LL:DDV: film screening: "Australia'a Pacific Solution"
SPECIAL FILM SCREENING: "AUSTRALIA'S PACIFIC SOLUTION" a documentary about the NAURU DETENTION CAMPS 6.30 pm Wednesday, 5 February The film will be introduced by journalist Jill Singer -- Kate Durham will reveal new information about the current sitaution in Afghanistan. Trades Hall Cnr Victoria and Lygon Sts Carlton Sth, 3053 $5 entry In June 2002, Kate Durham assisted the BBC documentary maker Sarah MacDonald to portray the Pacific Solution for a world audience, and for the ABC's "Four Corners" program. The ABC declined to show the documentary, in spite of great reviews and the strong public reaction when it was broadcast on British and European networks at the end of September. The program reveals the squalor of the Nauru detention camps, as well as the brutality - and even torture - perpetrated by our defence forces on shipwrecked asylum seekers. It introduces the opposition party of Nauru, and survivors who lost family members at sea. It also speaks of Kate's arrest and assault by the manager of the camps in Nauru. A recent showing at RMIT sold out. Don't miss this special repeat screening in Trades Hall Jeff Sparrow Coordinator New International Book Co-operative Trades Hall Box 18 54 Victoria St Carlton Sth 3053 Mon-Fri 9am-6.30 pm Sat 11am-5pm tel 03 9662 3744 fax 03 9662 4755 www.nibs.org.au to receive regular updates about bookshop events, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] who say George Bush him don't have no aim a search fi Bin Laden and searching in vain now them waan turn it pon saddam hussein so me find out say this is an oil game find out say Babylon a use dem brain righteousness the ghetto youths sustain Capleton .. -- -- 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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDN: DISTINGUISHED AUSTRALIANS SPEAK OUT AGAINST WAR ON IRAQ
MEDIA ALERT DISTINGUISHED AUSTRALIANS SPEAK OUT AGAINST WAR ON IRAQ A media conference series on the impending war Presented by the Walk Against The War Coalition The Howard government is sending further Australian troops to prepare to invade Iraq, ignoring public opinion, the vital need for debate, and without support from the Parliament or from the international community. A broad spectrum of leading members of the Australian public are speaking out against this war and on the humanitarian, social, political, economic and international implications and future consequences of such a war. THE SERIES WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE NSW PARLIAMENT MEDIA ROOM FROM FEBRUARY 6 TO FEBRUARY 12, 2003. Thursday February 6, 2003 at 11.30 at President, NSW Council for Civil Liberties: CAMERON MURPHY NSW Medical Association for Prevention of War: DR ROBERT MARR Host: ALP, President of NSW Legislative Council: Dr Meredith Burgmann Friday February 7, 2003, 10.30 am Former Minister for Urban & Regional Dev and WW2 Veteran: TOM UREN Former Minister for Veterans Affairs and WW2 Veteran: ARTHUR GIETZELT TO BE ADVISED Host: Australian Democrats MLC: Arthur Chesterfield-Evans Monday February 10, 2003 at 10.30 am President, NSW Teachers Federation: MS MAREE O'HALLORAN Professor of International Law at University of NSW: PROF GEORGE WILLIAMS Host: Greens (NSW) MLC Lee Rhiannon Wednesday February 12, 2003 10.30 am Uniting Church: REV RAY RICHMOND Lakemba Mosque - KEYSAR TRAD NSW / ACT Secretary, Independent Education Union: RICHARD SHEARMAN Host: ALP, President of NSW Legislative Council: Dr Meredith Burgmann *SYDNEY PEACE RALLY ON SUNDAY FEB 16, 12 NOON AT HYDE PARK NORTH. *MASSIVE RALLIES ALL OVER AUSTRALIA ON FEBRUARY 15 AND 16. *EUROPE-WIDE AND US-WIDE PROTEST EVENTS ARE ON FEBRUARY 15 For further info: Michelle Staur 8354 0737; John Hallam 9567 7533; Peter Murphy 0418 312 301 .. -- -- 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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:AA: ABC Must Broadcast Anti-war message
Dear All, ABC TV has just broadcast live John Howard's entire speech to the parliament on Iraq. The moment he sat down, and the Leader of the opposition stood up they cut the broadcast and started showing play school. The ABC is saying it will broadcast Simon at midnight. The ABC must be rung and told that broadcasting 45 minutes of Government propaganda, without a right of reply, is totally unacceptable. Ring the following numbers now and demand immediate broadcast. NSW - 02 9333 1500 VIC - 03 9524 QLD - 07 3377 5222 SA - 08 8343 4000 WA - 08 9220 2700 TAS - 08 9923 4111 ACT - 02 6275 4555 Nick Martin Adviser Office of Katy Gallagher MLA Minister for Education, Women, and Industrial Relations ph: (02) 6205 0840 fax: (02) 6205 3030 -- -- 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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: Coming soon at Trades Hall
GET IT LIVE - GET IT AT TRADES HALL ARTS, bringing class back into the class struggle . . . --- THE WALL presented by Janine J. Cowie Management --- A young woman books into room number eleven in a decrepit hotel room in the hope of finding her father. Her only clue is that her mother stayed in this room 26 years ago, and that night saved her life. By sheer coincidence, Phil and his brother Peter have booked into the same room. Phil also stayed in room number eleven 26 years ago, and that night saved his life. What unfolds is a story of people being thrown together by coincidence, and by learning the truth about their lives, they learn to trust in their own destiny. The Wall explores the relationship between coincidence and destiny spanning three time frames, (1976, 2002, 2012). The Wall is a comedy/drama written by Melbourne actor and writer Kirsty White, and runs for 60 minutes. The Old Council Chambers 8:30pm Wednesday - Saturday, February 5th - 8th Tickets - $15 Full/ $10 Conc Bookings via CUB Malthouse Ph: 9685 5111 or at the door on the night -- AUSTRALIA'S PACIFIC SOLUTION Film screening -- THE DOCUMENTARY PRODUCED FOR 4 CORNERS THAT THE ABC REFUSED TO SCREEN!! "Australia's Pacific Solution" is a documentary about the Nauru Detention Camps and will be followed by a presentation by the film-maker, Kate Durham. In June 2002, Kate Durham assisted the BBC documentary maker Sarah MacDonald to portray the Pacific Solution for a world audience, and for the ABC's "Four Corners" program. The ABC declined to show the documentary, in spite of great reviews and the strong public reaction when it was broadcast on British and European networks at the end of September. The program reveals the squalor of the Nauru detention camps, as well as the brutality - and even torture - perpetrated by our defence forces on shipwrecked asylum seekers. It introduces the opposition party of Nauru, and survivors who lost family members at sea. It also speaks of Kate's arrest and assault by the manager of the camps in Nauru. A recent showing at RMIT sold out. Don't miss this special repeat screening at Trades Hall. 6:30pm - Wednesday, February 5th New Council Chambers All Tickets $5 - available at the door on the night -- WORLD SEASON SCREENINGS presented by access news -- A season of documentaries from the many corners of the globe investigating social justice issues . . . BARBED WIRE EUROPE (UK): an overview of a successful campaign to close Campsfield refugee detention centre in the UK. DISSOBEDIENTTI (Italy): activists dismantle a refugee detention centre before it has the chance to become a place of torment and misery for asylum seekers. NO ONE IS ILLEGAL (Europe): overview of the actions in Europe against strict border control and including an expose on the support given by airline Lufthansa, in the deportation of refugees. 7pm Monday, Feb 10th Trades Hall Bar FREE Entry - Donations welcome GET IT LIVE - GET IT AT TRADES HALL 54 Victoria St (Cnr Lygon St) Carlton Ph: 9662 3555 Trades Hall Bar - open nightly from 5pm 'til late Friday Happy Hours 4-7pm DRINK OF THE MONTH: SUNBURNT COUNTRY (Vodka, Peach Schnapps & Cranberry Juice ) ONLY $6 more info visit www.tradeshallarts.com.au - "Tough Leadership" - to the tune of "Onward Christian Soldiers" Onward token army. You have naught to fear. Warlike Johnny Howard leads you from the rear. Hear his sabre rattle, clear our warship's decks. See the lust for battle gleam behind his specs. See the smoke of battle, hear the bugle's notes. Watch the man who leads us trade your lives for votes See the flare of rockets, hear the roar of guns. See the man who leads us sacrifice our sons. Forward Aussie soldiers, naught your aim can spoil. Helping Bush's cronies to Iraqi oil. Forward token army, You have naught to fear. Gallant Johnny Howard leads you from the rear. - Maurice Fairfield. > > > PASS IT ON > > > -- -- 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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:REM: Opportunities for Revolt!
See you on Saturday! Public Forum Opportunities for Revolt: Socialist feminists organise to rid the planet of U.S. Imperialism. News from the November 2002 Freedom Socialist Party Convention. This U.S. gathering of socialist feminists from different parts of the globe focused on the dramatic changes in the world from the sharp intensification of the movement against corporate globalisation to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the "war on terrorism." With its open-ended war drive and erasure of civil liberties, the U.S. government today eerily brings to mind scenes from the George Orwell novel, "1984." And the Howard Government is cravenly following in George Bush's footsteps. Conference participants analysed these developments and discussed how the "antiterror" crusade has not stamped out resistance in the U.S. and around the world, but is sparking more. They concluded that this turbulent period is one of enormous openings for working class fighters -- especially women, Indigenous people, immigrants, people of color and queers. A panel of three participants will present their perspectives: * Brenda Hunter -- single mother, environmentalist and activist in the Geelong Branch of Socialist Alliance * Peter Murray -- Freedom Socialist Bulletin editorial board and member of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union * Debbie Brennan -- Melbourne Radical Women Organiser and community campaigner against the patriarchal Blackshirts Saturday 8 February, 5 pm Solidarity Salon, 580 Sydney Road Brunswick Solidarity Salon is just north of Blyth Street. Take a North Coburg tram for an Upfield Line train. Plenty of parking at the rear. Enter from Staley Street. The meeting space is wheel chair accessible but the toilets are not. * Door open 5 pm * Program 5.30 - 7.30 pm * 7.45 luscious summer buffet dinner served for $8. Sponsored by the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women For more information call Alison on 9386-5065 FSP -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] RW -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.socialism.com www.radicalwomen.com .. -- -- 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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:INFO: Melbourne Anti-War Action Collective formed
Last night, about thirty-five people met to form the Melbourne Anti-War Action Collective, intended as a central body through which activists can organise publicity stunts, civil disobedience and other anti-war activities. AWAC has called a demonstration against Melbourne's oil companies on Friday 21st February at 4pm, meeting at the BP office at Melbourne Central, Elizabeth Street, and marching to ESSO on Southbank under the slogan of 'No War for Oil'. We need as many enthusiastic activists as possible to make the protest happen. AWAC will meet each Monday at 6.30 pm in Trades Hall (corner Lygon and Victoria Street). It is open to all and new people are most welcome. To subscribe to the AWAC email list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or for more info call 0421390373 Please circulate this widely. Jeff Sparrow Coordinator New International Book Co-operative Trades Hall Box 18 54 Victoria St Carlton Sth 3053 Mon-Fri 9am-6.30 pm Sat 11am-5pm tel 03 9662 3744 fax 03 9662 4755 www.nibs.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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: IWD movie night - The Hours
Celebrate International Women's Day with Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party at a Gala Movie Night THE HOURS Sunday, 2 March, 7.15 pm Upstairs, Westgarth Theatre, 89 High Street, Northcote Based on a Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, the film employs as its foundation and inspiration Virginia Woolf's own classic novel, "Mrs Dalloway," with its central character, Clarissa. Set during a single day, yet spanning three different eras, the film focuses in the parallel lives of three women. Nicole Kidman -- wearing a prosthetic nose -- is virtually unrecognisable as English author Virginia Woolf, whose battle with mental illness eventually led to her tragic suicide in 1941. Opening at the moment of her suicide, the film regresses to 1923, and Woolf's life and work as she crafted her most memorable character -- Clarissa Dalloway. In 1950s Californian suburbia, another woman, Laura Brown (played by Julianne Moore), struggles with alienation and depression. Trapped by a clinging young son and an adoring husband, who she does not love, the desperate woman tries to prepare for her husband's birthday but can=B9t stop reading "Mrs Dalloway." Finally, in modern day Manhattan, Clarissa Vaughan (played by Meryl Streep), a lesbian who lives with her lover and daughter, struggles to prepare a party for her ex-husband, who is dying of AIDS. Beautifully overlapping editing sews the women's interwoven stories seamlessly together. This special evening will kick off a four month long $75,000 international fund drive for our two feisty socialist feminist publications -- the "Freedom Socialist" newspaper and the Australian "Freedom Socialist Bulletin." So get the International Women's Day season off to a great start by enjoying a fun night out and helping two publications which the founder of this day of socialist feminist action, Clara Zetkin, would enthusiastically support! Screening followed by a wine and cheese supper in the ornate upstairs foyer. Tickets are $20 solidarity price, $15 regular or $12 concession. For tickets send a cheque, payable to FSP, PO Box 266 West Brunswick Vic 3055. For more information call Alison on 9386-5065 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can't make it? We'd welcome your donation to help us reach our $7,500 local goal! .. -- -- 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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
