[Indigsol] Re: Stop Racism towards Aboriginals in Australia

[Matt Kristjansson]

yio ben,
i'd be very interested in going out to support the blockade of highway 7. i 
would also be willing to puta  bit of time over the next day or two into 
helping with the protest at the embassy, depending on what's already been 
taken on/what's yet to be taken on. let me knwo what i can do.
take care,
matt

>From: "Ben Powless" <powless at gmail.com>
>To: Indigsol at lists.resist.ca
>Subject: [Indigsol] Re: Stop Racism towards Aboriginals in Australia
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:50:56 -0400
>
>Also I was thinking some of you may be interested to know there will be
>another protest likely this Friday at Ardoch First Nation (near Sharbot
>Lake, on highway 7) where they're planning to shut down the highway over 
>the
>uranium issue. If anyone's really interested to know more I can find out
>full details. Peace
>Ben
>
>On 10/07/07, Ben Powless <powless at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Hey everyone
>>
>>I got asked today by a Native friend to help her organize a
>>protest/rally/thing at the Australian Embassy (World Exchange Plaza, site 
>>of
>>the Mexican embassy too...) for Noon on Friday.
>>
>>I know this is a really last minute event but I was hoping you'd be
>>interested in helping.
>>
>>Basically we need to get the message out far and wide. We need some help
>>getting media there. Need to invite whoever will support it - ie unions,
>>other support groups (like Friends of Burma?), some Native groups (AFN,
>>Minwaashin Lodge, NWAC, Odawa), KAIROS, the raging grannies, etc, and
>>others? We need some sort of audio set up - even just a megaphone. We need 
>>a
>>poster, even just simple, for a few of these groups to post. Some placards
>>made. An info flyer. An email to go out. Yakno, the basics.
>>
>>The idea is have a few speeches, pass out flyers, maybe letters to send to
>>the embassy, collect names on a petition, then go up to the Australian
>>embassy and deliver it. More or less.
>>
>>This is organized in solidarity with marches taking place in New Zealand
>>and Australia by the Aboriginals and Maori there, which will be on Friday
>>and Saturday. Apparently there is not really anything else going on in
>>Canada. My friend is in contact with some people in New Zealand.
>>
>>So I guess I'm asking, who would be willing to help out, how?
>>
>>Please let me know. Thanks
>>In solidarity,
>>Ben
>>
>>--
>>"In life we meet extraordinary people who follow us wherever we may go" -
>>Trisha Nagpal
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>"In life we meet extraordinary people who follow us wherever we may go" -
>Trisha Nagpal


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