Socialist Party newsletter Wednesday 19th July 2000 Produced every second Wednesday PO Box 1015, Collingwood 3066 Ph: (03) 9417 0805 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web address: http://home.mira.net/~sp/ New Melbourne Branch Programme The next few branch meetings for Melbourne are as follows: 25th July: The life of Leon Trotsky - 60 years since his assassination. Speaker Jonas from the Swedish section of the CWI. 1st August: Business meeting 8th August: Health and safety in the workplace: lessons from activists. Speakers include Steve Roach (ex-Shearers Union, now WorkCover and Ben Matthews, CFMEU steward, personal capacity) 15th August: Business meeting 22nd August: Debate with Democratic Socialist Party on Cuba to mark publication of the CWI's Peter Taaffe's new book on Cuba. The book defends our position and highlights the weaknesses of the DSP's position in light of an article by them in their internal bulletin. Organised by New International Book Shop Collective. All meetings at 7pm at New International Bookshop, Trades Hall, cnr Lygon St and Victoria St, Carlton South. Phone 9417 0805 for a lift or help with child care. Sydney Branch meetings Saturday 2nd September 4:30pm - Free Trade - Fair Trade - what it means for workers. Parramatta TownHall. Tuesday 11 September 6:30pm - Fighting Globalisation - launch of the SP pamphlet. Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, King St, Newtown (opposite railway station). New Books We have just released two new publications * Cancel the Debt! A socialist programme for the anti-globalisation movement. $2. Includes explanation of globalisation, the role of the IMF and World Bank, colonialism today, and a socialist alternative. * Cuba: Debates on the revolution and today by Peter Taaffe. $15 from bookshops, $12 direct from Socialist Party. A must read for every worker and young person serious about their politics. Takes up the question of Cuba, permanent revolution, stages theory, DSP and more in a very accessible style. Come to the debate! S11 latest We are highly involved in building for the action at the Crown Towers from September 11th-13th. 1,000 CEO's of the major multinationals will join politicians and right-wing 'experts' to better plan how to rip us off and destroy the environment. Only this week, Heinz workers felt the effects of globalisation with their plant in Dandenong set to close and relocate to New Zealand where wages are lower. Over 200 workers will lose their jobs. The Socialist Party is concentrating on the high school students strike on Monday September 11th at 9am at Flinders St Station. Make sure you and your school attend. If you are not a school student, give leaflets to students you know, or leaflet your local schools. Phone 9417 0805 for leaflets or information. Come to the Sydney Olympics Protest! Seats are going fast. The coach to the Olympic Protest leaves Melbourne's Trades Hall on Thursday September 14th at 6pm to get into Sydney the next morning for the Opening Ceremony. There we will join members of the Aboriginal community to march to the Games themselves to peacefully defy the anti-civil rights legislation banning protest and to protest at the elitism of the Games. The coach arrives back in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon (16th). It's $20 for a deposit on a seat. The coach will have music, entertainment and lots of politics. Don't miss the chance of a lifetime. Book now by contacting us at the above phone number or email or postal address. Paper sales Public sales results for past two weeks. Friday 7th July sale in City: $134 raised. Saturday 8th July sale at Victoria Market: $61. Friday 14th July sale in City: $41. Saturday 15th July sale at Victoria Market: $32 Thanks!! Thanks to those who donated to the special appeal to send Zac Wright and Matt Wilson to the CWI's Euro School in Belgium. They are there now. The target was well and truely broken. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
