The Northern Territory Land Rights Act amendments will be introduced to the House of Representatives today.
Central to this amendment is an abolition of the permit system which forms the basis of land rights for indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory. The 1976 Northern Territory Land Rights Act was a landmark piece of legislation for Aboriginal [...]

I’ll be on 3CR (855 am) tomorrow morning at about 7:15 talking about the next ACDJ forum on Intellectual Property if anyone would like to listen.
Of course you should all come along to the actual forum as well which will be held at the Stork Hotel [504 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne], 7 pm tomorrow (Tue 17th) [...]

We require your urgent action! Below is a letter from the Rirratjingu Clan, Yirrkala in north eastern Arnhem Land, NT asking you to act against the removal of the permit system from the Northern Territory Land Rights Act. Once this is removed, land rights will be diminished for many Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory. [...]

A nice bit of community media:

Thanks to We Make Money Not Art for pointing out that it’s the 10th anniversary of New York Surveillance Camera Players
I’ve been a fan of these culture jammers for some time and 10 years is quite some time to be doing it.

I don’t particularly like Rudd, but Bomber had to go… Actually Howard has to go so Bomber has to go first.
Mostly I just hate the ALP for their betrayals - multiple.

I’ve been asked to contribute to the G20 Alternatives blog. Please go over and have a bit of a read.
Don’t forget that large contingents of people will be converging on Melbourne to protest the G20 meeting next weekend (18th and 19th Nov). There’s lots going on, not least of which is the Alternative G20 [...]

So my household managed to exceed our 20 Gig a month download limit somehow. I realise I’m partly responsible but 20 Gig is quite ridiculous. This makes use of my computer frustrating. In addition I’m having ongoing difficulties trying to get a linux operating system happening on my computer – I’m close [...]

…That is the power of Eurocentrism.
India, however, is not merely different from Europe. India (and every local reality within India) is singular - not different from any universal standard but different in itself. If the first Italian writer could free himself of Europe as standard he could grasp the singularity. This singularity [...]