[Lasnetmail] Eureka Flag Banned - Rally Friday 23 November

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Eureka Flag Banned - Time To Rebel !



Keep the Spirit of Eureka Rebellion Alive!



Eureka Rebellion Anniversary Rally



Friday 23 November

5.00pm

State Library Steps

Corner Swanston & LaTrobe sts.



Speakers include:  Robert Richter QC, Michael Long, Dean Mighell, Fr. Bob Maguire, Eureka Descendants, Kevin Bracken and others.



Performers:

Shane Howard and friends, and others TBA.



The Howard Government has banned the Eureka flag on building sites around Australia.  This is an attack on our democratic rights to organise collectively in unions and speak out against injustice.  It's an attack on the fighting tradition of the Eureka rebellion.



The Eureka flag was first raised in 1854 by the Ballarat miners in a popular uprising against the British colonial oppression and injustice.  For more than 150 years it's been a proud symbol of ordinary people's struggles for justice, democratic rights and a fair go.



Unions, workers, rural communities, students and community groups have raised the Eureka flag in their many diverse struggles for a more just and democratic society.  It's a proud fighting symbol for a just, democratic and an independent Australia.



Australia's multiculturalism was born at the Eureka Stockade rebellion.  Among the 20 nationalities that took part in the uprising were Italians, Jamaicans, black and white Americans, Irish, British, Dutch and different religions, including Christians and Jews.  They were all united and pledged to stand by each other under the Eureka flag, "We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties."



The rebel leaders declared the Eureka flag as "the refuge of all oppressed people from all countries on earth."



Organised by the Spirit of Eureka Committee.



Contact & information 0417 456 001 or 0400 986 745



  


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