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SydPeaceFest 2006:
A festival of short films on peace,
held in conjunction with the Commemoration of Hiroshima Day.
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HIROSHIMA NEVER AGAIN!
ABOLISH ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS!
The people of the world are calling with renewed determination for the abolition of all nuclear weapons.
The US, France, Britain, Russia, China, Israel, Pakistan and India together still have more than 28,000 nuclear weapons.
The Bush administration is not cutting its nuclear weapons. Instead it has developed more
sophisticated and powerful bombs and is now developing mini-nukes, bunker busters and nuclear weapons for space.
The threat of nuclear annihilation has been revived by George W Bush.
The US has shown it will inflict “pre-emptive” attacks and “preventive” wars on any state that threatens its interests, creating fear and insecurity, replacing the rule of international law with the law of the jungle, and fuelling the arms race. The US also claims the right to attack any country from space.
The Bush administration has brutally and illegally invaded and occupied Afghanistan and Iraq and continues to threaten Iran, North Korea, Syria and Cuba.
The Howard Government has given unconditional moral, political and practical support to all the recent US aggressive actions. This must stop!
TROOPS HOME FROM IRAQ NOW
US foreign policy has left many thousands dead, thousands more with broken bodies, and destabilised the Middle East.
Civilians and soldiers suffer the appalling effects of depleted uranium weapons, cluster bombs and land mines, and the destruction of water supply, sewerage and power.
The Australian Government has spent over $1.25 billion since 2003 on the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq. This has brought Iraq neither peace, freedom nor democracy. It has made Australia and the world less secure.
THE COST OF WAR
The Howard Government’s military budget has escalated to over $60 million a day. This steals resources from health, education, job creation, the environment, and services for the poor and disadvantaged. An extra $700 million — less than two weeks military spending — spent on public hospitals each year would overcome their critical problems.
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| Sydney |
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No More Hiroshimas -
Hiroshima Day Rally
No Nuclear Weapons,
No War in the Middle East, No Nuclear Industry in
Australia
Sunday August 6,
1pm,
Hyde Park North
Speakers
include:
Sue Wareham, Richard Broinowski, Keysar Trad
Contact: (02) 9698 2954,
0415-202060, 0418-290-663 |
| Newcastle |
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Hiroshima Day –
Anti-War Rally
August 5 (Sat)
11am at
Pacific Park,
Newcastle - city.
Contact: Niko (02) 4968 3232 |
| Cowra |
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Rumours:
Cowra, NSW, remembrance and protest are planned for the Japanese
Gardens
and the big Peace Bell in the Cowra Town.
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| ACT |
| Canberra |
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Rally for a peaceful nuclear-free future!
No Uranium Mining, A Nuclear-Free ACT, There is no Peace through War,
Ceasefire No in Lebanon and Palestine, No Depleted Uranium or Nuclear
Weapons
Sunday August 6, 12pm.
Legislative Assembly then march to Glebe Park.
Speakers: include MAPW Dr Tom Keaney
Web: www.nonukescanberra.org
Contact: nonukescanberra@yahoo.com, or call Alison on 0414 886 237
Rumours: Canberra is having a vigil at the Japanese Embassy. |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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Perth: |
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Stand up against war and for a nuclear free future.
National Day of Action - Hiroshima Day Protest
End Attacks on Lebanon and Gaza;
No uranium mining;
No nuclear Power;
Troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan;
Don't Attack Iran.
Rally,
Sunday August 6, 12 noon,
Perth Cultural Centre,
James St, city
(opp Alexander Library)
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| VICTORIA: |
| Melbourne |
| 1. |
Melbourne Peace Rally -
Stand up against war and for a nuclear free future.
No uranium mining
No attack on Iran
Troops out of Iraq
Global nuclear
disarmament
August 6 (Sun)
1pm
State Library,
Swanston St, Melbourne.
Contacts:
Hillel Freedman
Nuclear Free Australia 0417506150
Corey Oakley,
Melbourne Stop the War Coalition
0402 262 753
Organised by Nuclear Free Australia & Melbourne Stop the War Coalition.
Web: www.nukefreeaus.org |
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Target X Melbourne -
Action for the abolition of nuclear weapons
Details: TBA
Contact Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW) Lauren Giles
lauren.giles@mapw.org.au, 0414 904 525 |
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Public Forum:
It's all about power.
Forum on a Nuclear Future
August 6 (Sun)
2.30 - 5.30 pm,
St James Conference Centre, 12 Batman Street, West Melbourne.
Cost: Free
Speakers:
Prof Jim Falk (Director,
Centre for Science, Innovation &
Society, Melbourne
University),
Assoc Prof Martin Sevior (Physics, Melbourne University),
Chair: Terry Laidler
Contact: The Revd Con Apokis.
Email: office@vcce.org.au
or tel: (03)
9676 2583
Hosted by The Victorian Council of Christian Education CJ Wright Event
with Melbourne
Anglican Diocese Environment & Social Responsibilities Committees. |
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Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki:
Peace Concert 2006
August 6 (Sun) 3pm-5pm at
St Michaels Church,
120 Collins St, Melbourne
Admission: $10 full/$5 concession
Profits go towards the NGO- Doctors for
Iraq.
Speakers:
Junko Morimoto, author of My Hiroshima,
Jim Green, Friends of
the Earth.
Performers:
David Bridie, singer/songwriter,
Natsuko Minegishi, soprano
singer,
Eugene
Ughetti, percussion,
Lee Ming Chieh, erhu,
William Zurbo, traditional
Ukranian
music,
Leigh Sloggett, singer/songwriter,
Tom Bolton, singer/songwriter
(subject to change).
Presented by
Japanese for Peace (JfP) & endorsed by the Embassy of Japan
in Australia as part of the Australia-Japan Year of Exchange
Contact: Anna at info@jfp.org.au
or 0421-981-961
Web: www.jfp.org.au |
| NORTHERN TERRITORY |
| Darwin |
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Hiroshima Day Gathering and ceremony.
Sunday August 6 at
sunset on
Mindil Beach.
Contact: Emma |
| SOUTH AUSTRALIA: |
| Adelaide |
| 1. |
Hiroshima Day Peace Rally
1945 – Hiroshima 2006 – Beirut?
Protest against Israeli War Crimes –
stop the
offensive in Lebanon and Palestine, No Uranium Mining, US hands off Iran
Saturday August 5 at
12pm,
Parliament House Steps.
Contact: 0412 974 575
Organised by Hiroshima Day Committee |
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Hiroshima Never Again – Vigil
Sunday August 6 at
8.10am at the Peace Park,
Opp Memorial Hospital,
Sir Edwin Smith Ave, North
Adelaide
We are starting at 8.10 am so that we can be gathered together by
8.15 am, the time when the first bomb was dropped.
Contact: (08) 8232 6334 Email: aussieshield@chariot.net.au
Organised by:
Australian Peace Committee (SA), Graham F. Smith Peace Trust,
Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom (SA) |
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Adelaide – Target X action
Sunday August 6,
12pm at Rundle Mall (pending council approval)
Contact: 0404 622 172 ruth.mitchell@mapw.org.au
MAPW students and doctors will follow the pattern of Target X installations
around the world - see www.ippnw-students.org/Target
We will be donning
white doctors coats and scrubs and stethescopes and distributing information
about nuclear weapons to passersby, assisted by a large red cloth X on the
ground symbolising the potential for any metropolitan centre to be a target
for a nuclear strike, and calling for total abolition of nuclear weapons in
response to this threat. |
| QUEENSLAND |
| Brisbane |
| 1. |
Silent Peace Vigil
Friday August 4,
4:30-6pm at
King George Square,
Brisbane City
Organised by
Brisbane Quakers (every first Friday of month) |
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Hiroshima Day Peace Rally and March
NO!! to WAR and MILITARISATION,
NO!! to a NUCLEAR AUSTRALIA,
YES!!! to
HUMAN RIGHTS in PEACE and WAR
Sunday August 6,
2pm at
QUEENS PARK,
Cnr George and Elizabeth Streets, Brisbane
Speakers:
Andrew Dettmer - State Secretary,
Aust Manufacturing Workers
Union;
Salam El-Merebi – Al Nisa - Aust Muslim Womens Youth Group,
Dave
Copeman – AIA Amnesty International Australia,
Liz Shields – FOE Friends
of the Earth Anti-nuclear;
Daniele Viliunas – Qld Co-Ordinator MAPW Medical
Assoc for Prevention of War;
Kim Stewart - Peace Convergence
Music: Combined Unions Choir, Singer/songwriter Dermot Dorgan
Supported by:
Rally for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament;
WILPF Womens
International League for Peace and Freedom;
Aust Coalition for Economic and
Social Justice;
Stop the War Collective Fabian Society; ENUFF;
Peace
Convergence;
Friends of the Earth Brisbane Anti-nuclear Collective.
Contact: Joan 3855 9497 |
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Peace Film Night featuring: Arlington West
and Dirt Road to Peace
Monday, August 7, 7pm-9pm at the
Sandgate Community Centre,
153 Rainbow St, Sandgate.
Cost: Gold Coin Donation
Speakers: MAPW - Dr. Rachel Darken, Pine Gap 6 - Jim Dowling, plus
entertainment and
refreshments.
Presented by SANDBAG and Brisbane Peace Convergence. |
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Hiroshima Commemoration in the Park and Concert for Hiroshima
Sunday August 6. Time: Markets 7am-1pm, Concert 1pm
Location: Park outside Peregian Surf Living Saving Club, Sunshine Coast
(near
Noosa)
Details: Markets: The Market 7am-1pm, sponsored by the Surf Life Saving
Club. with workshops including a “hands-up” banner and the opportunity to
make peace flags and origami peace cranes.
Free open air Concert for Hiroshima: Local original performers including
Cass Mitchell, Karel Jeffery, The Barleyshakes & Paul Fogerty Speakers
including Des Ritchie and Pauline Rigby.
Contact Sunshine Coast Environment Council on (07) 5441 5747
Supported by: Just Peace Sunshine Coast, the Sunshine Coast Environment
Council, and Peregian Originals Concerts |
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Peace Film Screening: Michael Franti’s : “I know I’m not alone”
Sunday August 6 at 4pm in Room A (upstairs) Community Development Centre, 82 Young St,
Yeppoon
Cost: free
Discussion, music and interfaith prayers, readings from peace
advocates.
Supported by: The Harmony Working Group, the Baha’i community, and Women
Making A
Difference. |
| WESTERN AUSTRALIA |
| Perth |
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Stand up against war and for a nuclear free future
National Day of Action - Hiroshima Day Protest
End Attacks on Lebanon and Gaza, No uranium mining, No nuclear Power, Troops
out of Iraq and Afghanistan, Don't Attack Iran
Sunday August 6, 12noon at the
Perth Cultural Centre, James St, Perth city (opp Alexander
Library)
Contact: 08 9218 9608 |
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