WHEN : 6:30pm–9:30pm, Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
WHERE : 62 St Georges Rd, Northcote (Melbourne, Australia)
**6.30pm for 7:00pm films**
Thousands of farmers across the communities of Kulon Progo, Central Java, Indonesia, are fighting for their land and very survival.
A joint Australian-Indonesian consortium is seeking to mine iron-ore, and with a pilot project running and the full backing of the state they look set to go ahead.
The people of Kulon Progo are calling for global solidarity in their struggle against the mining and dispossession, and for self determination. But they especially call on us in Australia to take action to stop Australian involvement in the project.
For generations oppressed by colonial occupiers and impoverished by the very land they live on, the communities of Kulon Progo have turned marginal coastline into a farming success story. Something they describe as a blueprint for communities across Indonesia.
Come find out about one of the most amazing untold stories of community agriculture, grass-roots organising, and the fight for land rights and self determination.
KP Solidarity 