Melbourne

Coal=climate change=floods action

Submitted by Flowerpower on Thu, 20/01/2011 - 3:22pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 21/01/2011 -
9:00am to 10:00am
Location: 
BHP offices (Australia's biggest coal miner), 180 Lonsdale St, Melbourne (near Russell St)

Australia has just faced what is probably its most costly "natural" disaster. Tens of our fellow Australians have lost their lives and thousands have lost their homes and livelihoods.

Climate scientists have been telling us for years that as the Earth warms due to our greenhouse gas emissions we will experience ever worsening natural disasters, including droughts, bushfires and floods. We are seeing the impacts of climate change right now.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Radioactive waste dump protest at Martin Ferguson's office

Submitted by Flowerpower on Thu, 20/01/2011 - 3:16pm

Around 50 people demonstrated at Resource Minister, Martin Ferguson's office against a dump at Muckaty on January 17th. Three days before Christmas the government concluded a sham committee inquiry endorsing Martin Ferguson's plans to dump nuclear waste at Muckaty in the NT Traditional Owners were not given the opportunity to speak to the committee or even to lodge a submission. Ferguson continues to refuse requests to meet with Traditional Owners opposed to the dump.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Rally to defend Wikileaks, Julian Assange and Bradley Manning

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 20/01/2011 - 2:40pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 29/01/2011 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Location: 
Melbourne State Library. Corner of La Trobe and Swanston streets.
Contact Name: 
Naomi
Contact Email: 
naomi.farmer@gmail.com

Demonstrate to defend Wikileaks and stand up for freedom of information.

The truth is a powerful thing. WikiLeaks is a powerful thing.
That's why governments around the world are so intent on attacking WikiLeaks and making a example of Assange and Manning.
Don't let them. Stand up for the truth and defend WikiLeaks -
Saturday the 29th of January, 2PM, Melbourne State Library.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Message from hunger strikers in Curtin Detention Centre

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 20/01/2011 - 2:37pm

Thursday, 20 January 2011, 3:11 pm Press Release: Project SafeCom
"The continuous spin lines trotted out by the Department of Immigration to media representatives about the Curtin Detention Centre hunger strike, claiming that between 20 and 30 people are participating in the strike, amount to craven lies and callous misrepresentations, and they are eroding the Department's own ethical slogan that "people are our business" to the core," WA Human Rights group Project SafeCom said this morning.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
refugees
Project Safe
Curtin Detention Centre

Climate vigil in response to the floods

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 19/01/2011 - 7:50pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 21/01/2011 -
9:00am to 10:00am
Location: 
BHP Offices 180 Lonsdale St (btwn. Russell & Swanston) Melbourne, Australia
Website: 
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/event.php?eid=191593584200032&index=1

Australia has just faced what is probably its most costly "natural" disaster. Tens of our fellow Australians have lost their lives and thousands have lost their homes and livelihoods.

Climate scientists have been telling us for years that as the Earth warms due to our greenhouse gas emissions we will experience ever worsening natural disasters, including droughts, bushfires and floods. We are seeing the impacts of climate change ...right now.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Students for Palestine hosts an evening with Iraqi born UK MC Lowkey

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 19/01/2011 - 3:40pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 22/01/2011 -
7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
Trades Hall Carlton

Lowkey is a London-based poet, playwright, political activist and award-winning rapper LOWKEY. Touring Australia for the first time as part of his Soundtrack to the Struggle World Tour, LOWKEY will be appearing at Trades Hall in a Q and A with audience participation for ONE NIGHT ONLY.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Latin American Activist Film Festival

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 19/01/2011 - 9:31am
Date and Time: 
Thu, 20/01/2011 - 6:30pm to Fri, 21/01/2011 - 5:30pm
Location: 
RMIT UNIVERSITY, CITY CAMPUS Student Union , Building 8, 350 Swanston Street

Featuring DOCUMENTARIES OF STRUGGLES AND COMMITMENTS
From Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, First nations and others

Friday, Jan 21, 6.30 pm
Films:
7pm MST Struggles - Brazil
7:45pm Chile - Barrick Gold
8:15pm Mexico - Zapatistas today

Saturday, Jan 22, 12 noon
12noon - 1pm Lunch get together
Films:
1pm The Coca Cola Case - Colombia
2.30pm The Plunder - Mapuche/Chile
4pm Venezuela From Below-Venezuela
Films till 5:30pm

Afterwards drinks & get together
@ LASNET Space

2 days $15/10 waged/Students

1 day: $10/5 unwaged/Students

Geography: 
Melbourne

Public meeting: Speak out in solidarity with the persecuted Hickey family!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 18/01/2011 - 6:31pm
Date and Time: 
Mon, 23/05/2011 -
7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
Solidarity Salon 580 Sydney Road Brunswick
Contact Name: 
Alison Thorne
Contact Phone: 
03 93880062
Contact Email: 
alison.thorne@ozemail.com.au
Website: 
http://web.aanet.com.au/tplatform/Riverstone.html

Drop all charges against the Riverstone 8!
Bring the killers of TJ Hickey to justice!
End the victimisation of deaths in custody families who resist!
Build the movement to stop Aboriginal deaths in custody.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Community assembly underway at Swift Australia

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 7:03pm

Reprinted from the Workers Solidarity Network website. Striking cold store workers at Swift Australia voted against the latest in a string of condescending offers from management today, as Workers Solidarity Network members and union activists assembled at the site. The workers’ supporters blocked trucks throughout the day, sending a message to the company that endless stalling and bad-faith negotiation must end.Confident despite their five-week ordeal, the workers reminded those attempting to cross the picket that Swift cannot be allowed to set this precedent for the mistreatment of workers, and that ‘touch one, touch all’ applies now more than ever.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
union solidarity
Swift dispute