{"id":27080,"date":"2011-10-08T17:10:14","date_gmt":"2011-10-08T07:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=27080"},"modified":"2011-10-08T17:10:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T07:10:14","slug":"occupy-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=27080","title":{"rendered":"Occupy Melbourne?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Big (A)\/\/Little (a)<\/strong> says:
\nSeptember 29, 2011 at 12:58 am<\/p>\n

So when are you going to do a post on the Occupy Wall Street protest? Yes there are activists of all sorts there but the banksters need a kicking and at least should be hauled in front of Congress or a people\u2019s court and be interrogated by the people who want answers for the financial mess that they got the US into.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

*cough*<\/p>\n

OCTOBER 15TH
\nUNITED FOR #GLOBALCHANGE<\/a><\/p>\n

On October 15th people from all over the world will take to the streets and squares.<\/p>\n

From America to Asia, from Africa to Europe, people are rising up to claim their rights and demand a true democracy. Now it is time for all of us to join in a global non violent protest.<\/p>\n

The ruling powers work for the benefit of just a few, ignoring the will of the vast majority and the human and environmental price we all have to pay. This intolerable situation must end.<\/p>\n

United in one voice, we will let politicians, and the financial elites they serve, know it is up to us, the people, to decide our future. We are not goods in the hands of politicians and bankers who do not represent us.<\/p>\n

On October 15th, we will meet on the streets to initiate the global change we want. We will peacefully demonstrate, talk and organize until we make it happen.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for us to unite. It\u2019s time for them to listen.<\/p>\n

People of the world, rise up on October 15th!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In Melbourne, people will be assembling at the City Square.<\/p>\n

Or what remains of it.<\/p>\n

Opened by Her Majesty<\/a> in May 1980, over half the Square was purchased for $12.5 million from the Melbourne City Council in 1993<\/a> to house a ***** luxury hotel, one of over 180 Westin Hotels (“havens of wellness and rejuvenation for those seeking a transformative hotel experience”). Westin is owned by Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc., a multi-billion dollar US-based corporation. (Note that the other, much larger ‘public’ space in the CBD, Federation Square, is privately-owned land.)<\/p>\n

The organisers of Occupy Melbourne<\/a> are demanding that politicians do a better job of representing the masses, and will be joining who-knows-how-many others at the Square for who-knows-how-long before, presumably, either: a) Australian politicians start doing a better job or; b) they go home.<\/p>\n

Afaik, the last time a tent city was established in Melbourne was in 2001 (October 14–November 2), although on that occasion the happy campers were located up the road at the State Library. The camp was established in order to protest the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but proved somewhat ineffective in stopping the 19,799 million-dollar (USD) Australian war-machine<\/a>. Thus the occupation of Afghanistan by US, Australian and allied forces has lasted slightly longer than the tent city: on October 7, ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’ celebrated its 10-year anniversary.<\/p>\n

The US “War on terrorism” removed the Taliban regime in October 2001, but it has not removed religious fundamentalism which is the main cause of all our miseries. In fact, by reinstalling the warlords in power in Afghanistan, the US administration is replacing one fundamentalist regime with another. The US government and Mr. Karzai mostly rely on Northern Alliance criminal leaders who are as brutal and misogynist as the Taliban.<\/p>\n

RAWA believes that freedom and democracy can\u2019t be donated; it is the duty of the people of a country to fight and achieve these values. Under the US-supported government, the sworn enemies of human rights, democracy and secularism have gripped their claws over our country and attempt to restore their religious fascism on our people.<\/p>\n

Whenever fundamentalists exist as a military and political force in our injured land, the problem of Afghanistan will not be solved. Today RAWA’s mission for women’s rights is far from over and we have to work hard for establishment of an independent, free, democratic and secular Afghanistan. We need the solidarity and support of all people around the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Women eh?<\/a><\/p>\n

As for ‘Occupy Melbourne’, the ad hoc<\/em> nature of the event(s) mean that anything could happen–but probably won’t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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