Melbourne

Brazen Hussies A Herstory of Radical Activism in the Women’s Liberation Movement in Victoria 1970 - 1979

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 22/09/2009 - 5:05pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 21/11/2009 -
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Location: 
Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, Lonsdale Street City
Contact Name: 
Geraldine Robertson
Contact Phone: 
Tel: 03 9486 1808
Contact Email: 
wmnsweb@iprimus.com.au
Website: 
Women's Web www.womensweb.com.au

DYKE BOOKS INC is pleased to announce the launch of the latest book
by Jean Taylor - Brazen Hussies: A Herstory of Radical Activism in the
Women’s Liberation Movement in Victoria 1970 - 1979

When: Saturday 21 November 2009

Time: 1.30pm - 3.30pm

Where: Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, Lonsdale Street

Launched by: Joan Kirner.

Everybody is welcome to attend

Women's Web www.womensweb.com.au

Geography: 
Melbourne

Commermorating Anne Bon

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 22/09/2009 - 2:48pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 10/10/2009 -
1:45pm to 3:00pm
Location: 
Kew Library
Contact Name: 
Phyliss Hore
Contact Email: 
dcrawford_2004@yahoo.com.au

To commemorate Anne Bon a plaque will be unveiled at the Kew Library. Anne Bon (1838-1936) pastoralist, philanthropist and campaigner for Aboriginal righs was a close friend of Wurundjeri statesman, William Barak and had a house in Charles St Kew.

Geography: 
Melbourne

RiP: A Remix Manifesto

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 22/09/2009 - 10:40am
Date and Time: 
Tue, 20/10/2009 -
7:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: 
Horse Bazaar 397 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Contact Name: 
Hammy Goonan
Contact Phone: 
0402 072 653
Contact Email: 
hammy@democracyandjustice.org.au
Website: 
http://democracyandjustice.org.au/

To help Launch the Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice launch its latest campaign: En Masse, we are screening the exciting new documentary on remix culture: RiP: A remix manifesto.

In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers. The film features mash-up musician Girl Talk, Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig, Brazil's Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil and pop culture critic Cory Doctorow.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Say “NO” to deadly tasers!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 18/09/2009 - 10:58am
Date and Time: 
Wed, 28/10/2009 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Solidarity Salon 580 Sydney Road, West Brunswick
Contact Name: 
Alison Thorne
Contact Phone: 
03-9388-0062
Contact Email: 
alison.thorne@ozemail.com.au

Indigenous Social Justice Association — Melbourne Public Meeting

Say “NO” to deadly tasers!

Last December 15-year old, Tyler Cassidy, was shot dead by police in Northcote. The Victorian Police Union used this as an opportunity to renew its call for all police to be armed with Tasers.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Melbourne attacks on Indians “reflect Australian racism”

Submitted by Diet Simon on Thu, 17/09/2009 - 11:09am

MEDIA RELEASE

Goodooga, 17 September 09 -- A northwest NSW Aboriginal political activist says the assault on four Indian men outside a bar in Melbourne this week is representative of the hidden racism that exists in Australia.

Michael Anderson, last survivor of the four Black Power activists who set up the Aboriginal Embassy outside Parliament House in Canberra in 1972, says politicians remaining mute on these racist attacks reflects badly on Australia as a nation.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Australia
Promotion: 
Feature

Mildura Solar Systems job losses protest

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 16/09/2009 - 7:21pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 18/09/2009 -
12:30pm to 1:15pm
Location: 
45 Grosvenor Street Abbotsford
Contact Name: 
Chris Breen

There is planned to be a protest about the closure of Australia's
largest planned solar plant near Mildura with loss of 100 jobs this
Friday lunchtime.
Solar Systems was placed under voluntary administration on 7 September
2009 placing the Midlura heliostat project and the jobs of two-thirds
of the workforce at risk.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Systems_(company)
Solar Systems Pty Ltd 45 Grosvenor Street Abbotsford VIC 3067
Telephone: +61 3 9413 8000 Email general enquiries:
info@solarsystems.com.au

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Geography: 
Melbourne

Protest against 7-Eleven in South Yarra!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 15/09/2009 - 10:15am
Date and Time: 
Fri, 18/09/2009 - 5:00pm
Location: 
187 Domain Rd, South Yarra. The store is located on the corner of Park St, opposite the Botanical Gardens.
Contact Name: 
UNITE
Contact Phone: 
93281555
Contact Email: 
info@unite.org.au
Website: 
www.unite.org.au

Time for Eddie Chan to pay up!

On Friday September 18 between 5-6pm UNITE will stage an action outside the 7-Eleven store at 187 Domain Rd, South Yarra. The store is located on the corner of Park St, opposite the Botanical Gardens.

The South Yarra store is part owned by Eddie Chan. Until recently Chan also owned the Moorabool St store in Geelong where he paid his workers only half of the wages they were owed!

UNITE estimates that these Geelong workers are owed more than $100,000. Chan is refusing to pay up despite being ordered to by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Active Melbourne Films- Indymedia Melbourne and Ross House docu series

Submitted by unsleeping on Mon, 14/09/2009 - 5:22pm
Date and Time: 
Thu, 24/09/2009 -
7:00pm to 10:30pm
Location: 
Ross House Association 247 Flinders Lane Melbourne 3000
Contact Name: 
Sarah Day
Contact Phone: 
9650 1599

To celebrate Melbourne's role in the landscape of global activism and the recent relaunch of Melbourne Indymedia collective, Mebourne Indymedia and the Ross House Association are launching the Documentary Series 'Active Melbourne Films', films designed to inform and inspire, on Thursday.

We will start with some assorted indymedia clips to celebrate the relaunch of Indymedia Melbourne.

The first main film in the Series is titled ' Uranium – is it a country?', a new German documentary film that looks at Australia’s place in the global nuclear trade.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Anti-Fascists attack Neo-Nazi's business in Burwood

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 14/09/2009 - 2:50pm

On the morning of the 14th of September, anti-fascists attacked the business of Justin O'Brien, known to be the Victorian representative of Blood & Honour, a worldwide neo-nazi organisation responsible for various race-hate crimes, including the racially motivated murder of a woman and her baby in Belgium.

O'Brien's tattoo shop, 'Hold Fast Tattoo' in Burwood was painted with 'Nazi Scum' and signed 'Antifa', in addition to its windows being smashed.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
anti-fascism

Address to "Switch Off Hazelwood" Climate Protest at Hazelwood Power Station, in Morwell, Victoria, by Dr Merryn Redenbach

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 14/09/2009 - 2:32pm

On Sunday 13th September, after an overnight climate camp in Morwell, Victoria, five hundred protesters gathered outside Hazelwood coal fired power station. Hazelwood is one of the developed world's most polluting power stations. Among the five speakers to the rally, Dr Merryn Redenbach, a paediatric doctor and one of the protest organizers, spoke about the impacts of climate change and why the protesters were willing to risk arrest for trespass to promote the transition to renewable energy and closing down coal fired power stations.

ADDRESS TO "SWITCH OFF HAZELWOOD"

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
climate change
coal
climate change protest
Hazelwood
renewable energy