I'm copying hereunder - and also attaching in rtf to preserve the
formatting - the program for the first three months of a new
"Wednesday Night at the New International Bookshop" series of weekly
political and public policy events which may be of interest to you,
and which you may wish to draw to the attention of your friends,
workmates and other associates. Best wishes, Race Mathews.
"WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BOOKSHOP"
A New Joint Venture by the Australian Fabian Society (Victorian
Branch), the New International Bookshop, Arena and Overland Magazines
and the Labour History Society.
For a six month trial period from 31 January, 2001, there will be
forums and other events on key political and public policy issues
every Wednesday at the New International Bookshop. The aim of the
program is to raise political consciousness, promote informed
discussion and provide a meeting place for getting to know one
another and exchanging views.
Wednesday, 31 January: AFS Event: ALP Federal Shadow Minister for
Industrial Affairs Arch Bevis will speak on "The Future of Enterprise
Bargaining". and join Melbourne Trades Hall Council Secretary Leigh
Hubbard and Australian Workers' Union (Vic) secretary Bill Shorten
for a panel discussion and questions.
Wednesday, 7 February: NIB Event: Warren Fahey (musician, folklorist
and professional larrikin) leads a celebration of protest songs,
convict ballads and scurrilous verses collected in his new book
Ratbags & Rabblerousers. Join us for a musical trip through
Australian history, from 'The Balls of Bob Menzies'. to "Joh's Were
The Days". Special guests to be announced.
Wednesday, 14 February: AFS Event: - For the People: Reclaiming Our
Government. Co-editors of the long-running Fabian Society "Labor
Essays" series, Dennis Glover and Glenn Patmore, join MP contributors
Craig Emmerson and Lindsay Tanner for a panel discussion of Labor
Essays 2001 and a launch by Victorian Treasurer and Minister for
State and Regional Development, John Brumby.
Wednesday, 21 February: AFS Event: "Dancing with Wolves: The Untenable
Tenets of the Third Way". Political scientist Hugh Emy and Labor MP Mark
Latham debate issues about the Third Way raised by Hugh in a notable
December 2000 address to the Tasmanian Branch of the AFS.
Wednesday, 28 February: Arena Event: "Beyond Blue - the Depression
Epidemic and Contemporary Life". Guy Rundle - journalist, social
commentator, Arena Magazine editor and script writer for Max Gillies
- discusses : Is there a depression 'epidemic'? What does it tell us
about contemporary society if there is? Will the cure turn out to be
worse than the disease?
Wednesday, 7 March: NIB Event: Australia in Accord? Professor Ken
Wilson - director of the Workplace Studies Unit at Victoria
University - introduces his new book on the Prices and Incomes Accord
of the Hawke/Keating years and joins a panel for discussion and
questions
Wednesday, 14 March. Labour History Society Event: Crusade or
Conspiracy? Bruce Duncan talks about his new book on the 1954/55
Labor Party split and joins fellow authors Paul Ormonde (The
Movement, 1972) and Bob Murray (The Split, 1970) for a panel
discussion and questions about B.A. Santamaria and his legacy today
Wednesday, 21 March. Overland Event: "The Australian Labor Party:
'Temper Democratic, Bias Australian'" Melbourne University's
Professor Stuart Macintyre delivers the first of a series of four
major public lectures organised by the editors of Overland.
Wednesday, 28 March. Arena event: "Third Way - Turnoff Ahead?: An
Alternative Politics of Community". Arena Assistant editor and AFS
Research Committee member Chris Scanlon takes up the Third Way theme
from Hugh Emy and Mark Latham.
4, 11, 18 & 25 April: Venue required by the Melbourne Comedy
Festival. Program resumes Wednesday 2 May.
6pm for 6:30pm, New International Bookshop Centre, Trades Hall,
Victoria Street, Carlton. Admission: Members/Subscribers $5, Others
$6, Concession $2.
Want to know more about the Australian Fabian Society and receive a
sample copy of the society's journal Fabian Newsletter? Write, to Box
2707X, GPO, Melbourne, 3001, fax (03) 9553 0148 or e-mail
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
Dr Race Mathews,
Senior Research Fellow,
International Centre for Management in Government,
Monash University/MountEliza School of Business and Government.
Postal Address:
123 Alexanda Avenue,
South Yarra, Vic, 3141,
Australia.
Phone/Fax: (03) 9826 0104.
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