Send a FAX to the Prime Minister here:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Tomlinson-Case/

A video recently posted on the Guardian website clearly shows a police officer in riot gear pushing Tomlinson to the ground minutes before his death.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2009/apr/07/g20-poli…video

Footage depicts Tomlinson when attacked
-alone not part of any demonstration
-hands in pocket (non-threatening)
-back to police who attack him (no warning)

Report

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090408/tuk-g20-victim-s-son-demands-answers-dba1618.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/05/g20-protest…inson

Have you given up on this. I was quite enjoying it.

Mark.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 16
FROM 6PM
BELLA UNION BAR
TRADES HALL
(Corner of Lygon and Victoria Streets, Carlton)

FILM PREMIERE: PINE GAP 2002
A screening of Box 4’s documentary about the 2002 anti-US base protest.

BOOK LAUNCH: ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE, THE AIDEX ’91 STORY
The launch of Iain McIntyre’s book about two decades of anti-arms fair
protests.

PARTY: TO CELEBRATE THE SHUTTING DOWN OF THE 2008 ADELAIDE APDSE ARMS FAIR
The Asia Pacific Defence and Security Exhibition arms fair has been
called off due to the threat of protest action. Come together to
celebrate
a victory for the peace movement.
Drinks and hot food available.

More about the events:
ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE:
THE AIDEX ’91 STORY
In November 1991 over 1000 protesters blockaded the National Exhibition
Centre in Canberra for 12 days with the aim of shutting down the
Australia International Defence Exhibition. AIDEX ’91 saw the most
police violence and highest number of arrests in the Australian Capital
Territory since the Vietnam era. Although the exhibition was eventually
able to go ahead the blockade caused enough disruption to ensure that
no one would dare hold another arms fair on this scale in Australia
again. The success of the protest came at a cost however with hundreds
of demonstrators injured and their actions vilified in the mainstream
media.

Alongside a detailed account of the protest itself Always Look On The
Bright Side Of Life: The AIDEX ’91 Story traces the background of the
blockade amidst the growth of opposition to the Australian arms
industry during the 1980s. Using the words of the protesters themselves
the book also explores the lessons of AIDEX ’91, the effect of the
protest on a generation of Australian activists and the way in which
similar strategies were used to stop the 2008 Asia Pacific Defence and
Security Exhibition from occurring. The book features many photos from
both the AIDEX ’89 and ’91 protests.

Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life will be available on the night
or can be purchased in Melbourne from Sticky, Friends Of The Earth, The
New International Bookshop and Polyester books and will be available in
Sydney from Jura and Black Rose books in the coming weeks. The book can
also be purchased on line from foe.org.au/shop/ or
http://www.newinternationalbookshop.org.au

PINE GAP 2002
From October 5th to 7th 2002 around 500 demonstrators participated in a
range of actions aimed at shutting down the Pine Gap US spy base.
Located just 19 km from Alice Springs the installation has played a
major role in US military satellite activities since the 1960s. Its
past operations have included the targeting of bombs during the 1990-91
US war on Iraq and, most recently, the targeting of US bombs against
Afghanistan and Iraq.
Three days of protest included a blockade of the road leading into the
base, speeches from local indigenous representatives, street theatre,
attempts to enter Pine Gap itself and a street parade through Alice
Springs. The latest documentary from Box 4 follows the campaign from
its early organising meetings through to the protest itself.

ASIA PACIFIC DEFENCE AND SECURITY EXHIBITION (APDSE) 2008
On Remembrance Day November 11 2008 the South Australian Government and private company APDS Exhibition Ltd had planned to hold Australia’s
first major arms fair in 17 years at the Adelaide Convention Centre.
With groups meeting around Australia to organise a Peace Festival and a
blockade the APDSE organisers, citing police costs, threw in the towel
cancelling the event in early September. Come and celebrate this
victory for the peace movement.

Creative Commons license/attribution requested:

Homebrew Cultural Association
PO Box 4434
Melbourne University
Parkville 3052
Victoria Australia

ISBN 978-0-9757319-1-8

We, too, were inspired by our community’s reading of “Binding the Strong Man,” which led to my own biblical writings and exorcisms.

In the One who defeated Empire,

Wes

http://www.cynefinywerin.org.uk/index.php?docid=265

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rbjvqkD6Zr4