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| Topic Started: Mar 28 2009, 02:50 AM (264 Views) | |
| Sayf Udeen Ismaeel | Mar 28 2009, 02:50 AM Post #1 |
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Connex's parent company Veolia has won the contract to build an apartheid light rail system in the Palestinian Occupied Territories to link the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank with Israel. The light rail will be operated by Connex and will go through Palestinian villages and a refugee camp stopping only in the illegal Israeli settlements and in Israel. Many Palestinian homes will be destroyed for this project Public transport contracts in Victoria are up for renewal and Connex has put in a tender to continue operating Melbourne's trains. We are campaigning for the state government to dump the contract with Connex on grounds of human rights violations. We have prepared the following:
Wednesday 25 March 2009 • 7:00 – 9:00 am Flinders Street (under the clocks) PUBLIC LAUNCH Monday 30 March 2009 • 10:00 am Flinders Street (under the clocks) HELP NEEDED TO LEAFLET[/font] • volunteers to leaflet city stations (see roster), shopping centres, car parks, major suburban stations • university students to leaflet their campuses • high school students to leaflet their schools • workers to leaflet their workplaces Leaflets can be collected from the Resistance Centre, Level 5, 407 Swanston St, city (opposite RMIT). To arrange collection, ring 9639-8622 or Sue Bolton on 0413-377-978. If leaflets cannot be collected from the city, email nasser@australiansforpalestine.com and he will post you leaflets for your local action. www.boycottconnex.org Edited by Sayf Udeen Ismaeel, Mar 28 2009, 02:50 AM.
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| Ganderdnaw | Mar 29 2009, 07:41 AM Post #2 |
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That's terrible. I will certainly make my club members aware of this. It reminds me of the controversy over china's hydro dam building which destroyed countless villages and displaced thousands of people. This was all done for profits. |
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