IdleNoMore Canada: Mi,kmaq Fast.

‘The reason why we’re here and had to take this drastic measure was to wake people up. It’s up to the people in the end.’ – Shelly Young. Day 10 of water fast. Indian Brook First Nation voted March 5 to pull out of the ‘Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative’. Young, and supporters say the federal-provincial initiative will strip away existing treaty rights and that the Chiefs partaking have not obtained proper consent from their people.

Genocide Awareness

Genocide Awareness is dedicated to spreading awareness about genocides, both past and present. We will post summaries, personal stories, statistics, organizations, newspapers, government programs/contacts, books, films…everything we can think of relating to past and present genocides and other human rights issues.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/genocideawareness/

Our immediate and short-term goal is to complete a database of links, discussions, contact info, etc. We hope you will join us and keep coming back and will take the time to browse through the Discussion Topics or maybe even start your own Discussion. There is an international community on here so we should take advantage of our opportunity to communicate with each other.

You are free, or course, to post in any language, but you need to also make your post in English. If you post a link or anything else without telling us what it is (in English) than it will be removed – when we have no idea what your post is saying or what your link is for then we have no choice to delete it immediately since it could be anything at all!

One other necessity we have at all of the GENOCIDE AWARENESS Groups is that you provide acknowledgement any time you post the work of another. We are not looking for a full bibliography or anything of the sort, we only ask that you provide a name and/or the source etc. of whatever it is you are posting.

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In the past the general population didn’t know about genocide. The word itself is still very new to our vocabulary. There was little media, little communication, and little objective knowledge of other ethnicities.

People were often uneducated, unaware, and often viewed anything that didn’t look like them, such as having different skin color, as less human and with fear or disgust. There has always been an inherent fear of the unknown and there weren’t always the resources to learn about the unknown that we take for granted today.

The world is a much smaller place now and gets smaller every day. People now know something of genocides, have at least heard of Darfur or Rwanda. People everyday say how horrible they think it all is and say how we will can never let such atrocities happen again. But even as we say we’ll never let it happen, most nations that could help end the horrors sit back and watch the slaughters on the nightly news. Political agendas keep leaders from doing the right thing.

We believe that most people just don’t think much about it…have never really thought about what genocide truly is, what it would be like being hunted down and butchered with your family and friends for no other reason then for having a different religion or a different skin color. Maybe it just hasn’t crossed their minds about what it means to sit back and say and do nothing when we could be putting a stop to it.

There are literally billions of people opposed to genocide so how are we allowing it to continue? We always need more people to demand change. You can write your government officials, or write the media, and encourage others to do the same.

Things won’t change with only a few people and that’s why we need everybody to speak out. When politicians and corporations are made to realize that their own political and financial futures are at stake then we’d see change – and fast.

Corporation Australia

Consider this Facebook Campaign. New Users please consider Facebooks info harvesting and data mining potential before signing up https://www.facebook.com/events/392195454211898/?notif_t=plan_user_invited

phone and write letters – ASK ADRIAN DIETZ ESQ WHAT IS HIS ROLE AND IS HE THE ATTORNEY IN CHARGE OF OUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE / CESTUI QUE TRUST / DEMATERIALIZED / CERTIFICATED SECURITIES …AND WHY IS HE THE CONTACT FOR THE COMAPNY KNOWN AS “THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA”

“..In finance and financial law, dematerialization refers to the substitution of paper-form securities by book-entry securities. This phenomenon is ancient, since in many small firms that cannot afford printing secured paper-form securities, the securities are often held in a book-entry form, under the control of an attorney who acts as a notary to certify the existence of the securities, as well as their authenticity. Today, dematerialization concerns more and more listed companies in the US (where the process has begun in the sixties) and now in the European Union, where dematerialized securities represent often more than 99% of the securities listed on regulated markets.[1] However, this recent phenomena of dematerialization of securities issued by large firms is mostly undertaken via Central Securities Depository, a national or regional institution holding the notary function, such as the DTC in the US, which itself entrusts banks and investment firms to act as intermediaries between issuers and investors for the custody of these securities. Therefore, dematerialized securities are often referred as intermediated securities, in particular by the Unidroit convention on substantive rules for intermediated securities.” is ADRIAN J.S. DEITZ, ESQ. this Attorney ?

the contact details for the ENTITY/COMPANY know as >>>>>>>>>

“COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA”

COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000805157
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC – 8880 [8880]
IRS NUMBER: 000000000
FISCAL YEAR END: 0630

FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: CORRESP

BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1601 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW
STREET 2: C/O AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY
CITY: WASHINGTON
STATE: DC
ZIP: 20036

Name and address of Authorised Agent of the Registrant in the United States to receive notices and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission:

MR. DAVID PEARL
Minister – Counsellor (Economic)
Australian Embassy
1601 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036

It is requested that copies of notices and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission be sent to:

ADRIAN J.S. DEITZ, ESQ.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Level 13
131 Macquarie Street
Sydney, NSW 2000
Australia

http://www.skadden.com/the-firm

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Level 13

131 Macquarie Street

Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

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T: 61.2.9253.6000

F: 61.2.9253.6044

http://www.skadden.com/the-firm/offices/sydney

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/805157/000134100409000414/scheduleb.htm

“Dear Friends,Today I spoke at length with a very ruffled Adrian Deitz, who is listed as the contact person for the entity known as the COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA on the US SEC.”

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/805157/000134100409000414/scheduleb.htm

He works for this company in Sydney: http://www.skadden.com/

ADRIAN J.S. DEITZ, ESQ.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Level 13
131 Macquarie Street
Sydney, NSW 2000
Australia

Here is our conversation today:

I asked Adrian if the COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA was a place, a country or a company. He commented that (cough) um…it’s not a company as such, but a sovereign entity.

I said, “so you mean it’s a created legal fiction?”

Adrian: “What do you mean by that?”

Thomas: “Well, you’re the Lawyer, you should know about these things…”

Adrian “What’s this in regard to?”

Thomas: “Well, I just discovered that what my parents took an oath for, back in 1975 when they came here from England, was an oath to a company and not a place or country, so I’d like to know why there isn’t full disclosure of that, isn’t that fraud?”

Adrian: “As I said it’s not a company, it’s a sovereign entity, registered under section B of the securities exchange.”

Thomas: “So you’re saying it’s not a place..”

Adrian “Look, maybe you should refer to the Constitution as to what the COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA is and where it’s powers come from and what it can do..”

Thomas: “Well it can’t actually DO anything by itself can it? it’s essentially a piece of paper, don’t you mean it’s agents…people who work for it?” It’s obviously not a living being.

Adrian “Again, maybe you should talk to a Constitutional Scholar, maybe they would be best suited to answer your questions…how did you get my name?”

Thomas: “Well, you’re the person listed as the contact on the US Securities Exchange Commission for the COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA which is listed on their companies register..”

Adrian: “Yes, well, that’s only for communications from the SEC..”

Thomas: “So where can I find full disclosure out there in legal land that gives the public full disclosure of the fact that the COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA is not a place, but a manmade created legal fiction?”

Adrian: “Read the Constitution..’

Thomas: “So will it say in there that it’s not a country or place?”

Adrian: Look, I don’t see the purpose of this phonecall, what company are you calling from?”

Thomas: “No company, just my house, where I live on the landmass known as Australia, which by the seem of things is very different from the entity known as COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA…and I bet 99 percent of people here don’t know that…”

Adrian “What’s your point?”

Thomas “The point is that there’s two of them isn’t there…the landmass known as Australia, and the entity.

Adrian: “Yes, that’s correct”

Thomas “So why aren’t we told these things?”

Adrian “Look, as I said, I suggest you contact someone in the Commonwealth about this..

Thomas: “Damn right I will. Thanks for your time Adrian.

Adrian hangs up..

…However, this recent phenomena of dematerialization of securities issued by large firms is mostly undertaken via Central Securities Depository, a national or regional institution holding the notary function, such as the DTC in the US, which itself entrusts banks and investment firms to act as intermediaries between issuers and investors for the custody of these securities…

Police Brutality at Sydney Mardi Gras 2013

Shocking footage of police brutality during Sydney’s gay and lesbian Mardi Gras is circulating on social media. If we act right away we can make sure they don’t get away with it.

A video shows a policeman smacking a man to the ground and standing on his back, in front of onlookers. The beating can’t be taken back, but we can make sure the police are held to account with an independent investigation to properly punish any homophobic behaviour. The NSW Police Minister, Michael Gallacher, needs to order an independent investigation, now. He’s already under pressure from community groups and other MPs, and with all of our voices together, we can move him to act.

Let’s create a firestorm online and in the streets to protect ourselves and our friends from police violence and we’ll deliver the petition directly to the Police Minister. Sign now and tell Michael Gallacher to fully investigate the incident and make sure Sydney is safe for all:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/mardi_gras_violence_b/?bBOoRdb&v=22643

Sydney’s Mardi Gras parade, now a global phenomenon attended by millions, was born out of a violent act of police brutality. The first parade in 1978 led to 53 arrests and many beatings. Last weekend’s heavy-handedness harks back to a time when the LGBT community had few rights and in many cases lived in fear from violence because of who they were. Australia has come so far in a generation, and police brutality cannot be tolerated in 2013.

The police have said they’ll launch an internal investigation, but given the history of animosity with the LGBT community it could too easily become a face-saving exercise to placate public attention. We need to know that police aren’t avoiding the tough questions — like whether this brutality was driven by homophobic behaviour — and that the police involved will be properly held to account if it is.

Elephants: thai govt to shut down elephant trade

Thailand’s Prime Minister promised to shut down her country’s ivory trade. Why? Because of us, Leonardo DiCaprio and our friends at WWF. When we heard she was hosting the UN summit on endangered species, we did what we do best — we found a specific, doable demand that could have huge impact, and then weighed in all our people power behind a massive petition, combined with high-level advocacy and a barrage of social media. And we won!

This is just one of the many fights we are in to save endangered species — we stopped a global proposal to legalise the whale slaughter, we are fighting a legal battle in South Africa to stop the lion bone trade, and in Europe we are in the final stretch of a huge campaign to save bees from pesticide annihilation! But for every battle, there are hundreds more animals facing extinction and time is running out. To truly win, we need to supercharge our team.

Here’s the plan — we take our tiny staff and grow a team focused on beating the poachers and profiteers, and we use our campaigning magic to take on fights across the globe. We know what we do can save these endangered species from disappearing from our planet. And it doesn’t take much — if only 25,000 of us chip in today, we could grow our team and scale up all our conservation campaigns:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/people_vs_poachers_a/?bBOoRdb&v=22705&a=35&c=AUD&p=1

Never before has wildlife been so threatened by mankind. These lions, elephants, tigers and rhinos are the subject of ancient fables and tales, and now our generation is annihilating them. What we are doing is arrogant and sinister, and is a terrifying indication of a loss of our moral compass — herds of elephants are executed with assault rifles for ivory, African lions are ground up to make bogus medicines, and thousands of sharks have their fins cut off while they’re alive. It’s crazy! The UN estimates up to 200 species of plant, insect, bird and mammal go extinct every 24 hours — a rate faster than anything the world has seen since the vanishing of dinosaurs millions of years ago.

Taking on the poachers, smugglers, corporations and governments that drive so many species to extinction is no easy task. But these are battles we know how to fight — and with just a handful more staff, here’s an idea of what we could do:

Hard-hitting consumer campaigns across Asia — the top destination for shark fins, elephant ivory and rhino horns — with targeted billboard and social media ads
Show up to major summits and lobby elected leaders to make species survival a priority through stronger legislation and better enforcement of laws
Push lawmakers in key wildlife trade countries to close down legislative loopholes fueling the illegal trade, just like we did in Thailand

Publicly shame complicit officials and politicians with ads in countries where corruption is part of the cruel trade in animal parts
Win a legal battle and help stop the lion bone trade in South Africa
Pull out our whole gambit of winning strategies and tactics, from eye catching stunts to high-level advocacy, until we get a total ban on bee-killing pesticides
Some of these strategies have already worked with just 3 or 4 staff. If we now expand the Avaaz core team by just a handful, we can deploy winning campaigns and start turning the tide on global species extinction. Chip in now to build our conservation team and save these amazing animals:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/people_vs_poachers_a/?bBOoRdb&v=22705&a=35&c=AUD&p=1

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Brazil’s Indians appeal for help to stop eviction

Brazil’s Indians appeal for help to stop eviction

(AFP) – 12 hours ago  

RIO DE JANEIRO — The Guarani-Kaiowa Indians of central Brazil are desperately urging authorities to demarcate their ancestral lands to stop plans to evict them in a dispute with wealthy white ranchers, a Catholic Church group said.

“Last week, several disputes flared between Indians and ranchers in Mato Grosso do Sul due to slow government efforts to demarcate indigenous lands,” Rui Posati, a spokesman for the Church-linked Missionary Council for Indigenous Peoples (CIMI), told AFP.

Guarani Indians, whose total population in Brazil is estimated at 46,000, have been trying to recover a small portion of their original territories, but face violent resistance from wealthy ranchers as well as soya and sugar cane plantation owners.

In a letter sent to CIMI, judicial authorities and the Brazilian presidency, the Guarani-Kaiowas said a recent ruling by state judicial authorities on the land disputes forced them to abandon an area near several ranches in Iguatemi, a town located 500 kilometers (300 miles) from the state capital Campo Grande.

This amounts to decreeing “their collective death,” said the group of 170 natives.

“This ruling is part of the history of extermination of Brazilian Indians. We have lost any hope of surviving in dignity, without violence, on our ancestral lands. We will all die soon,” their letter said.

The violence is linked to land disputes in a country where one percent of the population controls 46 percent of the cultivated land.

On Thursday, Survival International, a leading advocate for tribal peoples’ rights, charged that the 170 Guaranis have little food and medical care and that their territory is currently being occupied by hostile ranchers.

The National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), tasked with demarcating Guarani lands, meanwhile said it was trying to get the eviction order rescinded.

But a Survival statement said the slow process meant that thousands of Guaranis are forced to live on crowded reservations or in makeshift roadside camps.

“They face one of the highest suicide rates in the world,” Survival said, urging that the Guaranis be allowed to live on their lands and that all their territories be demarcated “before other lives are lost”.

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