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ANZACEVELANTERNVIGIL

EASTER SUNDAY24 APRIL 2011

6.00pm Cenotaph

In memory of ALLthe victims of war

Within the catastrophe of WW1, the soldiers of Australiaand New Zealand demonstrated such valour they signified andproclaimed an independent, self-reliant colonial power in the SWPacific Ocean.

WW1 was the first industrialised war, where slaughter was mechanised.The overwhelming message from its poets and soldiers was

“Never Again!”ANZAC Day honours the fallen, and remembers the futility of war.

Now the WW1 generation has passed, our craven politicians useANZAC Day to glorify war, and to justify their commission of war,Without our consent – mostly against poor tribal peoples.

Inscription on the Cenotaph, Cairns Esplanade

Every gun that is made,every warship launched,every rocket fired signifies,in the final sense,a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,those who are cold and are not clothed.This world in arms is not spending money alone.It is spending the sweat of its labourers,the genius of its scientists,the hopes of its children.This is not a way of life at all in any true sense.Under the clouds of war,it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.General Dwight Eisenhower - April 16, 1953.

Members of the Women’s Peace Armyhelp to defeat conscription in 1917

“This is my commandment, that ye love oneanother, even as I have loved you.

Greater love hath no man than this,that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Ye are my friends, if ye do the things whichI command you”.

John 15: 12-14

Nonviolent resistance will attempt tohinder, frustrate, and interfere withExercise Talisman Sabre in July 2011

Apache Helicopter Gunship

Sites of opportunity for nonviolent resistanceActions against Exercise Talisman Sabre thisJuly. A ploughshares action is likely atRockhampton Airport.

Banners and Lanterns as part of a parade at TS09