All are welcome at a New International Bookshop forum "Contesting
Australia's future direction"
Come and examine the contribution of Boris Frankel's remarkable new book
to debate about future directions in Australia. The book WHEN THE BOAT
COMES IN. TRANSFORMING AUSTRALIA IN THE AGE OF GLOBALISATION is
available from the New International Bookshop - see more about the book
below.
SPEAKERS: SHARAN BURROW (ACTU - unions), DIMITY FIFER (VCOSS -
community), PHILIP SUTTON (ANZSEE - environment), and of course BORIS
FRANKEL
The forum will be held
SATURDAY 23RD FEBRUARY
9.30AM FOR 10.00AM START AND 1PM CLOSE.
Venue - New International Bookshop, Trades Hall.
We are intending to organise children's activities to free up parents,
and to provide refreshments at the NIB cafe.
RSVP, and for the book to be sent to you, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or ring
the bookshop on 9662-3744
ABOUT THE BOOK
Rather than producing a conventional critique of economic rationalism
that focuses on privatisation, deregulation and tariff cuts, Frankel
examines the new constellation of private sector forces that dominate in
Australia and how the changes of the last decade impact on wage earners,
retirees and welfare recipients, the community sector, and environment.
Having documented this significant change from an earlier phase of
capitalism, Frankel is then able to propose new egalitarian policies
that break away from past approaches.
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