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Anti-war veterans group calls for protests when Barack Obama visits Australia
Anti-war veterans group calls for protests when
Barack Obama visits Australia
Press release
5 February 2010
"Think Obama is against war? Think again," said Stand Fast spokesperson and East Timorveteran, Hamish Chitts. “Obama is not a force for progress, he is not a man of peace - from his first day in office over 12 months ago he has firmly placed himself in the camp of the warmongers and war-profiteers.”
Stand Fast, he Australian-based veterans group which is comprised of veterans and former military personnel who oppose the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, is calling on all people of conscience to protest the upcoming visit of Barack Obama in the 2nd half of March.
Interview with Van Rudd in the Indian Journal, Outlook
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Interview ‘The Dominant Culture In Australia Is A Racist Culture’
The leader of the Revolutionary Socialist Party who created a stir by protesting in the famous Ku Klux Klan outfit shares his views
Outlook Interviews Van Thanh Rudd
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Coverage from the Times of India
Australian PM's nephew leads protest against attacks on Indians
PTI, 26 January 2010, 06:49pm IST
MELBOURNE:Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's artist-activist nephew was on Tuesday fined for offensive behaviour as he dressed up in Ku Klux Klan outfit to protest racism at a demonstration outside the venue of Australian Open.
Van Rudd, who is the son of Prime Minster's brother Malcom Rudd and another man staged a protest outside the Rod Laver Arena against the recent spate of violence against Indians in Melbourne.
The protest from Van Rudd came after eight men were arrested for bashing of two Indian students overnight.
Carrying banners "Let the refugees in" and "no racist attacks on Indians", Rudd and the other man refused to move from the lawn outside the arena, saying they were protesting because the Australian Government refused to acknowledge that attacks on Indians were racist and that locking up asylum seekers was wrong.
Their protest came on what the group branded "Australia Day/Invasion Day".
After the pair refused repeated police requests to leave, a police car eventually arrived and fine them.
"I'm not surprised, but at least we got the point across," Rudd said as he was being bundled into the back of the police car ten minutes after the protest began.
"The Australian Government has to act to save innocent Indians and Tamils."
Van Rudd, who is the son of Prime Minster's brother Malcom Rudd and another man staged a protest outside the Rod Laver Arena against the recent spate of violence against Indians in Melbourne.
The protest from Van Rudd came after eight men were arrested for bashing of two Indian students overnight.
Carrying banners "Let the refugees in" and "no racist attacks on Indians", Rudd and the other man refused to move from the lawn outside the arena, saying they were protesting because the Australian Government refused to acknowledge that attacks on Indians were racist and that locking up asylum seekers was wrong.
Their protest came on what the group branded "Australia Day/Invasion Day".
After the pair refused repeated police requests to leave, a police car eventually arrived and fine them.
"I'm not surprised, but at least we got the point across," Rudd said as he was being bundled into the back of the police car ten minutes after the protest began.
"The Australian Government has to act to save innocent Indians and Tamils."
Racism made in Australia (Australian Open action)
Organised by the Revolutionary Socialist party
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Why the Revolutionary Socialist Party organised the FIGHT RACISM PROTEST on Australia Day

How can we stand proud when the tide of racism is growing everyday in Australia!
Have we forgotten the original people of this country?
How can we stand by while the government corrals Aboriginal people in camps? Apparently “for their own good”!
How can we stand by while Indian students are bashed in growing numbers and the police continue to deny the racist character of the crimes?
Gerard Henderson, Sydney Morning Herald Feb 2
Australia's 'racist' tag is myth heavily hyped
Gerard Henderson
There are two pragmatic tests to ascertain the real level of racism in a country. Namely, the level of ethnic-motivated crime and the amount of inter-marriage between ethnic groups. Australia has a low level of ethnic crime and a high level of inter-marriages between all races, including indigenous people.
Herald Sun Jan 30: Rudd nephew in 'disgusting' art controversy
Sunday Herald Sun January 30, 2010
Controversial ... Kevin Rudd'd nephew, Van Rudd / Pic: Nine News Source: The Daily Telegraph
* PMs nephew in new controversy
* Art work called 'disgusting'
* Lampoons dead Aussie soldiers
Refugee activists deported from Indonesia Arrive in Australia
MEDIA RELEASE
REFUGEE ACTIVISTS DEPORTED FROM INDONESIA - ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA, SATURDAY 30 JANUARY
URGENT ACTION NEEDED FROM AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION OF MERAK ASYLUM SEEKERS
Two Australian refugee activists detained and questioned by Indonesian police in Merak have been deported by Indonesian immigration authorities, will arrive in Australia on Saturday morning (30 January).
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