The 24th of October is the 13th anniversary of the house arrest of the rightful , democratically elected leader of the long suffering Burmese, Aung San Suu Kyi. The stirring call of liberte, egalite and fraternite will not be heard in the afflicted country because the large French company, Total Oil, is one of the overseas companies hand in glove with the murderous Burmese generals.
Total is a partner in the recently announced $12 billion LPG plant to be built in Darwin. Demonstrations in support of the frail Nobel Peace Prize recipient and against Total Oil will be held in various parts of the world, particularly outside the London Chinese and Burmese embassies , but not , we suspect, in Dreamtime Darwin.
There is also pressure for the plight of the Burmese and the economic rape of the nation’s resources by foreign countries to be brought up at a Beijing meeting scheduled today between Asian and European countries.
It is almost certain the Territory’s genial Business Minister, Kon Vatskalis, recently in China spreading bonhomie (that's French ) and urging the locals to come on down and help clutter up the Darwin skyline and roads , asked the Chinese to consider the unfortunate Burmese on this anniversary. After all , his homeland, Greece, birthplace of democracy , once echoed to the jackboots of generals.
Total is a partner in the recently announced $12 billion LPG plant to be built in Darwin. Demonstrations in support of the frail Nobel Peace Prize recipient and against Total Oil will be held in various parts of the world, particularly outside the London Chinese and Burmese embassies , but not , we suspect, in Dreamtime Darwin.
There is also pressure for the plight of the Burmese and the economic rape of the nation’s resources by foreign countries to be brought up at a Beijing meeting scheduled today between Asian and European countries.
It is almost certain the Territory’s genial Business Minister, Kon Vatskalis, recently in China spreading bonhomie (that's French ) and urging the locals to come on down and help clutter up the Darwin skyline and roads , asked the Chinese to consider the unfortunate Burmese on this anniversary. After all , his homeland, Greece, birthplace of democracy , once echoed to the jackboots of generals.
