Cambodia for Sale - Stop the Evictions
Movie screening from 7:30pm
Wednesday March 24 2010
Black Rose 22 Enmore Rd
Newtown (100m from the station)

Imagine this: You and your family are asleep in the safety of your home, when the door is smashed in without warning. Armed thugs hustle you from your house without allowing you to take any belongings. The streets are swarming with armed police, and you watch as your home is bulldozed to the ground. The same thing is happening to your neighbours, and within a short space of time, the community in which you once lived is a wasteland. You receive no compensation for your loss, nor any offer of relocation to another site, and you cannot take your case to court, as the entire exercise has been sanctioned by government.

Scenes such as these are occuring every day in Cambodia. This is the brutal reality of forced eviction – an act that destroys the hopes and homes of millions of people every year.

More than 150,000 people live under threat of eviction in Cambodia, including approximately 80,000 in the capital Phnom Penh. Cambodia for Sale, filmed between 2006 and 2008 by Nana Yuriko, tells the story of some of these communities, through the eyes of the communities themselves, and the Cambodian and international activists working to support them.

It is situations such as these which create extreme poverty and homelessness. Poverty as we well know leads to an increase in petty and social crimes. Unable to buy their way out of prison like many of the wealthy committing similar or worse crimes, these people’s health, and mental well being deteoriates in prison. Suffering daily abuse, malnutrition and isolation , no existing education system or access to health services - life is unkind to a Cambodian prisoner.

This film is being shown as a fundraiser for a prisoner support project in Cambodia. This organisation acts as an advocate for prisoners rights, and works particularly with the families and children of the prisoners who are some of the most vulnerable within this system.

Little Fish Gallery, an artist run accessible art gallery and workspace
Tutu Queers, a radical queer organise and event space
Peoples' Kitchen, waged and unwaged alike weekly donation vegan food prep & serving
Black Rose, Anarchist library, bookshop, meeting & organising space and movie theatre:

Invite you to celebrate this incredible milestone with us from 6pm on Friday 26th March 2010.

For three years these services have been available been at 22 Enmore Rd, supported and run by people like you (probably including you as well) countless events have spawned actions elsewhere, helped overseas campaigns, helped local folks and brought people together out of isolating state capitalism.

Just a few of the amazing things that will be happening on the night:

Live music including a newly formed local Klezmer Band
Spoken Word
An Ephemera Exhibition (for the nostalgia)
Raffle (so we can be here for another 3 years)
Magical Cocktails + More

So tell yer friends, and come help us have the most fun we've had since we opened!

An open meeting with law savvy comrades who will explain the basic ins and outs of the oppressive (in)justice system. Come and freshen up your knowledge, share experiences and ask questions. Dinner provided by the People's Kitchen.

Wednesday April 14 at 6:30
22 Enmore Rd Newtown
(100m from the station)
There are three steps at the entrance,
the toilet is not easily accessible

It'l probably be a short report on the current situation + experiences of
no-detention centres/no-borders o/s + a debrief from saturday's action at
villawood + a short talk about what organising has happened in the past
leading to a discussion about what ideas people have for what to do NOW.
so a few people will speak on each of these briefly, leading into an
all-in discussion.

gonna suggest that a e-list/phone tree gets happening for snap
actions/anti-deportation actions etc. so if you cant come to the
talk/discussion email us.