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Court Solidarity for Hazelwood Arrestees

Submitted by Flowerpower on Mon, 17/05/2010 - 4:51pm

Date and Time:

Fri, 21/05/2010 -

8:30am to 9:15am

Location:

Melbourne Magistrates Court steps

On Friday 21st May, three of the 22 people arrested at Hazelwood Power Station are facing court charged with Trespass. Come and show your support to them and the course buy joining a short vigil on the court steps at 8.30 AM-9.15AM before the arrestees head in for court. BYO placards and sense of outrage that the real criminals International Power, continue to profit from polluting the atmosphere with carbon belching dinosaur known as Hazelwood Power Station!

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Melbourne

Mabo Day Commemoration - midday+ - Fed Square

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 17/05/2010 - 1:44pm

Date and Time:

Thu, 03/06/2010 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location:

Federation Square corner Swanston & Flinders Streets Melbourne

Contact Name:

Dr Joe Toscano

Contact Phone:

0439 395 489

Website:

http://www.anarchistmedia.org

Mabo Day Commemoration

Federation Square Swanston Street Melbourne

Thursday June 3rd 2010

12midday - 1pm

http://www.takver.com/history/ph_maboday.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Mabo

Make MABO DAY - 3 June - an Australian Public Holiday

Take a holiday on June 3rd to celebrate a great Australian, Eddie Koiki Mabo, who overturned the two century fiction of Terra Nullius in a ten year campaign through the courts ending in the historic High Court Mabo Judgement on the third of June 1992

Organised by Anarchist media Institute

Tel 0439 395 489

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Melbourne

Refugees, Racism & the Politics of Fear: Rebuilding the Refugee Rights Movement

Submitted by stuharrison on Sun, 16/05/2010 - 10:07pm

Date and Time:

Wed, 19/05/2010 -

6:30pm to 8:00pm

Location:

Resistance Centre Level 5, Druids House 407 Swanston St, city (opposite RMIT)

Contact Phone:

9639 8622

Website:

www.resistance.org.au

Speakers:
Ramesh Fernandez, RISE Refugee
Sue Bolton, Refugee Action Collective
Stuart Harrison, Resistance

Rudd went to the 2007 election with the promise
of a humane refugee policy. He did so because
the refugee rights movement that emerged in the
Howard years became powerful enough to
influence politics in Australia.

Labor’s decision to suspend processing new
refugees arriving by boat from Afghanistan and
Sri Lanka is a continuation of the previous
Howard Government’s racist refugee policies.

Both major parties are scape-goating refugees

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Melbourne

Solidarity with workers and people of Greece - 16 May

Submitted by peter on Sun, 16/05/2010 - 10:00pm

The Melbourne branch of Bash Back (http://bashbackmelbourne.wordpress.com/) issued a callout for a show of solidarity with 'the workers and people of Greece', adding 'Considering that this country [Australia] has the largest Greek population outside of Greece there should be no question about the need to show solidarity.' Only a dedicated few answered the call - admittedly at short notice - meeting at the State Library in front of the statue of Victoria's 'hanging judge' Redmond Barry (still sporting a placard from the pr

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Melbourne Anonymous against Scientology - May 15

Submitted by peter on Sun, 16/05/2010 - 11:33am

Also coinciding with the anti-homophobia rally at the State Library and the Buddhist festival was a demonstration outside Flinders Street station: members of Melbourne Anonymous (Melbanon) held an anti-Scientology protest, or 'raid'. Mostly wearing masks of various kinds, some grotesque, they handed out leaflets setting out the charges against Scientology and referring readers to the anti-Scientology website - http://www.xenu.net.

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"Free Lolita!" - Melbourne's contribution to worldwide protest 15 May

Submitted by peter on Sun, 16/05/2010 - 11:09am

While thousands rallied at the State Library against homophobia - of which more elsewhere* - smaller protests took place further south, at Federation Square and outside Flinders Street station. At Federation Square, against a backdrop of the Buddha festival, a group of mostly young people joined a worldwide protest against the continued captivity of "Lolita", an orca captured in 1970 and kept in a tank not much larger than herself. They handed out fliers and displayed placards showing photos of the Miami Seaquarium where the unfortunate creature is imprisoned.

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Melbournians shout, "Pants To Poverty!"

Submitted by Banshee on Sat, 15/05/2010 - 1:59am

At lunchtime on Wednesday may 12th the event 'Pants Off' made fair trade underwareness. A group of fair trade conscious people met (helped by triple j shout out on the radio!) at RMIT Kaleide Theatre, stripped down to their 'Pants To Poverty' label underwear, braved the cold and strutted down with a cheeky grin to the state library proudly shouting along the way “Pants To Poverty!” The event was organised together by non-profit organisation RMIT fair trade collective and Pants To Poverty Australia to bring attention and awareness to the concept of fair trade as part of the 'Big Swap – Fair trade Fortnight' trying to encourage people to change to fair trade products.

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RISE ARTS AND MUSIC FESTIVAL

Submitted by Banshee on Thu, 13/05/2010 - 9:09pm

Date and Time:

Sun, 23/05/2010 -

3:00pm to 6:00pm

Location:

Federation Square (BMW Edge) - FREE EVENT!

Website:

www.riserefugee.org

RISE (Refugees, Survivors & Ex-Detainees) will be holding their first multicultural arts and dance festival in Melbourne.

The festival has an amazing line up of singers, musicians, comedians, breakdancing, DJs and so much more! Acts will include rap, funk reggae, hip hop amongst other musical styles.

Come along and join us in our celebration of cultural diversity and to officially launch our organisation.

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Melbourne

May 15 International day against homophobia rally for same sex marriage!

Submitted by Banshee on Thu, 13/05/2010 - 2:58pm

Date and Time:

Sat, 15/05/2010 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Location:

Cnr Swanston & La Trobe sts.

We have kicked off to a good start in 2010 seeing 2000 people march on the streets of Melbourne in support of same sex marriage rights on March 13.

Now it's time to get into our diaries the next major event in the National Year of Action - the May 15 rally, which is going to be a National day of action and a part of the International day against homophobia.

So be apart of a day where people not only all over Australia but people all over the world will be marching for LGBTI rights and against homophobia.

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Melbourne

Meet With your Greens!

Submitted by Banshee on Thu, 13/05/2010 - 2:56pm

Date and Time:

Thu, 13/05/2010 -

6:30pm to 9:00pm

Location:

Gate 6 Swanston St, University of Melbourne, Entry through alley beside Arts Centre on Swanston st

Contact Name:

MU Greens on Campus

Contact Email:

melbunigreens@gmail.com

A night of drinks, mingling, nibblies and then speeches from our local State and Federal Greens candidates!

Adam Bandt - Federal Candidate - Seat of Melbourne
Cyndi Dawes - Candidate for Brunswick
Kathleen Maltzahn - Candidate for Richmond
Brian Walters - State Candidate - Melbourne
James Searle - Candidate for Eltham (and Uni Student at Swinburne!)
Anne Martinelli - Candidate for Northcote
Alex Bhathal - Candidate for Batman
Colin Long - South Eastern Metropolitan (state upper house) - we think!

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Melbourne