www.overlandexpress.org
THIS WEDNESDAY 6.30pm at Trades Hall Bar & New Ballroom, Carlton:
Meet internationally published author, activist & playwright LINDA
JAIVIN. Jaivin will speak about the resourceful ways writers and artists
are overcoming obstacles placed on dissenters by Howard government
ministers.
"I used to work as a foreign correspondent in China," she says. "I ended
up resigning from my job because the Chinese Government systematically
harassed and persecuted my friends until one bordered on suicide. I used
to feel hugely thankful that, as an Australian, I lived in a democracy
where such underhanded machinations were inconceivable. Or at least so
rare that they were considered aberrations when exposed. I simply had
never had the occasion to learn otherwise."
In this third OVELAND lecture for 2003, JAIVIN engages in lively
discussion of some of the more scandalous 'empathy barriers' the Howard
government has erected and the ways artist are scaling these. She will
draw on her experiences visiting Villawood Detention Centre. An open
discussion will follow her lecture. $10/$6 entry includes a copy of
OVERLAND (normally $12.50). Refreshments available. See
www.overlandexpress.org for details. Enquiries 9688 4163
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