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Australians join protests in Afghanistan

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 21/03/2011 - 9:46am

Monday 20 March Media Release An international delegation of activists have joined locals protesting in Afghanistan this weekend. A vigil will be held in Melbourne tomorrow, which will include the wife of an Australian participant in Afghanistan and an ex-Australian Army officer. The protests in Afghanistan included a public vigil outside the UN compound, and a candlelight vigil.

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On Politics and Public Space - a public talk by Kim Dovey

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 20/03/2011 - 10:02pm

Date and Time:

Thu, 07/04/2011 -

7:00pm to 10:00pm

Location:

Orr St, Carlton

Website:

http://www.facebook.com/update_security_info.php?wizard=1#!/event.php?eid=190353477668114

Our talk series kicks off for 2011 with a timely discussion of politics and public space.

What is the role of public space in the struggle for democracy?

Dovey will share his insights on this theme, in light of recent events in the Middle East - where the role of the public square as a place of dissent has been brought into sharp focus.

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Melbourne vigil joins global day of solidarity for Bradley Manning

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 20/03/2011 - 7:09pm

As part of the March 19-20th Global Day of Action in solidarity with Bradley Manning a small group of protestors gathered outside the U.S. Consulate in Melbourne. Similar vigils and protests occurred around the world with the primary rally occurring outside the brig in Quantico where Manning is being held in the U.S. Protestors expressed that if Bradley Manning is “guilty” of giving information to Wikileaks he is a hero not a criminal for revealing war crimes. The hypocrisy of the U.S. bombing Libya to support democracy whilst it tortures Bradley Manning was also pointed out.

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Bradley Manning

Melbourne Vigil- close Christmas Island, end the offshore processing regime

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 19/03/2011 - 10:56am

Date and Time:

Mon, 21/03/2011 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

Location:

cnr Bourke and Swanson Sts, Melbourne CBD

Over the past week, we have witnessed escalating violence against asylum seekers in Immigration Detention. Police have used tear gas on protesting detainees at Christmas Island; at Curtin an Afghan refugee awaiting his security clearance was beaten by 6 Serco guards as he tried to speak to his case manager; a young Afghan man was found dead in Scherger on Thursday night, suspected of having taken his own life; as this is written..., a young Iraqi, whose case manager just last week asked him where he would like to go upon his release was refused security clearance.

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Melbourne

Film screening: Gasland

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 18/03/2011 - 6:53pm

Date and Time:

Thu, 24/03/2011 -

6:30pm to 9:00pm

Location:

Clarrie Wohlers Senior Citizen Centre, 51 Albert St, East Brunswick

Contact Name:

Sibylle

Contact Phone:

0407 878 933

Contact Email:

peterson_err@hotmail.com

6:30pm (for 7pm start)
Thursday, March 24

Film maker Josh Fox discovered that in the race for 'cleaner' energy sources, the largest natural gas drilling boom in history is sweeping the globe. The film is a desperate plea for scrutiny of a powerful industry that has now turned its eyes on a new, unexplored territory: Australia.

Entry by donation.

Food & drinks available. Presented by Socialist Alliance.

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Melbourne

Boy protests detention at Broadmeadows detention centre in Melbourne

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 18/03/2011 - 6:02pm

A teenager climbed five metres into a tree at 7AM on Friday 18th March at a detention centre in Broadmeadows Melbourne and refused to come down for eight hours. The ABC reported he was was perched on a branch about five metres off the ground and frequently waved his shirt to attract the attention of media helicopters, whilst firefighters and staff tried to coax him down.

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Melbourne

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refugee rights

Melbourne vigil for the people of Japan

Submitted by takver on Thu, 17/03/2011 - 11:43pm

A candlelight vigil in Melbourne on the steps of the GPO heard from people with close relatives caught up in the tragedy of the devastating earthquake, tsunamis and escalating nuclear crisis in Japan.

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Origami peace cranes cascaded down the old GPO steps into the Bourke Street Mall where many office workers stopped briefly to watch on their journey home.

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Ferguson what about Fukushima?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 17/03/2011 - 5:48pm

Date and Time:

Tue, 22/03/2011 -

9:00am to 11:30am

Location:

Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, Australia

The catastrophic nuclear disaster, that is currently unfolding at Fukushima power plant in Japan, once again exposes nuclear power as an unsafe, highly dangerous alternative to renewable energy’s such, as solar & wind.

Australian uranium powered Fukushima and shamefully, at a time like this, our Federal Minister for energy, resources & tourism Martin Ferguson has chosen to remain silent on his pro nuclear ambitions. In the past week ALL of Minister Fergusons media releases have focused on Tourism. Ironic since From March 21st to 24th Parliament will sit
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Melbourne ICAN Vigil for the people of Japan

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 16/03/2011 - 9:03pm

Date and Time:

Thu, 17/03/2011 -

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location:

GPO, Cnr Bourke and Elizabeth Sts, Melbourne

Contact Email:

info@icanw.org

As the shocking devistation of the recent disasters that hit Japan on Friday the 12th unfold

ICAN Australia expresses its heartfelt sympathy to the victims of last weekend's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Among them are the inhabitants of the Fukushima district, who have been forced to flee their homes due to a nuclear crisis that is still unfolding.

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GECO Benefit Dinner - Melbourne

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 16/03/2011 - 6:06pm

Date and Time:

Thu, 17/03/2011 -

7:30pm to 10:30pm

Location:

Irene Wharehouse 5 pitt st brunswick melbourne

hey folks, this here dinner is an impromptu event due to complications at a festival over the long weekend, our trading was cut short, and we have a lot of produce left that will be wasted, and therefore geco will run at a loss, so we will be putting on a sit down dinner with drinks at IRENE warehouse at $10 per head starting at 7.30, it will be a 3 course meal with the option of all you can eat , entertainment tba, with impromptu acoustic jam, should be a really fun night, come along and help geco recoup costs and break even!!!

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Melbourne