LL:DDV: public forum
Public forum on What it means, in 2003, to be a woman or a man a generation on from the Women's Liberation Movement with guest speakers: Beatrice Faust - The Weaker Sex Val Kaye - Affirmative Action Bob Pease - Masculinity after the second wave feminism Wednesday 3rd September 2003 8.00pm Clarrie Whollers Hall, Corner Albert and Cross Streets, Brunswick wine and nibbles provides ALL WELCOME hosted by the MORELAND BRANCH OF THE GREENS Enquiries Jo 9380 6704AH -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Public forum- Environment under Fire
Public Forum Environment Under Fire Tuesday 22nd May, 6.30pm Level 5, Druids House 407 Swanston St (opp RMIT) Speakers Tristy Fairfield - Friends of the Earth National Climate Spokesperson Scott Kinnear - Victorian Greens Senate candidate Jo Brown - Democratic Socialist Party completing PHD in climate change Speakers will discuss whether capitalism can provide for a sustainable future. What are socialist solutions to the environmental crisis? What are the implications of the latest US backdown on the Kyoto agreement? Organised by the melbourne Central branch of he Democratic Socialist Party. For more info phone 9639 8622 -- 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 forum with Ali Kazak
Public Forum Who is to blame: Middle Eastern People or US foreign policy? Discussion on the US tragedy and possible implications speakers include: Ali Kazak - Head of the General Palestinian delegation to Australia and Palestinian Ambassador to Vanuatu Surma Hamid - Political refugee and Representative of Worker Communist Party of Iraq Alison Thorne - Socialist Alliance Senate Candidate Thursday, 20/09/01, 7.00pm, New Council Chambers, Trades Hall, corner Lygon st and Victoria st., Carlton, entry by donation sponsored by Socialist Alliance Seat of Melbourne endorsed by: Socialist Alliance House of Representative Candidates for Gellibrand, Jorge Jorquera; Batman, Jackie Lynch; Corio, Tim Gooden; Wills, David Glanz; Aston, Josephie Cox contact: 9639 8622, 9388 0062, 0417 537 388 -- 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 forum with ANURADHA MITTAL
Apologies for cross postings. Please send out through your networks, elists or ebulletins. All welcome. Thanks. a public forum: ** GLOBALISING HUNGER? Food, trade and neoliberalism ** International guest ANURADHA MITTAL, co-director of the California-based 'peoples' think tank FOOD FIRST, tackles world trade and the root causes of world hunger. Thursday March 27, 6-8pm Seminar Rooms 1 and 2 Storey Hall, 344 Swanston Street, City Wheel chair accessible Food First (www.foodfirst.org) highlights root causes and value-based solutions to hunger and poverty, establishing food as a fundamental human right. Anuradha Mittal's articles on food and trade have been published in numerous national and international newspapers and journals, bringing together the links between debt, aid, cash crops, genetic engineering and neoliberalism to explain world hunger and poverty. She was born in India and is currently based in the United States. Presented by the Globalism Institute (www.rmit.edu.au/globalism) and the Friends of the Earth Trade Campaign (www.foe.org.au). RSVP if possible, by calling Friends of the Earth on 9419 8700 or emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Friends of the Earth's trade campaign is run by a collective of people using creative and catchy public education and direct action to oppose corporate globalisation. To get involved come to a meeting (fortnightly on Monday evenings), or contact FoE on 9419 8700. - help keep FoE active - give a tax-free donation - Friends of the Earth Melbourne (Australia) PO Box 222 Fitzroy 3065 312 Smith St Collingwood Phone: (03) 9419 8700 Fax: (03) 9416 2081 (International: tel. +61 (3) 9419 8700; fax +61 (3) 9416 2081) www.melbourne.foe.org.au .. -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Public Forum "S11, Labor & Police Violence
Organised by the Democratic Socialist Party this forum will look at the Bracks government's year in power. It'll examine their role in brutally putting down peaceful protesters at the S11 blockade and examine the overall role and politics of Labor. Are they the Party for workers and the poor? If not: what should the left and progressive movements build in it's place? Those and many more questions and comments will be addressed at this timely of timely meeting! Oct 12 Thurs 6:30pm @ Melb Resistance Centre. Level 5, 407 Swanston St, Melb. (just opp. RMIT) Ph. 9639 8622 www.dsp.org -- 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.VJ
LL:DDV: Public Forum - White Settlement in Australia
* * * PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY * * * WHITE SETTLEMENT IN AUSTRALIA: violent conquest or benign colonisation? KEITH WINDSCHUTTLE debates PAT GRIMSHAW WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH @ 6.30PM New Council Chamber, Trades Hall In his recent book The Fabrication of Aboriginal History, Keith Windschuttle charges academic historians with a series of wilful misrepresentations intended to portray Australia as a society marked by atrocities against Aborigines. In this important debate, Keith Windschuttle and Pat Grimshaw outline competing accounts of white settlement, and explain what's at stake in the dispute. Keith Windschuttle is the author of The Killing of History: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past (2000), now in its fourth edition, as well as five other books on contemporary social issues. His most recent book, The Fabrication of Aboriginal History, Volume One, Van Diemen's Land 1803-1847, was published by Macleay Press in November 02. He is also a publisher and a frequent contributor to The New Criterion and Quadrant. Pat Grimshaw holds the Max Crawford Chair of History at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of Women's Suffrage in New Zealand (revised edition 1987) and Paths of Duty: American Missionary Women in Nineteenth Century Hawaii (1989), and co-author of Creating a Nation (1994). A co-authored comparative study of the place of indigenous peoples in the political structures of British settler colonies is currently in press with Manchester University Press. The event will be chaired by Associate Professor Joy Damousi, Editor of Australian Historical Studies. ENTRY: $5 FULL / $3 CONCESSION / RMIT & LATROBE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FREE Further information from Gillian on 9925 2910 or Jeff on 9662 3744 www.advocacy.tce.rmit.edu.au or www.nibs.org.au Sponsored by the RMIT Community Advocacy Unit, the New International Bookshop, Australian Historical Studies, the Australian Historical Association and Latrobe University Aboriginal Studies. Gillian Davy Co-ordinator, Community Advocacy Unit School of Social Science and Planning RMIT University GPO Box 2476V Melbourne VIC 3001 http://advocacy.tce.rmit.edu.au Tel: +61 3 9925 2910 Fax: +61 3 9925 1855 -- -- 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
LL:DDV: Public forum - 'global perspectives, local action'
Public forum - 'global perspectives, local action' The forum will feature Friends of the Earth (FoE) speakers from around the world who are in Melbourne for the FoE International AGM. Countries represented at the forum include Nigeria, United States, Costa Rica, England, Wales & Northern Ireland, Ukraine, Ghana. The speakers will be discussing current environnmental and social justice campaigns from around the world. Sunday 29th November 2-5pm at the Ecoversity - Australian Conservation Foundation 340 Gore St, Fitzroy For More Information: Friends of the Earth ...Phone: 9419-8700; ..FAX: 94162081; .EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Speakers: Andrea Durbin (FoE-US): Andrea is well known for her work on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI). The MAI was successfully halted through a concerted international campaign. FoE US played a leading role in research, community education and tracking of the negotiations for the MAI. Nnimmo Bassey (Environmental Rights Action Nigeria): Nnimmo is a well known poet and architect and is the Director of Environmental Rights Action, which undertakes many broad-based campaigns throughout Nigeria. Originally starting as a group of public interest lawyers, ERA became focussed on environmental issues when research indicated that up to 80% of human rights abuses in Nigeria were related to environmental issues and the behaviour of government policy and transnational activity in securing acccess to natural resources. Gabriel Rivas Ducca (Asociacion Ecologista Costarricense AECO Costa Rica): Gabriel is a biologist and social ecologist who has worked on a large number of campaigns within Central America, including campaigns against multinational paper companies, open cut gold mining and dams which would displace farming communities. He has extensive experience with conservation of endangered species, forest and wetlands campaigns. Gabriel is one of the co-ordinators of the FoEI mining campaign and represents AECO on the FoEI executive committee. Ronnie Hall (England, Wales & Northern Ireland): Ronnie is co-ordinator of the FoE International Trade, Environment and Sustainability program. This campaign aims to harness trade as a positive force in the development of sustainable societies. This demands more equity within nations and peoples, a reduction in resource and consumption, increased trade within local communities and regions, and greater public participation in government decision-making. FoE monitors negotiations and agreements by the international and regional trade organisations and the UN. Victor Khazan (Ukraine): Many people are unaware of the environment movement in Eastern Europe. FoE was one of the first environmental networks to meet up with pre-existing groups in the East and subsequently has had member groups join in most Eastern European nations. Victor has experience in agriculture, ecologically sustainable development, energy, waste and many local campaigns. He has a special interest in the development of Ukrainian culture and the role of national minority groups within the broader national identity. Theo Anderson (Ghana): FoE Ghana is a widely respected NGO which works on a number of the key environmental issues in western Africa. Theo's camapign specialties include mining, international financial institutions and forestry. This forum follows on from the FoE International annual meeting, which will be held in Fitzroy from November 24 28th. FoE has member groups in 58 countries and is the largest federation of environmental organisations in the world. There will be other FoE campaigners from all regions attending the forum who will be available for comment and interviews. Each speaker will give a brief presentation. Please stay on for a cuppa and chat afterwards LL.VK
LL:DDV: public forum on GMOs in the UK
-- campaigning on genetically engineered farming in the UK a public forum -- Thursday 14 August at 6pm at Friends of the Earth, 312 Smith st, Collingwood (just near Johnson st, #86 tram from the city) Jessica Hampson has just returned to Australia after living in the UK for the past five years. She will speak on her experiences in the anti-GE movement over that time. In 1998 the situation was similar to Australia, with many people unaware that GE was present in their food. A massive programme of farm scale trials was about to take off. In the next 2-3 years consumer opposition to GE was so strong that all the major food retailers went GE free, and sourced animal products from animals not fed on GE. Large protests took place at trial sites, and many were damaged in secret. Jessica will also show a short video is a series of clips from summer of 2002, including a bicycle tour of Devon by activists, ending in the dumping of GM crops at the government department responsible for GM pollution in the UK. All welcome - help keep FoE active - give a tax-free donation - Friends of the Earth Melbourne (Australia) PO Box 222 Fitzroy 3065 312 Smith St Collingwood Phone: (03) 9419 8700 Fax: (03) 9416 2081 (International: tel. +61 (3) 9419 8700; fax +61 (3) 9416 2081) www.melbourne.foe.org.au . -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: public forum with Ali Kazak - CORRECTION TO DATE
Because of difficulties with flights, the Socialist Alliance public forum on `Who's To Blame' has had to be moved a day forward. The correct details are now 7pm Wednesday September 19, New Council Chambers Trades Hall Council, cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton. Entry by donation. Also, because the new date clashed with a pre-organised forum sponsored by the ISO, two additional speakers, David Glanz, Socialist Alliance candidate for Wills and Ezzedine Rafhi, Moreland Ethnic Communities Council, Vice President have been added. -- 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 forum and discussion: Women against War and Racism
Women against War and Racism Thursday, November 15, 6.30pm Trades Hall Bar Trades Hall, corner Lygon & Victoria Street, Carlton speakers include: Nazra Ibrahim, Islamic Society of Vic, Vic. Immigrats & Refugee Womens Coalition Hala Abdelnour, University of Melbourne Arabic Culture Club Sherron Dunbar, Refugee Council of Victoria, Springvale Community Aid & Advice Bureau, Lecturer in Social Work RMIT Michelle O'Neil, State Secretary TCFUA (Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union) Vivian Messimeris, Socialist Alliance and International Women's Day collective member for more info, contact 9639 8622 sponsored by: VTHC, Islamic Society, Socialist Alliance and IWD collective -- 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
