Melbourne

"A Victory for All Humanity": Seminar on the anti-Vietnam war campaign

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 28/08/2010 - 11:02am
Date and Time: 
Sat, 04/09/2010 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: 
New Interantionalist Bookstore, Trades Hall Carlton

Speakers:
John Percy
Max Lane, writer and lecturer on Indonesian politics, history and literature and Southeast Asian affairs
John Tully, lecturer and writer on Southeast Asian history, French Indochina and Cambodia
Harry Van Moorst, academic, socialist, and also one of the 'generation of '68' in the anti-war movement in Melbourne

Geography: 
Melbourne

Death or Liberty:Rebels and radicals transported to Australia 1788-1868 talk

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 28/08/2010 - 10:57am
Date and Time: 
Wed, 25/08/2010 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Meeting Room 1, Trades Hall

Tony Moore in conversation with Martin Flanagan

"This important and dramatic era of Australia, Irish and British Empire history has been too often only partially told. Now we have the whole vivid tale, told by an excellent historian and engrossing narrator..." - THOMAS KENEALLY

This is the first narrative history that brings together the stories of the political prisoners sent as convicts to Australia from all parts of the British Empire, spanning the early days of the penal settlement at Sydney Cove until transportation ended in 1868.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Spring Latin Fiesta!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 27/08/2010 - 6:21pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 25/09/2010 -
7:00pm to 11:00pm
Location: 
Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) Hall, 54 Ireland Street, West Melbourne.
Contact Phone: 
0438496433.
Website: 
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=104130669636727&ref=ts

Join us for a night of Latin American music to get you in the mood for spring!

Bands playing will be:

Chilean 7-piece band - The Dachos.
...
Colombian 8-piece band - Santa Pacha Bendita.

Tickets are $20 full or $15 concession. Profits will be used to help fund the upcoming Latin American, Asia-Pacific and Australian Solidarity Gathering (15-17 October @ Trades Hall).

Geography: 
Melbourne

Victims of Torture and Eyewitnesses to Massacre Speak Out

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 26/08/2010 - 9:33pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 28/08/2010 -
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Trades Hall, corner Lygon and Victoria Street, Carlton
Contact Email: 
iran.solidarity.melbourne@gmail.com

A public forum by Iran Solidarity Melbourne.Featuring, Mehdi Aslani the author of Kalagh va Gole Sokh (The Crow and the Rose), an internationally known Iranian author, activist and survivor of Iran's massacres of political prisoners in the notorious Evin Prison in 1988. More people were killed in the Iranian massacres of political prisoners in 1988, than in the Srebrenica genocide. Despite this human rights activists, the world over have largely ignored this despicable crime against humanity and many people remain ignorant of this dark chapter in Iranian history.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Otesha: Cycling for sustainibility - trivia and dinner night

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 26/08/2010 - 9:25pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 03/09/2010 -
6:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: 
Loophole Community Centre - 670 High Street Thornbur
Website: 
www.otesha.org.au

The Otesha Project (Australia): Cycling for Sustainability is a not-for-profit organisation that offers bicycle tours and educational programs to engage youth about sustainable consumption.

Using theatre, multimedia, and interactive workshops, Otesha (Aust.)’s creative focus provides a unique approach to understanding environmental and social justice issues, enabling youth to become role models and sustainability advocates.

Our first fundraising event for our 2011 tour is going to be just as creative and fun.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Critical Mass birthday bike ride

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 26/08/2010 - 9:22pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 26/11/2010 -
5:30pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
State Library at the corner of Swanston St and LaTrobe St

Critical Mass transforms a dreary commute into a radiant celebration of a vibrant urban life and reclaiming of public space. Bikes are fun and every bicyclist is one less car. Critical Mass is proof that we are each makers of history and shapers of our own social life. Bike Love creates a people powered community that enhances the urban experience, the city is alive!

Melbourne Critical Mass meets on the last friday of every month at 5:30pm outside the State Library at the corner of Swanston St and LaTrobe St.

Geography: 
Melbourne

BZE presents Clive Hamilton - Dirty Politics of Climate Change

Submitted by Flowerpower on Thu, 26/08/2010 - 9:18pm
Date and Time: 
Mon, 06/09/2010 -
6:30pm to 8:00pm
Location: 
The Wood Theatre, ECO & COMMERCE-Rm:G09-Flr:G, University of Melbourne VIC
Contact Email: 
query-environment@unimelb.edu.au
Website: 
beyondzeroemissions.org/events/discussion-group

The dirty politics around climate change

Professor Clive Hamilton is a well known Australian author and public intellectual who ran as the Greens candidate in the by-election for the federal seat of Higgins in December 2009. In June 2009 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his service to public debate and policy development. He is author of 'Scorcher: The dirty politics of climate change' (2007) and his latest book is 'Requiem for a Species: Why we resist the truth about climate change' (2010).

Geography: 
Melbourne