Melbourne

Mobile Occupy Melbourne outfoxes council and police

Submitted by Flowerpower on Sun, 27/11/2011 - 5:18pm

The last few days have seen Occupy Melbourne develop some very creative tactics to prevent the convisgation of their property by the Melbourne City Council and Police. On Friday 25th of November after the Council served Notice of Compliance on the camp and came down with police protestors took their gear and left the park. However this wasn't enough a police and the police gave chase to the tents! One protestor, Sean Bedlam was arrested for "hindering council officers" whilst sitting on a tarp on the footpath outside the park.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
Occupy Melbourne

Workers Solidarity Network Meeting

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 26/11/2011 - 11:24pm
Date and Time: 
Tue, 06/12/2011 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
New International Bookshop, Trades Hall, Lygon Street, Carlton South

All welcome to Workers Solidarity Network's public meeting to discuss the successful picket at Baiada poultry, and how to build on the momentum created by recent industrial action, and Occupy Melbourne.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Protest at BHP Billiton AGM, Melbourne, 17 November 2011

Submitted by peter on Sat, 26/11/2011 - 8:53pm

Traditional owners and environmentalists descended on the Melbourne Convention Centre on Thursday 17 November for the BHP Billiton AGM. Using proxies, some twenty Aboriginal elders and supporters gained access to the meeting, while others held a protest outside.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
protest
uranium
indigenous
environment
roxby
Olympic Dam
BHP Billiton
WA
Fukoshima

Occupy Melbourne can do better.

Submitted by Noel Conway on Sat, 26/11/2011 - 8:02pm

At the 21st General Assembly of Occupy Melbourne held tonight a proposal to reaffirm non violent direct action was defeated. Specifically the motion attempted to clear up what was and was not appropriate action taken on behalf of Occupy Melbourne. The non violence advocated was for non violence against persons and property. This non violence policy was quite heavily defeated on the floor of the GA.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
protest
Occupy Melbourne

'Across the Water' West Papua - Bouganville Video Night

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 25/11/2011 - 2:05pm
Date and Time: 
Tue, 13/12/2011 -
6:30pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
Level 4 Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane Melbourne.
Contact Name: 
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=293257507372
Contact Email: 
traverser11@gmail.com
Website: 
https://www.engagemedia.org/Members/traverser11/events/across-the-water/view

West Papua - Bouganville Video Night,
Screening the latest documentaries from the campaign against the re-opening of Panguna mine, the attacks against the 3rd Papuan People's Congress, and the 3 month long strike at Freeport mine.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Film: Michael Moore's, 'SiCKO'

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 24/11/2011 - 6:49pm
Date and Time: 
Thu, 01/12/2011 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Resistance Centre Level 5, 407 Swanston st, City (opposite RMIT)
Contact Name: 
Sue
Contact Phone: 
0413377978; 96398622
Contact Email: 
peterson_err@hotmail.com
Website: 
www.socialist-alliance.org

Resistance Centre
Level 5, 407 Swanston st, City (opposite RMIT)

The words 'health care' and 'comedy' aren't usually found in the same sentence, but in film-maker Michael Moore's new movie, SiCKO, they go together hand in (rubber) glove.

SiCKO is a straight-from-the-heart portrait of the crazy and sometimes cruel US health-care system, told from the vantage point of everyday people faced with the challenge of the profit-based US health-care system in their quest for treatment.

Geography: 
Melbourne

The Yes Men Fix the World: film screening

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 23/11/2011 - 2:35pm
Date and Time: 
Tue, 06/12/2011 -
6:00pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane Melbourne
Contact Name: 
Steph Donse
Contact Phone: 
96501599
Contact Email: 
steph.donse@rosshouse.org.au
Website: 
www.rosshouse.org.au

On the first Tuesday of every month (except public holidays), Ross House presents The Big Picture - films for environmental and social justice.

Entry is by donation, the proceeds of which go towards environmental action. Sometimes this means that it goes to the group hosting the event, or it goes to greening Ross House.

Mulled wine and popcorn are always available (also by donation), and usually we have a group chat about the issue being watched. Its a lot of freaking fun. You can keep up to date via facebook or signing up to the Ross House e-bulletin (look down to the left there).

Geography: 
Melbourne

Building a Union Fightback Today: A Socialist Alternative panel discussion

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 22/11/2011 - 11:52pm
Date and Time: 
Thu, 24/11/2011 -
6:30pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
Trades Hall Corner Lygon & Victoria St
Contact Name: 
Jimmy
Contact Phone: 
0433611346
Contact Email: 
melbourne@sa.org.au
Website: 
www.sa.org.au

The last few months have seen the industrial situation in Australia intensify. Qantas workers have been locked out, public sector nurses in Victoria are taking industrial action in response to proposed cutbacks by the Bailleau government and out at the Baiada chicken processing plant in Laverton, workers (and members of the National Union of Workers) have beat back police lines and remained on indefinite strike for decent wages and job security.

Join Socialist Alternative in this important and timely discussion about a strategy to rebuild a fighting union movement.

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Geography: 
Melbourne

Sean Bedlam videos of police raids and resistance at Occupy Melbourne on Nov 21st and 23rd

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 22/11/2011 - 9:53pm

Independant journalist and stand up comic, Sean Bedlam is continuing making video's documenting Occupy Melbourne and its harrassment by the State.

Here is a short video of yet another council and police raid on Occupy Melbourne on November 21st which resulted in one arrest.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
Occupy Melbourne

Get the low down on the Basin Plan and how it could save the Murray

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 21/11/2011 - 10:35am
Date and Time: 
Tue, 06/12/2011 -
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Location: 
Ground floor meeting room, 60L Green Building, 60 Leicester St Carlton
Contact Name: 
Domenica Settle
Contact Phone: 
9341 8165
Contact Email: 
domenica.settle@environmentvictoria.org.au
Website: 
http://www.environmentvictoria.org.au/content/basin-plan-low-down-evening

It's not light bed time reading, so get the low down from us.

The Basin Plan is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to turn things around for our over stretched rivers, but it's not... well... the kind of thing you'd read for a bit of light entertainment.

Geography: 
Melbourne