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Stop the Theft of Public Housing

Submitted by jeremytrewindixon on Wed, 16/10/2013 - 12:01pm

Date and Time:

Sat, 09/11/2013 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Location:

Victorian State Library Lawns, statue of Joan of Arc. 328 Swanston St, Melbourne 3000

Contact Name:

Jeremy Dixon

Contact Phone:

0455 728 403

Contact Email:

jeremytrewindixon@yahoo.com.au

Gather underneath St Joan in front of the State Library. Feel free to bring musical instruments and so forth, some simple street theatre is planned although still working on the details. There will be a planning meeting in the Small Hall at Jika Jika Community Centre, cnr Plant & Union Sts in Northcote very near Westgarth Station, Sunday 27 October, 1pm. Call Jeremy on 0455 728 403 for more information.

Geography:

Melbourne

Victoria

WGAR News: Should Australia have quotas for Indigenous MPs?: Michael Kenny, SBS Radio News

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 09/10/2013 - 4:58pm

Newsletter date: 10 October 2013

Contents:

* Michael Kenny, SBS Radio News: Should Australia have quotas for Indigenous MPs?

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: SWALSC & Noongar Tent Embassy face-off on land deal - October 15
* Background to the Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island (Matagarup), Perth, WA
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* Ian McPhedran, The Courier-Mail: Historians say the Australian War Memorial should recognise frontier conflicts

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Red Cinema: AZADI: Oppression Detention Asylum Hope Faith Freedom.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 07/10/2013 - 5:03pm

Date and Time:

Thu, 10/10/2013 -

6:30pm to 8:30pm

Location:

Resistance Centre, level 5, 407 Swanston St, City (opposite RMIT).

Contact Name:

Chris

Contact Phone:

9639 8622

Contact Email:

peterson_err@hotmail.com

Website:

http://www.socialist-alliance.org/

Thursday, October 10

Geography:

Melbourne

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 42 events from 7 October 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 07/10/2013 - 9:53am

Newsletter date: 7 October 2013

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

Click on the links for details of the events ...

Event: 1 June to 7 October 2013: South Bank, Qld
My Country, I Still Call Australia Home:
Contemporary Art from Black Australia
Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
"This exhibition will be the Gallery's largest ever exhibition
of contemporary Indigenous Australian art. It will feature
works by Indigenous Australian artists from across the country."

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Melbourne SEP Public Meeting: Syria, Iran and the geopolitics of American militarism

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/10/2013 - 6:14pm

Date and Time:

Sun, 13/10/2013 -

3:00pm to 6:00pm

Location:

Arts House, Meat Market, 5 Blackwood St, North Melbourne (Melway Reference: 2B A9)

Website:

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/10/01/sepa-o01.html

Just weeks ago, the United States was on the verge of launching war against Syria, an act of aggression that threatened to trigger a broader conflict with Iran, Russia and China.

In the face of overwhelming popular opposition to war within the United States and internationally, the Obama administration made a tactical retreat. It seized upon a Russian proposal to secure a United Nations resolution dictating the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons, and opened up talks to extract political concessions from Iran.

Geography:

Melbourne

How To Make Trouble and Influence People Melbourne Book Launch

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/10/2013 - 2:58pm

Date and Time:

Fri, 18/10/2013 -

6:00pm to 8:00pm

Location:

Friends of the Earth Food Co-op & Cafe 312 Smith street, Collingwood

Website:

facebook.com/howtomaketrouble

HOW TO MAKE TROUBLE AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE
Pranks, Protests, Graffiti & Political Mischief-Making from across Australia
(Second Edition)

MELBOURNE BOOK LAUNCH AND EXHIBITION
Friday 18th October
6-8PM
Friends of the Earth
Food Co-op & Cafe
312 Smith street, Collingwood
(Crn of Smith and Perry Streets)

With talks by:
Iain McIntyre (book author)
Tom Civil (book designer and street artist)
Rayna Fahey (craftivist)

Geography:

Melbourne

Red Cinema: AZADI: Oppression, detention, asylum, hope, faith, freedom

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 01/10/2013 - 4:34pm

Date and Time:

Thu, 10/10/2013 -

6:30pm to 8:30pm

Location:

Resistance Centre, level 5, 407 Swanston St, City (opposite RMIT).

Contact Name:

Chris

Contact Phone:

9639 8622

Contact Email:

peterson_err@hotmail.com

Website:

http://www.socialist-alliance.org/

Thursday, October 10, 7pm (meal from 6pm). Every year, thousands of people set sail for Australian shores seeking asylum, seeking protection, seeking freedom. Azadi follows the plight of an Afghani schoolteacher and his asthmatic son, who escape their oppressive homeland only to encounter another kind of persecution upon arrival in Australia. This short film will be introduced by a refugee activist. Afterwards there will be time for a discussion of the refugee policies of the Abbott government afterwards.$10/$6. For more info ph 9639 8622.

Geography:

Melbourne

5 Session Study Circle

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 01/10/2013 - 11:39am

Date and Time:

Mon, 14/10/2013 -

7:00pm to 9:00pm

Location:

Solidarity Salon 580 Sydney Road, Brunswick

Contact Phone:

03 9388 - 0062

Contact Email:

freedom.socialist.party@ozemail.com.au

Website:

www.socialism.com

5-session study circle
Leon Trotsky and the Power of Ideas

Are you intrigued to know more about revolutionary leader, Leon Trotsky? Do you want to learn about the importance of the Russian Revolution, to understand why Stalin’s bureaucracy emerged, to know where leadership comes from and how to change society?

The problems faced by Trotsky are still the problems of today: war, hunger, poverty and the lack of democratic rights in supposedly democratic societies.

Geography:

Melbourne

WGAR News: State Government apologies 30 years later to the family of John Pat: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 30/09/2013 - 3:18pm

Newsletter date: 1 October 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: State Government apologies 30 years later to the family of John Pat
* Emma Wynne, ABC Perth: Apology to John Pat's family but Aboriginal deaths in custody on the increase
* NITV News: WA government agrees to John Pat apology
* NITV News: Ben Wyatt's call for a national apology is passed unanimously

* SBS 6:30 News Video reporting back on rallies on National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
* NITV News: Australians march to stop all deaths in custody

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BZE Discussion group: 6:30pm Monday 7 October Dr Matthew Rimmer ANU - The Fossil Fuel Resistance

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 29/09/2013 - 5:13pm

Date and Time:

Mon, 07/10/2013 -

6:30pm to 8:00pm

Location:

Fritz Loewe Theatre (entry via level 2) McCoy Building University of Melbourne Cnr Elgin & Swanston Streets, Carlton

Website:

http://bze.org.au/events/discussion/

Dr Matthew Rimmer (ANU) will present The Fossil Fuel Resistance: Intellectual Property, Climate Activism, and Culture-Jamming. It promises to be an interesting and engaging evening.

Dr Matthew Rimmer, associate professor at the Australain National University (ANU) College of Law, will analyse specific stunts by The Yes Men, who impersonate big-time criminals to publicly humiliate them. They have created The Yes Lab which is devoted to helping activists use creative techniques to promote change.

Geography:

Melbourne