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Black & Re(a)d Discussion Group

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 17/03/2010 - 12:59pm
Date and Time: 
Sun, 21/03/2010 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: 
Black Rose Anarchist Library & Bookshop 22 Enmore Rd Newtown (100m from the station)
Website: 
http://blackandread.wordpress.com/

A monthly discussion group at Black Rose, Sydney
Climate change, and revolutionary anti-capitalism

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this month’s discussion will look at climate change, and look at the problems it poses for anti-capitalist struggle.

2pm 21st of march, black rose 22 enmore road.

– ‘Modern Ecologism and its
prospects’-http://www.lasthours.org.uk/articles/two-three-many-apocalypses-modern-e...

– ‘Energy, crisis and world wide production relations’ by Kolya Abramsky.
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Geography: 
Sydney

fastBREAK - Are You Ready?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 16/03/2010 - 2:12pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 26/03/2010 -
7:45am to 9:00am
Location: 
The Powerhouse Museum, The Boiler Room
Contact Name: 
Carmen Bowker
Contact Phone: 
(02) 9660 6591
Contact Email: 
carmen.bowker@vibewire.org
Website: 
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/bookings/fastbreak.php

Join us for a power breakfast of insights, innovation and inspiration – it’s food for thought.

The 2010 fastBREAK innovation series showcases fresh perspectives and provocative ideas from some of Sydney's brightest young thought leaders. Innovation is the staple of the fastBREAK menu. At each fastBREAK event, five sharp young industry leaders from various sectors tackle big questions with five-minute responses around themes of creativity, commercialisation, collaboration, connections and conversation.

Geography: 
Sydney

Sameh Akram Habeeb speaking tour - Gaza: the reality of Israeli apartheid today

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 16/03/2010 - 9:08am
Date and Time: 
Thu, 25/03/2010 - 1:00pm to Wed, 31/03/2010 - 3:00pm
Location: 
UNSW, UWS, MacU and USYD, see event description for full details.
Contact Name: 
Patrick
Contact Phone: 
0422028113

Sydney campus tour of Sameh Akram Habeeb, a Palestinian photojournalist from Gaza and founder to the Palestinian Telegraph, the first electronic news service operating out of the Gaza Strip. He will be speaking at several university campuses across Sydney about the situation in Palestine as an eyewitness to both the hardship and the determination of the Palestinian people.

Endorsed by Students for Palestine (USYD, UNSW, MacU and UWS), the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Socialist Alternative and Stop the War Coalition Sydney.

Geography: 
Sydney

Firemen face court over indecent assaults, but not doctors and psychologists at HealthQuest, the N.S.W. government medical office which is complicit in these crimes

Submitted by Mulligrubs on Sun, 14/03/2010 - 10:33am

Today's rag tells us that several firemen are facing court relating to indecent assaults on a colleague 20 years ago which was part of an 'initiation rite', so it it seems, that was common in N.S.W. fire stations.

How did employees of N.S.W. fire brigades in several locations get away with these crimes against new recruits? How did the cover-up happen?

Geography: 
New South Wales
Australia
Sydney
Wollongong
Keywords: 
healthquest
nsw government medical office
abuse at fire stations
sexual abuse
psychiatry

To Shoot an Elephant

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 08/03/2010 - 2:57am
Date and Time: 
Tue, 16/03/2010 -
6:30pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
The Auditorium, NSW Teachers Federation, 27 Reservoir St, Surry Hills (close to Central Station)
Contact Name: 
Gobie
Contact Email: 
gobie.rajalingam@gmail.com

The Sri Lanka Human Rights Project, together with The Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine will be screening the groundbreaking documentary - To Shoot an Elephant - filmed in Gaza during Israel's "Operation Cast Lead" in 2008/2009.

When: 6.30pm SHARP, Tuesday 16th March, 2010
Where: The Auditorium, NSW Teachers Federation, 27 Reservoir St, Surry Hills (close to Central Station)

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=340831221211&mid=1e83580G240275...
Blog : http://srilankaproject.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/eyewitness-accounts-from...

Geography: 
Sydney

Women's Peace Walk to take people's opposition to nuke dump to Canberra

Submitted by kimk on Wed, 24/02/2010 - 7:25pm

The Women's Peace Walk “Footprints for Peace” will begin their epic three month trek from Brisbane to Canberra to send a message of peace, sustainability and anti-nuclear proliferation to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

The Women-organised event is expected to take three months taking in many towns and cities before finishing in Canberra. They will meet with Prime Minister Rudd and deliver a message stick to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra.

Geography: 
Canberra
Brisbane
Australia
Sydney

NSW Ombudsman confirms maladministration at Canterbury City Council

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 21/02/2010 - 6:50am

The investigation by the NSW Ombudsman into the Conduct of Canterbury City Council has concluded and the findings in the Final report state Canterbury City Council FAILED.

Errs, contradictions, improper conduct, etc... at the senior management level and helm of Canterbury City Council.

Notice of the investigation was previously released at Sydney IndyMedia and although the headlines to it and the related issues appear in search engines - the careless, incompetent actions and inactions of the Council over the last near 7 years and earlier have been lost/destroyed.

Geography: 
Sydney
Keywords: 
Canterbury City Council
maladministration
Ombudsman
improper conduct
failures
unreasonable conduct
cliff collapse
negligence

Helping Haiti

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 14/02/2010 - 9:56am
Date and Time: 
Thu, 18/02/2010 - 6:45pm to Fri, 19/02/2010 - 6:45pm
Location: 
Instituto Cervantes, 22-24 City Rd, Chippendale, NSW 2008
Contact Name: 
Laura Luna
Contact Phone: 
0411 328 063
Contact Email: 
supporter@sydneylatinofilmfestival.org
Website: 
http://www.sydneylatinofilmfestival.org/2009/

The Sydney Latin American Film Festival in partnership with the Cervantes Institute & Uncommon Productions present "Helping Haiti", a two-night screening of the multi award-winning documentary ‘The Price of Sugar’ on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th of February to raise funds for the people of Haiti. 100% of funds raised will be donated to: Infante Sano’s Help Hispaniola program www.infantesano.org and the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund: www.yele.org

The Price of Sugar
Director: Bill Haney
Year: 2006
Country: USA
Duration: 90mins
Language: English

Geography: 
Sydney

WGAR News: Upcoming Events - Northern Territory (NT) Intervention (11 Feb 10)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 11/02/2010 - 11:55am

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
Prescribed Area People's Alliance Meeting - 12 Feb 2010
National Day of Action - 13 Feb 2010
Ampilatwatja – Celebration and opening of Protest House - 14 Feb 2010
National Book Launch: "This Is What We Said" - Feb 2010

BACKGROUND TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION:

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Northern Territory National Emergency Response
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Territory_intervention

Geography: 
Canberra
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
Darwin
Melbourne
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Keywords: 
NT intervention
indigenous
human rights
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
Ampilatwatja
grassroots Aboriginal action
PAPA Prescribed Area People's Alliance
Protest House
NDA
book launch

Anarchy In the USA: Progress and Prospects

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 10/02/2010 - 4:30pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 12/02/2010 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Jura Books, 440 Parramatta Rd Petersham
Contact Name: 
Luke
Contact Email: 
jura@jura.org.au
Website: 
http://jura.org.au

Ramsey Kanaan long-time activist and founder of radical publisher PM Press will be in Sydney again for a short time. He will be giving a political talk about the progress and prospects of a variety of anarchist projects in the USA. Followed by discussion on how we can use these ideas in Australia. Free! Snacks provided.

Geography: 
Sydney