Melbourne

Saturday, March 15, 6.30pm. The 1000th edition of Green Left Weekly will roll off the presses on March 12. That’s a huge milestone for a people-powered newspaper. Green Left Weekly, and more recently Green Left TV, have proudly published an unashamedly biased ecosocialist point of view for 23 years! Join the celebration and help keep the most widely read, radical weekly newspaper in Australia powering along. Speakers, music from Les Thomas, food & bar available. 6:30pm. $30 solidarity/$20 waged/$10 conc. For more info ph 9639 8622.

The entire car industry in Australia has been slated for destruction by Ford, General Motors Holden and Toyota. At least 7,000 workers in five assembly and engine plants will lose their jobs. Many of the 44,000 workers employed by components manufacturers and supporting businesses will be sacked. As the impact is felt across the economy, up to 150,000 more workers will be thrown into unemployment.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, the Amnesty International Melbourne Get Active Network invites members of the public to a special screening of I Am A Girl, on the 1st of March at LOOP Project and Space Bar, 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne.
“I Am a Girl” is a feature-length documentary about what it means to grow up as a girl in the 21st century. The film explores the lives of 6 girls living around the world in places like Papua New Guinea, Afghanistan and Australia.