Occupy Cottesloe Press Release – (From Occupy Perth)

February 27th, 2013 · · BLOG, PRESS RELEASES Comments Off

Major news event and pic/video opportunity

Saturday 2nd March from 4pm,
Cottesloe Beach Foreshore,
Marine Parade, Cottesloe, Western Australia

Song and Dance and a call to action to avert another 4 years of corporate Government failing  the people and environment of W.A.

Occupy Cottesloe will see a diverse range of community groups and individuals speaking out on key failures of the Barnett Government to deliver the services and protection demanded by people inWA.

Cottesloe beach will ring to the chants of “Colin Barnett has got to go”!

Speakers will include Linley Lutton of the City Gatekeepers, Greens senator Scott Ludlam, Jess Beckerling of the WA Forrest Alliance, Max Hipkins, independent candidate for the seat of Nedlands, Dawn Jecks from Hands Off Point Peron, Indigenous activist Marianne Mackay and many others.  Interspersed with the speakers will be musicians and other entertainment.

A common concern of gathered groups is the erosion, the corruption of our democracy by big money and corporate interests.

People have had enough of the exploitation and destruction of our precious environment, the state’s housing and homelessness crisis, a fragile two-speed economy, rising wealth inequality , among other problems.

Occupy Perth has organized this event to highlight the many critical issues that are not being addressed by the two major parties.

Colin Barnett’s Liberals want the media to focus on shopping hours and a pretty foreshore so we aren’t embarrassed when his high flying mates come to visit the West.

We demand that access to healthcare and housing take precedent over access to 24/7 shopping, and miners’ access to sacred ground.

We have chosen to target Colin Barnett as the premier and the man responsible for overseeing  a government which has absolutely failed to meet the peoples expectations on a wide variety of issues.

As such we are bringing this event to Cottesloe to encourage locals to use their vote to send Barnett and others in parliament a message – West Australian citizens will not be taken for granted by our politicians, we can and will remove you from your seat if you do so.

The event will be covered extensively online, and we look forward to facilitating your coverage with access to speakers, video and pictures.

Following is a full list of speakers and performers;

Uncle Ben Taylor – Welcome To Country
Mariiane Mackay -Indigenous Sovereignty
Dennis -Indigenous Singer/Songwriter
Alex Jones - Save Our Trees
Jess Beckerling - WA Forrest Alliance
Janet Grogan - Say No to GMO / Monsanto
Mia Pepper - Ban Uranium Mining Permanently (BUMP)
Sarah Ross - Refugee Rights Action Network (RRAN)
Maar Koodjal - Indigenous dance
H2Wo - The CREW Band
Vasu Barnao - CREW – Gnangara Mound
Max Hipkins - Independent Candidate talking on Planning
Dawn Jecks - Hands Off Point Peron
Linda Rogers - Save Our Subiaco
Eva Harper - Singer/Songwriter
Dodgy Steve - Comedian
Scott Ludlam - Greens senator – Government transperency / Wikileaks
Linley Lutton - City Gatekeepers – Waterfront Development
Cameron Poustie - Greens for North Metro – 100% renewables by 2029
Claire McKinnon - No Fracking Way
Kamala Emanuel - Free speech campaign
Selekt Few - Hip Hop
Chris Jenkins - Facilitate People’s Mic
Amber Maxwell - Equal Love
Zoe Bush - Feminist Action Network
Katie Batty - Animal Rights Advocates
Alex Whisson - Perth Indymedia
Jane Bremmer - Alliance for a Clean Environment
Jeff Hewitt - Stand Up Comedian
Steve Tallis - Earthy Blues
Jupiter Zeus - Psychedelic Space Rock
The Monkey Experiment - DJ – Tech Funk

Media contacts;

Karun Cowper – 0423972949
Victoria Martin – 0410589064


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Occupy Cottesloe Flyer – 2nd March

February 4th, 2013 · · BLOG, FLYERS Comments Off

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CLICK HERE TO RSVP!!

Weekly organising meetings in the lead up to this action every Saturday 4pm Perth Cultural Centre.

 

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Occupy Cottesloe 2nd March – Colin Barnett has got to go!

January 24th, 2013 · · NEWSLETTER Comments Off

Next General Assembly January 27 4pm
Perth Cultural Centre.

This General Assembly will be focused on organising the “Occupy Cottesloe” action on the 2nd March (as per the following flyer).

Early indicators suggest this is going to be a well attended event, we’d love as many hands on deck as possible to share the workload and to have maximum contribution of creativity and talent.

It’s perhaps worth mentioning here that Occupy is not about influencing or engaging in electoral politics – this is not the intention of this action.

The action targets Colin Barnett as a tangible figurehead of “the 1%” in this part of the world.  It’s an opportunity to bring together us of “the 99%” to share our concerns for the present and our ideas for the future.

All groups and individuals are invited to participate in this spirit.

RSVP via Facebook and please share the following link

https://www.facebook.com/events/481000661964765/

 

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Occupy the State Election

December 19th, 2012 · · BLOG, NEWSLETTER Comments Off

 

OCCUPY THE STATE ELECTION

March 2013 we get to all cast our vote in the mockery of democracy that will be our West Australian state elections.The battle between Liberal incumbent Colin Barnett and Labor’s Mark McGowan will be the usual race for the so-called political centre.  A population with no access to alternative viewpoints will be spoonfed the usual deceits via a press that is dominated and controlled by vested interests.

Which ever of these comes out on top the result is a foregone conclusion, the ultra-wealthy and big business interests will come out on top and their free reign of exploitation directed at our people and precious environment will continue, if not accelerate.

But hope is not lost. We have an opportunity to seize on massive dissatisfaction and apply some pressure around issues that might otherwise be totally ignored.
General Assembly January 12 at 4pmPerth Cultural Centre.

A call out to all interested groups and individuals to participate in an

OPEN SPACE planning session for creative actions challenging the corporate and state corruption of the 2013 state election campaign.

RSVP here – https://www.facebook.com/events/315651341874937/

Why bother?…

Corporate interests have long had the run of the place in Western Australia, what can we possibly do about it?

Truthfully, the two dominant parties will be doing everything in their power to continue with business as usual whilst all the time doing their best to convince ordinary people that they have their best interests at heart.  The current system and entrenched parties need an urgent reality check.

The Occupy movement internationally seeks to draw attention to the critical issues which face our society, to challenge the status quo through protest and creative actions and to explore alternatives pathways by drawing together, providing space and resources to those with creative new ideas for the future.

To honour our own humanity, the historical record and to be able to look our children and ourselves in the eye – people of good character need to stand together – NOW!

TOGETHER we can have an impact

on the urgent, critical issues that challenge our society and at very least bring some greater awareness to our fellow West Australians.

(SOME OF) THE ISSUES…

 

  • Income inequality – Western Australia is ranked FIFTH(!) highest in the level of income inequality among all OECD countries. The wealthiest 20 per cent of Australian households have net worth that is nearly seventy times as high as the least wealthy 20 per cent – and this is especially so in Perth.
  • Housing crisis – there were more than 22,000 applicants waiting for social housing in WA at the end of July, a record level. Many have been on the list for years.  Even those on the priority list – which has about 3000 applicants – are waiting two years.  The average Perth family needed 6.5 times their annual income to purchase a home in September 2010, compared to 3.9 times a decade earlier, and the rate of ‘mortgage stress’ has ballooned massively as a result. Three homes are repossessed EVERY DAY in WA.
  • Environmental concerns – a potential ‘marine dead zone at James Price Point in the Kimberley built by a conglomerate led by Woodside, the threat of WA’s first uranium mine in Wiluna built by Toro Energy, likely damaging industrial development on top of the Gnangara Mound which supplies 60% of Perth’s water, and many urgent ongoing threats to our native bushland, wetlands, native animals, marine ecosystems, etc, etc.
  • Indigenous heritage and rights – WA’s Burrup Peninsula is the world’s largest outdoor rock engraving site, containing rock art of world importance possibly dating back to 30,000 years ago, including possibly the first ever representation of the human face in history. The Western Australian Government is still planning to turn part of this site into a natural gas production and processing facility against the wishes of some of the site`s Aboriginal custodians and the scientific community.  Aboriginal people are incarcerated at five times the rate of blacks in apartheid South Africa, and their death and suffering in custody is widespread.
  • The privatisation of essential services, including health, education and more by exploitative and uncaring corporations like Serco – for example, Serco makes 30% profit on a contract worth nearly $2 billion for running prisons which destroy the mental health of people who are asylum seekers and refugees

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Wrap up of #Globalnoise Street Festival the Occupy Perth One Year Anniversary

October 21st, 2012 · · BLOG, VIDEO No comments
Check it out…a comprehensive wrap up of the #globalNOISE street festival last weekend, the Occupy Perth 1 year anniversary.
Featuring video and audio of performances and talks from Dennis Simmons, Chris ThousandEyes Bonds, Alexander Martin Whisson, Tony Perthtones Activism Serve, Luke Skinner (Selekt Few), Sam Wainwright (Socialist Alliance), Turquoise Loop (featuring Noam Chomsky & Satyam Brown), Jamie Hanson (Conservation Council of Western Australia), Zeks (Rui You Kong and co), Colin Penter (Serco Watch), Claire McCleanenergy (No Fracking WA..y), Karl Marx & the Squid (Sam Fox), Victoria Martin (Rran Wa), Jeff Hewitt (#killingit), Raptor Mishap (Sky Croeser and friend), Linley Lutton (City Gatekeepers, Nick Pendergast (Animal Rights Advocates Inc.), Wrenegade…

Occupy Perth – Globalnoise Festival 13th October 2012 on Prezi

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MEDIA RELEASE 12th OCTOBER- #GLOBALNOISE

October 12th, 2012 · · PRESS RELEASES No comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Occupy Perth & Real Democracy Australia 

#GlobalNoise 

On Saturday October 13, Occupy Perth and Real Democracy Australia, in co-operation with other local activist groups, will hold a street festival in the Perth Cultural Centre as part of the “GlobalNoise” international day of solidarity taking part in over 200 countries.

The event will begin at 6pm in the Perth Cultural Centre with a welcome to country and performances for the event will include bands, DJ’s, hip hop artists, saxophonists, poets and a variety of speakers talking on issues including the corruption of Town Planning under Barnett, The plight of Refugees, Data Retention/Online Privacy, SERCO and privatisation, Fracking in WA and other WA-based environmental issues.

The purpose of the event is two-fold, firstly to present the reality of a united global struggle, and also to highlight and fight against the corruption of democracy by big business interests both here at home and all across the globe.

Representatives of the following organisations have confirmed their intention to attend the event:

Animal Rights Australia, Defend Public Spaces (WA), Forrest Alliance (WA), No Fracking Way, Occupy Perth, Real Democracy Now (WA), Refugee Rights Action Network (WA), SERCO WATCH, Socialist Alliance, Stand Up For the Burrup, The Greens (WA), Urban Forrest Alliance (WA), Western Suburbs Alliance and the Unnamed Collective.

Quote: “Global Noise is about having our voices heard at a local, national and international level. There is now a series of global movements who are unified in their purpose – to end wealth inequality and take back control of our lives and political institutions from the hands of corporate interests and the ultra-wealthy” – Luke Skinner, a spokesperson for Occupy Perth. There will be live-stream broadcasting from 6pm, which will be announced via the @OccupyPerth twitter account, as well as a twitter hashtag ‘#GlobalNoise’ for the international event. You can find out more about Occupy Perth at http://occupyperth.org or like us on Facebookhttp://facebook.com/occupyperth

Media Contacts:

Luke Skinner - 0422738541
Victoria Martin - 0410589064
Karun Cowper - 0423972949 –

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