Melbourne Co-housing Project Mini-Conference
Thinking Dreaming Making Co-housing Not Melrose Place Co-housing is a way of living in community that creates more possibilities for sharing some aspects of daily life. It offers individuals and families opportunities to have their own, intimate spaces at the same time as having the support, company and care of others. It offers ways of living more sustainably and with greater respect for this earth. Co-housing is a reaction to the sterile, individualised, resource intensive lifestyles advocated by banks, property developers and retailers. More importantly though, co-housing is a pro-active approach to loss of community, busy-ness and debt. We are hoping to create a collectively owned co-housing community in Melbourne, preferably within biking distance of the inner suburbs. We are seeking more people to become involved in making these dreams a reality within five years. If co-housing sounds like your cup of tea and you have a commitment to community, environmental and social justice, valuing diversity, then Not Melrose Place might be for you! Come along to find out more ... Sunday 27 July, 11am to 3pm @ CERES Education Centre 8 Lee Street East Brunswick Children are very welcome and there will be adults supervising children's activities. There will be hot soup, tea and coffee available on the day. If you would like something more substantial, you are welcome to BYO lunch or to visit the CERES cafe. Please register so that we know how many to cater for and what children's activities we need to organise. Entry by gold coin donation. Enquiries and registrations to Shelley on 0423 147 523 or visit our website: www.notmelrose.slightly.net OUR VISION: A diversity of dwellers, across a range of ages, genders, cultures, sexualities, incomes, abilities and family structures A common commitment to community, environmental and social justice, and valuing diversity Common spaces such as a large kitchen and dining room Communal gardens and children's play areas Collective facilities such as offices, studios and workshops A cluster of co-located living spaces of different sizes and facilities to complement these communal spaces (probably purpose built, but perhaps a renovated warehouse or office building) Collective projects that enable real and meaningful contact between dwellers and neighbouring communities Ecologically sustainable building and products, including greywater recycling systems, energy conservation and use of renewable energy Stable, long-term housing with collective rather than private ownership and minimal or no individual debt A participatory planning, design and development process Flexible ways to contribute to ongoing maintenance and management An active community life including communal meals .. -- -- 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: Community BBQ of Friendship
Community BBQ of Friendship between Refugees who are TPV Holders and other Australians. The Al Amel(Hope) TPV Association invites you to share food, stories and conversation * and enjoy a community day together. What will be happening? * Halal Kebab BBQ prepared by Iraqi TPV holders * TPV holders will share their experiences of seeking protection in Australia. * Children's activities, including face painting and dance * Soccer * Opportunity for conversation between us all Al Amel will be preparing delicious Iraqi meats, but please bring a plate of salad to share. This is a waste-free picnic so please bring your own plates, cups, cutlery and something to sit on. When? Sunday 1st June :: 11am - 4pm:: Where? Yarra Bend Park, at the big shelter, Westfield Reserve, cnr Heidelberg Rd and Yarra Bend Rd( Map 30, H12). Please park carefully - there is a small car park, otherwise along the two main roads. Come along and support the campaign to give refugees on temporary protection visas (TPV), permanent protection and the opportunity to rebuild their lives in Australia For more information contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mueen Al Breihi: 9478 5711 Ext 247 Jess Whyte: 9925 3347 Supported By: The Coalition for Permanent Protection, with assistance from Yarra Bend Park. .. -- -- 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:INFO: Another death due to mandatory detention regime
I have forwarded this with permission from the author. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi All, We'll the renewed faith in humanity was short lived, recently we heard about the ninth person to died in custody. Her name was Fatima and she had a husband and three children. The fact that she died at the hands of our Government's neglect was enough to make us all sick, but now we have learnt that her husband, Ali and their three children are somewhere in the world (no-one knows) on the journey back to war-torn Afghanistan. Ruddock said he would ship her body off with the family, like she is some piece of garbage. Well now we know he was kidding. The family have been rushed out of sight and out of mind. Without any due process to inquiry or compassion for the family Ruddock has forced their return to Afghanistan. People, it's not getting better, nor is it getting even reasonable. The callousness of our Government continues unabated and this barbaric behaviour continues silently in the corridors of the minister's office, the scheming, the plotting still continues to display new lows in human decency. Our journey to Baxter is needed more than ever, while the innocent asylum seekers are neglected and allowed to die without any dignity we must continue. The repugnant policies of our government must be condemned, damn and finally removed. Let's rally support for the refugees in concentration camps, let's condemn Ruddock and the Howard government as the murdering bastards they are. Let's go to Baxter be heard internationally and do all in our power to stop this commercial human trading in death. Matt Hamon -- -- 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:AA: noone is illegal call to action - Baxter
If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together. Lilla Watson National borders shifted to restrict immigration. Offshore processing and detention. Forced deportations. No new recorded arrivals in over a year. The gradual phasing out of current onshore detention centres, and the relocation of those who have spent months and years in imprisonment. Australia is not alone in fortifying its borders. All over the world governments erect walls of concrete and razor wire, install high tech security equipment and employ computerised surveillance systems to protect their power and privilege from those seeking a better life. In an increasingly globalised world Capital moves freely, but not people. A new state-of-the-art militarised centre at Baxter. In order to reverse the negative community perception of mandatory detention, gone is the razor wire. But the barriers still remain. An electric fence secures the border. Solid fences within the camp are erected not for containment but to increase isolation. From the inside all that can be seen is the sky. Separate compounds divide friends and family. The invisibility of those inside is made possible by locating the detention facility in the desert. Information barriers are strictly policed by the state and the private corporation that profits from incarceration. Letting the imprisonment of those inside go unchallenged will only strengthen the forces that control the lives of people on both sides of the fence. Having risked their lives in coming here seeking freedom, many people inside the camps risk further imprisonment, deportation and even death in challenging their detention. They join thousands of people world-wide who riot, self harm, light fires and destroy compounds in protest against and in defiance of their incarceration. As the people inside escalate their struggle, so shall our struggle escalate in solidarity. For we are part of a global movement fighting for the right of all people to move and to stay. This Easter we will converge at Baxter. We will take action in solidarity with our brothers and sisters inside the camps. Through civil disobedience we will make contact and challenge the barriers that divide us. Join us. Ours will be part of many actions that are planned for the Baxter protest from April 18 - 20. Direct actions, media, radio, vigils, workshops, music. For more information www.baxter2003.baxterwatch.net No One Is Illegal February 2003 www.antimedia.net/nooneisillegal .. -- -- 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: 'Holiday Camp': Woomera 2002 Documentary Screening
please distribute widely: no one is illegal presents: a drive-by shooting production HOLIDAY CAMP - a Woomera documentary and panel discussion Kaleide Theatre, RMIT University, Swanston Street City Wednesday, December 11, 6.30pm $5 / $8 join in the discussion after the film * Recent visitors to Baxter Detention Centre Woomera report back about current conditions at the detention centre * Report back from European border camps in Strasbourg Jena * Messages from people detained in Baxter Woomera * Dialogue with the directors of Holiday Camp more detailed information below. -- If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time but if you come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together. (Lilla Watson, Aboriginal Educator and Activist, Brisbane) no one is illegal presents : Holiday Camp : a documentary about Woomera 2002 The pivotal action of this documentary is the detention centre breakout, which occurred as part of a five day long direct action camp established next to the razor wire fences. Holiday Camp reclaims the voices of the marginalised, and connects the issues of Indigenous dispossession, genocide, constructions of race and incarceration policies, which are often portrayed as unrelated. The film suggests that the policy of mandatory detention and raising of borders to protect fortresses of privilege make us all un-free. Holiday Camp has screened in Sydney, Adelaide and Newcastle, and was screened at European border camps in Strasbourg France, Jena (Germany), and the second European PGA conference in Leiden (Netherlands). Holiday Camp was produced by drive-by shooting/tallstoreez productionz, a three person Australian/German film collective based in Adelaide and Hamburg. :Panel Discussion: A dialogue about resisting the border protection regime in Australia and internationally How is your liberation bound up with mine? How will we work together? Where do we meet? The directors of the film, Jennifer and Kuddell, will be at the screening to talk about Holiday Camp. Kuddell will share his experiences at recent international actions against border protection policies in fortress Europe held in Strasbourg and Jena border camps. Strasbourg was a European wide mobilisation of border activists. Jena was largely initiated by self-managed asylum seeker organizations based in Germany. Jess will report back from her recent trip to Baxter and Woomera detention centres, and relate messages from current detainees. For more information: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 0419 339 259 or http://antimedia.net/nooneisillegal/ .. -- -- 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:INFO: Inner Melbourne Against War Activities
Hi All, the inaugural meeting of Inner Melbourne Against War was held last Wednesday night. We decided on a number of activities for the the next few weeks. 1. Stall and Speak-out against the War, Saturday 23 November 10.30 - 2pm, Brunswick Street (the northern end of Brunswick Street, betw. Johnstone St, and Alexandra Parade), Fitzroy (see map details at end of email) - we will be postering, leafleting and getting people to sign up to our local group. Help needed. 2. Next meeting of the Inner Melbourne Against War on November 27, 6.30pm, Genevieve Cafe, Carlton, (233 Faraday St Carlton, near the old Carlton Cinema) 2. A local area stall at the December 1 Anti-War rally to see if other residents would like to join the group. 3. Banner painting for local group (please email if you are interested in helping out). All are welcome to contribute to this new group. We would like to run more activities after the rally on December 1. Please email if you would like more information. regards Chris Raab --- Click on the hyperlink below to view the Yellow Pages(R) OnLine map: http://www.whereis.com/yp_search/email_map_redirect.jhtml?id=3D187563 Alternatively, copy and paste the hyperlink into your web browser to view your Yellow Pages(R) OnLine map. .. -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:leftlink;vicnet.net.au Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:majordomo;vicnet.net.au?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:majordomo;vicnet.net.au?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: Carlton-Fitzroy-Inner peace group
(*sorry for shamelessly plagiarising your email David*) There will be a meeting next Wednesday November 6 7pm to form a local peace group in the Carlton and Fitzroy areas. The meeting will take place at 7pm at Genevieve's cafe in Carlton, (233 Faraday St Carlton, near the old Carlton Cinema) The Victorian Peace Network has called for residents to set up local groups. Some Fitzroy/Carlton/Inner City residents attended the VPN teach-in on how to set up local groups and decided to make a start. Everyone opposed to the war on Iraq and in tune with the VPN ethos is welcome. (See www.vicpeace.org) Draft agenda items: 1. Planning for the major peace rally on 1/12. Possible strategies: leaflet distribution, stories for local papers / radio, other ideas, video screening, stalls etc. The aim is to publicise the rally locally and also establish neighbourhood peace action groups. please drop me a line if you have questions/apologies/would like your name and contact details included in the local group phone list Chris Raab -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:leftlink;vicnet.net.au Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:majordomo;vicnet.net.au?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:majordomo;vicnet.net.au?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
