Invasion Day events around Australia on 26 January

Adelaide
Survival Day march
Victoria Square, 11am
Facebook eventSurvival Day event
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, 1pm
Organised by Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute
Facebook event

Barragga Bay
Survival Day 2021 Festival
Four Winds, south of Bermagui along the Coast Road, 11am
Organised by Four Winds
Event website

Brisbane/Meanjin
Flag raising ceremony
Musgrave Park, 8am
Poster

Invasion Day rally and march
Elizabeth St, 10am
Organised by Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance — WAR and Brisbane Aboriginal-Sovereign Embassy
Facebook event

Darwin
Invasion Day/Survival Day
Civic Park, 10am
Organised by Uprising of the People
Facebook event

Devonport Bluff
Invasion Day 2021
Bluff Road (near Surf Lifesaving Club), 11.45am for 12pm start
Organised by Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre

Geelong
Change the Date 2021
Transvaal Square, 11am
Facebook event

Hobart/Nipaluna
Change the Date – Invasion Day 2021
Parliament Lawn, 11.45am for 12pm start
Organised by Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre

Melbourne/Naarm
Dawn service, Kings Domain Resting Place, 5am.
Organised by Pay the Rent Grassroots Collective and Victorian Naidoc
Facebook event

Invasion Day 2021 rally
Parliament House, 10.30am
Organised by Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance
Facebook event

Balit Nurran/Share the Spirit Festival
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, 12pm.
Organised by Share The Spirit Festival and Arts Centre Melbourne
Facebook event

Belgrave
Cameo Cinemas, 1628 Burwood Hwy, 6.30pm
Oganised by Belgrave Survival Day
Facebook event

Portland
5-39 Beach Road, Portland, 9am
Facebook event

Darwin Dawn Service, Nillumbik Council
Eltham War Memorial, 5.30am
Facebook event

Newcastle
Day of Mourning – Invasion Day 2021
Civic Park, 10am
Organised by Justice Aunties
Facebook event

Perth/Boorloo
Invasion Day 2021 rally
Forrest Place, 1pm
Facebook event

Birak Concert
Supreme Court Gardens, Perth, 2pm
Event website

Rockhampton
Invasion Day march/rally
Central Park, Southside, 9am
Poster

Sydney
Invasion Day 2021 rally
The Domain, 9am
Organised by Indigenous Social Justice Association (Sydney), Fighting In Solidarity Towards Treaties, Justice For David Dungay Jnr, Australian Student Environment Network and NUS Against Racism
Facebook event

Townsville
Survival Day 2021
Strand Amphitheatre, 10.30am

Two hundred and fifty million take part in India strike

This was huge. Workers and formers in India walked off the job and marked against the new neoliberal policies the government of their country intends to inflict on them. With more than 250 million taking part across the nation, this was reputed to be the biggest strike in world history. Read this report from the Peoples Dispatch (27 November 2020)

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Murder of Iranian scientist called an act of terror

By Ben Wilson

A growing list of nations including China, Syria, and the European Union have condemned the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh as an act of terror.

The nuclear scientist was attacked in a coordinated command style ambush, in the streets of a small Iranian city called Absard. The attack has been blamed on the Israel government and Washington has been accused of being the power behind it. Continue reading Murder of Iranian scientist called an act of terror

Global economy may be closer to the edge than many people think

By Joe Montero
The talked about economic recovery form Covid-19 is being exaggerated for political reasons and has little to do with the real situation. There must be some increase in activity after coming out of a lockdown. Comparison from such a low base is almost meaningless. Measuring the difference between now and before Covid-19 would be more useful. Continue reading Global economy may be closer to the edge than many people think

Australia’s SAS regiment must be disbanded says expert

In the wake of the growing scandal over human rights abuses at the hands of the Australian Special Air Service (SAS) in Afghanistan, the breadth of opinion calling for urgent and serious action by the government is astonishing. Even among experts in this field there are those who are saying that the whole regiment is infected, compromised and must be disbanded. in this article (25 November 2020 The Guardian), Christopher Knaus explores what some of them have to say.

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Morrison ramps up exploitation of workers

By Jim Hayes

Scott Morrison has made it clear. His government is about to move on with changing the industrial relations system. It is already heavily weighted against workers and restricts union representation, through limitation of allowable matters, red tape, and denying the right of union organisers to enter the workplace. Morrison and his government want to go much further than this. Continue reading Morrison ramps up exploitation of workers

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