in the lead up to the may day protest...
REFUGEE ACTION TEACH IN SATURDAY APRIL 27 (rego from 9:30am) @ TRADES HALL, corner of Lygon & Victoria Streets $5 or $3 donation for entry participants include: - refugee speakers - TONY BIRCH, indigenous academic, writer & historian - PAMELA CURR, greens vic + fairwear campaign - SHERRON DUNBAR, refugee worker - CAM WALKER, friends of the earth - ANDREA, no one is illeagal - a range of RAC activists - trade union representatives 9:30AM - REGISTRATION 10:00AM - PANEL BEHIND AUSTRALIAN RACISM & NATIONALISM includes indigenous and refugee speakers looking at the context of current refugee policies & a rich history of resistance to racism in Australia 11:15AM - WORKSHOPS (subject to change) including - ALTERNATIVES TO MANDATORY DETENTION should we replace detention centres with "reception centres"? what other alternatives are there? - OPTIONS TO TEMPORARY VISAS there are now over 8,000 people on tpv's in Australia. What implications has this had? With some of these coming to an end in October what are the implications for the refugee rights movement and the sanctuary network? - PACIFIC SOLUTION- OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND? What are the implications of government strategy; winding back some detention centres while stopping refugees reaching Australian shores. How can we respond? - REFUGEE ACTION COLLECTIVE INTRO, Q & A SESSION everything you ever wanted to know about refugee rights and RAC but were to scared to ask... 12:30PM - LUNCH 1:30PM - PANEL REFUGEES + GLOBALISATION Featuring a panel of refugee, union & environmental activists 2:30PM - FINAL SESSION, an open dialogue STRATEGIES + TACTICS TO BUILD THE CAMPAIGN with half an hour in small groups, then an 'all in' session this final session will be open to discuss such topics as: - implications of the Woomera protests? - what alliances should RAC prioritise? - what should be our main focuses in the next period? - what are concrete ideas for future actions? - how can we involve more people in the campaign be sure to bring your ideas and have your say... SPEAKERS TO BE CONFIRMED, STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS... RAC (VIC) PH 9659 3505. www.rac-vic.org _ _ _ + ALSO DONT FORGET TO JOIN THE RAC CONTINGENT AT MAY DAY, M1 Community Blockade of Casselden Place from 7am, May 1, Wed. (includes dept of immigration & other Federal Gov offices) Followed by UNITY MARCH through city. also supported by: m1 Collective, the Construction Forestry, Mining & Energy Union, Friends of the Earth, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union & many more... . -- -- 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