Melbourne

“You can’t sweeten Israeli apartheid” Protest against Max Brenner

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 19/08/2011 - 7:53pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 09/09/2011 -
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Location: 
State Library, Melbourne

You are invited to the latest protest called in a series of Boycott Divestment and Sanctions protests against Israeli owned company Max Brenner.
Max Brenner is owned by the Strauss Group which proudly proclaims its support for the Israeli military. The Israeli military is one of the most brutal in the world and is renowned for enforcing Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian population.

Despite one of the protests being attacked by the police, the last demonstration (on 29th July) was overwhelmingly successful and overwhelmingly peaceful.

Geography: 
Melbourne

LASNET - Seminar Peoples Struggles and Multinational Corporations

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 19/08/2011 - 7:43pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 08/10/2011 -
12:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Latrobe University - City Campus, 215 Franklin St, Melbourne
Contact Email: 
lasnet@lasnet.org

Space One: 12-4PM - Discussions, short films, luch, speakers, activists, ideas, proposals and more:
- Multinationals role in war, violence and hunger in Latin America
- Impacts of Multinational policies in Australia and Asia Pacific region
- How the State and Governments are accomplices in Multinational policies and effects
- Do Multinationals make a contribution to development and progress?

Space Twp: 4-6PM - Speakers, music, poety, open space/forum

Geography: 
Melbourne

Media Skills Workshop for Activists

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 19/08/2011 - 5:28pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 17/09/2011 -
1:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Solidarity Salon 580 Sydney Road Brunswick
Contact Name: 
Alison Thorne
Contact Phone: 
03 9388 - 0062
Contact Email: 
alison.thorne@ozemail.com.au
Website: 
www.isja-msg.org

Indigenous Social Justice Association – Melbourne and Radical Women invite you to a

Media Skills Workshop for Activists

Do you want to use the mainstream and community media more effectively to promote social change? Not sure how to pitch a news release? Don’t want to get tripped up by a shock jock? Want to inspire listeners to community radio to take action? This workshop is for you.

Movement media veterans Marisa Sposaro and Alison Thorne will present an interactive workshop designed to help everyone, from complete novices to experienced operators, sharpen their skills.

Geography: 
Melbourne

World at a Crossroads - Climate Change Social Change Conference

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 19/08/2011 - 4:06pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 30/09/2011 - 7:00pm to Mon, 03/10/2011 - 5:00pm
Location: 
Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Melbourne University
Contact Name: 
Rachel Evans
Contact Phone: 
(03) 9639 8622
Contact Email: 
<climatechangesocialchange2011@gmail.com>
Website: 
http://climatechangesocialchange2011.wordpress.com/

Humanity is in a race against time to avoid environmental catastrophe and social collapse. Climate change is extinguishing species, destroying essential food production and forcing thousands of people to flee island homes. And while the structural causes of last year’s global financial crisis continue unabated, governments are imposing austerity policies on the majority in both the Global North and South, to pay for bail-outs.

And yet, recent events show that there is great reason for hope and inspiration. Ordinary people are determined to fight for social justice and human survival.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Sylvia Creek blockade update

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 18/08/2011 - 7:16pm

The report below is from Don Butcher, a campaigner involved in the campaign to save Sylvia Creek from logging in the Toolangi State Forest east of Melbourne. This campaign has been going for more than a month and involved ten arrests so far.

Some of the community actions so far.

Community protests at Sylvia Creek

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
Save Syliva Creek
logging protest Victoria

'Keep the Kimberley' - rally at State Library, Melbourne, 14 August 2011

Submitted by peter on Thu, 18/08/2011 - 10:00am

Organisers estimated up to a thousand people answered the call for Melbourne solidarity with the campaign to stop industrialisation of the still-pristine Kimberley - many of them wearing red 'to represent the Pindan (red dirt) of the region's remarkable terrain, the blood of this country'.

The callout was posted to this site:

Help stop the Gas Plant at Walmadan (James Price Point) and protect the Kimberley!

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
indigenous
conservation
Kimberley
wilderness
gas terminal
James Price Point
Walmadan

Rally and March for Equal Marriage Rights - Melbourne, 13 August 2011

Submitted by peter on Thu, 18/08/2011 - 9:38am

Drag queens provided a colourful finale to a rally that really shouldn’t have been necessary, a point made by more than one speaker – seven years since the re-writing on the Marriage Act to exclude same-sex couples, and seven years of rallying and campaigning for equality is seven years too long.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
discrimination
civil rights
equal love
Same-Sex Marriage
equal rights

LASNET Chile - Columbia Open Forum

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 17/08/2011 - 4:57pm
Date and Time: 
Thu, 15/09/2011 -
6:30pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
Latrobe University City Campus, 215 Franklin St, City, Melbourne
Contact Email: 
lasnet@lasnet.org

"The other September 11" and the new popular struggle wave....
"Columbia after Uribe" and
"Relevance of Columbia-Venzuala relationshiop to South American Region"

Speakers: Academics, Activists, music and discussion

Geography: 
Melbourne

The Big Picture @ Ross House presents: Tapped

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 17/08/2011 - 3:53pm
Date and Time: 
Tue, 06/09/2011 -
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
Ross House Level Four Hayden Raysmith Room 247 Flinder Lane Melbourne 3000
Contact Name: 
Steph Donse
Contact Phone: 
96501599
Contact Email: 
steph.donse@rosshouse.org.au
Website: 
www.rosshouse.org.au

THE BIG PICTURE is back @ Ross House

Screening films for environmental and social justice on the first Tuesday of every month.

Our first screening is a douzie, from the makers of 'Who Killed the Electric Car' and winner of all sorts of awards, TAPPED: the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil.

Hosted by DO SOMETHING.

Come and re-ignite the fire, network, relax, eat snacks and nice drinks.

Entry by donation
All proceeds go to environmental campaigns.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Latin Fiesta

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 17/08/2011 - 7:09am
Date and Time: 
Sat, 27/08/2011 -
7:30pm to 11:45pm
Location: 
Northcote Uniting Church Hall, 251 High St Northcote, Melbourne
Contact Email: 
lasnet@lasnet.org
Website: 
latinamericansolidaritynetwork.wordpress.com

Join Lasnte for a night of fundraising and fun with two amazing Latin American bands plus dances groups. See attached poster for details

Geography: 
Melbourne