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"Mother's Day is coming up. But most of us don't know the origin of the day. It was not a day to thank your mother for what she does before shops made it that way. It actually started as "Mothers' Day" (note where the apostrophe is) and it was the day for mothers to march demanding end of wars and peace." says an Indymedia contributor. Accordingly, Women for Peace are organising a Mothers' Day Peace Vigil outside NIKE on Saturday.

Codepink: Mother's Day 2006: A Call for Peace!
Mothers' Day Proclamation (1870) by Julia Ward Howe
The origins of Mothers' Day by Ruth Rosen in the San Fransisco Chronicle

2006 marks the 14th anniversary of Mabo Day, the date when the High Court of Australia handed down its landmark decision in the Mabo case in 1992, finding that there was prior occuption and ownership of the land, thus overturning the doctine of Terra Nullius. It could form the basis for reconcilation based on justice between indigenous Australians and those who have settled here from Europe and other parts of the globe. [Full Story]

Make MABO DAY - 3 June - an Australian Public Holiday

Seditious intent is an online collection of 17 short films all dealing with the Australian Government’s draconian new anti-terrorism laws. The laws make it an offence to:

• bring the Sovereign into hatred or contempt;
• urge disaffection against the Constitution, the Government of the Commonwealth or either House of the Parliament;
• urge another person to attempt, otherwise than by lawful means, to procure a change to any matter established by law in the Commonwealth;

From the slick to the raw and edgy, ranging from fiction, faction, animation, claymation, subverts to adverts, all the Seditious Intent videos are available on the web for you to download, watch, share or screen. [Full Story]

You can check out the collection at Spinach7 or EngageMedia.

Further info on the sedition laws: Civil Rights Network | Wikipedia

From the newswire
"The mainstream press's analysis of "Ten Years of Howard" has involved a massive dose of political amnesia. A pattern of Government lies and racism is all but ignored. Instead Howard is lauded for his "mainstream" values and for keeping down interest rates." according to one Indymedia correspondent. [ Full Story ]

On Friday night Howard's 10 year party in Toorak was gatecrashed. (More photos)

Kerry Packer is dead, but even in death he rips off the tax-payer. "Eulogies at today's taxpayer-funded service will be read by the Prime Minister, John Howard, the cricket commentator Richie Benaud and the actor Russell Crowe." (SMH 17 Feb 2006) The Packer family sent out invitations to a thousand select people. Sydney Activist, Peter McGregor, sent out his own invitation for a dis-memorial event encouraging activists to celebrate...[Full Story]

Irony: New Public Holiday Feb 17th | Packer Parasite Carks It
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