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| Refugee Rights Protest |
| 08.28.05 (3:05 am) [edit] |
Today's protest was a worthwhile effort that in spite of the rainy conditions saw about 50 people turn out to welcome the Refugee Rights Action Network and other speakers, who spoke for some length about the conditions inside the detention centres and the need to end the policy of mandatory detention and the unequal laws affecting those seeking asylum or refugee status in our country.
I dressed in my dark blue trousers and black jacket as a mock Immigration officer, a guise made more convincing by Louise Platt the state Labor party politician lending me a whistle and a pair of immigration officer badges.
The central stall, beside the Amnesty International stall, had a petition and contact information for RRAN. Mock queues were created leading to the table itself. Louise and I must have handed out many dozens of leaflets, and probably about 20 new contacts were made.
If only the news were better for my sporting teams. Australia is facing defeat in the cricket, and the Fremantle Dockers dream of making the finals this year ended with a valiant effort against Port Adelaide at AAMI stadium in Adelaide. We went down by a few goals, but for 3/4rs of the game we were very good. After the refugee protest, I met some of my friends in the Socialist Alternative - Jess,
Louis, and Jacinta. We spoke about the looming recession, the emptiness of the "middle ground" position in politics, over coffee. We are a happy lot. I spoke also about the
constitution sham in Iraq, how little that means to ordinary working class Iraqis and how the US has lost the war.
And so until my blog tomorrow I guess I must end this here.
With Affection,
Matthew
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