Melbourne

Switch off Hazelwood Direct Action Skillshare

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 04/09/2010 - 2:20pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 18/09/2010 -
10:00am to 4:00pm
Location: 
Climate Action Centre, Lvl 5, New Building, Victorian Trades Hall Council, cnr Victoria and Lygon Sts Carlton South
Contact Email: 
juliadehm@yahoo.com

Join, or deepen your involvement in the global grassroots and direct action movement for Climate Justice!

Switch Off Hazelwood, Switch On Renewables presents two day long activist direct action skill-shares.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Socialist Party 2010 Conference

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 04/09/2010 - 1:43pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 01/10/2010 - 7:00pm to Sun, 03/10/2010 - 1:00pm
Location: 
Victorian Trades Hall Cnr Victoria & Lygon Sts Carlton South Melbourne, Australia
Contact Phone: 
0396399111.

Socialism 2010 will take place at Trades hall in Melbourne on October 1, 2 & 3.

Friday October 1

7pm – Capitalist crisis and class struggle
...Irish socialist Kevin McLoughlin will look at the effects of the economic crisis and perspectives for struggle internationally.

Saturday October 2

10am – 25 years of the Socialist Party
Stephen Jolly and Robyn Hohl will discuss the history and ideas of the Socialist Party in Australia.

1pm – Australia’s new minority government

Geography: 
Melbourne

Pakula, Mulder and Barber take questions from commuters

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/09/2010 - 9:22pm
Date and Time: 
Wed, 08/09/2010 -
5:30pm to 6:45pm
Location: 
Melbourne Town Hall (Supper Room)
Website: 
pt4me2.org.au

Featuring:
Martin Pakula, Minister for Public Transport
Terry Mulder, Shadow Minister for Public Transport
Greg Barber, Greens MLC Northern Metro

Brought to you by the MTF and The Melbourne Times.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Replace Hazelwood Doorknocking - Brunswick

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/09/2010 - 9:06pm
Date and Time: 
Sun, 12/09/2010 -
1:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Brunswick 7 Stewart Street, Brunswick, Australia

Join us for a few hours of replace Hazelwood doorknocking Sunday 12 September. It's an effective way to take action on climate, connect with your local community and meet up with fellow CAM members.

Click here to find out more: http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=403be7b08f5bec7b621875309&id=13fa6b0d86

Geography: 
Melbourne

Socialist Alliance forum - Election 2010

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/09/2010 - 9:04pm
Date and Time: 
Tue, 07/09/2010 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Resistance Centre Level 5, 407 Swanston St, City (opposite RMIT) Melbourne, Australia

A socialist discussion exploring left responses and opportunities post the federal election.

Rather than giving us the government we deserve, the August 21 federal election delivered an outcome the two old parties deserved.

Close to one in five voters showed their opposition to Labor and Liberal by voting for alternatives in an election described by many as representing the seismic shift in the Australian electoral landscape.
... The resulting quake leaves us with a hung parliament and the Greens holding the balance of power in the Senate.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Freedom Socialist Party meeting. A decade since the S11 protests: What will victory look like?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/09/2010 - 12:16pm
Date and Time: 
Thu, 23/09/2010 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Solidarity Salon 580 Sydney Road Brunswick
Contact Name: 
Alison Thorne
Contact Phone: 
03-9388-0062
Contact Email: 
freedom.socialist.party@ozemail.com.au

Ten years ago the World Economic Forum planned a meeting at Melbourne’s Crown Casino. This gathering of capitalist big wigs sparked the first major protest against corporate globalisation in Australia. The Freedom Socialist Party was a part of the huge mass movement that blockaded Crown and prevented delegates from entering. Less than a year earlier, enormous protests had shut down the World Trade Organisation in what became known as the Battle of Seattle. Join in the discussion about the strengths and weaknesses of this movement and what’s needed to bring capitalism to its knees.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Pakistan Floods Fundraiser - TRIVIA NIGHT!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 01/09/2010 - 11:07pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 10/09/2010 -
7:15pm to 11:00pm
Location: 
Princes Park Bowls Club, 1 Bowen Crescent, North Carlton VIC 3054 (Melways Reference: 29 G10)
Contact Name: 
Tina
Contact Phone: 
0410971405

Fundraiser for the flood victims of Pakistan.

FUN NIGHT OF TRIVIA AND GAMES

Bing-trivia, Trivi-aoke and many other hybrid trivia games... rediscover your inner child - musical chairs anyone???
...
Games kick off at 7:30pm, but come early for a drink/chat with the fun and friendly crew.

Entry $6.00 per person or
$30 per pre booked table of 6

ADVANCE BOOKINGS: 0408 317 732 (Tina)

CHEAP DRINKS - Bowls Club Prices!!!

SAUSAGE SIZZLE - YUM!

HOW TO GET THERE??
Catch the number 19to the corner of PARK ST AND ROYAL PARADE, then it is a quick walk!!

Geography: 
Melbourne

UNITE wins Bakers Delight workers penalty rates!

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 31/08/2010 - 6:49pm

There has been another victory in the campaign by the UNITE union to win fair working conditions for the workers at the St Helena, Diamond Creek and Laurimar stores in Melbourne.

The workers in these stores voted on a new Enterprise Agreement in late 2009. The agreement that was put forward by the employer sold off many entitlements like sick pay, holiday pay and penalty rates in exchange for a tiny bit extra in the base rate.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
UNITE
Bakers Delight
workers struggle

De-activating colonialism & decolonising activism: a community forum

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 29/08/2010 - 10:51am
Date and Time: 
Tue, 31/08/2010 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
MAYSAR / Fitzroy Stars Gym 184-186 Gertrude St Fitzroy, Australia

“Activate the decolonisation process and you end up with a treaty!” - Robbie Thorpe

A forum to gather and galvanise conscientious activists from key groups to adopt a protocol for supporting Indigenous struggles developed in conversation with experienced community educators and leaders.

*Robbie Thorpe, Gunai & Maar Nations, voice of Treaty Republic and Black GST will host a panel of speakers:
...*Sina Brown-Davis, Indigenous Activist & Mum from Ngati Whatua ki Kaipara
*Peter Lewis, non-Indigenous, Chair of ANTaR Victoria (Working for Land Justice and Reconciliation)

Geography: 
Melbourne