Melbourne

Hiroshima Day in Melbourne - 6 August 2010

Submitted by peter on Sat, 07/08/2010 - 11:01am

Evening rush-hour crowds at the Flinders Street/Swanston Street intersection were met by a large banner yesterday reminding them of the 45th anniversary of the destruction of Hiroshima with its attendant loss of life. The event was organised by Friends of the Earth’s ACE (Anti-Nuclear and Clean Energy) collective, who were also promoting the new Choose Nuclear Free website, while handing out leaflets inviting people to take part in ICAN‘s Million Pleas campaign…

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
Hiroshima
FoE
anti-nuclear
ACE

WGAR News: Alice Springs gathering resolutions; New Way Summit presentations (6 Aug 10)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 06/08/2010 - 11:45am

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Alice Springs Gathering Resolutions
Media about the Alice Springs Gathering
Melbourne New Way Summit Presentations

ALICE SPRINGS GATHERING RESOLUTIONS:

Rollback the Intervention: Statements/Reports
Resolutions from the Defending Indigenous Rights Conference Alice Springs. 6-9 July 2010.
[Click on link to read statements] http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/statements/

Geography: 
Melbourne
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
NT intervention
Northern Territory Intervention
aboriginal resistance
Aboriginal rights and freedoms
New Way Summit
Aboriginal summit Melbourne sovereignty treaty
Indigenous & Non Indigenous Gathering in Alice Springs
New Way Aboriginal Summit

Creation + Destruction Skillshare

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 05/08/2010 - 5:28pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 21/08/2010 -
11:00am to 6:00pm
Location: 
Loophole Community Centre, 670 High St, Thornbury
Contact Name: 
Kati / Lilia
Contact Email: 
createanddestroyskills[at]gmail.com
Website: 
http://creationdestructionskillshare.wordpress.com

Next Creation & Destruction Skillshare set for 21st August 2010 @ Loophole Community Centre. Workshops include firemaking, fermented foods, DIY strength building, power tools, fierce creatures: make up secret spill session...more to be confirmed. Check out the website for up to date timetable. http://creationdestructionskillshare.wordpress.com

Geography: 
Melbourne

Supporting the homeless in Melbourne - 4 August 2010

Submitted by peter on Wed, 04/08/2010 - 11:48pm

With as many as 200 people sleeping rough in Melbourne's CBD on any given night, a group calling itself Homelessness Front - Stop the Suffering organised a protest outside the Smith Street office of Victorian Housing Minister Richard Wynne.

Related: Youtube Video

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
protest
homelessness

Socialist Alliance Federal election Campaign Launch

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 04/08/2010 - 9:08pm
Date and Time: 
Wed, 04/08/2010 - 7:30pm to Thu, 05/08/2010 - 12:30am
Location: 
Anglicare Hall Yarraville 41 Somerville Road Yarraville, Melbourne (5 min walk from Yarraville train station)
Contact Name: 
Sue Bolton/Anna Maidstone - mobile
Contact Phone: 
96398622 0422573003
Contact Email: 
chicky_babe0220@hotmail.com
Website: 
http://socialistalliancemelbourne.blogspot.com/

Meet the candidates & other movement activists.

Also launching the new CLIMATE CHARTER!

Margarita Windisch,
Sharon Firebrace &
Ron Guy for the Senate

Upper House Candidates
Sue Bull for Corio
Ben Courtice for Gellibrand
Trent Hawkins for Wills.

Guest speakers:
Murugupillai Sivakumar
Tamil Community representative

Geography: 
Melbourne

Melbourne Anti-Scientology Protest

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 04/08/2010 - 7:05pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 14/08/2010 -
12:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Flinders Street Station Steps - Bourke Street Mall - Outside the Church of Scientology
Contact Name: 
kenji
Contact Email: 
kenji.melbanon@gmail.com
Website: 
http://www.melbanon.com

Is it a controversial religion, a dangerous cult, or simply a pyramid scheme conjured up by a washed out Pulp Science-Fiction author from the 50s? Either way, there is no doubt in many people's minds that the Church of Scientology has been committing human rights violations left, right and center since its inception. Claims of sexual abuse coverups, forced abortions, the tearing apart of families, violence against critics, numerous accounts of deaths due to negligence and the censorship of the human right of freespeech are just some of the allegations put forth against the Church.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Freedom Socialist Party Convention: Optimistic rebels strategise for global socialism

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 04/08/2010 - 12:00pm
Date and Time: 
Tue, 17/08/2010 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
580 Sydney Road Brunswick
Contact Name: 
Alison Thorne
Contact Phone: 
03-9388-0062
Contact Email: 
freedom.socialist.party@ozemail.com.au
Website: 
www.socialism.com

Are you fed up with stage-managed electoral politics? Want to know what happened at this convention that brought together people wanting a system that cherishes life, knowledge, solidarity, shared abundance and the natural world — and who are determined to work collectively to achieve this?

Last month, members and guests of the Freedom Socialist Party convened at Evergreen College in Olympia, Washington to reflect on international struggles and assess the effectiveness to today’s movements in resisting the intense suffering caused by the latest crisis of capitalism.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Rally for Renewable Energy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 9:38pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 07/08/2010 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Location: 
Parliament House
Website: 
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116058198445493#!/event.php?eid=117389638310852

Rally for Renewable Energy 11am Parliament House Saturday August 7, we are trying to add to pressure on politicians over climate during federal election campaign. We want them to seriously fund renewable energy. Bring your own mirror (or cardboard covered in aluminium foil) for a solar spectacle.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Melbourne launch of Nuclear Freeways 2010 - 30 July

Submitted by peter on Fri, 30/07/2010 - 6:48pm

Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Free campaigner with the Australian Conservation Foundation, was one of the speakers at the launch of Friends of the Earth Nuclear Freeways 2010.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Northern Territory
Sydney
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
FoE
Northern Territory Intervention
Ferguson
ACE
nuclear waste dump. Muckaty
Lucas Heights

Melbourne Writers Festival

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 28/07/2010 - 12:04pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 27/08/2010 - 10:00am to Sun, 05/09/2010 - 10:00pm
Location: 
Federation Square and nearby venues
Contact Phone: 
+61 (0)3 9094 7859
Contact Email: 
admin@mwf.com.au
Website: 
http://www.mwf.com.au

Melbourne Writers Festival
25th Anniversary
27 August to 5 September 2010

In 2010, Melbourne Writers Festival, the city’s premier literary event, celebrates its 25th anniversary. This year the festival brings together an array of talented writers, artists, thinkers and performers from across the globe.

Expect the unexpected as Melbourne Writers Festival opens its doors to all – celebrating everything from novels to film, from journalism to songwriting, from comedy to cartooning, and from advertising to politics.

Highlights include:
- Eight Writers: Eight Ways to Be Human

Geography: 
Melbourne