LL:DDV: Timorlink Workshop, Sale of CD's and Tour of Duty play.
There is a Timorlink working policy Workshop coming up Friday 19th October 2001 11am-2pm in the Timor Office at the Trades Hall. We would be overjoyed if you are able to attend. Concert for East Timor and Winter Dreaming CD's are available from Boite P.O. Box 1019 Collingwood 3066. Live recording of two unique Melbourne Concert Hall concerts with the Melbourne Millennium Chorus supporting great Australian and East Timorese artists. Gasworks Arts Park and the Melbourne Festival with the Friends of Suai present TOUR OF DUTY. TOUR OF DUTY is a poignant memorial to the sixty-year relationship between Australia and East Timor as told by that chestnut of ocker sentiment-the old digger. A preview performance will be held on 8pm on Thursday October 11th. Other performances will be held at 8pmWed-Sat and 5pm Saturday and Sundays from 12th -28th October 2001 -- 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: And another Melbourne event for refugees... THE BIG SING!
Apologies for x-posting. For refugee activists and supporters who have a taste for music and the arts... THE BIG SING! Chris Chaplin Spokesperson for Trade, Immigration and Housing The Greens (Victoria) T: +61 3 9484 0802 M: 0400 886 876 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: www.vic.greens.org.au ^ THE BIG SING! The Melbourne Arts Community presents a major concert in support of Australia's refugees and asylum seekers SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER, 2.00PM MELBOURNE TOWN HALL The Big Sing is a concert - epic in scale - featuring *500* singers and musicians. The music celebrates the richness and strength of Melbourne's culturally diverse Artistic Community, and affirms the Artistic Community's concern and support for refugees who have found haven in Australia, as well as those who continue to seek refuge here. Advance Australia Fair: 'For those who come across the seas, we've boundless plains to share'. PERFORMERS The Melbourne Chorale Wadaiko Rindo Japanese Drummers Kurdistani musicians Dursan Ilknur Acar The Tongan Choir Young Voices of Melbourne Ensemble Gombert Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir Kavisha Mazzella La Voce della Luna Victorian College of the Arts, School of Music staff and students Melbourne University Choral Society The University of Melbourne Faculty of Music staff and students All Saint's Choir, Gloriana Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School Choir Astra Choir Tudor Choristers The Orchestra will include members from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, State Orchestra of Victoria, The University of Melbourne Faculty of Music Orchestra and the Victorian College of the Arts Orchestra Speakers include: Annette Xiberras, Wurundjeri Woman, Kulin Nation Cultural Heritage Organisation; Julian Burnside QC, Rev Tim Costello, Arnold Zable and Kon Karapanagiotidis. PROGRAM MOZART Requiem: Lacrimosa HANDEL Coronation Anthem: Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened TIPPETT A Child of Our Time: Spiritual of Anger VERDI Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew exiles) Richard Gill conductor The Big Sing is generously supported by [various logos]. TICKETS $15/10 BOOKINGS: CUB MALTHOUSE TEL: 9685 5111 ALSO AVAILABLE ON SUNDAY 14TH MELBOURNE TOWN HALL -- 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: Three pro-refugee anti-racist events in Melbourne...
Apologies for x-posting. Please circulate widely... Chris Chaplin Spokesperson for Trade, Immigration and Housing The Greens (Victoria) T: +61 3 9484 0802 M: 0400 886 876 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: www.vic.greens.org.au ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` As part of Refugee Week, the Darebin Greens are staging a 'MOCK IMPRISONMENT' of women and children, to highlight the plight of these 'invisible people' in immigration detention centres. Saturday, 13th October, 11am at Preston Market (Melways Melways map 18 G11) Murray Road side, in the space between Coles supermarket and the Market, outside Speciality Meats and the Party Supplies Shop **Local mother and Greens candidate for Batman in the upcoming federal election, Alex. Bhathal, will introduce the imprisonment. Women and children speakers needed especially in languages other than English (Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Vietnamese) - people to read aloud case studies and a child or young person who can read selections from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. # This will be a small, calm event, in a public space. Toilets, food and drinks close by. # It will last for approximately half an hour. # Please explain to your child that we are 'acting' the imprisonment. # Care will be taken to make sure it's a positive experience for all involved: at the end, the detention centre will be theatrically closed down and the detainees released into the care and support of the community, just as we would like to see!). # If this event is successful, we intend to use mock imprisonment of women and children repeatedly in the Federal election campaign, to draw public attention to the plight of families in the detention centres. There are hundreds of children in Immigration Detention Centres around Australia. They live in cramped and highly stressful conditions - they live in prisons! At Maribyrnong, children go to school in armoured vehicles, escorted by armed security guards. They have no contact outside of school hours with their school-mates. They see nothing of the wider Australian community, of life outside the Detention Centres. What sort of life is this for a child? What legacy will it leave them? Show your abhorrence for this situation by coming along this Saturday! Call the Darebin Greens on 9480 1740 or 9484 0802 to volunteer or for more info. Media enquiries, please contact Chris Chaplin on 0400 886 876 ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` In celebration of Refugee Week, come to the 'WOMEN RESPECTING DIVERSITY' RALLY The women of Victoria, Irrespective of their race, religion, ethnicity and colour, are working together to combat religious and racial intolerance that proliferated since the New York tragedy. Defend Multiculturalism from those who are determined to use the incident to unleash their anti-Muslim and anti-Arab sentiments. When: Sunday October 14, 2001 Time: 11:30 am to 2:30 pm (official start at 12 noon) Where: Steps of the Victorian Parliament (top of Bourke Street, City), and afterwards in the Treasury Gardens nearby. What: Short speeches from diverse women, enjoy some music/entertainment, then BYO picnic. Show your solidarity and support by wearing green, white or purple symbolising women for peace and harmony. Family, partners and friends are most welcome. For information, please ring: Rosemary Iachelini 9687 3494 or 0418 568 490, Sheila Byard 9376 7870, Annie Pettitt 9654 5050, Dr. Melika Sheik-Eldin 9328 5611 or 0414 952 431, and Nazrah Ibrahim 0402 434 620. Organised by the Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women's Coalition Supported by YWCA Victoria, AMES, VCOSS, UNAA Status of Women Network, AFUW-Vic, Union of Australian Women, ANCORW, ALP Women's Policy Committee, WAVE, CAPOW, Islamic Council of Victoria, Women's Health West, Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria, Melbourne City Mission, Inner Western MRC, Equal Opportunity Commission Vic, ourcommunity.com.au. and many others. ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` Also coming up: The Catholic Commission for Justice, Development Peace (Melbourne) Public Forum . Why has racist sentiment flared up in Australia? . Is racism spontaneous or cultivated? . How has Australia dealt with racism? . What can be done for the future? Speakers: Ms. Diane Sisely, CEO, Equal Opportunity Commission Ms. Joumanah Al Matrah, Islamic Women's Welfare Council Dr. Andrew Markus, Director, Australian Centre for Jewish Studies, Monash University Fr. Andy Hamilton, Publisher, Eureka Street Wednesday, 31 October 2001 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. Australian Volunteers International Frank Engels Room 88 Kerr Street, Fitzroy (Melway ref.: 2C, A6) RSVP: Genevieve Ryan at the CCJDP on (03) 9926 5710 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kerr Street is accessible from Tram nos. 11 12 from Collins Street and No. 96 from Bourke Street. Pay parking is available in the Bullring Carpark, Argyle Street (entrance from Johnston Street) or there is limited meter parking in Kerr Street and surrounds. --- -- Leftlink -
LL:DDV: Latin Fiesta
Dear Friend and Comrades, We are the Chilean Popular and Indigenous Network. We are a non-profitable community group who works in solidarity with the Indigenous community and grass-root Organisations in Latin America, focuses on Chile during 2001. We have been actively working since 1994; one of our important objectives is distribute current information about the indigenous communities, social and political events in Latin America that are relevant for the Australian and Latin American communities. We carry out this task by publishing an informative bulletin every two months. Our activities are funded by its own members and any money raised is sent to the Chilean Indigenous community to support the two projects that we have been supporting since 2000. We also support political prisoners and their families, Independent trade union movement in Chile. We proudly support any struggle in Australia that supports human and Indigenous rights. In this moment we are supporting with all our effort and possibilities the current campaign to stop the injustice war against poor nations, such as Afghanistan, we must react to this action carried out by rich countries which has the only objective to dominate the people and bring us a new kind of world where exploitation and barbaric society will take in place by Globalise Capitalism, the only thing we have and must do is to oppose it, enough is enough. Finally we would like to extend a warm invitation to our activity. Fiesta Latina Solidarity Latin Dance, with 7 pieces live latin band banana 6 will take place on: Saturday 20th October, 7 PM at Brunswick Town Hall. 233 Sydney Rd, Brunswick,Solidarity night with a Hospital of Indigenous people of Chile, and also with the 2002 Latin American Solidarity Conference. Bookings: 9481 2273,0401 558373, 0402 586106 We would be very happy to see you there. Our struggle will Continue, none have to stop us. Thank you before hand for your time and cooperation. Sincerely, Lucho Riquelme on behalf of Chilean Popular and Indigenous Network -- 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:DDN: Community march against war and racism
Hi everyone, below are details for community marches against war and racism in Sydney which are being organised by Socialist Alliance and details of some of the women candidates who are running as Socialist Alliance candidates in NSW and Sydney. In addition to Pip Hinman (NSW SA Senate candidate) and Sue Johnson (SA candidate for Grayndlyer), there are two other women on the greater Sydney tickets for Socialist Alliance - Lisa Mcdonald (SA candidate for Reid) Marina Carmen (SA candidate for Kingsford Smith). There will also be a community march in Auburn on October 20 - for more details check out www.socialist-alliance.org MEDIA RELEASE www.socialist-alliance.org Wednesday October 10, 2001 Local candidates call community march against war and racism Two Newtown residents who will be contesting the November 10 federal elections have called a community candle-lit march against war and racism for Friday October 19. Ms Sue Johnson (30), the Socialist Alliance candidate for Grayndler and Ms Pip Hinman (42), the lead Socialist Alliance candidate for the NSW Senate urged the local community to support the march. Greens Councillor Sylvia Hale will be one of the speakers addressing thenight march, which will wind its way down busy King Street after gathering at the junction of King St and Enmore Rd at 5.30pm. Other speakers will include members of the Afghan community, other refugee communities, local unionists, pensioners and refugee activists. Ms Johnson, a public service facilities planner, said that many people in the local community were disgusted at the bi-partisan support for the war against Afghanistan and the outrageous treatment of the few hundred refugees Australia has to deal with. Ms Hinman, a full-time human rights campaigner, said that PM John Howard had shown a total disregard for the human rights of refugees while promoting a war that will add to the 25 million refugees already fleeing war, oppression and poverty. Sue Johnson 0407 485 201 Pip Hinman 0412 139 968 Grayndler Socialist Alliance campaign launch: 7pm Tuesday October 23, Herb Greedy Hall, cnr Petersham Marrickville Rds, Marrickville. * * * Media opportunities from 6.30pm * * * Additional information on Ms Pip Hinman Ms Hinman, full-time campaigner for human rights in Asia, was briefly detained by Indonesian police, along with her four-year-old daughter and 30 other international participants in a labour rights conference in Jakarta in June. (See www.asiet.org.au). Ms Hinman is sharing the Socialist Alliance Senate ticket with leading refugee rights activist Ian Rintoul. -- 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: Anti War Rally this Saturday OCT 13 2pm Arts Centre Foyer
STOP NUCLEAR MISSILE DEFENCE CLOSE PINE GAP NO TO WAR Victorian Arts Centre Foyer 100 St Kilda Rd Melbourne then marching to the US Consulate 553 St Kilda Road GLOBAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT A NUCLEAR FREE AUSTRALIA NO TO RACISM NO NEW NUCLEAR ARMS RACE October 13 is the international day of action against nuclear missile defence. This mad plan by the US has committed 130 billion dollars to a plan that cant prevent nuclear attack. It will not stop nuclear terrorism. In light of this Nuclear Free Australia has initiated this rally. Never has a nuclear free Australia been more important. There is little doubt that Australian Uranium is being used in depleted uranium being dumped on Afghanistan. The global positioning system, of which the US base in Australia, Pine Gap is part of, is being used to pinpoint and guide the bombing in Afghanistan. Lets not mince words this makes every Australian a terrorist target. The Australian government is one of the most enthusiastic supporters of NMD. In order to overwhelm any US missile shield countries like China and Russia will develop new and more powerful weapons that can evade detection. This can only lead to a new nuclear arms race. We must begin to mobilise against Australia's participation in the entire nuclear industry and our all the way with George W approach when it comes to US wars and US desire for absolute military superiority over the whole globe. Nuclear Free Australia. Meetings Tuesdays 7pm Activist space RMIT student Union. Contact Hillel Freedman 0417506150 -- 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
