC
10/4/07
Indigenous fight to protect Sacred Ancestral Remains
contacts and into all blogs and groups. This is especially important
to get into our Relations hands that may live near enough to attend
this event in California and lend their support. I thank you so very
much for helping spread the word on this important event.
Blessings,
Wahela Bluejay Pierce
Natives and social justice allies to rally at UC Berkeley to protect
ancestral remains
By Mark LeBeau, Citizen of the Pit River Nation, MS
With input from the Native NAGPRA Coalition
October 1, 2007
Historically, Native people have endured a great deal of traumatic
experiences through actions of the dominant society, including loss of
land, life, and liberty. Today, many Native people contend with
post-traumatic stress issues stemming from historical situations and
their own traumatic experiences. Healing such wounds takes dedication
on the part of the traumatized, the proper health providers, and an
appropriate support system. Many Natives find traditional Indian
wellness methods to be some of the most effective prevention and
treatment approaches available. In spite of the advances that have
been made in healing traumatized Natives, there are parts of the
dominant society that continue to cause great harm to these people. A
primary example is the University of California Berkeley's (UCB)
Hearst Museum which refuses to maintain an appropriate program whereby
Natives can reclaim their ancestral remains from the museum and rebury
these love ones.
The right to control ancestral remains is a basic human entitlement
that nearly all groups in the United States are afforded except
Natives. Throughout American history, scientists routinely pillaged
Native burial grounds and shipped massive amounts of ancestral remains
to museums for study, including the UCB Hearst Museum.
The Hearst Museum houses human remains from approximately 13,000
biological individuals. UCB spokespersons insinuate that the figure is
lower because the collection only has 9,000 or so "catalog entries."
This is an attempt to mislead: "Catalog entry" does not refer to a
biological individual; it designates where biological individuals are
recorded in the museum archives. A single catalog entry can, and often
does, designate multiple biological individuals.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
was intended by Congress to redress the injustice of Natives not being
able to control their ancestral remains and require Museums, including
the Heart Museum, to repatriate human remains for reburial by tribes.
In the 101st Congress, NAGPRA was actively promoted by both Republican
and Democratic legislators, including then-House of Representatives
Udall, Campbell, Young, Rhodes and Richardson and Senators McCain,
Inouye and Domenici. Sherry Hutt, current National NAGPRA Program
Manager of the National Park Service and former Arizona Superior Court
Judge, in congressional testimony called NAGPRA, "one of the most
significant pieces of human rights legislation since the Bill of
Rights." A purpose of NAGPRA was to reduce the looting of Native
cultural sites in the U.S. and the selling of Native human remains on
the local, regional, national, and international art and black
markets. Reports to Congress in 1988 estimated that between 50-90% of
known cultural sites on private and public lands had been looted. Over
the objections of the Interior Department, the Senate and House
unanimously passed NAGPRA and President Bush signed the bill into law
on November 16, 1990.
Although the Hearst Museum purports to have "complied" with NAGPRA,
this claim is false. NAGPRA directed museums to submit an inventory of
its Native collections by 1995. UCB did not finish until 2000. Before
submitting the inventory, museums were required to determine which
remains and artifacts could be traced to specific tribes. When this
was possible, the items would be classified as "culturally affiliated"
and repatriated. Museums were allowed to keep the rest of the remains
indefinitely, which were designated "culturally unidentifiable." UCB
classified less than 20 percent of its remains and artifacts as
culturally affiliated and more than 80 percent as culturally
unidentifiable. Although UCB has repatriated some of the culturally
affiliated remains, it is out of compliance with respect to more than
80 percent of the collection. This is because NAGRPA also required
that museums make a good faith effort to consult with tribes before
submitting their inventories and to consider tribal evidence for
cultural affiliation. Acceptable evidence could be historical,
geographic, linguistic, based on oral tradition, etc., as well as
archaeological. UCB did not make a genuine effort to consult with
tribes. To the extent that consultation occurred at all – and often it
did not – it was entirely inadequate and did not meet NAGPRA
requirements. The law mandated that the standard for deciding whether
remains were affiliated was the "preponderance of the evidence." This
means that all evidence must be considered before classifying remains
as culturally affiliated or unidentifiable. However, since tribes were
not allowed to submit evidence before the Hearst Museum submitted its
inventory, the Museum did not abide by NAGPRA's evidentiary mandate.
UC Berkeley has terminated its NAGPRA program, which resisted
pressures from research scientists and provided tribes with fair,
impartial and comprehensive research and consultation services. These
services helped tribes defend their claims before biased repatriation
committees, which are completely dominated by archaeologists. UCB
completely and deliberately excluded all Natives from the secretive
review process that eliminated the NAGPRA program, and did so in spite
of strenuous protests by tribes and other Native Americans. The review
was conducted by two non-native archaeologists hostile to NAGPRA. The
Museum reorganization is designed to keep the Museum's collection
intact, frustrate legitimate tribal claims, and subordinate NAGPRA
obligations to scientific research that often violates Native
religious beliefs.
Given that UCB is not adhering to the NAGPRA law and is traumatizing
and causing great harm to Natives working to reclaim their ancestral
remains, Native people and social justice allies will rally at the
University on October 5th at high noon to demand UCB immediately
comply with the law. The University must: bring the Hearst Museum into
compliance with NAGPRA; stop the reorganization and reopen the review
process to include Native Americans; reinstate the autonomous NAGPRA
unit and remove it from the administrative control of the Museum and
the Vice Chancellor for research; reform the UCB repatriation
committee process and work to reform the committee process at the UC
system-wide level; acknowledge that when NAGPRA interests conflict
with Museum interests, Natives' standing as legal claimants must take
priority; and meet with the Native American NAGPRA Coalition to
discuss the future of NAGPRA at Berkeley.
Please participate in the demonstration if you are able to or send
good prayers, thoughts, and songs to those standing up against forces
attempting to continue to deny Natives their ancestral remains.
For more information contact:
Reno Franklin 707-591-0580 Ext 105;
Lalo Franco 559-925-2831;
Radley Davis 530-917-6064;
James Hayward 530-410-2875;
Morning Star Gali 510-827-6719;
Corbin Collins 510-652-1567;
Mark LeBeau 916-801-4422.