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his
mont
h’s
Muti
ny Z
ine:
◊ A
ssem
bly
for D
igni
ty an
alys
e the
chan
ges t
o th
e Aus
tral
ian
wel
fare
syste
m an
d ex
plai
n th
e lin
ks b
etw
een
unem
ploy
men
t, w
elfa
re an
d ca
pita
lism
.◊
Mut
iny
Zine
inte
rvie
ws t
he S
tude
nts A
gain
st W
ar co
llect
ive a
bout
the o
ccup
atio
n of
a m
ilita
ry re
sear
ch fa
cilit
y at
the U
nive
rsity
of W
ollo
ngon
g Ca
mpu
s.◊
Leafl
et p
rodu
ced
for a
dem
onst
ratio
n ag
ains
t an
Isla
mop
hobi
c mur
al in
New
tow
n.◊
Revi
ews o
f the
Bre
akou
t con
fere
nce,
Clim
ate C
amp
and
the F
rom
Em
pire
to
Com
mon
wea
lth co
nfer
ence
.◊
Brie
f New
s fro
m S
pain
, Eng
land
, Ita
ly, A
otea
roa/
NZ,
Vic
toria
and
Gre
ece
Upco
ming
Eve
nts:
Fi
lm Sc
reen
ing;
‘The L
ives
of M
ount
Dru
itt Y
outh
,’ 6pm
, Frid
ay, J
an 7
th 2
011
at Ju
ra B
ooks
, 44
0 Pa
rram
atta
Rd,
Pet
ersh
am.
Anti-
racis
t ral
ly, N
ewto
wn.
The
Hub
, 1pm
, Sun
day,
Janu
ary
16th
. Atta
ck th
e Is
lam
opho
bic
mur
al o
n St
atio
n St
reet
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arch
ist Su
mm
er Sc
hool
is co
min
g! In
Sydn
ey, F
ebru
ary 1
8- 2
0th
at B
lack
Ros
e (22
Enm
ore
Road
, New
tow
n) Ju
ra B
ooks
and
oth
er c
omm
unity
ven
ues.
For
deta
ils, c
heck
out
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istsu
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ersc
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om
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raise
r for
Gaz
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d fo
r ind
igen
ous c
omm
uniti
es, L
owke
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d Fe
ar o
f a B
row
n Pl
anet
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ctor
y Th
eatre
, 105
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toria
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d, M
arric
kvill
e. Sa
turd
ay,
Janu
ary
29th
, 7pm
. Th
e Pe
ople’
s Kitc
hen,
eve
ry W
edne
sday
at B
lack
Ros
e. C
ooki
ng fr
om 4
pm, S
ervi
ng fr
om
7pm
. Fre
e Veg
an d
inne
r, re
sist t
he ca
pita
list d
iet!
Abov
e: S
tude
nts
in t
he U
K ‘B
ook
Bloc
’ pr
otes
t ed
ucat
ion
cuts
From
Emp
ire
to C
ommo
nwea
lth:
Co
mmun
ist
Theo
ry a
nd
Cont
empo
rary
Pra
xis;
Wo
llon
gong
25-
26 N
ovem
ber
2010
-By
Sam
Rus
sell
Wol
long
ong
has
a th
ing
goin
g on
with
C
omm
unism
. A
part
fro
m t
he s
urvi
val
of w
orki
ng c
lass
mili
tanc
y in
offi
cial
and
un
offici
al
netw
orks
, W
ollo
ngon
g is
a ge
ogra
phic
pol
e of
attr
actio
n fo
r a
num
ber
of y
oung
com
mun
ist th
inke
rs w
ith a
shar
ed
inte
rest
in
livin
g fr
eedo
m.
They
kin
dly
invi
ted
the w
orld
and
Aust
ralia
ove
r to
talk
.
The
conf
eren
ce
them
e w
as
Neg
ri an
d H
ardt
’s re
cent
boo
ks, a
nd f
rom
the
se t
wo
them
es co
me f
orw
ard:
tim
e and
love
. Ti
me
is pr
ecar
ious
, on
edg
e, te
eter
ing
into
the
ha
nds o
f the
bos
s, or
frag
men
ting i
nto
wor
k/bu
y w
ork/
buy.
Lov
e is
a po
wer
ful f
orce
for
com
mun
ist u
nity
-and
-div
ersit
y, fo
r bui
ldin
g m
ovem
ents
, or
it is
the
“affe
ctiv
e w
orke
r”
who
se e
mot
iona
l in
side
gets
tur
ned
into
th
e wor
kpla
ce. I
f cap
italis
m is
bus
y figh
ting
over
how
wid
e the
phy
sical
inst
inct
to sm
ile
is, a
nd tr
ying
to tu
rn e
very
mom
ent o
f the
da
y in
to
half-
cons
umin
g ha
lf-w
orki
ng;
then
the
need
for
a po
wer
ful l
ovin
g se
t of
mov
emen
ts is
on
the a
gend
a.
Taku
ro H
iguc
hi p
rese
nted
an
incr
edib
ly
inte
rest
ing
acco
unt
of p
rom
otin
g Ja
pane
se
activ
ist n
etw
orks
int
erna
tiona
lly, a
head
of
maj
or s
umm
it pr
otes
ts.
The
prom
otio
n re
lied
on e
xist
ing
Euro
pean
net
wor
ks, a
nd
forg
ed n
ew n
etw
orks
in
Asia
. H
is re
port
ga
ve th
e im
pres
sion
that
we
wer
e w
inni
ng,
and
that
we
coul
d te
ll ou
rsel
ves
how
to
win
. Th
is he
lped
mak
e se
nse
of E
lizab
eth
Hum
phre
y’s a
ccou
nt o
f the
rise
and
fall
of
glob
al ju
stic
e mov
emen
ts in
Aus
tral
ia in
the
Nou
ghtie
s, w
here
cha
nges
in w
orld
pol
itics
an
d re
lianc
e on
a s
ingl
e ta
ctic
clo
sed
off
optio
ns fo
r str
uggl
e.
Risa
To
kuna
ga,
Sono
mi
Suzu
ki
and
Noz
omu
Shib
uya
disc
usse
d st
rugg
les
by
prec
ario
us w
orke
rs. Th
e str
uggl
es w
ere o
ver
hous
ing
and
wor
k in
mar
gina
l spa
ces
and
reco
gniti
on o
f em
ploy
men
t. Lo
cal v
icto
ries
happ
ened
. Th
e co
re o
f the
se st
rugg
les w
as
the
crea
tion
of lo
cal c
omm
on b
onds
bui
lt of
rec
ogni
tion,
res
pect
and
sur
viva
l by
a
com
mun
ity at
the e
dges
and
on ed
ge.
Rega
rdin
g lo
nger
ter
m s
trug
gle,
Ann
ette
M
acgu
ire d
iscus
sed
hip
hop
cultu
re a
nd
Ella
Rya
n di
scus
sed
the
Aly
awar
r Pe
ople’
s W
alk-
Off.
In
hip
hop
des
pite
the
cyc
le
of w
orki
ng c
lass
orig
inal
ity a
nd “
selli
ng
out”,
ac
cess
to
fr
agm
ents
of
tim
e an
d cu
lture
hav
e be
en e
stab
lishe
d as
eco
nom
ic
nece
ssity
in
the
com
mer
cial
sam
ple
and
the
rem
ix.
In c
reat
ive
field
s, th
e op
enin
g up
of l
imite
d pu
blic
com
mon
s is i
ncre
dibl
y im
port
ant,
as b
usin
ess a
s usu
al h
as b
ecom
e de
pend
ent o
n so
me
com
mon
pro
pert
y. Fo
r th
e A
mpi
latw
atja
com
mun
ity, g
over
nmen
t ap
prop
riatio
n of
co
mm
unity
la
nd
by
inva
sion,
leas
e an
d la
w c
reat
ed a
situ
atio
n w
here
the
com
mun
ity m
oved
the
mse
lves
in
to a
new
spa
ce f
ree
of l
aw a
nd l
ease
. W
hile
nat
iona
l su
ppor
t he
lped
im
prov
e th
is te
nuou
s co
mm
on,
the
Am
pila
twat
ja
com
mun
ity is
still
disp
lace
d by
thei
r cho
ice
to fi
ght b
ad g
over
nmen
t.
The t
hem
es o
n th
e com
mun
ist ag
enda
righ
t no
w ar
e disp
lace
men
t, an
d m
akin
g pl
aces
. Ti
me b
eing
cont
inuo
usly
w
ork,
and
cont
inuo
usly
pl
ay. E
dges
, mar
gins
, pr
ecar
ious
mee
tings
of
diff
eren
t str
uggl
es.
Biop
oliti
cal p
ower
, affe
ct
man
agem
ent a
nd co
ntro
l ov
er th
e em
otio
nal
body
of w
orke
rs.
And
resp
ondi
ng
to al
l thi
s stro
ng
com
mun
ity lo
ve,
and
build
ing
com
mon
spac
es
and
com
mon
ec
onom
ies.
uous
ly
ously
ns
, gs es
. affec
t co
ntro
l
Whe
re
is th
e D
ecem
ber
zine
, yo
u as
k? W
ell,
ther
e ai
n’t o
ne.
Sorr
y fo
lks,
but
after
56
issue
s of
no
n-sto
p m
onth
ly z
ine-
mak
ing,
thi
s sm
all a
nd
unde
rfund
ed c
olle
ctiv
e fin
ally
dro
pped
the
ball.
If
you
love
the
zine
& w
ant t
o he
lp u
s out
, get
in
touc
h! W
e’re a
n op
en co
llect
ive a
nd w
ould
love
to
have
new
mem
bers
invo
lved
.
In t
his
issue
we
inclu
de a
n in
terv
iew
with
W
ollo
ngon
g St
uden
ts A
gain
st W
ar a
bout
the
or
igin
s an
d de
man
ds o
f the
ir oc
cupa
tion
of th
e D
efen
ce M
ater
ials
Tech
nolo
gy C
entre
on O
ctob
er
20th
, as w
ell a
s lea
flets
from
rece
nt p
rote
sts a
nd
orga
nisin
g in
Syd
ney
and
furt
her a
field
. Ther
e’s a
le
aflet
from
com
rade
s in
Que
ensla
nd o
rgan
ising
ag
ains
t cha
nges
to w
elfar
e law
s, an
d fro
m an
anti-
raci
st de
mon
strat
ion
agai
nst
an I
slam
opho
bic
mur
al o
n ou
r ver
y do
orste
p in
New
tow
n.
We
also
inclu
de r
evie
ws
of t
hree
rec
ent
even
ts,
Clim
ate
Cam
p, th
e Br
eako
ut c
onfe
renc
e an
d th
e ‘F
rom
Em
pire
to C
omm
onw
ealth
’ con
fere
nce.
We
hope
tha
t by
pub
lishi
ng t
hese
int
ervi
ews,
revi
ews
and
leafl
ets
we
will
con
trib
ute
to t
he
proc
esse
s of
refl
ectio
n an
d di
scus
sion
in t
he
anti-
war
, an
ti-ra
cist,
env
ironm
ent
and
refu
gee
mov
emen
ts as
well
as
arou
nd r
adic
al p
ract
ice
mor
e ge
nera
lly. B
y pr
ovid
ing
info
rmat
ion
abou
t di
vers
e co
llect
ives
invo
lved
in e
xciti
ng in
itiat
ives
w
e ho
pe t
hat
this
issue
of t
he z
ine
will
dee
pen
solid
arity
an
d fo
ster
colla
bora
tion
betw
een
activ
ists i
nvol
ved
in a
rang
e of s
trug
gles
.
In th
e ne
xt M
utin
y, th
ere
will
be
an a
rtic
le a
bout
th
e Pe
ople
s Ca
stle,
a s
quat
ted
coun
cil
owne
d bu
ildin
g in
Red
fern
tha
t w
as r
ecen
tly e
vict
ed.
Also
, w
e lo
ok f
orw
ard
to t
he 2
nd h
alf
of a
n in
terv
iew
with
Gab
riel
Kuhn
and
Dav
e Ke
rin
on s
yndi
calis
m a
nd a
firs
t-han
d re
port
on
the
stude
nt re
volt
in E
ngla
nd.
Love
and
solid
arity
, Mut
iny
colle
ctiv
e xx
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Victoria
Twenty-nine protesters w
ere
arrested on Decem
ber 13th
outside a Visy cardboard
manufacturing plant in
Melbourne’s south-east as a
strike there entered its 10th
day. W
orkers w
ere striking over
pay and conditions for casual
workers. Almost 400 workers
at V
isy cardboard manufacturing
sites in V
ictoria and N
SW
began the indefinite strike at
6am on Friday, Decem
ber 3.
Protesters lined the entrances
to the D
andenong plant, with
some camping out overnight.
Workers w
ere forcibly rem
oved
from the picket line on the
morning of the 13th and taken
away in divisional vans. The
dispute at the V
isy factory in
Dandenong had been ongoing
for more than a w
eek over a
new enterprise agreem
ent with
a picket at place at the site.
Visy w
on a S
upreme Court
injunction on Friday 10th to
allow access to and from the
site.
Aotearoa/N
ew Zealand
18 defendants from the
Aotearoa/N
Z ‘terror raids’ of
October 15th, 2007 in w
hich
Maori, anti-war and anarchist
activists w
ere arrested in
dawn raids, w
ill face trial by
a judge only, being denied
a jury trial. Despite the
highest lawyer in the country,
Solicitor-General D
avid C
ollins,
saying in Novem
ber 2007
that there w
as no case under
the Terrorism S
uppression A
ct
more than three years later the
crown continues to pursue the
arrestees. These changes to
the criminal justice system
are
criminal. Part 1 of the C
riminal
Procedures B
ill, passed under
the previous Labour government
in 2007 gave the C
rown
the right to apply for trial by
judge alone. P
reviously only a
defendant could request this.
Now the governm
ent is intent
on further rem
oving the right to
a jury, the right to silence, the
right against self-incrimination,
and has just taken away
the right to vote for all
prisoners. M
ore info at http://
october15thsolidarity.info/
United Kingdom
On 9 Decem
ber tens of
thousands of students took
to the streets in S
cotland,
Newcastle, London and
elsewhere in the UK
to
protest higher education fee
increases. The largest rally,
the third m
ajor rally in central
London, saw thousands m
arch
through the city to Parliam
ent
square. Here protestors lit
bonfires, threw placards,
missiles and fireworks at the
police and tried to break
through police lines and
fences separating them
from
parliam
ent. Protestors broke 5
or 6 w
indows of the Treasury
building, climbed on top of a
police van, and painted ‘NO’
in red paint on the lawns
of parliament square. Prince
Charles’s car was attacked
with protestors breaking a
window and splashing it with
paint. Around 22 protestors
were injured, som
e having
to be treated in hospital for
head injuries. Jody McIntyre,
a protestor who w
as dragged
from his w
heelchair by police
twice during the demonstration,
said: ‘people must have
been asleep all their lives if
they don’t realise this is the
police’s role at demonstrations
– to protect the interests of
the government and the state’.
Students have been occupying
universities across the U
K, w
ith
Leeds and University C
ollege
London students in the second
or third w
eek of occupation in
the lead-up to the protests.
The vote to allow universities
to triple tuition fees to nine
thousand pounds has been
passed in both houses of
parliam
ent.
Spain
Air traffic controllers w
ent on
an unsanctioned strike on
Friday 26th Novem
ber,
calling
in sick to protest w
orking hours
and the government’s imposition
of austerity measures.
The Spanish government
imposed em
ergency measures
for the first time since 1975 to
force the controllers to return
to w
ork. Facing the threat of
prison, strikers began to return
to w
ork on 4th D
ecem
ber
after em
ergency measures
were declared. During the
strike, hundreds of flights were
cancelled and an estimated
250,000 people w
ere affected.
London, UK
Fired by H
arrods from his
job as the toy department’s
Father C
hristmas, a disgruntled
employee took revenge in
spectacular style. G
aining
access to a maintenance
control room
, Lloyd Hudson,
35, from Ilford, Essex, w
as
able to locate the chart and
corresponding switches for
Harrods’ 10,000 external lights.
Barricading himself in, Hudson
altered the lights to spell out
fuck off! H
e was rem
oved by
security guards after an hour,
then handed over to police.
Melb
ourn
e, as
a r
esul
t of
Bre
akou
t. A
nd,
Cros
s Bo
rder
C
olle
ctiv
e an
noun
ced
an
open
mee
ting
in Ja
nuar
y to
con
tinue
thes
e di
scus
sions
.
You
can
still
chec
k ou
t th
e pr
ogra
m a
nd
read
ings
fro
m
the
conf
eren
ce
at
www.
brea
kout
conf
eren
ce.o
rg
If yo
u’re
in
tere
sted
in
getti
ng
a re
ader
or
get
ting
invo
lved
in
the
Cros
s Bo
rder
Co
llect
ive,
emai
l: cr
ossb
orde
r.syd
ney@
gmai
l.com
Clim
ate
camp
: a
pref
igur
ativ
e an
d po
werf
ul a
ctio
n-by
Jer
emy
In th
e firs
t wee
k of
Dec
embe
r, ov
er 30
0 of u
s ga
ther
ed at
one
of A
ustr
alia’
s lar
gest
sour
ces
of c
arbo
n po
llutio
n –
Bays
wat
er p
ower
st
atio
n in
the
Hun
ter
Valle
y. Fo
ur d
ays
of
wor
ksho
ps a
nd d
iscus
sions
cov
ered
div
erse
to
pics
rang
ing
from
per
mac
ultu
re to
dire
ct
actio
n an
d th
e pol
itics
of c
arbo
n pr
icin
g. O
n th
e fin
al d
ay o
f the
cam
p w
e to
ok in
spiri
ng
dire
ct a
ctio
n th
at e
ffect
ivel
y sto
pped
the
flo
w o
f coa
l int
o Ba
ysw
ater
.
Mon
ths
of a
dvan
ce p
repa
ratio
n by
clim
ate
cam
p or
gani
sers
an
d ot
her
colle
ctiv
es
mea
nt th
at th
ose
who
just
turn
ed u
p (li
ke
mys
elf)
wer
e abl
e to
fully
par
ticip
ate.
We a
ll go
t to
enjo
y an
d he
lp c
reat
e a
wel
com
ing,
sa
fe
and
wel
l-org
anise
d ca
mp
spac
e. Ev
eryo
ne g
ot in
volv
ed, a
te r
eally
wel
l, an
d w
as ab
le to
slee
p, w
ash,
and
poo
in co
mfo
rt.
We
all a
lso c
ontr
ibut
ed to
the
pow
erfu
l day
of
act
ion.
Dec
ision
s w
ere
mad
e th
roug
h sp
okes
coun
cils
base
d on
affini
ty g
roup
s and
ca
mp
‘nei
ghbo
urho
ods’.
Thes
e fu
nctio
ned
real
ly w
ell
– th
anks
to
good
fac
ilita
tion
and
clea
rly a
rtic
ulat
ed s
truc
ture
s. Pe
ople
w
ho
arriv
ed
as
indi
vidu
als
wer
e gi
ven
oppo
rtun
ities
and
sup
port
to
help
the
m
join
one
of t
he ex
istin
g op
en affi
nity
gro
ups
or c
reat
e a
new
one
– w
hich
a n
umbe
r of
pe
ople
did
.
The
cam
p its
elf
offer
ed
a pr
efigu
rativ
e gl
imps
e of w
hat a
bette
r wor
ld co
uld b
e lik
e –
a sus
tain
able
com
mun
ity b
uilt
on so
lidar
ity,
orga
nisa
tion,
fr
eedo
m
and
dem
ocra
tic
part
icip
atio
n. Th
e da
y of
dire
ct a
ctio
n w
as
insp
iring
and
pow
erfu
l. 13
0 pe
ople
pus
hed
over
a fe
nce
and
occu
pied
rai
l lin
es (w
hile
an
othe
r co
uple
of
hund
red
chee
red
and
supp
orte
d th
em f
rom
a l
ittle
way
aw
ay).
The
rail
lines
wer
e sto
pped
for
ove
r ei
ght
hour
s. 12
peo
ple
lock
ed o
n, a
nd 6
9 pe
ople
w
ere
arre
sted.
The
actio
n w
as e
xciti
ng,
spon
tane
ous (
we d
id th
e opp
osite
of w
hat t
he
cops
wer
e ex
pect
ing)
and
effe
ctiv
e –
than
ks
to ca
refu
l wor
k be
fore
hand
. Org
anise
rs h
ad
com
mun
icat
ed en
ough
info
rmat
ion
the d
ay
befo
re so
that
peo
ple c
ould
pre
pare
for w
hat
actio
n th
ey w
ere a
ble t
o ta
ke, w
ithou
t giv
ing
away
all
the
deta
ils to
the
cops
. For
man
y pe
ople
it w
as th
eir
first
clim
ate
cam
p, fi
rst
dire
ct ac
tion
and
first
arre
st.
The s
uppo
rt o
f the
loca
l Hun
ter c
omm
unity
w
as a
lso cl
ear.
Loca
l Abo
rigin
al E
lder
s gav
e a s
trong
endo
rsem
ent o
f the
cam
p; lo
cal c
oal
indu
stry
wor
kers
spo
ke a
t th
e w
orks
hops
an
d fo
rum
s; lo
cal y
oung
peo
ple c
ame a
long
to
som
e of
the
nig
ht e
nter
tain
men
ts; a
nd
jour
nalis
ts w
rote
pos
itive
ly ab
out t
he ac
tion
in th
e loc
al p
aper
.
Clim
ate
cam
p fu
rthe
r co
nvin
ced
me
that
th
e cl
imat
e m
ovem
ent i
s th
e m
ovem
ent o
f ou
r tim
es. I
t’s b
ig, g
loba
l and
gro
win
g. It
’s ur
gent
, div
erse
and
cre
ativ
e. It’
s al
so v
ery
anar
chist
ic –
pol
itica
lly,
orga
nisa
tiona
lly
and
in a
ctio
n. A
t clim
ate
cam
p th
ere
wer
e m
any
anar
chist
s –
both
se
lf-id
entifi
ed
and
not.
We
set
up a
n an
arch
o st
all w
ith
book
s fr
om Ju
ra a
nd s
old
doze
ns o
f ite
ms.
Ther
e is
huge
pot
entia
l fo
r an
arch
ism t
o su
ppor
t thi
s m
ovem
ent a
nd v
ice
vers
a. So
w
hy w
eren
’t m
ore
self-
iden
tified
ana
rchi
sts
ther
e? W
hy w
eren
’t YO
U th
ere?
I s
trong
ly
urge
you
to m
ake t
he eff
ort n
ext t
ime –
it’s
a co
mm
itmen
t wel
l wor
th it
.
For m
ore i
nfo,
pho
tos,
vide
os an
d fu
ndra
iser
deta
ils: h
ttp://
ww
w.cl
imat
ecam
p.or
g.au
/
Brea
kout
: Fo
r th
e Fr
ee
Move
ment
of
Peop
le
Conf
eren
ce,
Redf
ern
Comm
unit
y Ce
ntre
, De
cemb
er 1
0th-
12th
-
by R
attu
sN
early
60
00
peop
le
are
curr
ently
in
carc
erat
ed
in
Aus
tral
ian
dete
ntio
n ce
ntre
s. Yo
u w
ill
prob
ably
al
read
y be
aw
are o
f the
gro
win
g re
belli
on in
side t
hese
pr
isons
- m
ass
hung
er s
trik
es,
brea
kout
s an
d es
cape
s, rio
ts,
self
harm
and
dea
ths
spik
ing
the
horr
ific
hist
ory
of
rece
nt
times
at
the
bord
ers.
Brea
kout
: Fo
r th
e Fr
ee M
ovem
ent
of P
eopl
e, a
conf
eren
ce
orga
nise
d by
the
Cro
ss B
orde
r C
olle
ctiv
e in
Syd
ney,
was
hel
d fr
om D
ecem
ber 1
0th
to
12th
. The c
onfe
renc
e mar
ked
an at
tem
pt to
co
here
a br
oade
r org
anise
d re
spon
se to
this
situa
tion,
thr
ough
tho
ught
ful
anal
ysis
of
capi
tal’s
use
of b
orde
rs in
thes
e tim
es.
The
ultim
ate
purp
ose
of a
con
fere
nce
like
Brea
kout
shou
ld b
e to
dev
elop
pol
itics
that
be
gins
fro
m t
he a
ntag
onism
s rif
e ag
ains
t th
e bor
der r
egim
es u
sed
by ca
pita
l to
divi
de
us. Th
e ne
xus
of t
hese
ant
agon
isms
is th
e in
ters
ectio
n of
var
ious
mod
es o
f pe
ople’
s m
ovem
ent
with
disc
ours
es u
pon
whi
ch
the
Aust
ralia
n na
tion-
stat
e is
built
(suc
h as
‘th
e di
gnity
of w
ork’
and
Whi
te A
ustr
alia
).To
tur
n th
is on
its
hea
d, e
xcav
atin
g th
e w
ays c
apita
l see
ks to
div
ide
us w
ith n
otio
ns
of
lega
l/ille
gal
pass
age,
belo
ngin
g/no
t-be
long
ing,
pe
rman
ence
/tem
pora
lity
is a
good
pla
ce t
o st
art
to l
ook
for
way
s th
at
peop
le r
esist
the
se i
mpo
sitio
ns t
hrou
gh
actio
n. Th
e co
nfer
ence
pro
gram
rol
led
out
pane
ls an
d w
orks
hops
tha
t id
entifi
ed t
he
natu
re o
f the
pro
blem
but
also
look
ed at
the
mul
tiple
way
s tha
t our
clas
s is r
espo
ndin
g at
the m
omen
t.
Brea
kout
was
a s
ucce
ssfu
l con
trib
utio
n to
on
goin
g or
gani
satio
n in
Syd
ney.
Not
leas
t be
caus
e peo
ple f
rom
oth
er p
lace
s on
the e
ast
coas
t cam
e to
par
ticip
ate,
but a
lso b
ecau
se
it w
as a
rea
lly b
ig m
eetin
g w
hich
act
ivel
y na
med
the
pro
blem
: ca
pita
lism
. W
ithou
t sp
eaki
ng fo
r eve
ryon
e the
re, g
ener
ally
som
e po
ints
of c
omm
onal
ity ap
pear
ed to
be c
lear
th
roug
hout
the
con
fere
nce.
One
, th
at t
he
popu
lar
lang
uage
of
“ref
ugee
s” n
eeds
to
be c
onfr
onte
d w
ith l
angu
age
that
ref
uses
to
pr
omot
e a
false
hi
erar
chy
betw
een
peop
le
fleei
ng
from
po
litic
al/r
elig
ious
an
d ec
onom
ic c
ondi
tions
, an
d al
so o
ther
m
igra
nts -
this
is al
so a
way
of c
onfr
ontin
g th
e lib
eral
-hum
anist
dep
ictio
n of
pow
erle
ss
and
desp
erat
e pe
ople
s w
ho
have
no
ag
ency
and
nee
d to
be
‘save
d’. T
wo,
that
it
is es
sent
ial
that
peo
ple’s
str
uggl
es a
gain
st ca
pita
l and
bor
der
regi
mes
are
und
ersto
od
to en
com
pass
inte
rnat
iona
l stu
dent
s’ or
457
vi
sa h
olde
rs’ c
ampa
igns
for c
ontr
ols a
gain
st ex
ploi
tatio
n in
the w
orkp
lace
or t
o be
able
to
stay
in A
ustr
alia
, lik
e det
aine
es an
d in
mat
es’
stru
ggle
s ag
ains
t the
ir in
carc
erat
ion.
Thes
e ar
e som
e of t
he w
ays p
eopl
e are
chal
leng
ing
capi
tal’s
cont
rol o
ver o
ur li
ves.
Like
mos
t con
fere
nces
, Bre
akou
t org
anise
rs
allo
cate
d a
coup
le o
f ho
urs
at t
he e
nd o
f Su
nday
to p
lan
actio
ns fo
r th
e fu
ture
. Lik
e m
ost
conf
eren
ces,
the
arbi
trar
y di
vide
be
twee
n an
alys
is/ d
iscus
sion
and
stra
tegy
/ac
tion
lead
s to
few
out
com
es,
I re
ckon
. So
me s
park
s did
fly i
n th
e fina
l ses
sion
albe
it w
ithou
t cl
ear
plan
s be
ing
cons
olid
ated
. W
heth
er th
ese s
park
s com
e to
igni
te fi
res i
s up
to th
ose p
rese
nt. A
n or
gani
sed
colle
ctiv
e co
nfro
ntat
ion
of t
he ‘
Say
No
to B
urqa
s’ m
ural
on
Stat
ion
Stre
et in
New
tow
n (fa
cing
th
e w
este
rn t
rain
lin
e) w
as p
ropo
sed.
A
neig
hbou
rhoo
d de
mo
has
since
occ
urre
d an
d a
rally
has
bee
n ca
lled
for
Janu
ary
16th
. It w
as a
gree
d th
at a
bro
adsh
eet o
n th
e pr
ison
indu
stria
l com
plex
focu
sing o
n Se
rco
(who
cur
rent
ly r
un o
n-sh
ore
and
off-s
hore
D
eten
tion
Cen
tres
as
wel
l as
othe
r pr
isons
an
d in
fras
truc
ture
wor
ld-w
ide)
wou
ld b
e pu
blish
ed. S
ydne
y or
gani
sers
will
cer
tain
ly
have
a s
trong
er r
elat
ions
hip
with
RIS
E (R
efug
ees,
Surv
ivor
s an
d Ex
-Det
aine
es)
revi
ews
“Honestly, I am
disgusted,”
said Irene R
ider, 59, from
Gary, Indiana. “I w
as w
ith
my grandchildren. W
e had just
gotten off the bus. I said ‘look
everybody’ and pointed up
to the lights – but you know
what the lights said? They
said f**k off. And that is not
an appropriate m
essage for a
child. At least not at Christmas
time.” H
owever, Mutiny Zine
reckons this behaviour is
awesom
e!
Italy
After Berlusconi won a vote
of confidence in Parliam
ent,
protesters took to the streets
in R
ome on D
ecem
ber 14th
to protest against the G
elmini
reforms [to Italy’s education
system
] and the government.
Dem
onstrations started in the
morning and w
ent on till
late
afternoon. 100,000 protesters
have been estim
ated in Rom
e,
including students, precarious
workers, factory workers, social
centres, m
igrant groups. M
ilan
and Rom
e in particular have
seen scenes of total urban
guerrilla w
arfare. In R
ome
protesters tried to break into
the Parliam
ent buildings and
were violently charged by
the police. R
iots w
ent on for
hours in central Rom
e and
blocked the whole city centre.
According to Italy Indym
edia
41 people were arrested and
57 injured among the police.
Alem
anno, Rom
e’s right w
ing
mayor, and his close friends
from the right w
ing party
Alleanza N
azionale, were seen
around enjoying the charges
and the beatings. In M
ilan
protesters invaded the S
tock
Exchange, and attacked banks,
party H
Q’s and other buildings.
Protests have also been held
in other E
uropean countries by
Italian students studying abroad.
Greece
On Decem
ber 16, more than
100,000 people m
arched
in central Athens against a
freshly-voted labour relations
law and the austerity measures
imposed by the governm
ent
and the European U
nion/
International Monetary Fund/
European C
entral Bank.
This w
as one of the largest
demonstrations Athens has seen
in recent tim
es. Street-fighting
erupted across the city, which
saw chaotic scenes for hours.
Barricades were erected across
Patision Avenue, which leads
to the P
olytechnic S
chool;
waves of demonstrators arriving
at S
yntagm
a square, outside
Parliam
ent, fiercely fought w
ith
the police. A
n – eventually
unsuccessful – attempt by
demonstrators to occupy
the building of G
SEE
(the
country’s m
ainstream
trade
union) saw people fighting off
the notorious D
elta m
otorcycle
police. Two of their bikes were
set ablaze. As always, m
ore
info, analysis and videos at
www.occupiedlondon.org/blog.
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ntly
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ral G
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t pas
sed
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al S
ecur
ity a
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ther
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isla
tion
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atem
ent o
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ustr
alia
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ents
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ck o
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The f
ollo
win
g tex
t was
dist
ribut
ed le
adin
g up
to, a
nd d
urin
g a d
emon
strat
ion
agai
nst t
he ra
cist
mur
al, h
eld o
n Su
nday
19t
h D
ecem
ber.
Arm
ed w
ith a
ban
ner r
eadi
ng ‘S
ay N
o To
Rac
ism’, a
roun
d 40
pe
ople
from
the n
eighb
ourh
ood
gath
ered
at t
he m
ural
, whi
ch w
as gu
arde
d by
a h
andf
ul o
f Aus
tralia
n Pr
otec
tioni
st Pa
rty m
embe
rs. A
noth
er d
emon
strat
ion
has b
een
calle
d fo
r Jan
uary
16t
h, m
eet a
t The H
ub
at 1
pm.
Ove
r 2 m
onth
s ago
som
e fuc
kwit
artis
t put
up
a mur
al o
n th
e sid
e of t
heir
busin
ess,
whi
ch o
rigin
ally
sa
id ‘b
an th
e bur
qa’ w
ith an
imag
e of a
wom
an in
a bu
rqa c
ross
ed o
ut. Th
is ha
s now
bee
n ch
ange
d to
the e
qual
ly re
gres
sive ‘
say
no to
bur
qas’
with
a m
ore s
impl
istic
out
line o
f a w
oman
in a
burq
a. It
play
s up
to th
e mos
t pop
ulist
form
of r
acist
bul
lshit
that
exist
s in
Austr
alia
, and
wor
se st
ill it
is in
a po
sitio
n w
here
it ca
n be
vie
wed
by
1000
’s of
peo
ple p
assin
g on
the t
rain
line
each
day
. This
mur
al in
N
ewto
wn
has c
reat
ed a
situa
tion
whe
re M
uslim
wom
en in
par
ticul
ar, a
nd to
a de
gree
oth
er n
on-
whi
te p
eopl
e, w
ill fe
el in
timid
ated
abou
t bei
ng in
this
area
, as i
t sug
gests
an ac
cept
ance
of s
uch
raci
st id
eas.
Serg
io h
as cl
aim
ed th
at h
is m
ural
is a
polit
ical
inte
rven
tion
into
the t
raje
ctor
ies o
f ‘con
tem
pora
ry
Austr
alia
n so
ciet
y’ -
that
this
pain
ting
is an
atte
mpt
to o
pen
a deb
ate a
bout
‘fun
dam
enta
lism
’. It i
s cle
ar, h
owev
er, t
hat t
he p
aint
ing
is on
ly a
poor
repa
ckag
ing
of se
xism
and
raci
sm. Th
is so
-cal
led
‘open
ing’
of a
deba
te se
rves
onl
y to
shut
spac
e dow
n w
ith b
oth
phys
ical
and
viol
ent e
ffect
s. It
is do
ing
no m
ore t
han
expr
essin
g an
d in
crea
sing
the t
ende
ncy
tow
ards
Isla
mop
hobi
a and
vili
ficat
ion
of
Mus
lims –
with
Mus
lim w
omen
as n
o m
ore t
han
an o
bjec
t to
be co
ntes
ted
– th
at h
as fo
r a fe
w y
ears
be
en th
e mos
t fas
hion
able
form
of r
acism
in th
is co
untr
y. Th
e for
m th
at ra
cism
take
s in
Austr
alia
is an
ever
yday
sort
of
whi
te su
prem
acy
whe
re p
eopl
e are
expe
cted
to co
nfor
m
to a
singu
lar v
ision
of A
ustr
alia
n so
ciet
y. Th
is ha
s bee
n a
cont
inuo
us th
read
thro
ugho
ut co
loni
satio
n, th
e ‘W
hite
Au
stral
ia’ p
olic
y an
d th
e vio
lenc
e of t
he cu
rren
t bor
der
prot
ectio
n re
gim
e. Th
e mur
al in
this
plac
e ins
crib
es th
e fu
nctio
ning
of
the b
orde
r int
o th
e ver
y liv
ed ex
perie
nce
of p
eopl
e in
the a
rea a
nd b
rings
with
it a
pers
isten
t thr
eat
of p
oten
tial p
hysic
al v
iole
nce.
At th
e sam
e tim
e, ev
en
whe
n pa
rtic
ular
acts
of ra
cist
viol
ence
are n
ot ta
king
pl
ace,
the s
ense
of i
ntim
idat
ion,
fear
and
exclu
sion
that
th
e mur
al cr
eate
s is i
n its
elf a
form
of v
iole
nce.
Serg
io ar
ticul
ates
one
form
of p
atria
rchy
in
the g
uise
of b
eing
agai
nst w
hat h
e per
ceiv
es to
be t
he
patr
iarc
hy o
f ano
ther
cultu
re. Th
e act
of d
eter
min
ing
wha
t is s
uita
ble b
ehav
iour
for o
ther
s and
ca
lling
on
the g
over
nmen
t to
regu
late t
his i
s typ
ical
ly au
thor
itaria
n an
d pa
tria
rcha
l. Em
pow
erm
ent
and
liber
atio
n ar
e no
t thi
ngs t
hat c
an b
e pre
scrib
ed an
d di
ctat
ed to
oth
ers –
som
e peo
ple m
ight
find
th
ese t
hing
s in
affirm
ing
aspe
cts o
f the
ir he
ritag
e, ot
hers
by
shed
ding
all s
uch
trad
ition
al v
alue
s. A
n an
ti-ra
cist
and
anti-
sexi
st po
litic
s of s
olid
arity
has
to ac
t in
com
mon
with
thos
e tha
t are
stru
gglin
g fo
r the
ir em
anci
patio
n fro
m a
part
icul
ar co
nditi
on, n
ot p
resc
ribe w
hat t
heir
freed
om w
ill lo
ok li
ke.
W
hate
ver t
he p
ositi
on o
f the
coun
cil o
n th
is iss
ue, i
t is i
ncap
acita
ted
beca
use i
t is i
nher
ently
tied
to a
syste
m o
f priv
ate p
rope
rty
that
bot
h it
and
the p
olic
e mus
t uph
old
abov
e all
else
. Ser
gio
hide
s beh
ind
the a
utho
rity
he d
eriv
es fr
om o
wni
ng th
at b
uild
ing
and
by p
rote
ctin
g it
with
secu
rity
cam
eras
and
secu
rity
guar
ds. S
o it
is up
to th
e res
t of u
s to
self-
orga
nise
and
mob
ilise
agai
nst t
his r
acist
pre
senc
e an
d to
ensu
re it
s im
med
iate
rem
oval
by
wha
teve
r for
m p
eopl
e see
fit.
* Ins
et: Th
e mur
al in
it’s
curr
ent f
orm
, with
it’s
crea
tor S
ergi
o Re
dega
lli.
moo
d am
ongs
t ou
r gr
oup
as w
e m
arch
ed
out
of t
he o
ffice
was
exh
ilara
ting,
and
w
e’ve
end
ed th
e ye
ar w
ith e
xtre
mely
hig
h m
oral
e an
d hi
gh e
xpec
tatio
ns f
or 2
011.
M
Z:
Obv
ious
ly
thes
e ac
tions
do
n’t
occu
r by
th
emse
lves
, wh
at
has
it be
en l
ike
to o
rgan
ise i
n W
ollo
ngon
g?
SAW
: W
ollo
ngon
g ha
s a
long
and
pro
ud
histo
ry o
f in
dustr
ial m
ilita
ncy
and
radi
cal
wor
king
cla
ss o
rgan
ising
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ore
than
in a
lo
t of
pla
ces,
peop
le in
Wol
long
ong
feel
a
stron
g se
nse
of s
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arity
and
sup
port
for
th
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derd
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ple
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nisin
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thi
s to
wn
real
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whe
n th
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ampa
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on
prog
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cial
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es a
nd b
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link
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th
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r co
mm
unity
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eir
mes
sage
oft
en fa
lls on
fert
ile gr
ound
. Bei
ng a
regi
onal
ce
ntre
, un
like
a la
rge
city
, it
also
has
the
te
nden
cy o
f mos
tly av
oidi
ng b
itter
, sec
taria
n di
visio
ns b
ut r
athe
r br
ings
toge
ther
peo
ple
from
diff
eren
t pol
itica
l per
spec
tives
to w
ork
for
a co
mm
on c
ause
, sin
ce w
e ca
n’t a
fford
th
e lu
xury
of
fight
ing
amon
gst
ours
elves
.Th
at’s
not
to s
ay t
hat
it ha
sn’t
been
har
d w
ork.
Fo
cusin
g on
cam
pus
base
d ac
tivity
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e ha
ve fo
und
that
man
y stu
dent
s, at
leas
t at
firs
t gl
ance
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ve l
ittle
int
eres
t in
or
awar
enes
s of
the
polit
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and
soc
ial i
ssue
s w
e ar
e ta
lkin
g ab
out.
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n no
w v
ery
few
stu
dent
s at
UO
W a
re a
war
e of
the
mili
tary
re
sear
ch fa
cilit
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at e
xists
on
thei
r cam
pus,
thou
gh t
hat
is slo
wly
cha
ngin
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any
ki
nd o
f ca
mpa
ign
wor
k it
take
s tim
e an
d de
dica
tion
to r
aise
peo
ple’s
aw
aren
ess
and
build
a g
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root
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ovem
ent
capa
ble
of
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ting
real
cha
nge,
but
this
year
SAW
pa
rtic
ipan
ts fe
el v
ery
prou
d of
our
effo
rts
whi
ch h
ave m
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gnifi
cant
succ
ess i
f we
com
pare
it w
ith th
e situ
atio
n 12
mon
ths a
go.
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the
who
le, t
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xper
ienc
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s be
en
larg
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posit
ive.
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istic
ally,
to
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gin
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year
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jus
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o m
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nd e
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mitt
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anti-
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pos
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wha
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and
for.
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ive
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ur g
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exp
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DM
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vie
w t
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tting
a
stop
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repl
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as
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form
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ence
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cky
to h
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on c
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aca
dem
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ana
rchi
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polit
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ame
of
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n M
artin
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writ
ten
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n-vi
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ocia
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fenc
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alte
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ilita
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rmed
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eful
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the
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embl
y fo
r Dig
nity
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mbl
yfor
dign
ity.
wor
dpre
ss.c
om
* Sa
rina
Russ
o is
a Q
ueen
slan
d em
ploy
men
t ag
ency
.
(som
etim
es)
distr
ibut
e M
utin
y an
d ad
mire
th
e eff
ort a
nd th
e co
nsist
ency
of t
he e
dito
rs
in b
ringi
ng o
ut t
his
qual
ity p
ublic
atio
n.
We
cann
ot c
ontro
l ho
w t
he m
ass
med
ia
will
fram
e an
d de
pict
our
cam
paig
n w
ork.
A
s w
e be
com
e m
ore
succ
essfu
l in
build
ing
supp
ort
for
our
cam
paig
ns w
e w
ill s
urely
re
ceiv
e m
ore
criti
cism
and
atta
cks
from
th
e es
tabl
ishm
ent
med
ia -
we
are
unde
r no
illu
sions
abo
ut t
hat.
But
giv
en t
he
wid
e re
ach
of t
he c
orpo
rate
med
ia a
nd it
s im
port
ance
in
influ
enci
ng m
any
peop
le’s
view
s, if
we
can
use
it in
cer
tain
inst
ance
s to
get
our
mes
sage
out
the
re o
r ju
st tr
y to
lim
it th
e da
mag
e th
ey i
nflic
t on
us
by
pres
entin
g our
side
of th
e sto
ry, a
ll th
e bet
ter.
MZ:
W
hat
were
yo
ur
dem
ands
an
d ho
w eff
ectiv
e wa
s th
e ac
tion?
SAW
: Th
e de
man
ds
Stud
ents
Aga
inst
War
hav
e ad
opte
d ar
e th
at t
he u
nive
rsity
te
rmin
ates
its r
elatio
nshi
p w
ith th
e D
efen
ce
Mat
eria
ls Te
chno
logy
Cen
tre, p
erm
anen
tly
bans
the
und
erta
king
of
rese
arch
fun
ded
by o
r fo
r th
e pu
rpos
es o
f an
y m
ilita
ry
orga
nisa
tion
or
arm
s m
anuf
actu
rer,
and
insti
tute
s an
un
derg
radu
ate
subj
ect
deal
ing
with
th
e su
cces
sful
histo
ry
of
popu
lar
non-
viol
ent
actio
n (m
ass
strik
es,
ralli
es, o
ccup
atio
ns, e
tc)
in b
ringi
ng d
own
auth
orita
rian
regi
mes
. W
e fe
el
that
th
e fin
al d
eman
d is
part
icul
arly
im
port
ant,
as
man
y stu
dent
s, w
hile
opp
osin
g th
e id
ea o
f th
e m
ilita
ry re
sear
ch a
nd w
ar g
ener
ally,
feel
th
at t
here
is
still
ultim
ately
no
alte
rnat
ive
to o
rgan
ised
mas
s vi
olen
ce a
s a
form
of
defe
nce;
it w
ould
be
enor
mou
sly u
sefu
l to
hav
e a
subj
ect
look
ing
at c
ases
like
the
de
feat
of t
he 1
920
mili
tary
coup
in G
erm
any
thro
ugh
a ge
nera
l str
ike,
the
non
-vio
lent
to
pplin
g of
the
Mar
cos
dict
ator
ship
in t
he
Phill
ipin
es in
198
6, t
he I
rani
an r
evol
utio
n in
197
9, a
mon
gst m
any
othe
rs. E
ven
bette
r w
ould
be
if w
e co
uld
grow
larg
e en
ough
to
inde
pend
ently
org
anise
our
ow
n un
offici
al,
volu
ntar
y su
bjec
t on
the
sam
e to
pic,
free
and
open
to
an
yone
to
pa
rtic
ipat
e in
. Th
e act
ion
was
not
inte
nded
to a
chie
ve a
ny
of th
ese
aim
s by
itse
lf, b
ut w
e fe
el th
at th
e be
st w
ay to
brin
g ab
out
a ba
n on
mili
tary
re
sear
ch a
t UO
W is
by
us d
irect
ly b
ringi
ng
this
rese
arch
to
a ha
lt ou
rselv
es.
As
our
cam
paig
n gr
ows
larg
er (
keep
in
min
d w
e on
ly st
arte
d up
nin
e mon
ths a
go an
d ou
r firs
t fe
w m
eetin
gs c
onsis
ted
of tw
o pe
ople
) an
d as
mor
e of
thes
e ty
pe o
f act
ions
take
pla
ce,
it w
ill b
ecom
e pr
ogre
ssiv
ely m
ore
diffi
cult
for
the
univ
ersit
y to
con
tinue
the
rese
arch
, bo
th li
tera
lly, b
ecau
se w
e’ll b
e in
crea
singl
y in
terr
uptin
g th
e w
ork,
an
d po
litic
ally,
be
caus
e we i
nten
d to
dra
w as
muc
h at
tent
ion
and
nega
tive
publ
icity
to
it as
pos
sible.
We
felt
the
actio
n w
as
succ
essfu
l as
th
e be
ginn
ing
of t
his
proc
ess.
It w
as u
s de
mon
strat
ing
our
own
stren
gth,
our
ow
n ab
ility
to
dire
ctly
brin
g ab
out
chan
ge b
y ou
rselv
es, w
ithou
t rely
ing o
n re
pres
enta
tives
or
atte
mpt
ing
to m
eekl
y pe
rsua
de d
ecisi
on-
mak
ers
to c
hang
e th
eir
min
ds.
It w
as a
ra
dica
lisin
g an
d in
spiri
ng
expe
rienc
e to
rea
lise
that
we
coul
d do
thi
s, th
at w
e di
dn’t
need
any
body
to
do i
t fo
r us
. Th
e
on t
he S
unda
y be
fore
the
occ
upat
ion
to
plan
the
even
t in
mor
e de
tail.
O
n th
e da
y of
the o
ccup
atio
n ab
out a
doz
en p
artic
ipan
ts
form
ed as
a gr
oup
near
the t
arge
t. W
hile
we
asse
mbl
ed a
cam
era
crew
from
WIN
New
s ar
rived
as
a re
sult
of a
pre
ss r
eleas
e w
e pu
t ou
t th
e pr
evio
us d
ay.
We
spok
e to
the
m
brie
fly, t
hen
we
head
ed to
the
office
of t
he
DM
TC w
hich
was
open
and
easil
y acc
essib
le.
Unb
ekno
wn
to u
s on
ano
ther
par
t of
the
ca
mpu
s th
e un
i ad
min
istra
tion
build
ing
was
in to
tal l
ockd
own
with
a h
eavy
secu
rity
pres
ence
in
an
ticip
atio
n of
ou
r ac
tion.
S
o w
e w
ent r
ight
in a
nd to
ok o
ver
cont
rol
of t
he D
MTC
offi
ces.
Adj
oini
ng t
he f
ront
offi
ce w
as t
he o
ffice
of
Prof
. Joh
n N
orris
h w
ho is
in c
harg
e of
the
pro
gram
at
UO
W,
so w
e occ
upie
d hi
s roo
m to
o. N
orris
h, w
ho
was
not
in h
is offi
ce, s
oon
arriv
ed a
nd w
e ha
d a c
ordi
al d
iscus
sion
whi
ch w
as ca
ptur
ed
on ca
mer
a, w
ith h
im d
efen
ding
the p
rogr
am
and
us p
oint
ing
out
his
com
plic
ity i
n a
mili
tary
war
mac
hine
. A
few
of u
s had
met
w
ith P
rof.
Nor
rish
som
e m
onth
s pre
viou
sly
at h
is in
vita
tion.
H
e se
emed
to
form
the
im
pres
sion
that
we
wer
e a
bunc
h of
nai
ve
and
misi
nfor
med
stu
dent
s an
d he
wan
ted
to se
t the
reco
rd st
raig
ht ab
out h
is pr
ogra
m.
He’s
kin
d of
pol
itica
lly m
oder
ate a
nd li
bera
l, pa
rt o
f wha
t Noa
m C
hom
sky
has c
alle
d th
e lib
eral
inte
llige
ntsia
: civ
il se
rvan
ts an
d st
ate
plan
ners
who
cal
mly
and
disp
assio
nate
ly
desig
n m
ilita
ry
hard
war
e an
d ex
ecut
e w
ars
of c
onqu
est
with
dev
asta
ting
resu
lts.
We
occu
pied
the
offi
ce u
nhin
dere
d fo
r th
e be
st pa
rt o
f tw
o ho
urs
befo
re l
eavi
ng
of o
ur o
wn
acco
rd f
eelin
g th
at o
ur p
oint
ha
d be
en m
ade.
Sho
rtly
afte
r we
first
wen
t in
cam
pus
secu
rity
arriv
ed o
n th
e sc
ene
as w
e an
ticip
ated
. W
e ex
pect
ed t
hem
to
quic
kly
call
the
polic
e aft
er w
e m
ade
it cle
ar t
hat
we
wer
en’t
goin
g to
lea
ve,
but
they
did
n’t.
Inste
ad t
hey
patie
ntly
wai
ted
outsi
de
the
office
, tr
ying
to
de
term
ine
how
lo
ng
we
wer
e pl
anni
ng
to
stay
.
The
last
time
an o
ccup
atio
n oc
curr
ed a
t U
OW
was
in 2
004,
whi
ch w
as u
nder
take
n by
que
er s
tude
nts.
They
wer
e pr
otes
ting
for
spac
e on
ca
mpu
s; th
ey
occu
pied
a
build
ing
on ca
mpu
s for
thre
e da
ys u
ntil
riot
polic
e sm
ashe
d th
eir
way
in
and
arre
sted
ever
ybod
y in
the
early
hou
rs o
f a S
atur
day
mor
ning
. Th
is w
as ca
ptur
ed o
n ca
mer
a an
d w
idely
repo
rted
and
it be
cam
e a P
R di
saste
r fo
r the
uni
vers
ity ad
min
istra
tion.
As a
resu
lt th
e qu
eer
stude
nts
quic
kly
won
all
of th
eir
dem
ands
. W
e spe
culat
ed th
at th
is m
ay h
ave
been
in th
e min
ds of
the u
nive
rsity
hie
rarc
hy
who
wer
e car
eful
not
to ta
ke ac
tion
that
coul
d be
see
n as
hea
vy-h
ande
d an
d dr
aw fu
rthe
r at
tent
ion
to t
he is
sue.
Wha
teve
r th
e ca
se,
we
felt
that
the
occ
upat
ion
was
ext
rem
ely
succ
essfu
l in
hig
hlig
htin
g ou
r iss
ues
and
we
felt
high
ly e
nerg
ised
by t
he a
ctio
n.
MZ:
Yo
u m
entio
n pu
tting
ou
t a
med
ia
rele
ase.
W
as
it wo
rthw
hile
us
ing
the
mai
nstr
eam
m
edia
to
co
nvey
ne
ws
of
the
occu
patio
n? SA
W:
Whi
le i
t is
clear
tha
t in
gen
eral
th
e m
ains
tream
med
ia p
lays
the
rol
e of
pr
omot
ing
a co
rpor
ate
agen
da i
n so
ciet
y, it
is al
so t
he c
ase
that
the
sys
tem
is
not
mon
olith
ic
and
all-p
erva
sive
and
it is
poss
ible
to
get
som
e ra
nge
of o
pini
ons
hear
d. Th
e med
ia w
e spo
ke to
wer
e reg
iona
l, So
uth
Coa
st ou
tlets
and
it ha
ppen
ed t
hat,
not f
or th
e fir
st tim
e, w
e go
t a fa
irly
good
he
arin
g.
The
WIN
New
s re
port
that
wen
t to
air
that
nig
ht (
whi
ch c
an b
e vi
ewed
on
the
SAW
blo
g) w
as q
uite
rea
sona
bly
fram
ed a
nd n
ot a
t all
hosti
le to
our
act
ions
. B
y th
e sa
me
toke
n SA
W r
ecog
nise
s th
e im
port
ance
of
co
mm
unic
atin
g to
ot
her
radi
cals,
act
ivist
s an
d lik
e-m
inde
d pe
ople
us
ing
the
med
ia t
hat
we
ours
elves
cre
ate
such
as
zine
s, bl
ogs,
vide
o, e
tc.
A n
umbe
r of
SAW
par
ticip
ants
regu
larly
rea
d an
d
Occupation!
Inte
rvie
w wi
th
woll
ongo
ng stu
dent
s Ag
ains
t Wa
r O
n O
ctob
er 2
0th
2010
, ac
tivist
s oc
cupi
ed
the
Univ
ersit
y of
W
ollo
ngon
g’s
Defe
nce
Mat
eria
ls Te
chno
logy
Ce
ntre
, a
mili
tary
re
sear
ch fa
cility
on
cam
pus.
In D
ecem
ber w
e in
terv
iewed
mem
bers
of t
he S
tude
nts A
gain
st W
ar
colle
ctiv
e ab
out
the
prot
est.
Mor
e in
form
atio
n ab
out t
he c
ollec
tive
is av
aila
ble
at
www.
stude
ntsa
gain
stwar
.wor
dpre
ss.co
m
MZ
(Mut
iny
Zine
): W
e he
ard
that
th
ere
were
th
ree
grou
ps
invo
lved
in
th
is ac
tion.
W
ho
are
you
and
what
do
you
do?
SAW
: Stu
dent
s A
gain
st W
ar
(SAW
) is
a co
llect
ive
at t
he
Uni
vers
ity
of
Wol
long
ong
(UO
W) t
hat f
orm
ed in
200
3 du
ring
the
mob
ilisa
tion
agai
nst
the
war
in
Iraq
. It
had
beco
me
inac
tive
in
rece
nt y
ears
but
sta
rted
up
agai
n ea
rly i
n 20
10 a
t th
e in
itiat
ive o
f a co
uple
of ke
en, r
adic
al an
ti-w
ar
stude
nts,
and
has b
uilt
up to
a co
re o
f abo
ut
ten
com
mitt
ed c
ampa
igne
rs a
nd a
lar
ge
num
ber
of s
uppo
rter
s. O
ne m
ain
reas
on
for
the
colle
ctiv
e’s r
eviv
al i
s th
e pr
esen
ce
on c
ampu
s of
a m
ilita
ry r
esea
rch
faci
lity
know
n as
the D
efen
ce M
ater
ials
Tech
nolo
gy
Cen
tre (D
MTC
) whi
ch si
nce
2007
has
bee
n co
nduc
ting
met
al an
d m
ater
ials
rese
arch
for
the A
ustr
alia
n an
d U
S m
ilita
ry.
The D
MTC
is
fund
ed t
o th
e tu
ne o
f $8
5m o
ver
seve
n ye
ars,
part
ly b
y th
e fe
dera
l go
vern
men
t an
d pa
rtly
by
corp
orat
ions
, in
cludi
ng t
he
wor
ld’s
bigg
est
arm
s de
aler
, BA
E Sy
stem
s.
BAE
has
been
exp
osed
brib
ing
offici
als
to s
ecur
e ar
ms
deal
s w
ith s
ome
of m
ost
repr
ehen
sible
mili
tary
reg
imes
on
eart
h.
The
DM
TC i
nclu
des
five
univ
ersit
ies:
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Mel
bour
ne, R
MIT
, Sw
inbu
rne,
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Q
ueen
sland
and
UO
W.
The
othe
r gr
oups
inv
olve
d in
thi
s ac
tion
wer
e th
e En
viro
col
lect
ive,
who
hav
e an
ac
tive
pres
ence
on
ca
mpu
s an
d m
eet
wee
kly
durin
g se
mes
ter;
and
a re
cent
ly
form
ed s
tude
nt g
roup
cal
led
Save
UO
W
Mus
ic,
form
ed
in
resp
onse
to
th
e un
i ad
min
istra
tion’s
ann
ounc
emen
t th
at t
hey
will
axe
the
mus
ic p
rogr
am a
t th
e en
d of
20
10.
Ther
e is
som
e cr
oss
over
of s
tude
nts
in
thes
e gr
oups
, pa
rtic
ular
ly
betw
een
SAW
and
Env
iro,
as y
ou m
ight
exp
ect,
but
the
actio
n w
as p
rimar
ily o
rgan
ised
at t
he i
nitia
tive
of S
tude
nts
Aga
inst
War
.
MZ:
W
as
ther
e m
uch
disc
ussio
n am
ongs
t th
ose
invo
lved
ab
out
what
th
e ac
tion
woul
d lo
ok
like
befo
re
it ha
ppen
ed
&
did
it ru
n sm
ooth
ly?
SAW
: W
e di
scus
sed
the
actio
n at
a c
oupl
e of
mee
tings
in th
e m
onth
lead
ing
up to
the
actio
n, w
hat w
e hop
ed to
achi
eve,
the e
ffica
cy
of d
irect
actio
n et
c. Se
vera
l par
ticip
ants
met
