LL:DDV: Geelong: Study Series on Socialist Feminism
Radical Women invites you to join us on Week #2 of our 6-week study of "The Radical Women Manifesto: Socialist Feminist Theory, Program and Organizational Structure" Saturday, 22 September, 2.00 - 3.30 pm This week: Origins of Oppression; Women under Capitalism; Race and Gender New participants are most welcome. Come at 1.30 pm for light snacks beforehand ($3.00 donation) The Radical Women Manifesto is available in English and Spanish for $10.00 by mail (email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details). Copies will also be available for purchase at study group meetings. Everyone is welcome! Venue: Wathaurong Cooperative, Morgan St, North Geelong Sponsored by: Radical Women, PO Box 94, Drysdale Vic 3222, www.socialism.com For information or a lift, phone Brenda (03) 5253 3373 or Brigitte (03) 5241 3901 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: rally 22 Sep - *no to racist scapegoating*no to war*free
the refugees Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:03:52 +1000 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Stop the war on refugees End racist scapegoating No to retaliation - no to war RALLY on 22 September 1pm State Library (cnr Latrobe and Swanston sts) Speakers include: Barney Cooney, ALP Senator for Victoria Andrew Rowe, Councillor, City of Moreland Australian Arabic Council Kate Davison, National Education Officer, NUS Victorian Trades Hall Council Chris Chaplin, Greens Victoria Alison Thorne, Senate candidate Socialist Alliance Brian Pound, Refugee Action Collective and Secretary Equity Branch MEAA This rally coincides with the "Free the Refugees--Solidarity Bus Tour" to Woomera Detention Centre. The mock detention centre will be set up at the State Library The bombings in America are awful. But war and military action are no solution: they simply mean more death, more destruction, more hatred, more refugees. We need international social justice, not revenge. We need to keep Australia from being involved in any military adventure. We need to stand up against the racist abuse being inflicted on Muslim people around Australia. And we need to stop the federal government using the American crisis to justify locking up refugees. Ring Veronica for posters, leaflets, more details: 0421 724 905 Refugee Action Collective 0418 347 374 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: O3- anti-war protest
O3: NO TO WAR! NO TO RACISM The major theme of the first day of the protest at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Melbourne on Wednesday 3 October will be opposition to the current build up to war in the Middle East and against the racist scapegoating of Arabs and Muslims in Australia. A series of the heads of states, including John Howard, of the coalition that is building up to support the US war drive in the Middle East will be speaking at the conference. So here is a major opportunity to make our voices heard against the war in which George Bush is threatening to engulf us and for which John Howard is a a major cheer leader. The protest starts at 7am on Wednesday 3 October @ the Hilton Hotel, 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne. John Howard will be speaking at the forum from 5pm. So join the protest against Bush and Howard's drive to war. For more information on the three day CBF protest go to www.s11.org/O3 Mick Armstrong O3 to CHOGM Alliance -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:ART: Bomb them with butter, bribe them with hope]
Bomb them with butter, bribe them with hope A military response, particularly an attack on Afghanistan, is exactly what the terrorists want. It will strengthen and swell their small but fanatical ranks. Instead, bomb Afghanistan with butter, with rice, bread, clothing and medicine. It will cost less than conventional arms, poses no threat of US casualties and just might get the populace thinking that maybe the Taliban don't have the answers. After three years of drought and with starvation looming, let's offer the Afghani people the vision of a new future. One that includes full stomachs. Bomb them with information. Video players and cassettes of world, leaders, particularly Islamic leaders, condemning terrorism. Carpet the country with magazines and newspapers showing the horror of terrorism committed by their "guest". Blitz them with laptop computers and DVD players filled with a perspective that is denied them by their government. Saturation bombing with hope will mean that some of it gets through. Send so much that the Taliban can't collect and hide it all. The Taliban are telling their people to prepare for Jihad. Instead, let's give the Afghani people their first good meal in years. Seeing your family fully fed and the prospect of stability in terms of food and a future is a powerful deterrent to martyrdom. All we ask in return is that they, as a people, agree to enter the civilized world. That includes handing over terrorists in their midst. In responding to terrorism we need to do something different. Something unexpected..something that addresses the root of the problem. We need to take away the well of despair, ignorance and brutality from which the Osama bin Laden's of the world water their gardens of terror. *(((* Please pass this along. It is important that we learn to think in NEW ways. If we continue attacking in the old ways we will get the same old results. Look at what has been happening the middle east for thousands of years to see what we can expect if we attack with bombs and military force. Do we want to live a life of fear as people in the middle east do? -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: Public Meeting: Direct Action: Lessons from recent events
Comrades, The Socialist Party, Australian section of the Committee for a workers international has had a wealth of experience in direct action in community campaigns such as the Richmond Secondary College occupation and in industrial disputes and mass actions like S11. We have seen recently in Genoa a sustained effort by the capitalist state to intimidate, criminalise and terrorize participants and organisers alike of anti-capitalist protets. We have called a public meeting to discuss and clarify tactics, strategies and democratic organisational principles and structures to ensure that future events such as O3 achieve their objectives. We think that such discussions are urgently needed at this time to ensure that our civil liberties are defended. The meeting will be at Trades hall at 7pm on Tuesday 25th September. You are invited to attend. Comradely greetings, Jim O'Connor -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: Dalai Lama opposes use of force
1. Dalai Lama opposes use of force (UPI) NEW DELHI, India, Sep 17, 2001 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has urged the United States not to use force in retaliation against the terrorist strikes on New York and Washington. In a letter written to President Bush, the exiled Tibetan leader said the use of force in retaliation against the terrorist strikes on New York and Washington "might not be appropriate." "Any problem within humanity should be solved in a humanitarian way and Ahimsa (non-violence) is the human way of approaching a target," the letter said. The Dalai Lama wrote: "The essence of all major religions, I believe, is forgiveness, brotherhood and sisterhood along with many other things. But there are people who use religion ... but blaming a particular religion will not be appropriate." "It is wrong to describe it as an act by Muslim terrorists. Because, I think all religions have the same potential to strengthen human values and to develop general harmony," the Press Trust of India reported, quoting from the letter. --- 2. Dalai Lama urges U.S. to shun violence (Reuters) CALCUTTA, India, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama urged the United States on Monday not to respond militarily to last week's devastating attacks, saying only non-violence could combat international terrorism. "While I express my sympathy, I have appealed to the U.S. president not to respond with more violence as violence is not an appropriate answer," the Tibetan Buddhist leader told a news conference in Calcutta. The Dalai Lama fled from his homeland to India with thousands of followers in 1959, nine years after the Chinese army entered Tibet and overthrew the Buddhist theocracy there. The 1989 Nobel Peace Prize laureate's comments came after Pope John Paul appealed on Sunday to the world not to allow the attacks on New York and Washington to lead to more violence, and not to allow "a spiral of hate and violence" to prevail. The United States has pledged to avenge the attacks by hijacked airliners that slammed into the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon near Washington last Tuesday. NON-VIOLENCE ONLY ANSWER "Most cases of violence only cause destruction...these things will have to be prevented the non-violent way. Only non-violent means can counter terrorism in the long-term," the Dalai Lama said. The United States has said Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, harboured by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, was the prime suspect behind the attacks in which some 5,000 people were killed or are missing. Bin Laden, a 44-year-old multi-millionaire, has denied he was responsible, saying Afghanistan would not permit it. The Dalai Lama said he believed there were numerous causes for the attacks. "Every event has many causes...you can't just pick up one individual-- Osama bin Laden -- and say he was responsible. That is not realistic," said the Dalai Lama, whose exiled government accuses China of repression in Tibet. "The economic gap between the rich and poor nations is one factor (that could have been responsible)," he said. But the Dalai Lama said the attacks could not have been sanctified by any religion. "The essence of all major religions is compassion, forgiveness, contentment, self-discipline and brotherhood," he said. "Some people may only be using the name of religion to justify their actions," he said. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: Merri Creek
On Sunday 23 September from 10.00am to 1.00pm there will be a Wetland Guided Tour and Handweeding session at the Rotunda Wetland Hall Reserve Clifton Hill (Melway ref: 44 H1). Guides are Ben North from Friends of the Quarries Clifton Hill and Judy Allen from Victorian Indigenous Nurseries Co-operative. For more details contact Barb miles at Merri Creek management Committee on 9380 8199. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
