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Byron Shire Councillor calls for an End to the US Alliance

Thanx Graeme Dunstan for sending this one:

Byron Bay, NSW, Australia: Councillor Richard Staples, member of Byron Shire Council since 1995 and member of the Tweed-Byron Greens will be welcoming participants to the Independence from America Day celebrations when it assembles tomorrow.

"I am deeply committed to preserving and strengthening the local economy, the local community and the local environment," he said. "The way forward in this regard for is to become independent from the influences of the World Bank, the World Trade Organisation, neo liberalism and economic rationalism that corporate America is foisting upon us."

Independence from America Day will be celebrated with a carnival parade through Byron at about noon and a Speak Out outside the Byron courthouse.

"Time to speak up and speak out," says organiser Graeme Dunstan who is promising an artful event, an open mike and with some oratorical fireworks.

It will be the third annual celebration of Independence from America Day in Byron Bay.

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