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Indonesia / Philippines / Australia - Anarchist Communist Event
Wednesday June 15 2005
08:00 hrs

Asylum seekers have human rights

category indonesia / philippines / australia | migration / racism | anarchist communist event author Thursday June 09, 2005 20:28author by Dr Joseph Toscano - Anarchist media Instituteauthor address PO Box 20, Parkville Vic 3052author phone 03 8508 9856 Report this post to the editors

anarchists protest and call for boycott

Encourage tourists to stop visiting Australia, Encourage international students to stop studying in Australia, Encourage Australia´s trading partners to stop trading with Australian. UNTIL The Australian govt passes legislation that recognises that asylum seekers have inalienable human rights.

On the 8th of June we protested outside the Commonwealth Government offices at 4 Treasury Place in Melbourne and had the federal Treasurer Peter Costello do a quick jog past. State security watched in a less obvious manner than last week when uniformed coppers made their presence felt.
Next week we will go where there are more people, the main "open space" in the City of melbourne Federation Square which we have won as a forum for activists despite private security guards eviction threats earlier this year....

Asylum Seekers have human rights

Wednesday 15/6/2005
12:00 PM

Federation Square
corner Flinders and Swanston Streets
City of melbourne

Civil Liberties Protest
Contact Dr joseph Toscano
anarchistage@yahoo.com
Phone: (03) 98508 9856

TERRIBLE THINGS HAPPEN WHEN GOOD PEOPLE DO NOTHING´

Encourage tourists to stop visiting Australia, Encourage international students to stop studying in Australia, Encourage Australia´s trading partners to stop trading with Australian. UNTIL The Australian govt passes legislation that recognises that asylum seekers have inalienable human rights.

TIME: - MIDDAY WEDNESDAY
DATE: - 15th JUNE
Federation Square opposite Flinders Street railway station
MELBOURNE

Overseas supporters are welcome to organise their own protests via letter, phone email or event outside Australian Consulates and businesses.

"We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties."
Eureka Rebellion oath 1854

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author by Andrewpublication date Fri Jun 10, 2005 22:20author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I think boycotts are generally a waste of time and all too often adopted as an easy strategy.

This is a case in point - as bad as the racist Australian migration laws are they are not much worse than those of Europe or the US or possibly South Africa. Nor are they worse than say the US role in Iraq or the dictatorships of Burma, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Saudi or dozens of other places. Calls to boycott each of these also crop up all the time - it all becomes pretty meaningless.

I'd suggest looking for a strategy that might have an impact rather than just 'doing something' which really amounts to nothing.

 
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