pSix trade unionists in Kanaky (New Caledonia) have been sentenced to jail and a further 18 union activists recieved suspended sentences! Gerard Jodar, leader of the Union of Kanaky and Exploited Workers (USTKE), was sentenced to one year prison. Mr Safoka, who works closely with Mr Jodar, has also been condemned to one year in jail. Two other union activists were given ten months of jail, another one six months, another one four months. The convictions stem from a industrial dispute with Air Caledonie in May, when hundreds of people stormed Magenta airport. /ppSpeaking to reporters, the USTKE founder and leader of the Labour Party, Louis Kotra Uregei, questions the type of justice that send unionists to prison. ldquo;I strongly condemn this type of decision and Irsquo;m calling on those who have trusted us and trust us to fight alongside us so that this country one day frees itself of this colonial justice.rdquo; There will be a massive marches in Noumeacute;a this Saturday to demand the freedom of all the political prisoners. /ppLinks: USTKE (in French) http://www.ustke.org/ /ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/1004 target=_blankread more/a/p

phttp://BeyondTalk.net World Leaders Thank Arrestees, Avert Climate Disaster /ppIn a front-page ad in today's International Herald Tribune, the leaders of the European Union thank the European public for having engaged in months of civil disobedience leading up to the Copenhagen climate conference that will be held this December. It was only thanks to your massive pressure over the past six months that we could so dramatically shift our climate-change policies.... To those who were arrested, we thank you. There was only one catch: the paper was fake. /ppLooking exactly like the real thing, but dated December 19th, 2009, a million copies of the fake paper were distributed worldwide by thousands of volunteers in order to show what could be achieved at the Copenhagen climate conference that is scheduled for Dec. 7-18, 2009. (At the moment, the conference is aiming for much more modest cuts, dismissed by leading climate scientists as too little, too late to stave off runaway processes that will lead to millions or even billions of casualties.) /ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/1003 target=_blankread more/a/p

pldquo;Everyone who is needs housing should occupy empty buildings, but as Anne Keene voted in favour of the war in Iraq, displacing and killing millions of people, we demand she gets in touch with refugee centres to make reparations. In the meantime, the house will hopefully become a refugee centre and home to some of the people she made homeless through poverty and war.rdquo; /ppThe group are asking for solidarity. Donations of food and water, bedding, hinges and screws are to be taken to: 38 Brook Rd South, Brentford, TW8 0NN http://libcom.org/forums/news/housing-activists-seize-mps-home-28062009 /ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/1002 target=_blankread more/a/p

pListen to Radio Liberada, from somewhere in Honduras, after the military coup Listen to the transmission of Radio Liberada from somewhere in Honduras: http://208.43.218.127:8070/ /ppBefore and after the military coup in Honduras, Radio Liberada has been transmitting a live chronicle of what is happening in Honduras, its opposition, and the mobilizations by popular and indigenous organizations against the coup and for the undertaking of a new constitutional assembly. The radio is writing a new page in the free media movement in Central America. We are asking for free media collectives in the country and throughout the world to retransmit or mirror this transmission. Coverage in the Radio es lo de menos: http://www.radioeslodemenos.org/ /ppCoverage from the Independent Media Center in Honduras: http://honduras.mediosindependientes.org /ppMinute by minute by Kaos en la Red: http://www.kaosenlared.net/noticia/secuestrado-presidente-honduras-militares /ppCoverage and transmission by the Association of Radios and Participatory Programs of El Salvador (ARPAS): http://www.arpas.org.sv/ /ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/1001 target=_blankread more/a/p

pCostas Gavras Talks About Z, 40 Years Later June 2009 By John Esther http://www.zmag.org/zmag/viewArticle/21610 /ppA riveting action thriller about political assassination at the highest levels, this year marks the 40th anniversary of Z. Not the magazine in front of you, but the Academy Award-winning 1969 film co-written and directed by Costas Gavras (AKA Costa-Gavras) about a Judge (played by Jean-Louis Trintignant) who looks into the death of the Deputy (also referred to as Comrade Z, played by Yves Montand) who was about to give a speech on nuclear disarmament. Deliberately dissident, claiming its intention to resemble the U.S.-backed military coup of Greece in the early 1960s and the events surrounding the assassination of democratic Greek politician Gregoris Lambrakis in 1963, Gavras's film touched a nerve with audiences still reeling from the JFK, RFK, and MLK assassinations. While Gavras has made many political filmsmdash;Missing, Music Box, and Amenmdash;his film titled after the banned letter, which was a symbolic reminder that Lambrakis (he) lives onmdash;remains his masterpiece. /ppnbsp;/ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/1000 target=_blankread more/a/p

pInternational - we got the know how - one solution revolution /pp'West Essex Inqalab' inqalab @ antisystemic.org /pphttp://antisystemic.org/inqalab /pphttp://www.myspace.com/westessexinqalab /ppwho also did a gig for IWW on Mayday in U.K. IWW Preamble read out: http://www.youtube.com/user/PAKITV /ppanother benefit planned for refugees in Pakistan on 17th July... /ppSITUATIONS VACANT IWW Australia plans to bring out a CD compilation of rebel worker music amp; songs please consider your favourites and new ones ? A new picket line song competition by Wobbly Radio in NSW a few years back produced the May Day May Day compilation of union songs. 2009 efforts should be great too ! /pp+++++++++++++++++++ /ppRead Situationist Worker /pphttp://www.alytusbiennial.com/index.php/a-situationist-worker/pp Situationist Worker ndash; The End of the Age of Divinity: http://antisystemic.org/SW/TheEndOfTheAgeOfDivinity-Enkutatach409.pdf/p

pNo not the Rolling Stones Street Fighting Man machismo chant but collective action to resist arrests especially for women. /ppTranslation from Khiaban Issue 5: ldquo;Street Combat Techniquesrdquo; /ppThe following is an English translation of an article on advice for Iranian street protesters. It appeared in issue 5 of Khiaban Newspaper (The Street) dated 23 June 2009. Source: http://irangcc.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/translation-from-khiaban-issue-5-%e2%80%9cstreet-combat-techniques%e2%80%9d/ /pp( For those outside the workplace ) ldquo;Street Combat Techniquesrdquo; What follows is a brief guide for keeping the street protests alive and safe, as well as slowing or halting the advance of the security forces. This column is divided into two parts, the first of which you can read today, and the second part in the next issue of the lsquo;Streetrsquo; newspaper. /ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/998 target=_blankread more/a/p

pIn Melbourne outside Parliament train station approximately 1,000 leaflets were distributed in solidarity with jailed unionists in Iran from 7:30am to 9am on Friday 26 June More information: Victor Moore, Rail, Tram amp; Bus Union 0475 512 494 source AAWL on 3CR's 9am Saturday's Asia Pacific Currents radio show interview Saturday June 27th http://www.3cr.org.au/asiapac /ppMUA members and officials joined around 300 unionists, workers and members of the Australian Iranian community outside the Iranian Embassy 25 Culgoa Circuit O'Malley 12 noon Friday 26 June in Canberra, protesting against the repression of workers' rights in Iran. Watch the video by MUA film maker and waterside worker COOPER SILK http://www.mua.org.au/news/mua-joins-international-protests-against-worker-re/ /ppVIDEO of first action of the day of Global Solidarity NZ ITF unions at the protest rallyn outside the Iranian Embassy In Wellington NZ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXcq3mghcms /ppMore regions and action see: http://www.justiceforiranianworkers.org/ /ppIran news on Labour Start http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/show_news.pl?country=Iran /ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/997 target=_blankread more/a/p

pSource: http://socialist-blogs-news.blogspot.com//pp ldquo;Khiabanrdquo; (ldquo;The Streetrdquo;), Newspaper Circulating Among Iran Protesters. Page 1 translated here: http://irangcc.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/from-reform-to-revolution/ /ppldquo;The means the regime used to combat the revolution are no different than those used by other dictators /pp1.) Creating chaos is the tactic of a de facto military government /pp2.) Fabricating terror and bombings to justify oppressing those who oppose you (the explosion in Khomeinirsquo;s tomb, and the unclaimed bombing at a metro stop, e.g.) /pp3.) Claiming the revolution is a plot hatched by external enemies 3.) and finally /pp4.) slandering and scorning the opposition as mere riotershellip;rdquo; /ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/996 target=_blankread more/a/p

pTeaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca. Review by Hans Bennett - independent multi-media journalist whose website is www.insubordination.blogspot.com /ppTeaching Rebellion does just that: it teaches us why the 2006 rebellion in Oaxaca, Mexico was so impressive, and is something we can all learn from. Edited by Diana Denham and the CASA Collective, Teaching Rebellion provides an overview of the Oaxaca rebellion. It also gives numerous first-hand interviews from participants, including longtime organizers, teachers, students, housewives, religious leaders, union members, schoolchildren, indigenous community activists, artists and journalists. The diverse interviews allow some of those who led themselves in rebellion to also speak for themselves. http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1917/1/ /ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/995 target=_blankread more/a/p

pPlease protest to: /ppIranian Embassy in Canberra, Australia Australia /pp25 Culgoa Circuit O'Malley ACT 2606 /ppPO Box 705, Mawson ACT 2607 Canberra, Australia /ppPhone: (+61) 2 6290 2427 /ppFax: (+61) 2 6290 2825 /ppWeb Site: http://www.iranembassy.org.au /ppEmail: ambassador@iranembassy.org.au /ppOffice Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m./pp http://www.mua.org.au/news/iran-labor-uprising-becomes-civil-uprising/ /ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/994 target=_blankread more/a/p

pOn May 1, 1946, 800 Aboriginal pastoral workers from 27 stations in Western Australia walked off the job for better pay and conditions. This was the first industrial action by Indigenous Australians since colonisation in 1788 and predates the famous Wave Hill strike in the Northern Territory by 20 years. The Pilbara strike lasted until 1949, making it the longest strike in Australia's history./ppnbsp;/pp History leading to the 1946 Pilbara strike /ppFrom the 1890s to the 1920s it was common for Aboriginal workers to be paid only in rations of food and clothing. During the 1920s some workers began to receive minimal wages. The 1936 Native Affairs Act legally compelled pastoralists to provide shelter and meet the medical needs of their workers, but this was never enforced by the government. Aboriginal stockmen were housed in corrugated iron humpies, without floors, lighting, sanitation, furniture or cooking facilities. /ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/993 target=_blankread more/a/p

pnatarseen, natarsee, ma hameh baham hasteem. be not afraid, be not afraid, we are all together. And then at the end of the video they shout down with the dictator. /ppNEWS: Tuesday June 23rd: all citizens should strike, not go to work or school in honor of those who were killed in the demonstrations. call by students supporting the legal rights movement Iranian /ppBus Workers Join the Resistance http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/iranian-bus-workers-join-resistance By Al Giordano The Autobus Workers Union of Iran (Sendikaye Sherkat Vahed, in Farsi) has just made the following declaration (translated for The Field by Iraj Omidvar):/pp https://www.ina-newsagency.com/Report-Details.aspx?reportId=2330amp;back=0amp;type=3 /ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/992 target=_blankread more/a/p

pThere can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found among millions of working people and the few, who make up the employing class, have all the good things of life (like FOOD - editor). IWW Constitution Preamble /ppThe global financial meltdown has pushed the ranks of the world's hungry to a record 1 billion, a grim milestone that poses a threat to peace and security, the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization officials said Friday. Because of war, drought, political instability, high food prices and poverty, hunger now affects one in six people. The world's most populous region, Asia and the Pacific, has the largest number of hungry people mdash; 642 million, up 10.5 percent from last year. Sub-Saharan Africa registers 265 million undernourished, an 11.8 percent increase. Even in the developed world, undernourishment is a growing concern, with 15 million in all and a 15.4 percent increase, the sharpest rise around the world/pp http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_re_eu/eu_un_world_hunger /ppnbsp;/ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/991 target=_blankread more/a/p

pIs France on the verge of a new May/June '68? http://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2009/06/france-party-npa-european +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ /ppTwo hundred people dine together to keep the works of Debord in France /ppThe countdown has begun. And time is passing quickly. Ever since 29 January [2009], when the Minister of Culture, Christine Albanel, classified the archives of Guy Debord (1931-1994), leader of the situationist movement, as a national treasure, the State has had 30 months to raise the money necessary to acquire [for the Bibliotheque nationale de France] the assets inventoried by the Parisian bookseller Benoit Forgeot. /ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/990 target=_blankread more/a/p

pThere is being reported in the media a call - by the Opposition to the dodgy re-elected regime - for a general strike in Iran on Tuesday June 16th 2009. /pp I think Iranian women have become canaries of the mind. If you want to guage a society and how free it is, you go to its women. Iranian women have really worked for their freedom this election. Look at their signature campaign - they choose a non-violent campaign to educate people inside and outside Iran about the country's repressive laws. They played an important role in the beginning of the last century in bringing about a constitutional revolution. In the beginning of this century, they will play a central role in changing society towards openness. Azar Nafisi - Things I've been silent about /ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/989 target=_blankread more/a/p

pUnion Show - New Day, New Time The Union Show moves to a new day and timeslot as of tonight ndash; Wednesday at 10pm on Channel 31. /ppOn tonights show we follow the Plumbers Union in support of former Essendon champion Michael Long and The Long Walk to the MCG a couple of weeks ago ndash; prior to the Dreamtime at the Grsquo; game between Essendon and Richmond. lsquo;The Long Walkrsquo; supports health and wellbeing issues for all indigenous Australians. /ppWe also take a look at the rally outside Telstrarsquo;s headquarters here in Melbourne ndash; farewelling Sol and putting Telstra and new CEO David Thodey on notice to negotiate in good faith and include unions in negotations. /ppFinally, we have part 2 of our story on William Andrews who talks to us about his politics and the MUA. So folks, remember our new day and time ndash; Wednesday at 10pm on Channel 31. If you miss any episode you can go to /pphttp://theunionshow.blip.tv /ppand there is an archive of recent and past episodes/p

p Earlier [last] week, investigators said they had located pieces of the plane in the southern Atlantic Ocean, which might have given them clues to the origin of Air France Flight 447's crash. But on Thursday, Brazilian officials said what they had found was nothing more than run-of-the-mill ocean trash. This highlights a little-seen environmental problem: Scientists say the world's oceans are increasingly filled with junk -- everything from large items like refrigerators and abandoned yachts to small stuff like plastic bottles. /ppOcean Garbage: The next big fuel source? by Emily Gertz June 10, 2009 /pphttp://globalwarming.change.org/blog/view/ocean_garbage_the_next_big_fuel_source/p

pMelbourne Wobs will be at the Melbourne event for the National Climate Emergency rallies. Meeting up at midday at Trades Hall building corner Lygon amp; Victoria Streets Carlton then moving off to be at State Library for 1pm start. /ppEn route we plan to have a photogaph taken outside a Starbucks cafe to send to the Starbucks unionists worldwide; to Starbucks corporate twit site and Robert Greenwald and the Brave New Films team see http://stopstarbucks.com/ /ppThe Melbourne rally will then march through City and LOUDLY pass the Victorian State ALP (Another Liberal Party) pollyfest which is gathered to share out the plunder for the profiteers, their Bosses. /ppA festival of dissent amp; creativity offering local based sustainable green jobs with a target of 100% renewables by 2020./p

phttp://bushtelegraph.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/building-unions-oppose-abcc-at-actu-congress.mp3 /ppInside the ACTU /ppThe building unions in Australia are trying to get rid of the Australian Building amp; Construction Commission (ABCC). It was a recommendation of the Cole Royal Commission to industrial police attack the building unions. Union members support these attempts. The ABCC is a commission that was set up under the Howard government and continued under the Rudd Labor government. It is used to harrass and intimidate unions and their members. /ppOver 200 workers have been dragged up before the ABCC since it was set up. They are threatened with imprisonment. CFMEU official Noel Washington was threatened with prison under the Labor government. Because of pressure from the unions an inquiry was set up, called the Wilcox Inquiry which has recommended that the ABCC legislation to be moved across to Fair Work Australia, the ALP governmentrsquo;s IR legislation. /ppa href=http://www.iww.org.au/node/978 target=_blankread more/a/p