Hello LeftLinkers Rally to Stop the Blackshirts!
This is another chance to endorse and help build a huge anti-Blackshirts protest rally and march on March 29 in Brunswick. It is being organised by Diversity in Safe Communities (DiSC), a coalition of residents, grassroots activists and anti-fascist fighters that formed last August out of widespread community opposition to these patriarchal thugs. Hearkening back to Mussolini's fascist gangs, the Blackshirts stalk women who leave often-violent relationships, win custody of the children or may be in a lesbian relationship. They regularly demonstrate outside the Family Court to harass women who are fighting custody battles and to recruit like-minded brethren. In September, a public meeting which packed out Brunswick Town Hall launched DiSC to defend everyone's right to decide how they will live and with whom - and to enjoy that right in safety. The meeting voted to set up a Rapid Response Network and organise a protest rally. The March rally will follow on from DiSC's highly successful counter-demonstration against the Blackshirts outside the Family Court just before Christmas. RALLY DETAILS: Saturday, 29 March. Rally 12.00 noon at Brunswick Town Hall, corner of Dawson St and Sydney Rd, Brunswick. TO ENDORSE: please contact Debbie on (03) 9386 3230 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To get involved, come to the next DiSC working group meeting on Saturday, 1 March, 1.00 pm at Solidarity Salon, 580 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, or contact Debbie (details above) to let us know what you can do. DiSC General Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month, 7.00 pm at Cafe Mingo, 600 Sydney Rd, Brunswick. Next meeting is Tuesday, 11 March. Everyone is welcome. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DiSC: contact Riki: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Paula: [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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink