Woodstock APEC 2007: Festival at Bondi Beach : Melbourne Indymedia

"We gather together
To ask for the blessing
To make known
The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing
Sing praises to the Peace name
We forget not our own."
Howdy friend. What are we doing here at Bondi APEC in Sydney 2007?

That's not a question I promise to answer, 'cause I'm not even here yet-though I will be. These program booklets have to be prepared and printed up at least a few weeks in advance, and so I'm just sitting at home at my typewriter wondering what you and I will have to say to each other when we actually get together.

I may be standing behind you.

I love you. We're here, I think, to be together-the music is a large part of our celebration, but it isn't what we're celebrating.

That joy we feel is unlocked by the music & dancing bodies & smiling faces, but it isn't any gift from outside, each one of us carried it here in his own personal heart, hoping for a chance to be joyous with friends ... I hope it's happening. I know it's happening. "You were only waiting for this moment to arise."

We're here to learn to fly. We need each other's support. "Any day now . . ." This is a political event. An Aquarian convention. Politics is supposed to be stuff that shapes the world we live in together-thousands of people feeling good together is the strongest political statement that car-L be made at this time, it is the affirmation of Life, here we are, we're alive! And it leaves absolutely no doubt as to what sort of a world we want ours to be.

We are here to have fun, aren't we? If you came to this festival for any other reason, don't you - feel a little silly just now? What's happening here is not just the release of music into the air, that's only being done by a few people

If you mean by music what comes through an amplifier, what's happening here is the release of energy and every last one of us is taking part. It feels good, yes?

"if you smile at me, I will understand . . ." That's the politics of ecstasy. Tim Leary could outsmile Richard Nixon with both hands tied behind his back. President Dick would never agree to the contest. He needs a hand free for The Button.

I love rock music, it makes me feel alive, it lets me in on the secret that I'm not alone in the world. The I Ching says about rock festivals: "The sacred music and the splendor of the ceremonies aroused a strong tide of emotion that was shared by all hearts in unison, and that awakened a consciousness of the common origin of all creatures. In this way disunity was overcome and rigidity dissolved. A further means to the same end is co-operation in great general undertakings that set a high goal for the will of the people; in the common concentration on this goal, all barriers dissolve."

"Gathering Together. Success. The king approaches his temple." Well, I assume that applies to all of us. What we're doing here is celebrating, and at the same time we're checking each other out, and what we see is a bunch of fools rushing in where angels fear to tread. And hooray for us; we've been fearful angels too long; we fools are the last great hope of mankind, and I'm happy to say we're going to make it

Enjoy the festival, friends.

Plagiarised from:

http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/programwelcome.htm

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Open your mind
by Don is Good (State Secretary) Monday December 18, 2006 at 11:08 AM

Think of the possibilities! Change the program? But get the idea!

Pulease!

THERE is no need for the bodyguards of foreign leaders to carry guns at next year's APEC forum in Sydney, Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock says.

Security officials from 21 countries are meeting in Sydney this week to discuss arrangements for September's forum.

Officials today watched NSW Police carry out counter-terrorism drills on Sydney Harbour and were also to observe drills by the defence force and federal police.

Mr Ruddock said comprehensive security arrangements would be in place for the forum and there should be no need for foreign security personnel to carry firearms.

But he would not say whether, as in the past, US President George W. Bush's security team would be allowed to carry guns.

"There are no security reasons why people visiting should be armed and that's made clear to visiting officials," Mr Ruddock said.

"I won't be discussing the particular arrangements which are put in place for individual leaders."

Intelligence agencies had not detected any specific threats against the APEC forum, Mr Ruddock said.

NSW Police Commissioner Ken Moroney said more than 3000 police would be involved in security for the forum.

"I will be using every lawful means at my disposal, every law available to me, every resource available to me, to ensure that APEC 2007 is conducted in the way in which it is intended to be conducted," he said.

The DAILY TERROR

AND..
by Don is Good (State Secretary) Monday December 18, 2006 at 11:27 AM

THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO SAVE YOUR SORRY ARSE FROM 3,000 FASCIST PIGS GUARDING THE APEC FASCIST PIGS IN THE CITY.

PS) NO BLACK BLOC REQUIRED!

Parrot want a halal pot cracker aside -- it is evident to the world that the most insecured place in Oz is Syd (UTS, Bloc terriotory) ... the city is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to secure -- FACT!! Can u hear me Phil, you fuckwit? Are you listening Brendan, you incompetent shithead -- lose any rocket launchers lately, have we?? -- not to mention the really scary missing weapons that all ended up in SYDNEY -- can't understand it, CAN YOU RUDDOCK, you chicken-shithead???

That's it Phil, tell the people everything is secure -- like a wet tissue, you moron!

Perhaps you should tell the people an expert sniper has little trouble with a target at 1500 metres -- in low wind. Not to mention ONA placing bombs in gargabe bins to get more funding and justify their existence -- REMEMBER the Hilton bombing, Phil?

WOULDN'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD, PHIL, and please bring Brendan so we can really fuck things up!