Monthly Archives: March 2014

EVENT: BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND by David Bradbury, Friday March 28

Posted on March 25, 2014 by CaTⓋ

Blowin’ in the Wind examines the secret treaty that allows the US military to train and test its weaponry on Australian soil. It looks at the impact of recycled uranium weapons and the far-reaching physical and moral effects on every Australian. The film’s release has been timely as the government currently moves to approve more uranium mines while arguing the contrary – that by going nuclear we are being both ‘safe’ and ‘green’. Continue reading →

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Citizens may take action over rough treatment in Victorian Parliament

Posted on March 19, 2014 by CaTⓋ

ALP MP Gavin Jennings has condemned the call for the removal of the public from the Gallery of the Victorian Parliament last week, during the Summary Offences Act debate. He immediately entered testimony into Hansard, that he had only on rare occasions, heard “chortling” or “clapping”, and deemed the President’s description of “dangerous and provocative behaviour” a misrepresentation of the facts. Two men and two women said they wanted to stay and hear all of the debate, under the reasonable assumption that they had done nothing to warrant eviction from the Gallery, but a 30-man special task force was called in, with guns and tasers, to forcibly remove them. Continue reading →

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“DON’T GIVE IT OXYGEN!” – The Rise of Unscientific Journalism

Posted on March 11, 2014 by CaTⓋ

The following article was written prior to the removal of Robyn Irene’s ‘The Betrayal of Julian’ from the Western Australian newspaper The Stringer. Since Robyn’s article was also published on Indymedia, my reference links are now pointing to that site.

“DON’T GIVE IT OXYGEN!” was temporarily approved for publication by The Stringer’s founder, Gerry Georgatos, but I was advised within the hour, that the newspaper had opted instead to remove Robyn Irene’s ‘The Betrayal of Julian’ .

A shame – and painfully ironic? – that “DON’T GIVE IT OXYGEN!” cannot address the same audience, but I respect Mr Georgatos’ wishes to have “never published ‘The Betrayal of Julian’ in the first place”, for the reasons he stated.

I also appreciate Gerry’s kind advice that I try uploading my article to the other site, Indymedia, where he is apparently a ‘Trusted User’ with publishing rights for his own and other writers’ articles. Robyn Irene may also be an Indymedia ‘Trusted User’, so I would advise her, Gerry or Anonymous (name listed as the publisher of ‘The Betrayal of Julian’) to carefully re-read the Indymedia Editorial Policy:

“Newswire articles and/or comments will not be placed on our promoted newswire if they are [among other things] (1) inaccurate: posts that are inaccurate or misleading; (2) from political parties: the newswire is designed to generate a news resource, not a notice-board for political parties; and (3) a personal attack: articles and/or comments that contain abusive language against other activists or site users.” (coughs…) Continue reading →

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