LL:DDN: After s11: Globalising Resistance to Capitalism
19th Democratic Socialist Party National Congress AFTER S11: GLOBALISING RESISTANCE TO CAPITALISM The blockade of the Crown Casino in Melbourne from s11 -13 was a great victory. Tens of thousands of people showed that "there's no power but the power of the people" drawing many into radical politics for the first time. The victory at s11 is part of the growing global movement against corporate tyranny. This movement has declared war not on a particular injustice, but on the system that fills our world with injustice - capitalism. After playing a leading role in s11, activists from the Democratic Socialist Party will meet to plan the next steps for an ongoing offensive against the capitalist system. Feature discussions including; The world Political Situation and the DSP's international work The Cuban Revolution in the epoch of Neo-Liberal Globalisation Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor The role of Australian imperialism in the Pacific and Asia The Australian political situation post s11 Building socialism on the campuses The DSP's trade union perspectives Classes on Marxism, socialist politics and history International guests attending so far: Cuban Communist Party People's Democratic Party (Indonesia) Socialist Party of East Timor Afghanistan Labour Revolutionary Organisation Movement for National Democracy (Philippines) Revolutionary Communist Group (Britian) Malik Miah, Solidarity (U.S.A) Worker Communist Party of Iraq JANUARY 3 -7, 2001 University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Ph: 02 9690 1230 Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Website: www.dsp.org.au PO Box 515 Broadway, NSW, 2007 -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink LL.NA
LL:INFO: online meeting - forming federal reconciliation party
* ONLINE MEETING NOTICE **
Please pass this message along the e-songlines to interested
people.
FORMING A FEDERAL RECONCILIATION PARTY *
Following discussions on the songlines list, an online meeting is to
be held with the view of forming a federal Reconciliation Party to
contest the Senate at the next election.
One of the aims of a reconciliation party, as discussed so far, is to
get indigenous voices in the Senate free from the constraints of
membership in other political parties.
Discussion has also been centred on:
* the need for a new party to have a spirit of partnership between
First Peoples and Settler Peoples with equal power sharing
arrangements in decision making.
* the need to ensure that the first two positions on a reconciliation
party Senate ticket will be available to First Australians - a man
and a woman.
* the need to make good the promise of the then Australian Prime
Minister Bob Hawke, at Burunga in 1988, that there would be a
treaty
* the need to deliver the indigenous social justice package
promised by the then Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating in
return for restoring certainty to Australian business
We have not comprehensively debated:
* the various strategies for reconciliation as formulated by the
Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation at this stage.
* the rules of membership (although we have discussed the need
for inclusiveness by welcoming as members people who belong to
other political parties on the understanding that they will required to
state their other affiliations when appropriate).
PURPOSE OF ONLINE MEETING
The online meeting is the next step to seeking registration of a
political party.
Agenda items which will need to be covered include:
* agreeing on a party name
* forming an interim constitution
* forming an interim Federal Executive or similar body
* forming membership rules
* selecting an interim party secretary
* forming State and Territory branches
* preparation of a membership application form.
* setting membership fees
* opening bank account and selecting Treasurer
* selecting date and venue for an initial annual gathering.
* other business
HOW TO JOIN THE ONLINE MEETING
The Australian Electoral Commission requires that intending
members of federal political parties are 17 years of age or older;
Australian citizens (or a British subject who was on a
Commonwealth of Australia electoral roll on 25 January 1984); have
been at your present address for one month at the time of signing a
membership form.
If you are in broad agreement with the above proposals, are
qualified to become a member of this party, and are interested in
joining, send an empty message to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
You should get a message back asking you to confirm your
subscription request, and after you have replied to that, receive a
welcome message.
STARTING DATE
The starting date is on the morning of this Thursday 19 October
2000.
COSTS OF FACILITATION - VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION
The online meeting will be facilitated by Songweaver Services. To
help cover facilitation costs we are requesting that non-indigenous
participants *who are so moved* make a financial contribution to
defray costs with a *voluntary* payment of $10 or $20 depending on
your income level. To create a spirit of partnership, we welcome
the participation of First Peoples without any similar request.
* Note - this facilitation fee is not a membership fee for joining a
reconciliation party.
Send your cheque or money order to:
Songweaver Services
PO Box 257
Thirroul NSW 2515
MORE INFORMATION
If you require more information about this online meeting, please
contact me. Please note, however, that the debate of issues of
substance will take place in the online meeting.
Any problems contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bruce Reyburn
16 October 2000
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LL:INFO: MAY 1, 2001 - Global Strike against Corporate Tyranny
Dear friends We are asking groups and individuals to sign on to this call for a Global Strike Against Corporate Tyranny & a Blockade of Stock Exchanges on May 1,2001. Over the last weekend we had a big discussion with our activists from around the country, many of whom were at S11, and decided to start the ball rolling. We'll be raising this in the S11 alliances around the country. We also have very close links with militant groups in Indonesia, East Timor, South Korea, the Philippines, India and Pakistan - and we have asked them to join the call for a May 1 Global Strike Against Corporate Tyranny. At S11, some 20,000 people showed that they are prepared to put themselves on the line against the corporate globalisation. Tens of thousands more people were inspired by S11 so on May 1 (with some solid organising) we can do it again in bigger numbers. Seattle, Washington, Melbourne and Prague already have the global corporate chiefs worried. The next next logical step is to go for a simultaneous global mobilisation. The corporate chiefs might have coped OK with the Y2K bug but they may not do so well with M1-2K01! There is already a bit of a global push for M1-2K01 so I urge you to join the call. Peter Boyle Democratic Socialist Party National Office Telephone: 61 2 9690 1230 Fax: 61 2 9690 1381 email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> website: www.dsp.org.au After Seattle, Washington, Melbourne, Prague May 1: Global strike against corporate tyranny! The Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance call on the escalating movement against the corporate globalisation - the global people's movement that showed its mighty strength at Seattle, Washington, Melbourne and Prague - to support the proposal for a Global Strike Against Corporate Tyranny on May 1, 2001. Neo-liberal capitalist globalisation is bringing unprecedented misery to 80% of the world's population just to enrich a tiny minority who are already obscenely wealthy. It is also worsening an already catastrophic global environment crisis. But now global corporate greed is being challenged by a movement of global solidarity. The global corporate rulers are already frightened and arguing among themselves about how to combat our growing people's movement. Some think that changing the name of those instruments of death and misery for millions, the IMF Structural Adjustment Programmes, to "Poverty Reduction Strategies" is going to fool us into leaving the streets. Others are trying to convince us that making the corporate barons even richer will mean that some gains will trickle down to the poorest. But we will not be put off. Sentiment is growing around the world, after the series of mobilisations against the oppressive international financial institutions - from Seattle to Washington, to Melbourne, to Prague - for continuing coordinated global action. More and more people are seeing what the sources of the problems of the majority of the world's people are, and are willing to do something about it. The downtrodden of the Third World have known the cause of their oppression for decades, as recently demonstrated in Indonesia, Ecuador, Argentina and Bolivia. Today more and more people in the First World, especially the youth, are expressing their solidarity with the majority of the world's oppressed. We would like to see this international solidarity not just expressed in a series of actions as the World Bank, IMF, WTO of WEF meets but in cities around the world in a simultaneous demonstration of opposition to exploitation and injustice. Let's go on the offensive on May 1, 2001 with a truly global action against global corporate tyranny. Let's walk out of our workplaces, campuses and schools and converge on those temples of corporate greed, the stock exchanges. Let M1 unite the massive power of the victims of corporate tyranny in the First World and in the Third World! Abolish the IMF, World Bank and the WTO! Cancel the Third World debt! Globalise resistance! -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:ART: latest Voice articles
Comrades The latest issue of the Voice has just been published. Below are three articles: a) S11 analysis b) Palestine: Eyewitness and analysis from the spot c) Petrol Wars S11 The two most powerful unions in Victoria (CFMEU and AMWU) effectively split with the Trades Hall leadership over the latter's initial refusal to march south of the Yarra to join the main body of protestors on S12. This left Trades Hall high and dry, exposing its weakness in an era of federal awards and a shift to the Left amongst their most powerful affiliates. It was forced to pulp its original posters calling on unionists to stop their march at Enterprise Park, north of the Yarra. Nevertheless the opposition to the S11 blockade by Trades Hall meant that before and after the S12 union rally, the young protestors were largely alone. The State government and police felt S11 was politically isolated from the trade unions. This led to the brutal baton charges on Tuesday morning and especially on Tuesday night that saw over 400 injured and seven ambulances being called to the CFMEU first aid marquee. The Trades Hall leadership, therefore, have blood on their hands, despite their current weeping over the police actions at the Crown Towers. Their political stocks will be further demented as the legal case being pursued by the injured protestors gradually exposes the links between the WEF, State Labor government, police, federal security agencies and the police. It is important to understand how and why key unions decided to ignore Trades Hall over S11. The Workers First leadership of the AMWU-in particular State Secretary Craig Johnston, a member of the Progressive Labour Party-took a principled position from the start. In the CFMEU (construction and general division), the work of rank and file members of the union who were active in S11 (including but not exclusively members of the Socialist Party) in raising the importance of the blockade was important. A marquee and first aid equipment and union volunteers were agreed to early on. Then the decision was made to march to the Crown Towers on S12. It was a combination of the objective pull of the S11 protest and growing opposition to globalisation, and the subjective factor as well. In the Labor Party, Premier Steve Bracks' comments in support of the police baton charge and calling protestors "fascist" provoked a mini-revolt in party branches including his own in Williamstown. Many members resigned and wrote to the papers explaining why. Bracks was forced to cancel his BBQ for police. At the next state election there will be even more rank and file ALP members secretly and openly backing left of Labor candidates, as seen when we stood in Richmond last September. S11 marked a re-entry into the political arena by thousands of young people, including school students. For most of the 1990s, single issue and identity politics dominated the political scene amongst the thin layer of youth involved in struggle. S11 changed all that, and a growing layer ofyouth are opposing capitalism and groping in the direction of socialism. Issues that dominated the left in the late 1960s/early 1970s are coming back: socialism versus anarchism; the role of the working class and the trade unions; peaceful protest and its limits and so on. After the baton charges debates will develop about the new forms of peaceful protest (gridlocks, mobile protests), and even the need to move beyond peaceful action. Similar debates occurred in the US during the Civil Rights protests in the 1960s between Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and later, the Black Panthers. The role of the mass media was disgraceful in it coverage of S11 and they exposed themselves in the eyes of millions. Nevertheless through the mud much of our message got through. For example the ABC-TV's Behind the News, which broadcasts news stories into every Australian school, had an excellent report on S11 outlining the arguments against capitalist globalisation. >From BBC World Service, to Channel 9, to community radio, S11 had opportunities to talk to millions. This would never have happened if there had been no blockade. The blockade itself highlighted the importance of good, democratically-based organisation. The marshals were all elected, active members of S11-Alliance and had the confidence of many. The played a key coordinating role. However, more thought needs to go into greater involvement of picketers/blockaders themselves in the running of pickets rather than relying solely on speeches on megaphone from marshals. The first aid marquee and crew were absolutely crucial and were the unsung heroes of the three days. The legal support crew were also crucial. Those who had the privilege of attending S11 will be changed forever and become ambassadors for activism amongst their peers. Australia will never be the same again. Weeks ago, Israeli and Palestinian leaders were on the verge of signing a new peace agreement, and Yasser Arafat was joking and sippin
LL:DDV: Melbourne May Day Committee
The Annual General Meeting of the Melbourne May Day Committee will be held on Tuesday 24 October at 7:30 pm in the Evatt Room, Trades Hall Corner Lygon & Victoria Streets Carlton South The election for positions on the committee will take place at this meeting Source: Melbourne May Day Committee Fax: 9416 1303 *** Australia Asia Worker Links (ABN: 82 920 590 967) PO Box 264 Fitzroy Victoria 3065 Australia Tel: 03 9419 5045 Fax: 03 9416 2746 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink LL.VJ
LL:PR: After S11: Call for May 1 global strike
Media Release Monday October 18 Left activists propose sequel to S11 Global strike & blockade of stock exchanges on May 1 The Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance, two organisations which played a leading role in the S11 blockade of the World Economic Forum have issued a call for a global strike against corporate tyranny on Tuesday May 1, 2001. They also propose mass, peaceful, blockades of stock exchanges in the major cities of Australia. "At S11, some 20,000 people showed that they are prepared to put themselves on the line against the corporate globalisation", said Peter Boyle, a national organiser for the DSP. "On May 1 we can do it again in bigger numbers. " "Seattle, Washington, Melbourne and Prague already have the global corporate chiefs worried. But they ain't seen nothing yet. On May 1 this new movement is going for a global mobilisation. "The corporate chiefs might have coped OK with the Y2K bug but they may not do so well with M1-2K01." DSP and Resistance activists, who featured prominently among the youthful agitators leading the blockades around Crown Casino, will be taking this proposal to S11 alliance meetings in the coming weeks. The DSP which has very close links with militant groups in Indonesia, East Timor, South Korea, the Philippines, India and Pakistan has asked left-wing groups around the world to join the call for a May 1 Global Strike Against Corporate Tyranny. For more information/interviews: Peter Boyle 02-9690 1230 or 0412139968 Jorge Jorquera 03-9639 8622 or 0413 257 660 Anne O'Casey 03-9639 8622 After Seattle, Washington, Melbourne, Prague M1 2K01 May 1: Global strike against corporate tyranny! The Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance call on the escalating movement against the corporate globalisation the global people's movement that showed its mighty strength at Seattle, Washington, Melbourne and Prague to support the proposal for a Global Strike Against Corporate Tyranny on May 1, 2001. Neo-liberal capitalist globalisation is bringing unprecedented misery to 80% of the world's population just to enrich a tiny minority who are already obscenely wealthy. It is also worsening an already catastrophic global environment crisis. But now global corporate greed is being challenged by a movement of global solidarity. The global corporate rulers are already frightened and arguing among themselves about how to combat our growing people's movement. Some think that changing the name of those instruments of death and misery for millions, the IMF Structural Adjustment Programmes, to "Poverty Reduction Strategies" is going to fool us into leaving the streets. Others are trying to convince us that making the corporate barons even richer will mean that some gains will trickle down to the poorest. But we will not be put off. Sentiment is growing around the world, after the series of mobilisations against the oppressive international financial institutions from Seattle to Washington, to Melbourne, to Prague for continuing coordinated global action. More and more people are seeing what the sources of the problems of the majority of the world's people are, and are willing to do something about it. The downtrodden of the Third World have known the cause of their oppression for decades, as recently demonstrated in Indonesia, Ecuador, Argentina and Bolivia. Today more and more people in the First World, especially the youth, are expressing their solidarity with the majority of the world's oppressed. We would like to see this international solidarity not just expressed in a series of actions as the World Bank, IMF, WTO or WEF meets but in cities around the world in a simultaneous demonstration of opposition to exploitation and injustice. Let's go on the offensive on May 1, 2001 with a truly global action against global corporate tyranny. Let's walk out of our workplaces, campuses and schools and converge on those temples of corporate greed, the stock exchanges. Let M1 unite the massive power of the victims of corporate tyranny in the First World and in the Third World! Abolish the IMF, World Bank and the WTO! Cancel the Third World debt! Globalise resistance! Expropriate the corporate robbers! __ -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:INFO: A request to LeftLink posters
Dear LeftLink posters The Freedom Socialist Party values LeftLink greatly as a method of communication between very diverse left activists and organisations. We all have a role in ensuring the integrity and accuracy of the information posted. So, if details of an action any of us post change, we have a responsibility to post the revised details as soon as the changes happen. On 7 September Arun P posted a notice of a protest to take place in Melbourne at 5 pm at the GPO on 13 October. The protest, to coincide with Refugee Week, was called by Resistance and the Federation of Iraqi Refugees and Immigrants Council. The organisers subsequently called the protest off, but did not advise the list. As a result, some people turned up for the canceled rally. We all have a responsibility to ensure appropriate follow up messages are posted. E-mail is a great communication boon, lets all work to make sure it is reliable. Thank you. Alison Thorne Freedom Socialist Party -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: The 60s and 70s - Freedom Now!
Study Group: A Worker's Guide to the 20th Century: The '60s and '70s =8B Freedom Now! Thursday 19 October @ 7pm Solidarity Salon, 1 Appleby Cres, West Brunswick Dinner served at 6.30 pm for a $6 donation For more information call (03) 9386-5065 Sponsored jointly by Freedom Socialist Party & the Feminist Education Association -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink LL.VJ
LL:AA: NSW PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION ELECTIONS
Elections for the NSW Public Service Association are now underway. This is an important opportunity for members to reform their union. We encourage members to vote PROGRESSIVE PSA (PPSA) FOR A BETTER DEAL: a.. JOB SECURITY - PROTECT PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS & SERVICES b.. BETTER & MORE EQUITABLE PAY c.. A STRONGER & MORE DEMOCRATIC UNION We were told that the current pay deal was the best that could be won and that we should accept the employers offer without any resistance. This left the Teachers Federation as the only large union to take on the NSW Government. Despite being isolated they did win a better deal. The employers are now seeking significant concessions in return for the pay deal. We don't want a rerun of the previous pay deal where the union leadership struck an agreement with the employer without consulting members. There is a preference exchange between the official's group (trading as the 'Rank & File') and the right wing 'Members First' group. This makes the Progressive PSA the only serious left alternative to this centre right alliance. The Progressive PSA is not captive to ALP factions nor the NSW ALP Government (our employer). We do not seek nor receive money from other unions or political parties. We rely entirely on the support of union members. For 'How to Vote' leaflets please visit http://go.to/BetterDeal JOB SECURITY - PROTECT PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS & SERVICES Public sector services continue to be cut, contracted out and privatised. Those areas under attack should not continue to be left to defend themselves. United we bargain - divided we beg. 6% of the current pay deal is not funded by Treasury. Soon there will be deep cuts to public sector jobs. But it doesn't have to be that way. The Progressive PSA (PPSA) will ensure the union campaigns for full funding of the pay rises. We disagree with wage increases being funded by job cuts. The Olympics have shown how effective public services can be when properly resourced. They exposed the myth that 'Private enterprise is better'. The PPSA will ensure our union is at the forefront of defending public services and jobs. BETTER & MORE EQUITABLE PAY The PPSA was the only group to actively campaign for an improvement to the quantity and structure of the current pay deal. Treasury documents show that our pay this year is less than the consumer price index and substantially less than the growth in average weekly earnings. Clearly a better deal WAS possible. The employer is now seeking trade-offs for these modest increases.- more job cuts, even longer working hours, 'performance pay', and greater 'flexibility'. We must resist any trade-offs of our hard-won working conditions. The PPSA is committed to ensuring pay equity for both women and men. Undervaluation of work performed by people in occupations with large numbers of women, like school assistants and library workers has resulted in lower pay rates. The PPSA will work for improved access to training and career development to equip members to deal with rapid changes in technology, the labour market and the work place skills it demands. BETTER SERVICES FOR MEMBERS The PSA needs to be more responsive to members' needs. A union that researches issues and provides competent and timely answers to member inquiries. A union that helps members by showing them how to defend themselves. Union publications must be published on time and be relevant. The PPSA will review PSA communications in consultation with members to ensure its content and delivery is useful and timely. UNION DEMOCRACY - NO SECRET DEALS Workplace organisation needs to be re-vitalised with active committees in as many workplaces as possible. The PPSA wants a union constitution that enables effective participation by members, based on proper electorates with delegates accountable to members, not powerless talk shops. The PPSA will promote a review of the constitution based on wide consultation among members. We oppose any agreements with employers without endorsement by the members concerned. Lets make sure our union is clean and accountable. The salary range of our officials should be published annually in our union's journal Red Tape and officials should declare their remuneration from positions on boards and committees. PROGRESSIVE PSA FOR A BETTER DEAL PPSA candidates are not career politicians nor union bureaucrats. We are delegates and active PSA members with extensive experience in industrial negotiation and workplace organisation. Our candidates are drawn from agencies and vocations across the state. The PPSA always runs a gender balanced ticket. The PPSA does not seek or receive money from any political party. We are not captive to ALP factions nor do we sacrifice members' interests to the political ambitions of union officials. How to contact us: Progressive PSA P.O. Box K519, Haymarket NSW 1240, fax: 02 85 69 43 71 email us at:
LL:DDN: Liberation Dinner
You are invited to the GREEN LEFT WEEKLY LIBERATION DINNER CAMPAIGNING FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE Green Left Weekly consistently reports on an campaigns for social justice: from workers' rights in Indonesia to land rights for Indigenous Australians; from defending the gains of the Cuban revolution to fighting for the rights of refugees. Join us for an evening of fine food speakers and live entertainment. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 - 7.00 pm 67 Norton St, Leichardt, SYDNEY Cost $25 waged $15 uni students and non-waged $10 high school students Ph: 02 9690 1977 or email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink LL.NJ
LL:DDN: Palestine Forum
PALESTINE - FREEDOM NOW! A Green Left Weekly Public Forum Speakers: Sari Kassis -Friends of Palestine speakers from Australian Council of Palestinians and the Democratic Socialist Party WEDNESDAY, NOV 1 - 7pm Resistance Centre - 23 Abercrombie St, Chippendale. Food available from 6.30 pm Telephone: 02 9690 1977 -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink LL.NK
LL:DDN: s11 to o20 - Picket the Liberals Millenium Forum
S11 TO O20 HUMAN NEED NOT CORPORATE GREED Picket the Liberals Millenium Forum The Millenium Forum "Corporate Luncheon" is organised by the Liberal Party to "provide under 40s in the Sydney business community a unique opportunity to interact with key political and business leaders". The dinner costs $500 a head. The guest of (dis)honour and patron is John Howard. The Forum is sponsored by accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Macquarie Bank, Multiplex, AMP, British American Tobacco, Coles Myer, Delta Gold and Kerry Packer's publishing and Broadcasting Ltd. Fri, OCTOBER 20 - 11 am Westin Sydney Hotel 1 Martin Place, Sydney City. Called by CACTUS (Campaign Against Corporate Tyranny United in Soldarity) ph0438 800244 for more info. -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink LL.NJ
LL:DDV: S11 video showing -- 'on the barricades'
Socialist Alternative presents the debut screening of SA's video of the S11 demonstration 'On the Barricades'. Revisist the awesome protest against the World Economic Forum. Thurs 7.30 pm October 19 New International Bookshop Trades Hall ph 9421 4439 for more information -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink LL.VJ
LL:DDV: Feminism Unites the Global Revolt against Corporate Rule
Melbourne Radical Women Meeting: Wednesday, 25 October FEMINISM UNITES THE GLOBAL REVOLT AGAINST CORPORATE RULE In September, the thousands of people who blockaded the World Economic Forum Summit in Melbourne joined the spreading international resistance against capitalism. When unionists, Aborigines, migrants, queers, people with disabilities, young people and seniors linked arms, we united our struggles and showed our combined power. As the special target of this sexist system, women were in the forefront. Join us as we discuss the impact of capitalist globalisation on women and queers and how we, in all our diversity, are the fiercest fighters for revolutionary change. Panelists include Jess Permezel from QUEER (Queers United to Eradicate Economic Rationalism) and Debbie Brennan from Radical Women. Everyone is welcome. 7.00 pm (dinner at 6.15 pm for a $6 donation) Solidarity Salon, 1 Appleby Crescent, West Brunswick For more information, phone (03) 9386 3230 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink LL.VJ
