Melbourne

Direct Action Seminar

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 12/09/2010 - 12:25pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 18/09/2010 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: 
Direct Action Centre, Trades Hall basement Cnr Victoria & Lygon Sts Carlton
Contact Email: 
jorge@directaction.org.au

Speakers
Jo Williams, Victoria University lecturer in education
Van Rudd, artist & political acivist
Lisa Farrance, Socialist activist & PhD Candidate (Victoria University)
Lea Campbell, Research coordinator in educational disadvantage

Geography: 
Melbourne

Emergency Action in Support of Indigenous Mapuche Political Prisoners

Submitted by Flowerpower on Fri, 10/09/2010 - 5:05pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 17/09/2010 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
Chilean Consulate Level 13, 390 St Kilda Road Melbourne, Australia
Website: 
http://www.facebook.com/lasnet#!/event.php?eid=100239426706963&ref=mf

Nearly 60 days after Mapuche political prisoners initiated an indefinite liquid hunger strike, we are calling to support and demonstrate our concern for the health and wellbeing of 32 Mapuche, who, with this action, are resisting the lack of justice and respect from the Chilean State.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Gathering of Victorian Traditional Owners

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 4:56pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 10/09/2010 -
10:30am to 2:00pm
Location: 
Parliament House, Spring St

A Big Gathering by and for concerned Victorian Traditional Owner Groups across the State for this Friday 10 September 2010 starting at Parliament House at 10.30am and finishing at around 2.00pm.
A meeting room in Parliament has been booked for Traditional Owners to consider the Bill and information.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Book Launch : Power in Coalition

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 08/09/2010 - 8:00am
Date and Time: 
Wed, 22/09/2010 -
6:30pm to 8:00pm
Location: 
New International Bookshop, Trades Hall
Website: 
www.powerincoalition.com

The New International Bookshop and Victorian Trades Hall Council invite you to launch of

Power in Coalition: Strategies for strong unions and social change by Amanda Tattersall

Launch by Cath Smith, CEO Victorian Council of Social Services, with other speakers TBA

How can we change things in an age in which governments are fixated on the bottom line and conventional protest rallies have lost their punch?

Geography: 
Melbourne

The Monthly Argument : “raising the political temperature”

Submitted by Flowerpower on Wed, 08/09/2010 - 7:47am
Date and Time: 
Thu, 09/09/2010 -
6:30pm to 8:15pm
Location: 
The Dan O’Connell, 225 Canning Street (cnr Princes St) in Carlton

The Monthly Argument’ is part of a regular series of debates concerning some Very Important Questions. September’s debate is titled ‘Renewable Energy: Should We Make the Switch?’, and is the second that’s been organised thus far.

Speakers:

Prof. John Daley (Grattan Institute) says ‘Yes’ to renewable energy, while

Dr. Alan Moran (Institute of Public Affairs) says ‘No

Panel

Geography: 
Melbourne

Trade Union Climate Conference

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 08/09/2010 - 7:40am
Date and Time: 
Sat, 09/10/2010 -
10:00am to 4:00pm
Location: 
Meeting Room 1 at Trades Hall
Contact Name: 
Chris Breen
Contact Phone: 
0403 013 183.
Contact Email: 
tradeunionclimateconference@gmail.com

The Victorian Trades Hall Council Climate Change Working Group together with the Climate Emergency Network is hosting a climate change conference for trade unionists and local activists, on Saturday October 9th, from 10am – 4pm in Meeting Room 1 at Trades Hall. Entry via gold coin donation on the day, please email tradeunionclimateconference@gmail.com to register your attendence beforehand.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Reflections on organising for the S11 Protest, Melbourne 2000

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 07/09/2010 - 7:53pm

The following is a post from Slackbastard's blog - I thought I would repost it on Melbourne Indymedia given that we are coming up to the 10th of the S11 demo's and Melbourne Indymedia was originally started by a group of people to help cover that historic demo. Would be good to see other reflections about S11 on the site ten years on.

A comrade has written the following and at their request I’m publishing it here to facilitate further disco. Write dr.woooo[at]gmail[dot]com for moar.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
S11

Koorie Stories and Song

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 07/09/2010 - 7:45pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 18/09/2010 -
8:00pm to 11:00pm
Location: 
Northcote Town Hall 189 High St Northcote, Australia

Jack Charles, Lady Lash and Lee Morgan
MC'd by Kamahi Djordon King

This intimate evening will feature 3 talented Aboriginal singers from very diverse musical and professional backgrounds. In their contrasting careers, they have reached Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal audiences alike. This line up of artists will span generations, states and histories representing a large cross section of Aboriginal people.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Snap Protest for Refugee Rights

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 07/09/2010 - 6:10pm
Date and Time: 
Wed, 08/09/2010 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: 
OUTSIDE OLD GPO ON BOURKE AND ELIZABETH STREETS
Website: 
www.rac-vic.org

The Independents have announced that they will support a minority Labor government. Under Rudd and Gillard, Labor have proved to be just as committed to demonising refugees and taking away their basic human rights by locking them behind razor wire in far flung islands and in the desert like Curtin where an Afghan man died weeks ago.

Gillard has also said she will commit to offshore processing.

Geography: 
Melbourne