Two National Committee members of the Sozialistische Linkspartie (SLP) in
Austria are in Australia. The SLP is the Austrian section of the Committee
for a Workers International, which the Socialist Party in Australia is part of.
They two comrades will be speaking about the latest struggles in A
CALL TO JOIN THE WOMEN'S GLOBAL STRIKE ON 8 MARCH 2000.
Dear sisters, we invite you, your relatives, friends and colleagues to join
the Global Women's Strike on International Women's Day, 8 March 2000. You
may already be part of the World March organised by La Federation des
Femmes de Quebec/
Dear leftlinkers,
does anyone know if there are any actions planned to protest against the
Esmarelda mining Co? As they are implicated in what is shaping up to be one
of the worst environmental disasters in Europe I believe that they should
be held responsible. So far it seems that all the rep
On Friday March 10th there will be a benefit for the SUWA show and 3CR at
the Empress Hotel (corner of Scotchmer and Nicholson Streets, North
Fitzroy). Bands playing will be ninetynine, The Vivian Girls, Thee Stag
Knights, Macka and Nicole Ersatz (Canada). The show starts at 9pm and there
will
On Tuesday night at 8.30 pm SBS is showing the excellent McLibel video. It
tells the true tale of how two London Greenpeace activists were sued for
libel by McDonalds in the longest running libel case in British legal history.
It follows The Awful Truth, Mike Moore's show which is broadcast at
"The Wobblies"
a detailed documentary about the Industrial Workers of the World's history
in America
will be shown
7pm, Wednesday 8 March
at the IWW office, Grasslands Infoshop, 205 Nicholson St., Footscray.
There will be free popcorn and a gold coin donation is requested.
Presented by the
REMINDER:
ACFOA's two visitors from West Papua, MUS PIGAI from the Amungme Council in
Timika, and ALBERT RUMBEKWAN, from human rights NGO ELS-HAM, will be in
Melbourne on Monday 21 and Tues 22 Feb.
Meet them at:
Tues 22 Feb, 6.30 - 8.30pm, Upstairs, Cafe Nova, 307 Brunswick St, Fitzroy.
Mus
Amnesty International's latest international news release on Australia,
issued tonight from the organization's International Secretariat in London:
AI INDEX: ASA 12/00
18 February 2000
Australia: Prime Minister's disregard of human rights obligations shocks
Amnesty International, In an ironic
Dear friends, fans and comrades,
As we draw closer to the end of our World Season series, an isightful and
provocative doco will be aired this Monday, Nato Tagets.
Why have the people of Yugoslavia become Nato targets? Bill Clinton says,
"we are bombing Yugoslavia because we care about saving liv
