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Leftlink Newsletter for Saturday, February 07, 2004 Issue: 6 Below are links to the news articles submitted to Leftlink over the day. Calendar items are for the coming week. The newsletter format This is an example of the format of the newsletter. Calendar events are posted to the email list each week, and each event is only posted once. Remember, to add your event, go to http://www.leftlink.net/calendar/ and add it. Events added in this way appear immediately on the site, and are automatically added to this email.Events this week: Event Date: Feb 09, 2004 - Feb 10, 2004 Conferences - From Rhetoric to Reality - Making Human Rights Work: "FROM RHETORIC TO REALITY: MAKING HUMAN RIGHTS WORK" RMIT University, 2004 The conference will provide an opportunity to engage with the practice of human rights in our own communities. Over two days, service providers, educators, advocates and service users will come together in workshops, facilitated discussions and plenary sessions. The conference will build the capacity of participants to make human rights work in their everyday practice. Keynote speakers include Paul Hunt, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health; Marcia Rioux, Director of Disability Promotion Rights International and Professor of Health Policy at York University, Canada; Krishanti Dharmaraj, Executive Director of WILD for Human Rights, San Francisco (to be confirmed); and Jim Ife, Chair of the Centre for Human Rights Education at Curtin University of Technology. Sponsored by RMIT University Community Advocacy Unit, Victorian Department of Human Services, VicHealth and the Human Rights Alliance of Australia. Further details from http://advocacy.tce.rmit.edu.au Find out more. : http://www.leftlink.net/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20040209&viewtype=details&eid=33&print= Event Date: Feb 09, 2004 - Mar 02, 2004 Meetings - Organising Meetings for International Womens' Day Rally: International Women's Day is fast approaching, the theme for this years rally is Women Against War, Racism & Sexism. Please help spread the word, and forward this email and its details on to as many people as possible. All are welcome to attend the rally. If anyone is interested in getting involved the collective mts are on Monday evenings 6.30pm @Trades Hall in the Evatt Room. Find out more. : http://www.leftlink.net/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20040209&viewtype=details&eid=49&print= Event Date: Feb 09, 2004 Seminars - Sydney - Son of Star Wars: Come and find out what the "Son of Star Wars" is, what it will do to Australia's security and what the implications are of increasingly close ties between our military and that of America. How will it affect our long-term security? Will it make us a target in a large-scale war? Will it cause an arms race? How will the government find the billions of dollars to pay for it, and will our schools and hospitals suffer? What can you do about it? Guest speakers: Hannah Middleton and Denis Doherty from the Australian Anti-Bases Coalition Coffee and tea provided. There will also be a brief discussion about future actions and campaigns of the WSPG. We will also be planning how to best publicise the visit of Intelligence Expert Andrew Wilkie to the group on March 8th to remember one year on from his resignation and the beginning of the war. Please contact me with any enquiries and forward this email to any individuals or groups who may be interested in attending. Find out more. : http://www.leftlink.net/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20040209&viewtype=details&eid=52&print= Event Date: Feb 10, 2004 Seminars - Melbourne - Sex and Drugs Historical Tour: Below please find details of the 'Sex and Drugs Historical Tour' proudly sponsored by Port Phillip Local Drug Strategy. Join us for a jaunt through the laneways and byways of St. Kilda as we explore how drugs and sex work became a part of the City's identity and allure. Music and performance bring to life the experience of sex workers, drug users, residents and police as they play out the conflicts that have been repeated on our streets since the 1880s. 7.30-9pm, Wed 28/1; Tues 10/2; Wed 25/2. Meet O'Donnell Gardens Fountain (next to Luna park), St Kilda. If you interested in attending one of the performances, please email Krys Galas or phone on 9209 6852 ASAP as places are strictly limited to 30 per performance . Find out more. : http://www.leftlink.net/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20040210&viewtype=details&eid=25&print= Event Date: Feb 11, 2004 NIBS - Fabian Society - Superannuation Reform: *Wednesday, 11 February:* AFS Event. ALP Shadow Minister for Superannuation Senator Nick Sherry talks about why superannuation reform is necessary and how it can be made to happen. Find out more. : http://www.leftlink.net/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20040211&viewtype=details&eid=7&print= Event Date: Feb 12, 2004 Documentaries - TV and Film - A NIGHT OF PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS: A NIGHT OF PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS presented by SKA TV & Friends of Palestine You are invited to a night of films, images and info on the struggles of Palestinians in Israeli occupied territories and inside Australia's own desert prison camps. All presented on the BIG screen. Doco >>> ISRAEL'S SECRET WEAPON: The BBC were banned from Israel for broadcasting this documentary detailing Israel's top secret nuclear bomb making plant, Dimona, and the plight of Mordechai Vanunu, the man who exposed these nuclear capabilities to the world. Also presenting evidence of a chemical warfare attack on Palestinian civilians in February 2001. Images >>> RUSTY STEWART'S PHOTOGRAPHY: Rusty Stewart, award winning Irish photo journalist, will be presenting a collection of images taken from his recent assignment in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This will be the first time these images have been seen in public. Voice >>> PAMELA CURR: Greens spokesperson for refugees speaks about Australia's imprisonment of Palestinians in desert camps. Voice >>> TAIMOR HAZOU: Palestinian Australian activist speaks about the construction of the wall in the Israeli occupied territories. The Trades Hall Bar 7:30pm Thursday, February 12th FREE Event Find out more. : http://www.leftlink.net/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20040212&viewtype=details&eid=50&print= Event Date: Feb 13, 2004 Fundraisers - Asylum Seeker Project Film Night: FILM NIGHT - ASYLUM SEEKER PROJECT The Hotham Mission is running a Film Night to raise funds for the Asylum Seeker Project. Films being shown are:"Cracker Bag" - winner of 2 AFI awards for short films "Anthem" - excerpts from a film about asylum seekers "Battle Rhymes" & "Abdullah's Story" - works in progress about asylum seekers. The films will be followed by questions & answer sessions with some of the filmmakers.Drinks & nibbles included in the ticket price.$20 per ticket, tickets available from the Asylum Seeker Project, 2/579 Queensberry St Nth Melbourne, or phone 9326 8343 between 10am & 4pm Monday to Friday. Find out more. : http://www.leftlink.net/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20040213&viewtype=details&eid=32&print= Leftlink's News: : Media Releases : RAC NSW - No Forced Deportations RACNSW MEDIA RELEASE Thursday February 5th, 2003 No Forced Deportations - National protests at Department of Immigration Refugee groups with the National Anti-Deportation Alliance will hold protests outside Department of Immigration offices around the country, this Friday, February 6th, 2003. Read More...: http://www.leftlink.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=6 : News Articles : Veiling the issue: sexism, racism and religion Green Left Weekly issue 568 Susan Price, a Socialist Alliance member who is in the Democratic Socialist Perspective, argues that feminists and socialists should oppose state-enforced bans on women wearing hijab, or Muslim headscarves. Read More...: http://www.leftlink.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=5 : Leftlink : Leftlink outage; new feature There was a site outage today for a few hours. The hosting compnay used to host Leftlink had a server problem. In other news, logged-in users can change the appearance of the site to remove almost all the images, so the pages load faster. Read More...: http://www.leftlink.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4 Please forward as appropriate. All browsers of the site can read the news articles and add calendar events. 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