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IndigenousInvasion/Sovereignty Day 2012With Invasion/Sovereignty Day approaching and talk of a referendum for the Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal people, it's worth noting that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra. The Embassy, on the lawns of Old Parliament House, was set up, fought for and has been maintained by generations of Aboriginal activists to organise for Aboriginal sovereignty and justice. On 26th January, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy is inviting Aboriginal people and allies to meet, have discussions, and to get involved in the struggle for Aboriginal sovereignty. If you can’t make it to Canberra, come along to the Invasion Day gig at Jura, featuring revo folk punk from Melbourne's A Commoners Revolt, alongside local favourites the BLAST, and Death Ghat from Aotearoa. Other upcoming events at Jura include a talk on workers’ struggles in China on 10th February, and stay tuned for more details about an anarchist discussion series, our forthcoming inter-state publication, and as always, check out the new books in the shop and get involved at Jura! This newsletter also contains news of community rallies and events, from the rally on 14th February to mark 8 years since the death of TJ Hickey, to Camp Anarchy in Melbourne on 10th-12th March. We hope that your 2012 has gotten off to a good start, happy Chinese New Year, and happy 100th day of Occupy Sydney! In this newsletter: -----=---- We're gradually developing and enhancing our Web 2.0 skills. Click on the links below to follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jura.books Jura RSS feed: http://www.jura.org.au/rss.xml /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/- Invasion Day gig Melbourne's A Commoners Revolt will be bringing their revo folk punk to Jura, alongside the BLAST, and Death Ghat from Aotearoa. -----=---- Contagious Strikes - Workers' Struggles in China In mid-2010, a strike wave rolled through China's factories, the most widespread and militant struggle of China's internal migrant workers so far. The struggle shook the Chinese regime and provoked a world-wide debate: Is this the beginning of the end of the low-wage-model that stands behind China's rise to the "factory of the world" and provides the rest of the world with cheap consumer products? The strikes continued in 2011, and together with riots and peasant uprisings they are indicators for the increasing pressure for social change in China. Jura is pleased to host this presentation by Ralf Ruckus, labour researcher/activist with a focus on the conditions and struggles of migrant workers in China (www.gongchao.org) -----=---- TJ Hickey rally: 8 years since his death - still no justice! TJ Hickey died in February 2004 when his bike was rammed by a Redfern police vehicle driven by then-Constable Hollingsworth. There has been a Coronial inquiry cover-up, police and government cover-ups, and continuous protests, but 8 years later still no justice for the young Aboriginal man and his family. The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1991 made 339 Recommendations to stop Deaths in Custody. Not one of them has been implemented. Hundreds of Aboriginal people died before the report and hundreds of Aboriginal people have died since. Join the Indigenous Social Justice Association in demanding an end to Aboriginal deaths in custody. Meet to demand a memorial place in the Block to remember TJ and all other Aborigines who die in custody. -----=---- Don’t Shoot the Messenger: WikiLeaks, Assange and Democracy WikiLeaks, a free press publishing and media organisation, has revealed human rights abuses, war crimes and corruption in governments across the world. Yet the US Administration wants to close WikiLeaks down and prosecute its founder Julian Assange. International financial services organisations have blocked payments to WikiLeaks, denying them vital income. The Australian government has failed to take a stand against the political persecution of Assange. PM Gillard's assertion that WikiLeaks activities were illegal was proved to be false by an Australian Federal Police investigation. What does all this say about our democracy? Come to a public forum presented by the Support Assange & WikiLeaks Coalition, with: -----=---- Camp Anarchy Camp Anarchy is organised by the same people who brought you the Anarchist Melbourne Bookfair in August 2011. Its inspiration is Pinksterlanddagen: an anarchist camp held in the northern Netherlands for nearly 90 years (http://www.pinksterlanddagen.nl/). At the Dutch camp there are stalls, workshops, anarchist theatre and music and we hope to replicate this at Camp Eureka over the Labour Day weekend (March 10-12) in 2012. Our aim is to bring anarchists, their families, friends and those new to the wide anarchist community together in a welcoming bush setting; to relax and share ideas, news, resources, skills, food and laughter. If you want to book a stall, suggest a workshop, contribute to the camp reader, help out including with promotion, have a large marquee we can use for the weekend or can make a donation to the camp, please get in touch! : https://www.facebook.com/events/208612012524433/ -----=---- Anarchist Discussion Series 2012 Jura Books will be organising a series of discussions this year on various aspects of anarchism. The series will begin in March, with discussions taking place on a Sunday afternoon. Stay tuned to this great opportunity to get together and learn more about anarchism in theory and practice! -----=---- New books at Jura Come check out all the great new books at Jura! Here are a few exciting titles: -----=---- Slingshot Organisers and Black Wallaby Diaries If you haven't yet picked up a diary for 2012, there are still a few Slingshot Organisers at Jura, featuring radical dates from people's struggle, beautiful artworks and political articles. Or you can pick up a beautiful Black Wallaby diary, created by activists and artists in Australia. -----=---- Play Kool DVDs If you're looking for alternative television shows for children, check out the 'Play Kool' DVDs that are available at Jura Books. The DVDs were made for an Australian community television station and attempt, in a DIY-way, to critically engage with children on things like the environment and gender. -----=---- Pseudo Space Our new neighbours at Pseudo Space dropped by to let us know of their new cross-disciplinary experimental art gallery in Leichhardt. See http://www.pseudospacegallery.blogspot.com/ -----=---- 100th Day of Occupy Sydney Today is the 100th Day of Occupy Sydney! Despite challenges like police harassment and inclement weather, Occupy Sydney maintains a 24-hour presence at Martin Place, near Elizabeth St. Visit the site, participate in a Working Group, or join a General Assembly to get involved in the local and global movement against economic injustice and political corruption and to build alternatives from the bottom up. You can also leave a message of support at http://messagesofsupport.tumblr.com/, or send us a postcard!: Occupy Sydney : http://www.occupysydney.org.au/ : Occupy Sydney Free School - https://www.facebook.com/groups/313074415382939/ : Occupy Sydney Legal Support - https://www.facebook.com/groups/343057322380372/ -----=---- Get involved at Jura! Jura Books always welcomes new people to find out more about the volunteer-run shop, our projects, and the political possibilities around the Jura space. Visit the shop, speak to someone in the Jura collective, and come along to a Jura collective meeting! Our next meeting is Friday 24th February, 7.00pm. -----=---- There are now 1217 people on this Jura monthly email announcement list and 823 fans on facebook. Please continue to tell your friends about Jura and to 'like' us on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/jura.books Love and rage from the Jura Collective. : 440 Parramatta Rd, Petersham : Opening Hours: Jura Books is on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. The Jura Collective acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the Land and pays our respect to Elders past and present. We support the ongoing struggle of Aboriginal people for land rights, self-determination, and justice. No reconciliation with colonialists25/06/2010 - 18:00 25/06/2010 - 19:00 Location: Black Rose Books, 22 Enmore Rd, Newtown Description: Come and plan and discuss how to fight against imperialism and racism in this land as anarchists and anti-authoritarians. To truly act in solidarity, seeing your own struggles in the struggles of your fellow humans. Contact Phone Number: 0410 758 461 Contact Email: johnholik@riseup.net Contact Name: John » Climate camp09/10/2009 - 12:00 11/10/2009 - 17:00 Location: Helensburgh, 40 minutes south of Sydney Description: Join Jura collective members and friends at Climate Camp! Climate Camp will be three days of sustainable living and community action in Helensburgh, 40 minutes south of Sydney on Dharawal land. We’ll be near Metropolitan Collieries, Australia’s oldest coal mine. We are parents, youths, locals, and workers who are excited about coming together at Climate Camp ’09. We want to protect our precious water catchments from more damage and pollution by coal mining. We know coal is fuelling climate change – together we can begin the transition to a renewable future. People deserve good jobs in clean and safe industries. Pitch your tent alongside hundreds of others – or stroll in for an afternoon – for great workshops, music, food and positive climate action. If you're concerned about our future and want to do something about it, Climate Camp is for you. Fed up with government tokenism and corporate spin? Come and see how you can make a real difference. Climate Camp is for all of us – because when it comes to water, climate and jobs, actions speak louder than words. Climate change won’t just go away until we – that’s you and me – get together at Climate Camp ’09 with our kids and parents, our neighbours and friends, and begin building solutions together. More information Last year, the Camp for Climate Action at Newcastle was a resounding success, building to a climax in which over a thousand people joined a peaceful protest to stop trains transporting coal and focus the nation’s attention on the polluting coal industry. Australia’s emissions are still rising. At a time when we need to be urgently cutting greenhouse pollution, Australian governments are approving new coal mines and considering the expansion of the Metropolitan Colliery mine that is already damaging Sydney and Illawarra’s water catchment. Coal mining is destroying our health, our water and our climate. We need community action to demand a renewable future. For more, check out http://www.climatecamp.org.au/ » Seeing Through the Empire's New Clothes: Anticapitalist Conference12/09/2009 - 10:00 13/09/2009 - 17:00 Location: Redfern Community Centre (29 Hugo St, Redfern) Description: Seeing through Empire’s new clothes is a conference that will be held from September 12-13, 2009 at the Redfern Community Centre in Sydney.29 Hugo Street, Redfern. 5 minutes walk from Redfern Station. http://maps.google.com.au/maps?ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLG_enCH314CH314&hl=en&t... The conference is free to attend, however we would appreciate donations to help cover the costs of the venue and transportation. Join the facebook event as well: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=135405350308&ref=share We will aim to critique the wave of responses to capitalism’s current predicament. It is an opportunity to collectivelly analyse it’s ‘new clothes’. As ordinary people ourselves, it is a chance to strategise together for solidarity with emerging and ongoing struggles for workers’ autonomy and control, peoples’ freedom of movement, sustainability, sovereignty and self determination. For more information and to see the full program: http://crisisconference2009.wordpress.com/ Contact Email: crisisconference2009@gmail.com » Stop the NT intervention - Protest, march and concert20/06/2009 - 10:30 20/06/2009 - 12:00 Location: Belmore Park, Eddy avenue, Haymarket (opposite Central station) Description:
Protest, march and concert - marking two years since the announcement of the NT Intervention 10:30am Belmore Park, Eddy avenue, Haymarket (opposite Central station) March to the Block in Redfern for family and culture day concert Stop the NT Intervention Speakers include: Performers include: Stand Against Rudd's Racism June 20, 2009 will mark two years since the Howard government announced its Intervention into NT Indigenous communities. The Intervention promised health, housing and education - but it has The Rudd government has made symbolic gestures to try and signal a In the NT, they have also overseen the withdrawal of funding from Land Rights not Leases - Stop the national expansion of Intervention policies A key aspect of the Northern Territory Intervention has been the In March, the government announced it would extend the policy The abolition of Aboriginal controlled Community Development June 20 will be a national day of action, including a march in For more info contact the Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS) through see www.stoptheintervention.org for more info
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