Freedom Socialist Party special meeting
Count down to CHOGM: How the Queer Bloc can advance and strengthen
the anticapitalist movement
Thursday 23 August, 7 pm @ Solidarity Salon, 580 Sydney Road, Brunswick.
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) takes place in
Brisbane this October. From October 3 - 5, anticapitalist protesters in
Melbourne will be mobilising against the pre-CHOGM Commonwealth Business
Forum. Anti-corporate activists are organising to globalise resistance and
popularise support for the demands: "No new WTO trade round!" "No
implementation of GATS!" "Cancel the Third World Debt!"
The Freedom Socialist Party will be there. In particular, we are working to
build the Queer Bloc, which will mobilise the queer community to
participate in anti-corporate struggle by emphasising the homophobia of
visiting Commonwealth leaders. Queer Bloc targets will include Britain's
Tony Blair, who refuses to repeal the anti-gay Section 28 of the Local
Government Act; Malaysia's Mahathir Mohammed, who uses homophobia as a
weapon against his political opponents, and, of course, Mr 'family values'
Howard, who aims to prevent lesbians and single women gaining access to IVF
services. Queer Bloc participants will also mobilise in solidarity with the
brave queer organisation, Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, which refuses to
be forced into the closet by arch homophobe, Robert Mugabe.
The meeting will feature discussion on what is needed to advance the
anticapitalist movement as well as examining the role the Queer Bloc can
play.
Dinner is served at 6.30 pm for a $6 donation. Everyone is welcome.
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