Melbourne

Testimonial of the physical and mental abuse of unaccompanied minors at Broadmeadows and Maribyrnong Detention Centre

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 29/04/2011 - 5:05pm

Press Release 29.4.11 New laws further persecute refugees "The new laws against detainees who commit an "offense" will potentially block their permanent protection, while the crimes committed against detainees by SERCO, the Immigration Department and the Police go unchecked and the mental anguish of indefinite detention fuels the fire that pushes them to desperation point," says refugee advocate Izzy Brown.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
mandatory detention
Broadmeadows Detention Centre
Maribyrnong Detention Centre

RAAF Benefit

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 28/04/2011 - 4:52pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 28/05/2011 - 2:00pm to Sun, 29/05/2011 - 2:00am
Location: 
Renegade Activists are holding a benefit party to help pay for our space in Trades Hall. This is the time we need your support!! Over the past couple of years loads of awesome parties and campaign meetings have taken place in this space. Hundreds of people have used the space, and this is the time we need your support!! In order to keep the space and maintain what we do, we need to cover the rent. Put it in your diary and performers will be announced on this page. Entry $10, food and drink available by donation.
Geography: 
Melbourne

The Rally Against the Rally Against (Anti-fascist rally)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 28/04/2011 - 4:47pm
Date and Time: 
Sun, 15/05/2011 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
Federation Square - Melbourne City

The Australian Defence League
http://australiandefenceleague.freeforums.org/

are holding a fascist rally on 15 May; 12:00 noon at Fed Square. You may remember that the last time they tried this on last March, we held a Rally Against the Rally Against

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=212929632051685

So this time, we're gonna stop them again.

Geography: 
Melbourne

7-Eleven franchise fined but workers still owed thousands in back pay

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 27/04/2011 - 6:21pm

UNITE Media Release 27.4.2011 A decision was made in the Melbourne Magistrates Court last week to fine the former operators of two 7-Eleven stores $150,000. At the same time Magistrate Kate Hawkins ordered Bosen to back-pay six workers close to $90,000. Unfortunately these workers will probably never see their money. The scam was uncovered by UNITE who exposed the 7-Eleven franchise for paying as little as $9 per hour. The company Bosen Pty Ltd was ordered to pay $120,000 in penalties while the operators Hao Chen (Eddie) and Xue Jing (Jane) have been individually fined $20,000 and $10,000 respectively.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
UNITE
labor rights

Speakout and March for Refugee Rights! Oppose Temporary Visas!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 27/04/2011 - 6:14pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 29/04/2011 -
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Melbourne, Bourke St Mall Corner of Bourke St and Swanston St

*End Mandatory Detention!
*No to Temporary Visas!
*Full protection and rights for refugees now!

THE SPEAKOUT WILL BEGIN IN THE BOURKE ST MALL. THEN WE WILL MARCH TO DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION OFFICES, CASSELDON PLACE (CORNER LONSDALE AND SPRING ST)
...
This speakout and march has been called to protest the escalating attacks by the Australian government on the rights of refugees.

Geography: 
Melbourne

May Day toast & march

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 27/04/2011 - 4:24pm
Date and Time: 
Sun, 01/05/2011 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: 
Resistance Centre, Level 5, 407 Swanston St, City (opposite RMIT).
Contact Name: 
Chris
Contact Phone: 
9639 8622
Contact Email: 
peterson_err@hotmail.com

Brunch from 10am, speakers 11am, march 1pm.

Join Socialist Alliance for a toast to May Day before the march.

Speakers: Julia Kun (ASU Organiser in SACS campaign team) &

Ali Bakhtiavandi (Iranian refugee).

Help Socialist Alliance at the march (assemble at 1pm outside Trades Hall, Lygon St, Carlton).

For more info ph Chris 0431 311 520.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Challenging Israel's apartheid state

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 27/04/2011 - 4:21pm
Date and Time: 
Wed, 18/05/2011 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Resistance Centre, Level 5, 407 Swanston St, City (opposite RMIT).
Contact Name: 
Chris
Contact Phone: 
9639 8622
Contact Email: 
peterson_err@hotmail.com

(meal from 6pm)

Speakers:
Samah Sabawi, a Palestinian-Australian writer, playwright, producer, political analyst and commentator on human rights. Originally from Gaza, Samah resides in Australia and is a public advocate for Australians For Palestine.

Mick Bull is an Australian Manufacturing Workers Union organiser and a participant in Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA's recent tour to Palestine.

Geography: 
Melbourne

DEBATE: Should the Left support the BDS campaign against Israel?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 27/04/2011 - 3:01pm
Date and Time: 
Wed, 11/05/2011 -
6:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: 
New International Bookshop, Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St, Carlton, Melbourne
Contact Name: 
Seb Prowse
Contact Phone: 
96623744
Contact Email: 
nibs@nibs.org.au
Website: 
www.nibs.org.au

Almost everyone on the Left under 55 can only remember Israel as the Goliath battling the Palestinians David -- from the first Lebanon war to the two Intifadas a modern army has faced far weaker opponents. And yet Israel is still supported very strongly by Western governments like our own.

The Left is united in wishing to tackle the issue, and the biggest item on the agenda is BDS a campaign for boycotts, divestments and sanctions against Israel. But is BDS the best way forward – what should be the Left’s attitude to the global BDS campaign?

Geography: 
Melbourne

"Australia's Pacific War: Challenging a national myth" WITH TOM O'LINCOLN

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 27/04/2011 - 2:58pm
Date and Time: 
Wed, 04/05/2011 -
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Location: 
New International Bookshop, Trades Hall 54 Victoria St, Carlton
Contact Name: 
Seb Prowse
Contact Phone: 
96623744
Contact Email: 
nibs@nibs.org.au
Website: 
www.nibs.org.au

War is such a nightmare it's hard to believe any war can retain a positive aura for decades. Yet the vast conflict in the Pacific is a shibboleth for Australian politics to this day. Politicians in particular use its appeal to legitimise modern wars. Tom O'Lincoln's book questions every aspect of this syndrome. He argues that the Pacific War was an imperialist one on both sides, that the West cannot claim the moral high ground and that wartime Australia was riven with class and other social conflicts. His aim is to challenge an Australian national myth.

Geography: 
Melbourne

May Day Melbourne

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 26/04/2011 - 7:00pm
Date and Time: 
Sun, 01/05/2011 -
12:30pm to 3:30pm
Location: 
Melbourne Trades Hall Corner of Victoria and Lygon St

Since 1886 May 1st has been the Workers’ day around the world. It is a time when workers and their organizations celebrate their struggles and their victories.

May Day marches in Victoria started in 1893 and continue to this day.

The rich have been making the working class of the world pay for their economic crisis but millions around the world have stood up for themselves, organised and fought back.

Geography: 
Melbourne