LL:AA: Urgent Merri Creek Freeway
No Merri Creek Freeway. Please help. In the next few days, the State planning Minister, John Thwaites, will consider new routes for the proposed Merri Creek Freeway. The new routes will still follow the Merri Creek between Craigieburn and the Wetern ring Road. The new routes have been developed by a secret inter-departmental committee, set up by the State Government. The committee has not consulted the community or any of the local Councils affected in developing the new routes. Friends of Merri Creek believe that this committee's work should be scrapped and a new process established which involves the community and local government in examining all the information and the options. I ask you to please write to John Thwaite stating; How much you care about the Merri Creek and why You don't want to see a freeway pushed down the Merri Creek You want the State Government to declare a Park to protect the creek valley and our endangered species Secret committees, that work behind closed doors, won't meet community needs or expectations. Letter should be sent to the Minister for Planning, Mr John Thwaites today The Hon John Thwaites Minister for Planning 281 Coventry St South Melbourne Victoria 3205 You could also send a copy of your letter to your local member of Parliament. For more inforamtion, including names and addresses of local MPs phone Max on 9480 592, Linda on 9384 1904 or Cate and Paula on 9386 9570. The Merri Creek runs from the north of Melbourne to join the Yarra River at Collingwood. Friends of Merri Creek is a community group which works to preserve and restore the natural beauty of this waterway. For further information contact Friends of Merri Creek PO Box 7 Northcote Victoria 3070 http://www.vicnet.net.au/~fomc -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:QUERY: Looking for older activists
On Fri, 9 Jun 2000 10:46:52 +1000 (EST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, We are producing a radio series for Sydney Radio 2SER, entitled "Survivors." This ongoing series consists of interviews with older activists (65 years +) with long involvements in progressive social movements in Australia. The series aims to document segments of the history of socialist, radical and feminist movements in this country, and thereby provide a sense a perspective to current political struggles, while also situating current organising efforts within the strong traditions of past movements. If anyone has any ideas for interviewees, please contact me on (02) 9572-7928, or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] THANKS Greg Shapley -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR:Correction to FCRC Job description
* PLEASE CIRCULATE * [The job description is also available in PDF format on the FCRC website. See the link below...] WANT TO HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Are you interested in doing administrative work in an organisation that is concerned about social justice? As a consumer advocacy organisation we can't pay much but we can offer an interesting job in an organisation dedicated to making a difference for ordinary people: * administration work to keep our office functioning * providing referrals over the telephone to people with debt problems or disputes with retailers * communication with 140 members from around Victoria, most of whom are case workers * filling orders for our publications on an interesting range of consumer issues * working full time as part of a small friendly team in a Melbourne CBD office * salary approximately $27,000 pa We are looking for someone with: * good computer skills * patience and empathy with people in trouble * an interest in social justice and protection of vulnerable consumers Download a copy of the job description in RTF format at: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~fcrc/jobs/admin_worker.rtf or in PDF format: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~fcrc/jobs/admin_worker.pdf Financial and Consumer Rights Council 2nd Floor, Reid House 347 Flinders Lane Melbourne, 3000 Ph: (03) 9614 5433 Fax: (03) 9614 8433 http://home.vicnet.net.au/~fcrc/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: Turn to Young People and Women Workers
You are invited to participate in a Freedom Socialist Party sponsored study group on Leon Trotsky's Transitional Program for Socialist Revolution. This week, Thursday 15 June, the topic is: Turn to Young People and Women Workers Venue: Solidarity Salon, 1 Appleby Cres, West Brunswick. Session 7 pm - 8.30 pm is free. Dinner is served at 6.15 pm for a $6 donation. Copies of the Transitional Program are available for $5. For more information call: 03-9386-5065 Check out the Freedom Socialist Party at www.socialism.com LL:VF -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:INFO: Adelaide's Walk for Reconciliation
Today we took part in a wonderful, happy, strong, cooperative Walk for Reconciliation in Adelaide. The police estimate of numbers was 55,000 and I wouldn't be surprised if there were more than that. A lovely (sunny) day - and the icing on the cake was that an organiser, Shirley Peisley, was awarded an Order of Australia for her work for indigenous people in a wide range of areas of activity (very well-earned!). Many fine and moving speeches and songs, and a good feeling for the future was engendered. Some suggestions for improvement in (State) Government performance were called out during the speech by Dorothy Kotz, State Minister of Aboriginal Affairs. It's the biggest gathering of people I've ever seen in Adelaide - surely after Sydney and Brisbane and now Adelaide - and no doubt many other towns throughout the country - the government MUST get the message !!! Irene Gale _ Australian Peace Committee (SA Branch)Inc. 11 South Tce, Adelaide SA 5000 Australia Ph: (+61-8) 82127138 Fax: (+61-8) 83642291 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:INDEX: WORKERS POWER GLOBAL WEEK
WORKERS POWER GLOBAL WEEK E-newswire of the LRCI 9 June 2000 Subscribe to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.workerspower.com WELCOME TO ISSUE #9 Workers Power Global Week is the English language e-newsletter of the LRCI. To unsubscribe mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please forward this to a comrade. IN THIS ISSUE: ARGENTINE GENERAL STRIKE, ZIMBABWE, BANGLADESH, UKRAINE, PRAGUE PROTEST UPDATE HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THIS BULLETIN? WRITE AND TELL US: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ARGENTINA: GENERAL STRIKE As we hit the =93send=94 button, the biggest general strike for decades is u= nder way in Argentina. Hundreds of thousands of workers have joined today's protest against the higher taxes and spending cuts demanded by the IMF as part of its austerity plan. Hospitals are on emergency only, the transport system is at a standstill, and many factories and shops are shut. Protesters have blocked the roads into Buenos Aires with burning tyres while there are reports of sporadic fighting with police and strike-breaking taxi-drivers. The austerity package is designed to guarantee further bail-out loans from the IMF. President de la Rua has also called for sharp cuts in state workers' wages and pensions. CGT union federation Hugo Moyano threatened further strikes if the austerity plan is not withdrawn. =46or more in Spanish see: http://www.pts.org.ar WORKERS POWER GLOBAL WEBSITE UPDATE The June 2000 issue of Workers Power (Britain) is now online at http://www.workerspower.com/wpglobal/wpbritain244.html Articles include: SWP INTERNATIONAL IN FACTION STRUGGLE http://www.workerspower.com/wpglobal/ISOvSWP.html EURO2000 SOCCER: A QUESTION OF CLASS? http://www.workerspower.com/wpglobal/euro2000.html SIERRA LEONE: THE NEW IMPERIALISM http://www.workerspower.com/wpglobal/sierraleonejune2khtml BRITAIN: WHERE NEXT FOR THE LSA? http://www.workerspower.com/wpglobal/Isa244.html BRITAIN: SCRAP SECTION 28 http://www.workerspower.com/wpglobal/s28June2k.html BRITAIN: LABOUR'S RACIST ASYLUM OFFENSIVE http://www.workerspower.com/wpglobal/asylum44.html FOCUS - ZIMBABWE: ZANU-PF CONTINUES PRE-ELECTION RAMPAGE Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections planned for 24/25 June will be conducted in a climate of fear and intimidation. It is not white farmers but black members of the opposition movement, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), who have been bearing the brunt of attacks by gangs supporting Mugabe's Zanu-PF ruling party. Zanu-PF supporters threatened candidates as they registered at the start of this month. Candidate Thadeus Rukini was beaten to death. In March, Mugabe was trailing in the opinion polls. Sixty three per cent of voters said they wanted a change of government. Zimbabwe's workers and peasants were disillusioned with a ruling party and leader which presided over 50 per cent unemployment and 60 per cent inflation. The MDC was gathering support on a wide scale. Since then Mugabe has launched a counter attack using both carrot and stick. The stick is political violence and intimidation. MDC rallies are broken up. The MDC has virtually no access to the air waves. The carrot is the promise of land redistribution. First Mugabe unleashed the "war veterans" to lead land occupations. When the white farmers caved in and promised not to support the opposition, the leadership tried to rein in the squatters. At the end of last month the ZANU-PF government finally decreed the land occupations legal, and promised to resettle 100,000 landless peasants by the end of June. This is too little, too late. The country's 4,400 white farmers own the most fertile 34 per cent of Zimbabwe's land while one million black peasant farmers subsist on the remainder. Yet for 20 years, Mugabe only managed to "resettle" a few of his closest friends and ministers. As one popular opposition t-shirt puts it: "Land to the people, not the politicians". =46ar from being the scourge of the capitalist farmers, Mugabe wants to do business with them. That is why he left the white landowners alone to build up their wealth for two decades and even now has allowed them to bank 20 per cent of their income, from the lucrative tobacco trade, in foreign currency accounts Mugabe has only encouraged land occupations now to save his political skin. After the elections he hopes to call off the occupations and strike a deal with the reactionary Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU). Unfortunately, the leadership of the MDC - which was formed by the trade union movement in September 1999 and quickly attracted over a million members from the workers and the rural poor - has bent over backwards to support the white farmers and the Western capitalists. On the land question, the MDC supports the retention of the big plantations in the hands of the landowners, allowing only unutilised and marginal land to be redistributed. Even then, the black peasant farmers will have to mortgage their land to attract investment while the white capitalist farmers will enjoy rich compensation. The
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 16/6
DEAR EARTH MATTERS listeners and supporters! This week the national edition of EARTH MATTERS will be a repeat (details below) as 3CR is having its Radiothon and the show will be presented live on 3CR in Melbourne.=20 SO, as many of you know, Earth Matters is only made possible through the existence and support of 3CR Community Radio in Melbourne. If you'd like to support the show, and the station that brings you the show, then why not make a donation! You can either ring in now or during the live show on Sunday June 18th between 11 and 11:30am, or send your donation to PO Box 1277 Collingwood, VIC 3066, or drop in to 21 Smith in Fitzroy. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT, Juliet EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 102b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 16/6/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... next week." DURATION : 25'25" (frogs til around 27'00") SHARON BEDER, "Global Spin: the corporate assault on environmentalism" Sharon Beder is the author of "Global Spin, the corporate assault on environmentalism." Today Sharon joins us to discuss the revised edition of the book which takes a particular look at Greenpeace's involvement in building the dream of the "green" Olympics. Sharon Beder maintains that the major environmental crisis that we currently face is not one of biodiversity loss, or land clearing, but of corporate domination over what we see, hear, think and believe. Today Sharon joins Earth Matters to discuss Greenpeace's role in the "green" Olympics push, the repercussions this has, and the general trends that environment groups have taken in recent years with regard to "solution" finding. IN: "Well I mean basically we have all these =85" OUT: "=85 membership or their subscriptions up." DUR: 9'56" SHORT BREAK "Will Greenpeace continue to uphold the principles of its founders, or will it become just another symbolic marketing hook, a subscription sold to suburban householders to be taken in regular doses as a palliative for environmental anxiety while they continue their lifestyle as polluting producers and consumers?" Given that Greenpeace is seen by so many as being a key element of the Australian environment movement, I asked Sharon what the responses had been to her attacks on Greenpeace.=20 IN: "Umm well when I first published =85" OUT: "=85 running after their tails in a way." DUR: 11'00" -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
CERES press release
Posted on behalf of CERES Community and environment park Festivals and Events... Yule -A Winter Solstice Celebration- Melbourne's 5th Acoustic Folk Festival Yule is the ancient festival of the winter solstice. Come celebrate the return of the sun on the longest night at CERES, with Melbourne's finest folk performers and comedians playing undercover including Rod Quantock, Yalla, Klezmeritis, Vardos, Mal Webb, Lou Bennett, Greg Arnold friend, Singsibling, Deb Morrow, Invention in Time, Havelock Alice, plus Andy and Jeanne's famous slide show. Come along and enjoy the fantastic winter food, children's activities, wild gypsy music and magical fire ritual. CERES Community Environmental Park 8 Lee Street Saturday 24th June From 6pm Admission : $8/$6 Families: $16/$12 Enquiries: 9388 1707 LL.VF -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: SUWA show- 3CR Radiothon
Hi there, Yes this week is the 3CR radiothon and so the SUWA show is asking people to call up and donate to the station to help keep us on the air. SUWA (Squatters and Unwaged Workers Airwaves) is on every Friday between 11am and noon. We have various prizes to give away on the show including prize packs made up of videos, CDs and books. This Friday we will also have interviews from a recent anti-globalisation demo in Perth. For those who haven't listened in a while SUWA has in the last year broadcast troublemaking news from australia and around the world and promoted most of the demonstrations, film nights and other events that have taken place amongst Melbourne's radical community. Whilst the show tries to focus on squatting and unwaged issues we also cover other areas of interest including workplace, feminist, environmentalist, queer and other issues. We tend to stick away from theorey instead focussing on and talking with people about how they are fighting back. In recent months we have amongst other things done the following- -Hosted a May Day special (on May 1st)with a live interview with people at the Melbourne demo and news from around the world. -Fielded calls before and after the show from people interested in squatting or already doing so and seeking advice. -Played interviews with anarchists involved in the a-16 demonstrations in the U.S. -Interviewed squatters from Sydney. -Attended unemployed rallies and interviewed those present. -Had a live cross from the Stolen Generations demonstration. -Helped find some squatters a new home by interviewing them about an upcoming eviction and asking people to call in empties. -Had on the show radicals and anarchists from England, Canada and Holland. -Interviewed activists from the Melbourne Uni coop and Melbourne Uni Student Housing squats. -Interviewed the guy who pied Wilson Tuckey. -Played commentaries from Mumia Abu Jamal and a radio documentary about his situation and U.S. demonstrations that have occurred in support of him -Played interviews with squatters from the Netherlands. -Interviewed green activists about water catchment, forest and other issues. -Attended Fairwear rallies and interviewed those present. -And loads more... Well hope I've convinced you all that the SUWA is worth supporting and hope to hear from you this Friday. If you need to get in touch before hand just email me at this address. Ta, Iain. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
