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Compassion and justice set sail
Over the weekend, the brave people from the ~flotilla~ (Flotilla of Hope)organisation left Sydney on their journey to the Pacific Island of Nauru, where they will be protesting against the concentration camps for refugees run by the Australian government.
The Eureka left Sydney for Brisbane and a second yacht, One Off, will join it for the voyage to Nauru on May 23. The crews hope to arrive by World Refugee Day on June 20.
In the meantime, some reports from other news sources on the
Sydney send-off:
Refugee campaigner calls PM a zombie
Activists leave for Nauru
Australian refugee activists set sail for Nauru
Nauru government takes tough line on activists
Nauru
threatens protesters with jail terms
Nauru warns flotilla to 'stay away'
Today, May 17, by the way, is Constitution Day, Nauru
This holiday commemorates the May 17, 1968, amendments to the constitution of this tiny Pacific nation, which established a republic with a parliamentary system of government, now being undermined by Australia's using Nauru as a penal colony, just as Britain used America and Australia in centuries past.
Goodbye guano 'goldmine'
Nauru is the world’s smallest independent republic, and its richest. Boasting only about 14 square kilometres, it is largely composed of phosphates, the product of centuries of bird droppings. The mineral is a valuable ingredient of fertilizers such as superphosphate, and consequently the island's 10,000 people each receives the financial benefits that accrue – nearly $US31,000 per citizen in 1974.
Unfortunately for the citizens, the deposits are all but mined out and the nation is bankrupt, yet another victim of globalization and putting profit before sustainable economics. Soon will only be a memory the ‘goldmine’ that gave Nauru one of the world’s highest rates of car ownership – with only one road to drive the cars on.
The Australian government has bribed Nauru with millions of dollars to accept asylum seekers who show up on Australia's shores. The conditions in which they live are described as being like a concentration camp, and many detainees are having severe psychological problems.
Compassion and justice set sail
Over the weekend, the brave people from the ~flotilla~ (Flotilla of Hope)organisation left Sydney on their journey to the Pacific Island of Nauru, where they will be protesting against the concentration camps for refugees run by the Australian government.
The Eureka left Sydney for Brisbane and a second yacht, One Off, will join it for the voyage to Nauru on May 23. The crews hope to arrive by World Refugee Day on June 20.
In the meantime, some reports from other news sources on the
Sydney send-off:
Refugee campaigner calls PM a zombie
Activists leave for Nauru
Australian refugee activists set sail for Nauru
Nauru government takes tough line on activists
Nauru
threatens protesters with jail terms
Nauru warns flotilla to 'stay away'
Today, May 17, by the way, is Constitution Day, Nauru
This holiday commemorates the May 17, 1968, amendments to the constitution of this tiny Pacific nation, which established a republic with a parliamentary system of government, now being undermined by Australia's using Nauru as a penal colony, just as Britain used America and Australia in centuries past.
Goodbye guano 'goldmine'
Nauru is the world’s smallest independent republic, and its richest. Boasting only about 14 square kilometres, it is largely composed of phosphates, the product of centuries of bird droppings. The mineral is a valuable ingredient of fertilizers such as superphosphate, and consequently the island's 10,000 people each receives the financial benefits that accrue – nearly $US31,000 per citizen in 1974.
Unfortunately for the citizens, the deposits are all but mined out and the nation is bankrupt, yet another victim of globalization and putting profit before sustainable economics. Soon will only be a memory the ‘goldmine’ that gave Nauru one of the world’s highest rates of car ownership – with only one road to drive the cars on.
The Australian government has bribed Nauru with millions of dollars to accept asylum seekers who show up on Australia's shores. The conditions in which they live are described as being like a concentration camp, and many detainees are having severe psychological problems.
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