LL:AA: Aboriginal Education is under attack
Please send this email to as many people as you can: - ABORIGINAL EDUCATION IS UNDER ATTACK AT UWS BANKSTOWN The admin at UWS in its wisdom decided that it would close down the Aboriginal Education centre at Bankstown known as Goolangullia. Their plan is to move all aboriginal education centres to UWS Blacktown, for the reason that that is where demographically where more Indigenous people live in the Western Sydney area. Despite the fact that most of the Indigenous students studying at Bankstown have roots here, the admin at UWS has decided to rip those up and move them to Blacktown. The Indigenous students who access Goolangullia are mostly students studying under the Aboriginal Rural Education Programme (AREP) which teaches education and welfare, with the idea that AREP students can go back into the their communities and help their communities. The boxes were sent to Goolangullia on Friday and staff were told that they have to be out by Wednesday which is TWO DAYS away. The plan is that AREP students are going to stop the moving from happening on Wednesday by staying in Goolangullia and refusing to leave. The time and stuff is not figured out but i will email everybody again when a decision has been made. But that is not the only sort of protest you can do. The elders of the traditional owners claimed Goolangullia the sacred learning place for Indigenous people. Community groups are sending messages of support. Here are some suggestions: - - Send your letters / messages of support to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Fax them to (02) 9774 3442 - Ring Jan Reid who is our Vice Chancellor on (02) 9678 7801, email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Fax her a few times to make sure she receives the message on (02) 9678 7809. Some suggestions are 'leave Goolangullia at Bankstown' or 'Dont close Aboriginal Education at Bankstown'. Or if you're more creative make something up - Get involved with the fight back, you can call on (02) 9772 6488, and ask for John or Dave or any student working on saving Goolangullia - Or if you want to help on Wednesday that would be awesome. This is really important, if Aboriginal Education goes to Blacktown all the AREP students and the AREP programme will be in jeopardy. UWS Blacktown is known for its high level of racism, violence, and sexual assualts in their residences. UWS Blacktown has none of the facilities for AREP students and thus the programme will soon be scraped, and the student union at Blacktown are unsympathetic to the cause (that's as nice as i can be). AREP students are taking this as the final showdown, this will be the one and only fight. Please show your support and if you can show your solidarity and fight with these Indigenous students in their quest for an equitable education. Thanks for your time Dave Wilcox -- 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:URL: New at anarchosyndicalism.org
New at anarchosyndicalism.org: The Anarcho-Syndicalist Answer to Corporate Globalisation by Brian Oliver Sheppard http://texts.anarchosyndicalism.org/global.htm "The capitalist class, through corporate globalization, can disempower workers, and settle in areas where workers have no political voice to affect change. Already the WTO is set to meet in the remote desert nation of Qatar, which is ruled by a monarchy, and where rival political factions and freedom of speech are illegal. In the USA, corporations increasingly rely on the easily exploitable labor of illegal aliens and prison workforces, two segments of the labor force that have no real rights. Direct action is their only recourse. Likewise, oppressed workers in other lands often have no political say. What else can they do but act directly upon what is immediately oppressing them?" _ http://shopping.yahoo.com.au - Father's Day Shopping - Find the perfect gift for your Dad for Father's Day -- 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: GREENS FORUM @ FRANKSTON THURSDAY 23/08/01
PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY. THANK YOU. The Peninsula Branch of the Australian Greens Party is holding " AN EVENING WITH THE GREENS". Come and meet Greens Federal Candidates : SENATE ...Scott Kinnear DUNKLEY ...Henry Kelsall FLINDERS...David De Rango Music and light refreshments with free admission. Every one very welcome! THURSDAY AUGUST 23RD @ 7.00PM HIGH STREET UNITING CHURCH ( next to milk bar) 26 HIGH STREET, FRANKSTON. ( Melways map ref 100A B9) Enquiries: Phone Stuart Kingsford 59858486 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Greens Party Information: www.greens.org.au -- 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:PR: City of Yarra Election
Media Release Socialist Party to stand Denise Dudley for Nicholson ward by-election, City of Yarra Council election Denise Dudley, 24, works with intellectually disabled people and is the Co-ordinator of the Community Campaign for Heroin Reform. Denise was the chief first aid organiser at both the S11 and M1 demonstrations and is on the National Committee of the Socialist Party (SP) and lives in the Nicholson Ward. Denise opposes the introduction of parking meters in the area and the shutting down of the domestic violence unit by the Yarra City Council. Denise will fight for extra funding for non-profit child care centre in the area and supports permanent paid council staff supervision of the Skate Board park in the Fitzroy gardens. Denise will organise a mass campaign of direct action by council unions and the local community for extra funding for Council from the State Government. The Socialist Party has the best record of left of Labor parties in the area. In the 1998 federal election Matt Wilson Australia's youngest ever candidate won over 1,000 votes in the seat of Batman. A year later Stephen Jolly won over 4,000 votes (12.5%) in the state seat of Richmond. Last month the SP in the Melbourne City Council election ended up with 1,292 votes after 120 rounds of counting. For more information about this campaign or to interview Denise Dudley phone her on 0403 892605 or the Socialist Party office on 9639 9122. -- 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: VTHC Rally - campaign on industrial manslaughter
Victorian Trades Hall Council: Rally to launch union campaign on industrial manslaughter laws Event: Rally to launch union campaign on industrial manslaughter laws Event starting date: 10:00am 23 August 2001 Event finishing date: 12:00am 23 August 2001 Where: Storey Hall, RMIT 336 Swanston Street, Melbourne Contact: Margot Hoyte (OHS Campaigns and Information Officer, Trades Hall) Description: In September a new law will be introduced into Victorian parliament, creating the crime of Industrial Manslaughter. OHS reps and delegates are urged to attend the launch rally on August 23. Speakers at the launch include: Jan Carrick (mother of Anthony Carrick, killed on his first day at work), Sia Lagos, Director, Legal Services and Investigations, WorkSafe Name: Margot Hoyte Telephone: 9662 3511 Ground Floor, Old Building, Trades Hall, Cnr. Victoria & Lygon Streets, Carlton, VIC 3053 Ph: (03) 9662 3511 Fax: (03) 9663 2127 http://www.vthc.socialchange.net.au -- 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
DDV: how the Queer Bloc can build the anticapitalist movement
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. -- 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:DDA: Join the Tent Embassy firewood convoy on 27/8/01
Subject: Join the Tent Embassy firewood convoy on 27/8/01 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 12:04:42 +1100 Join the Tent Embassy firewood convoy on 27/8/01 Picture a firewood bearing convoy to the Fire at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy: join with us! Happening at noon, Monday 27 August, 2001 The theme of Last night's FRIENDS OF THE EMBASSY meeting was building support for Aboriginal people, and one very visible, dramatic, practical way is being planned for Monday the 27th of August, just before the start of the UN World Conference Against Racism: A convoy of vehicles: trucks, trailers, cars (with wood in boots or roof racks), perhaps even bicycles with trailers, or horses, ponies and Foot-falcons all decorated with Aboriginal flags and banners, carrying wood for the ceremonial healing Fires for Peace and Justice at the Embassy after a short procession. We plan to assemble from noon to 12:30 in the car park behind the Canberra Rex (at the corner of Ipima and Henty/Lowanna Streets), drive south in convoy on Northbourne Avenue through Civic, then past the War Memorial, down Anzac Parade, across Kings Avenue Bridge, circle around new Parliament House and then deliver the wood to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, on the National Heritage-listed site across from Old Parliament House. Then we intend to have a shared lunch/picnic at the Embassy. We need: Women and men with any sort of vehicles for carrying firewood and/or leafy gum branches (for the traditional humpy shelters) People who can make extra flags and banners (some in advance, if possible) Rope and tape for decorating the vehicles Streamers (red, black & yellow) Help with advance publicity Bring picnic lunches! Talking with Aboriginal Elder Uncle Kevin Buzzacott after the meeting we found out that another two fairly urgent needs of the Embassy are: a floodlight a tape recorder, ideally one with two decks Can anyone help with this? Contacts: Flora 6231 7884; Ffionnan 6248 8837; Bobi 6249 7951; Ellie 6247 6821; Claire 6288 0535; Joon 6254 7742 -- 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: Ideas for FIGHTING CAPITALISM: Socialist Alternative Conf
Ideas for FIGHTING CAPITALISM: Socialist Alternative's Conference Friday 17 August & Saturday 18 August: Two days of discussion and debate about the way forward for the anti-capitalist movement. Friday 17 August 7.30PM: FIGHTING BACK IN THE USA EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT American socialist KATHERINE DWYER'S eyewitness account of the new radicalism: *Mass mobilisations in Seattle and Quebec *Cincinnati riots *Pro-choice movement *Campaign against the death penalty and SANDRA BLOODWORTH on S11 to M1 to the Commonwealth Business Forum: building the anti-capitalist movement in Australia. at Trades Hall, cnr Victoria & Lygon Sts, Melbourne. Entry: $2 unwaged, $6 waged, $10 high waged Starting with the mass demonstrations that shutdown the World Trade Organisation's meeting in Seattle a new anti-capitalist movement has exploded onto the streets all around the world. But how are we going to build on the inspiring successes of S11 and M1? How are we going to reach out to the mass of workers? This conference will focus on the political debates, the strategy and tactics needed to take the anti-capitalist movement forward. Because this is far from being the first anti-capitalist movement in history we can learn important lessons for today by looking at the successes and failures of previous revolutionary movements. That's why one of the themes of this conference will be a series of talks on the politics of previous anti-capitalist movements. Rest of Program is as follows: Saturday 18th August @ Trades Hall, Melbourne. 10:30-11:45 -The two souls of socialism (Katherine Dwyer) -Panel: fighting for queer liberation (Darren Kane, Drew Pettifer, Lian Jenvey) 12noon-1:30pm -The first anti-capitalist movement (John Minns) -The first international revolutionary movement (David Brophy) -What kind of organisation is SA building? (Corey Oakley) 2:30-4pm -Australia on the brink of revolution (Jeff Sparrow) -How do revolutions spread (Marc Newman) -Why we support the Palestinians (Sophie Singh) 4:15-5:30pm -Can we change the world without violence? (TBA) -The sixties revolt (Diane Fieldes) -Everything you ever wanted to know about socialism* (Everybody) Read below for more info on Saturday talks. Cost for whole conference: $5 (unwaged), $14 (low wage), $20 (high wage) cost for Saturday only: $4, $10, $15 . For more info or to register, reply via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or ring 94214439, or send name & address & phone with money to PO Box 4202, Richmond East, VIC 3121. www.sa.org.au More Information on Saturday's Talks: The two souls of socialism (Kathrine Dwyer- USA) Some say (or used to) that socialism could be introduced by parliament or looked to Russia, China, Vietnam and Cuba as socialist. We don't - we stand with those who say socialism can only be won by mass struggles led by the working class. fighting for queer liberation (Darren Kane, Drew Pettifer, Lian Jenvey- Melbourne) Looks at the origins of queer oppression and the history of the gay and lesbian liberation movement. With a growing radicalism around sexuality concerns in australia, how should revolutionaries orient towards this and bring queers into the struggle against capitalism. The first anti-capitalist movement (John Minns- Wollongong). The Chartists, active in Britain in the 1840s, were the world's first mass radical working class movement. They debated out many of the issues familiar to us today - the use of "force" vs "moral persuasion", and the centrality of mass, centralised mobilisations. Many of the aspects of today's movement that are touted as "new" were features of this very first anti-capitalist movement eg street theatre, colourful displays etc - the point being that any movement involving the mass of people will bring to the surface creative ideas about how to get its message across. The first international revolutionary movement (David Brophy- Melbourne) This talk will look at the history of the First International - the first international working class movement of which Karl Marx was a key leader. It will focus on the experience of the first workers' revolution: the Paris Commune of 1871 from which Marx drew the conclusion that workers had to smash the capitalist state. Australia on the brink of revolution (Jeff Sparrow- Melbourne) The Federation celebrations have painted a depressingly one-sided picture of a century of mindless flag-waving. But there is also a history of revolt and this talk focuses on the mass upheavals, many lead and organised by socialists, in Australia in the 1890s. The similarities with today will be surprising and inspirational, and point to lessons we can learn today. How do revolutions spread? (Marc Newman- Sydney) This session will look at the international nature of revolutions focusing on the revolutionary upheaval that swept Europe and much of the rest of the world in the aftermath of World War I. The Sixties Revolt (Diane Fieldes- Sydney) For years we've seen the activism of the sixtie
LL:DDV: Rod Quantock at GLW debate
ROD QUANTOCK will perform live in WOULD OUR POLITICIANS SURVIVE BIG BROTHER? The 2nd annual Green Left Weekly debate. Would Hanson and Howard get evicted? Beazley doing the Bum Dance? Or would Ruddock just lock 'em all up in chicken wire? You are invited to a night of laughter, food and drinks. Cover Charge a paltry $15 full/$12 concession August 23, Thursday, 7pm @ Brunswick Town Hall. Info/reservations a MUST, ph. (03) 9639-8622 -- 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 Fight against Sweatshops: Public Debate 21/8/01
You are invited to a public meeting at 7pm on Tuesday 21/8/01 at the New International Bookshop meeting room at Trades Hall. The Socialist Party has organised an evening of no-holds barred public debate and discussion on the current and future direction of the anti-sweatshop movement. Some of the themes of the discussion will be: How can the base of the movement be broadened to encompass more than just the left? Are the current strategies in place as effective as they could be? Where do we go from here? Speakers: Steve Roach: Founder of the Shearers and Rural Workers Union, now a CFMEU official. Pamela Curr: Fairwear campaign and Greens Stu Raphello: Socialist Party Lisa Ferrance: Workers Power Jerome Small: Socialist Alternative For more information call (03) 9639 9111 -- 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: Shut down The Department of Foreign Affairs
For Melbourne comrades - August 16 Their Struggle is Our Struggle! Globalise Solidarity! National Day of Action in solidarity with the struggles in Indonesia, Aceh, West Papua and Papua New Guinea Starting at the State Library, cnr La Trobe and Swanston Sts @ 12.30pm and then marching to DFAT (Dept of Foreign Affairs) to demand *IMF, World Bank out of Indonesia & PNG *Fight the dictaorship in Indonesia *No miliary ties *Referendum on Independence for Aceh and West Papua *No sweatshops Initiated by ASIET (Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East TImor) Endorsed by Students and Sustainability conference 2001, Resistance, Socialist Worker, Kate Davidson NUS National Education officer, WARTA, Australian Acehnese Association; No Nike campaign (Melbourne), Students Campaigning Against Multinationals (Brisbane), Socialist Alternative, O3 to Chogm collective (Melb Uni). Given the recent events in this region with six PNG students being shot dead not long ago in PNG, and wit hthe rise n political repression in Indonesia (There are now more political prisoners in Indonesia than there was in the last year of Suharto's regime) this action will be important in build the solidarity movement with pro democracy activists in the region. We want to tell the Australian government what we think of their foreign policy. -- 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
