LL:DDV: Election Night at New International Bookshop
6.00 pm, Saturday 10 November, at the bookshop Election Night Party Dance on the grave of the Howard government. Watch the result unfold on our big-screen TV, and listen to the thoughts of our commentary panel (Sean Dooley, V. J. Baxter and Trades Hall's Jacob Grech). And, if the 'prime minuscule' (to quote Rod Quantock) wins again, we'll have a well-stocked bar in which sorrows can be drowned. Free entry. Barbecue and other food. from Jacob Grech -- 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:AA: Volunteers for how-to-vote cards needed - for Goldstein
Dear Friend I am sending this to you on behalf of Louise Connor Michael Evans. Cheers Carmel Shute Volunteers to hand out how-to-vote cards on Nov 10 needed! Kristin Stegley is an independent candidate standing on a Support for Public Education platform in the Federal seat of Goldstein, against the sitting Liberal member, Education Minister David Kemp. Details of Kristin's campaign and policies can be found at www.kristinstegley.org We have undertaken to staff a polling booth for the day on Nov 10, and urgently need volunteers prepared to give a couple of hours' assistance. Tea, coffee and snacks will be provided! Details are: Polling booth: Caulfield South Primary School, Bundeera Rd Caulfield South, Melways Ref 68 C6 Contact Louise Connor on 9527 6770 or 0438 241 211, Michael Evans 0418 241 664 Any and all times from 8am to 6pm available - 2 hour slots. Thanks Louise Connor and Michael Evans -- 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: Mick Dodson on elections, racism xenophobia
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/perspective/stories/s404771.htm On Wednesday 31/10/01 Mick Dodson Good evening There is a not so silent aspect to this Federal election campaign that causes me deep concern. Both major political parties, led by Mr Howard's Coalition, are exploiting fear and ignorance. There seems to be a deliberate appeal to the worst of the prejudices, bigotry and ignorance of some. This is the politics of difference and intolerance. The contest of ideas is nowhere to be seen. It is a campaign that is elusive, almost sneeky on the question of race. Xenophobic fear of the other is being invoked in the most despicable way as a rallying call to security of national borders and nationalism itself. Asylum seekers in boats have replaced indigenous Australians as the scapegoats for this fear and hate. Prejudice takes over from reason; humanity gives way to hysteria. Our poorest Pacific neighbours are called upon to return or accept favours in a makeshift solution to the desperation of the desperate. Compassion and humanity take a back seat, for we are told we have already been far too generous and enough is enough. Small Pacific nations now need that money and more to act as surrogates for our humanity - our compassion - our concern. We pass laws that alter our borders. We send in the navy and the SAS, we spend more money, we talk tough, we lambast the people smugglers, we heighten the fears, but still the boats with their desperate human cargo come and Megawati refuses to answer John's calls. One Nation must scarcely believe their luck. It is not just the call to xenophobic and racist sentiment that deeply concerns me about John Howard's campaign (particularly) and the deep inhumanity it represents, but it is no solution. It will have a cost to us as a nation. This will be a heavy cost, not only in terms of dollars but also in how people elsewhere perceive us. It has already done us damage and will continue to do so. What truly bewilders me is when and why did the Australian Labor Party turn. John Howard's attitude can be explained; he has the track record. We heard his views on Asian immigration loud and clear in the 1980s. We Indigenous Australians live with his racially discriminatory Native Title law. We are witnesses to his incapacity to say sorry to the stolen generations. We well know his wishy washy commitment to Reconciliation. But what of Kim Beazley and Labor? When it comes to race issues in this campaign forgive me if I cannot spot the difference. Also please forgive me if I think I have no choice in the major parties. It presents a difficult decision for me when it comes to marking my ballot paper. It is not only GST being rolled back here, its solid national leadership and vision, multiculturalism and reconciliation as well. Perhaps I should have cause for relief because the campaign is not attacking indigenous Australians for a change - but attacking those scary 'others'. So, where I ask, does my vote seek asylum? And what of after the election? Can the damage be undone? Will the winner account to us the electors? Regardless of whoever wins the election there are many things that will stay the same. We will still have the GST. The education and health problems will not have magically vanished. Indigenous Australians will still be massively over-represented in our prisons and our kids will still be dying at three to six times the national rate. The bombs will still be raining down on Afghanistan and terrified people on leaky boats will still be arriving. I hope your vote is a happy one! Thank you. -- 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: Fundraiser for Afghan refugees, 3 pm, Sun 25/11
Fundraiser for Afghan refugees, 3 pm, Sun 25/11, Preston Town Hall Sian Prior (ex-Trade Union Choir Director, ABC presenter) is organising this fundraiser for Afghan refugees. Should be a great concert. Could you please circulate the info below to people you reckon will be interested. Thanks, Carmel The Boite Presents: SING FOR SURVIVAL CONCERT AND PARTY TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE AFGHANISTAN REFUGEE CRISIS at Preston Town Hall, cnr High St and Gower St Preston at 3 pm on Sunday the 25th of November Featuring fabulous musicians: Kavisha Mazzella, Diana Clark and Doug de Vries, Borboleta, Crying in Public Places, Carl Pannuzzo, Petrunka, Phil Bywater and The Great Unwashed, Totally Gourdgeous, Tumbarumba Tickets: $15 full, $10 conc Drinks and Snacks available Join us for what promises to be a wonderful event of music and dance, and support aid going to millions of people in danger of starvation as a result of the crisis. Group Bookings: 9386 8456. All proceeds will go to Oxfam Community Aid Abroad's Afghan Refugee Crisis Appeal This is a community initiative. For more information on Oxfam's work in response to the crisis, go to: www.caa.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:DDV: Rock vs Racism - for Detained Refugees
FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT - ROCK AGAINST RACISM: 1pm to 6pm, Saturday, November 24 - outside Maribyrnong Detention Centre, 53 Hampstead Rd, Maribyrnong (tram 82 from Footscray Station) PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW (OR DON'T KNOW) Steve Payne Featuring: THE DAVE GRANEY SHOW; SNOUT; THE BROWN HORNET; MACH PELICAN; MOONDRIVEN IF POSSIBLE PLEASE BRING: - donations to help cover our costs - seats/ picnic blankets/ pillows - sun cream hats - gift or xmas presents for the refugees (see above) - lots lots lots of friends RAC (WEST) invites people planning to come to the Rock Against Racism on Nov 24 to bring gifts or Christmas presents for detainees and asylum seekers in our community. The gifts will be collected at the event given to the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre to distribute amongst people in detention and those on temporary visas living throughout melbourne... any good quality toys, clothes, even movie vouchers etc etc are welcome, but please do not wrap them. There will also be an opportunity to write messages to the detainees during the rock against racism. Finally although the concert is free, we are requesting that people bring some money to donate, even if only a few coins. This is necessary because of costs incurred by the sound system, stage council requirements. Don't worry, if you've got no money or gifts we still hope for your company on what looks like being a fantastic day. Posters leaflets are available from New International bkshop in Trades Hall, crn of Lygon Elizabeth Sts, or the Resistance Bookshop at Level 5, 407 Swanston st, Melbourne, opposite RMIT). PLEASE HELP TO BUILD IT! Grab posters leaflets or forward this email. Proudly presented by Refugee Action Collective (West): ph 9689 9867 -- 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: Community Alliance of Port Phillip Quiz Night
Dear Friend(s) I am organising a couple of tables for this quiz night to raise $$$ for the forthcoming Community Alliance of Port Phillip election campaign. Peter Love I are compering. Questions by Ken Norling myself. Would you like to come on one of my tables /or organise a table yourself? Details below. Apologies if you get this twice. Happy New Year Carmel Shute 9209 6163 COMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF PORT PHILLIP 2nd Quiz Night 7.30 pm Saturday 2 February 2001 (Eyes down 8 pm sharp) Australian Education Union, 120 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne Cost: $16/$8 (conc) Fab prizes! Fab questions! Fab competitions! Eat beforehand and/or bring snacks. Grog on sale. Book in tables of up to 8. Bookings essential. Contact Susanne Provis: 9534 2445 (h) or [EMAIL PROTECTED] All proceeds to CAPP's Port Phillip Council election campaign. -- 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:DD: vulgar press news - Radical Melbourne Talk
Melbourne Jill and Jeff Sparrow will talk about their book radical melbourne at Readings Bookshop in Lygon St Carlton 20 February 2002 6.30 pm Stuart Macintyre will introduce the authors http://www.vulgar.com.au/vulgarpress.html#sparrow http://www.vulgar.com.au/vulgarpress.html#sparrow Sydney Launch of Merv Lilley's The Channels nb two events 1. Gleebooks 22 February 6.30 pm launched by Melissa Hardie 2. Varuna 23 February 2.00 pm launched by Bill Maidment all welcome, refreshments provided and Merv in attendance at both launches http://www.vulgar.com.au/vulgarpress.html#lilley http://www.vulgar.com.au/vulgarpress.html#lilley Adelaide launch of Geoff Goodfellow's Poems for a Dead Father to be launched by Adelaide Magistrate David Gurry 3.45 pm Thurs 7 March Adelaide Writers' Festival East Tent, Pioneer Women's Memorial Gardens http://www.vulgar.com.au/deadfather.html http://www.vulgar.com.au/deadfather.html -- -- 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:REM: demonstrate against Peter Reith conference
Please forward this as widely as you can. It's a pretty amazing conference, featuring Reith, Abbott, Andrew Bolt and a host of other uglies. Check out the website below. www.hrnicholls.com.au http://www.hrnicholls.com.au/ -- Liberal Party Ex-Defence Minister Peter Reith is coming to Melbourne to collect an award for services rendered, by the HR Nicholls Society, a Liberal Party right-wing thinktank. VICTORIAN TRADES HALL COUNCIL and REFUGEE ACTION COLLECTIVE ask you to DEMONSTRATE AT THE CEREMONY 6PM FRIDAY 22 MARCH HR Nicholls Society conference The Holiday Inn, Cnr Park Street and St Kilda Road, Melbourne 5 REASONS TO PROTEST - Some crimes of Peter Reith 1. Lying to the Australian people about refugees throwing children overboard 2. Bashing the Maritime Union and construction workers 3. Attacks on workers rights - Workplace Relations Act 4. Phonecard rort 5. Profiting from government inside information Speakers include: Leigh Hubbard, Secretary, Trades Hall Council For further info: Refugee Action Collective 9659 3505 or 0402 413 914 www.rac-vic. http://www.rac-vic.org/ org http://www.rac-vic.org/ Bring noise-makers, banners, placards Below is the program for the HR Nicholls Society conference, a right wing think-tank. Peter Reith will be receiving the Charles Copeman medal from John 'Flat Tax' Stone. Brian Welch from the Master Builders Association is speaking on the Royal Commission witch hunt into the building industry. Andrew Bolt - propagandist in chief from the Herald Sun - is holding forth on (of all things) outworkers. See the website http://www.hrnicholls.com.au/ www.hrnicholls.com.au --- The Changing Paradigm: Freedom, Jobs, Prosperity Friday 22 March amp; Saturday 23 March 2002 The Holiday Inn, Cnr Park Street and St Kilda Road, Melbourne Tel: (03) 9209 9888 Fax: (03) 9690 1603 Programme Friday, 22 March 7.00 pm for Dinner 7.30 pm Guest of Honour and recipient of the Charles Copeman Medal for 2002: The Hon. Peter Reith Mr John Stone, former Secretary to the Treasury, and founding President of the H R Nicholls Society, will make the presentation. Saturday, 23 March 9.00 am Session A Chairman: Bob Day I. 'Breathing Life into the New Paradigm' Ray Evans II. 'Reflections on the Cole Royal Commission' Brian Welch Exec. Director of the MBA (Vic) Discussant: Stuart Wood 'After the Commission' 10.30 am Morning Tea 11.00 am Session B Chairman: Steve Knott I. 'Minimum Wages and Other Barriers to Employment: or why Card and Krueger were wrong' Des Moore and Geoff Hogbin II. 'The O'Connor Abattoirs Story' (to be confirmed): Kevin O'Connor 12.30 pm Lunch 1.30 pm Session C Chairman: Stuart Wood I. 'Labour Market Reform post-10 Nov 2001' The Hon. Tony Abbott II. 'The Victorian Industrial Manslaughter Bill' Ken Phillips 3.20 pm Afternoon Tea 3.40 pm Session D Chairman: John Paterson I. 'What can be done when the Police decline to enforce the law' (to be confirmed) Frank Parry II. 'Trade Unions and Civil Society' The Hon. Gary Johns 5.10 pm Session E Chairman: Des Moore 'Facing the next Victorian election' Bill Forwood, MLC 6.30 pm for Dinner 7.00 pm Guest of Honour: Andrew Bolt 'Reflections on the Outworkers' Jeff Sparrow Coordinator New International Book Co-operative Box 18 Trades Hall 54 Victoria St Carlton Sth 3053 tel 03 9662 3744 fax 03 9663 4755 www.nibs.org.au http://www.nibs.org.au/ to receive regular updates about bookshop events, send a message to [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:DDV: children war in Afghanistan - Tues, 2/7
If you're interested in attending this, give Jacki Willox on 0409 796 534. dinner and discussion children war HON. BRONWYN PIKE PARIS ARISTOTLE DR NOURIA SALEHI Tuesday, 2 July 2002 @ 6.30 for 7.00pm @ the AFGHAN GALLERY RESTAURANT 327 Brunswick St Fitzroy ph: 9417 2430 your support will help children in Afghanistan GREAT AFGHAN FOOD.BYO.$45 ($35 conc) PER PERSON ph: 9328 4637 fax: 9326 8747 or by return email From the Gun to the Pen After 23 years of war in Afghanistan, many young Afghans have known only a playground of war and weapons, not toys. With little or severely disrupted schooling and education and training opportunities, Afghanistan's youth is unprepared and insufficiently skilled to provide the kind of massive rebuilding that is required. Significant numbers of women have lost fathers and husbands as part of the ongoing war and have seen their children lost to the war zones. Many women have become heads of family households left without male breadwinners. Many children became the breadwinners for their families by joining the war when no other opportunity existed. Some as young as 10 years old have been at war and have had no education, no basic literacy and numeracy skills and no experience of peace. Our aim is to build a program for the Vocational Education and Training of Afghan youth to assist in their personal and community transition from war to peace. -- 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: Welcome Stranger concert, Prahran
Welcome Stranger concert - 7.30pm until late, Wed 19/6, Chapel off Chapel, 11 Lt Chapel St, Prahran The Refugee Council of Australia would like to invite you and a partner to join us in marking World Refugee Day 2002 The Refugee Council of Australia is hosting an evening of music, entertainment and performance entitled Welcome Stranger Includes a moving performance of refugee stories by some of Australia's most talented actors, Joel Edgerton (The Hard Word, Secret Life of Us), Alice Garner (Secret Life of Us), John Wood (Blue Heelers), Annie Phelan (Something in the Air), Rachael Maza (Radiance) and refugees living in our community including Fahim Fayyazi with Samira Mohamed. Followed by music and entertainment by a variety of Melbourne musicians including Kavish Mazzella. Melbourne comedian Hung Le will be our MC for the evening. Wednesday 19th June - Chapel Off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel Street Prahran, 3181 RSVP: Friday 14th June to Ms. Jacki Dillon ph. 03 9416 0044 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Refugee Council of Australia is a peak national body representing over 120 organisations and individual members. The aim of the Refugee Council of Australia is to promote the adoption of flexible, humane and constructive policies toward refugees, asylum seekers and displaced persons by the Australian and other Governments and their communities. -- 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: PORT PHILLIP TO BE DECLARED A 'REFUGEE WELCOME ZONE'
PORT PHILLIP TO BE DECLARED A 'REFUGEE WELCOME ZONE' For World Refugee Day, Thursday June 20, the City of Port Phillip will add its voice to a number of local governments in declaring its municipality a 'refugee welcome zone'. The initiative is being promoted by the Refugee Council of Australia. So far, the Cities of Melbourne, Darebin, Hume, Monash, Brimbank, Boroondara, Port Phillip, Port Adelaide-Enfield, Fremantle and Brisbane have committed in spirit to welcoming refugees to their community, upholding the human rights of refugees, demonstrating compassion to refugees and enhancing cultural and religious diversity in our community. Port Phillip mayor, Darren Ray, said that last month the council had adopted a policy on asylum seekers. There has been a long and proud history of refugee settlement in Port Phillip, especially since World War 11. Thousands of refugees from war-torn Europe landed at Station Pier and settled locally. This was part of the impetus behind the recent Tampa Tribute. Kathy Laster, a Jewish St Kilda resident whose vision and determination drove that event, was not a refugee from World War 11 but from the Hungarian uprising of 1956. Kathy arrived as a young child but she knows andwe know, that we are all in the same boat, when war or calamity strikes. In the Middle East, Jews and Muslims are at loggerheads but here in Australia, and most especially this community, the Jewish community has been most vociferous in speaking up for the rights of refugees, many of whom are Muslim. They know what it is like to be a stranger in a strange land, or in a strange sea. At the moment, unlike our counterparts in Moreland, Darebin and Dandenong, the City of Port Phillip is not directly involved in settling people on temporary protection visas. Some have joined our community thanks to amazing efforts of the Brigidine convent in Albert Park. They provide hospitality and practical assistance to refugees as well as advocating for their rights. Four refugees now live in their house on Beaconsfield Parade. Other refugees live in Office of Housing accommodation in places like Park Towers in South Melbourne, he said. Cr Ray said that, nevertheless, the local community had sought a public statement that asserts that the current treatment of asylum seekers, and particularly their mandatory detention, is unjust and inhumane, compounding the trauma that most individuals have experienced. The City of Port Phillip is proud to stand side by side with asylum seekers. We are committed to engaging with local citizens and groups, including multicultural, interfaith, community health and support agencies, to determine how this community can support asylum seekers. Our first step is to reserve two places at the South Central Migrant Resource Centre for people on temporary protection visas who are therefore ineligible for government-funded English-language lessons, he said. Cr Ray said that a letter sent on July 30 last year from the council's multicultural advisory committee to the Minister for Immigration, Phillip Ruddick, protesting about the treatment of asylum seekers, remained unanswered. Maybe he's been too busy drawing up plans to exclude bits and pieces Australia from the 'migration zone' but I know that many people would like an answer. Like reconciliation, this issue has cut to the core of what this nation should stand for but doesn't. Both issues are, in fact, related. With the exception of indigenous Australians, we are all boat people (even if some of our forebears arrived by plane). Because our nation still has to make peace with indigenous Australians over the illegal occupation of their land two centuries ago, we feel our hold on this country is still fragile. We fear, irrationally, that another group of boat people could take it all away. If our society is to heal and grow, we need to resolve these issues sooner rather than later, he said. Deputy mayor, Liz Johnstone, will sign the 'Refugee Welcome Zone' declaration at a Refugee Council of Victoria media conference at 12 noon, Wednesday June 19, Chapel Off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, the day before World Refugee Day. Last year World Refugee Day was designated to be June 20 by the UN General Assembly to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention. This year the theme is women refugees. The same night, June 19, the Refugee Council of Victoria will host an evening of music, entertainment and performance entitled Welcome Stranger, at 7.30pm, also at Chapel Off Chapel. It includes a performance of refugee stories by some of Australia's most talented actors - Secret Life of Us stars Joel Edgerton, Deborah Mailman, and Alice Garner, John Wood (Blue Heelers), Annie Phelan (Something in the Air), Rachel Maza (Radiance) - and refugees living in our community including Fahim Fayyazi and Samira Mohamed. Their performances will be followed by music and entertainment by a variety of Melbourne musicians including Kavish
LL:DDV: ALP Factions Forum New International Bookshop
Comrades and Citizens, The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History and its partners in the Wednesday Night at the New International Bookshop consortium are pleased to present the discussion we had to have, on THE ROLE OF FACTIONS IN THE LABOUR MOVEMENT. Anthony Byrne MHR and Alan Griffin MHR will open the discussion. In light of recent events in several unions, the State and local branches, it's time to have a constructive discussion about factionalism as the primary organising principle of power in the labour movement. NEW INTERNATIONAL BOOKSHOP (Melbourne Trades Hall) 6.00 for 6.30 p.m. Wednesday 3 July All welcome! Peter Love President Melbourne Branch Australian Society for the Study of Labour History -- 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: Australian Afghan Volunteer Association
Australian Afghan Volunteer Association BACKGROUND The Australian Afghan Volunteer Association (AAVA) has been recently formed to provide aid that will help drive the redevelopment of Afghanistan. After the long decades of war, it is imperative that the people of Afghanistan are given the opportunity to rebuild the nation and this will start with assisting individuals in the development of vocational skills. The AAVA's aim is to focus on facilitating vocational development for Afghan individuals by the donation of aid, training and related infrastructure from Australia. AAVA's President is Dr Nouria Salehi OAM. She is well known in the Australian community for her relentless dedication to supporting Afghan domestic and international issues. Patrons of AAVA include Senator Lynn Allison, Journalist Pamela Bone, and Professor Bill Maley. The AAVA has several key projects which include * Tools for learning Shipping containers of donated goods from Australia to Afghanistan, the goods include text books, computers and medical equipment. * Skills for rebuilding Working with Australian Volunteers Abroad to post volunteers to vocational based teaching positions. * Media Working with renowned author, Ahmed Rashid, George Soros' Open Society Foundation and and Hollywood actor Michael Douglas, to assist independent media endeavours in Afghanistan * Lobbying Working with Australian Government at the federal, state and local level to raise community awareness regarding the difference their support can make. The AAVA has representatives in Australia and Afghanistan and is proudly supported by Wilmoth Field and Warne, Moby Capital and Paramount Design. Please contact Kylie Mohseni on 0412 306 615 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you are interested in finding out more about AAVA. Australian Afghan Volunteer Association HOW YOU CAN HELP The key focus of AAVA is provision of vocational based aid - training, tools and infrastructure - which will assist with the rebuilding of Afghanistan. One of our immediate projects include shipping containers of donated goods from Australia to Afghanistan, the goods include text books, computers and medical equipment. AAVA are looking for advice and donations which include. Big Picture Ongoing * storage space for the donated goods * assistance with collection of donated goods.our cars and backs will be worn out shortly * volunteer professional logistics / shipping advice and skills.. * volunteer professional accounting skills... * volunteer professional web site building and hosting skills * donations of shipping services / skills or cash to fund shipping - it costs about $15,000 to send one container... Just as important yet more once off / short term * donations of text / educational books * donations of medical equipment and supplies * donations of vocational tools - computers, software, specialist tools * donations of cash to ship containers - it costs about $15,000 to send one container... AAVA's President is Dr Nouria Salehi OAM. She is well known in the Australian community for her relentless dedication to supporting Afghan domestic and international issues. Patrons of AAVA include Senator Lynn Allison, Journalist Pamela Bone, and Professor Bill Maley. The AAVA has representatives in Australia and Afghanistan and is proudly supported by Wilmoth Field and Warne, Moby Capital and Paramount Design. Please contact Kylie Mohseni on 0412 306 615 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you think you can help with any or all of the above. Many thanks! -- 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: Ethnic Communities Council Meeting on asylum seekers
Ethinic Communities Council Meeting on asylum seekers - 6pm, Thurs 25/7 - Greek Orthodox Community Centre, 3rd Floor, Corner of Russell and Lonsdale Street, Melbourne The Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria is holding a Council Meeting to discuss alternatives to the current government policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers. By exploring current practices by the two European countries facing the largest influx of asylum seekers - United Kingdom and Germany - as well as community based program proposals developed for the situation in Australia we hope to broaden the debate. Speakers include: DR. KERSTIN WUSTNER UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG, FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AUGSBURG, GERMANY Dr. Wustner will begin by presenting some figures and data detailing the situation of immigrants and asylum seekers in Germany including, how many there are and where they come from. After that, Dr. Wustner will explore some issues of policies and practices, and finally, some empirical results about attitudes of people. CALLUM INGRAM FORMER POLICY ADVISOR - HOME AFFAIRS HOME SOCIAL DIVISION SCOTLAND OFFICE, UNITED KINGDOM CIVIL SERVICE Callum Ingram will speak on the existing United Kingdom approach to Asylum Seeker and refugee processing issues. He will address the differences between current practices and the recently announced policy developments. SARINA GRECO ECUMENICAL MIGRATION CENTRE, BROTHERHOOD OF ST LAURENCE CO-CONVENOR, JUSTICE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS COALITION IN VICTORIA Justice for Asylum Seekers (JAS) alliance is a statewide advocacy coalition comprising community, faith, human rights, welfare and ethnic community groups and individuals. This alliance has developed the Reception and Transitional Processing System, a detailed alternative to mandatory detention of asylum seekers, that includes placing asylum seekers in community settings. Sarina Greco will provide a background to the systemic problems in the current system, an overview of JAS's alternative and examples of the proposed system at work. 6:00pm, Thursday 25th July, 2002 Greek Orthodox Community Centre 3rd Floor Corner of Russell and Lonsdale Street Melbourne to RSVP and for further information please contact Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria 9349 4122 or [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:DDV: 12 MONTHS ON FROM 9/11 Conference, 14 September, 2002
Subject: FW: TWELVE MONTHS ON FROM 9/11 Conference, 14 September, 2002 Can you come to: THE TWELVE MONTHS ON FROM 9/11: TROUBLED TIMES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE? A 'Twelve Months On From 9/11: Troubled Times and Their Implications for Australia' AFS conference. Saturday, 14 September, 9am to 5pm, at the RMIT University Kaleide Theatre, Swanston Street, Melbourne. Broadly, the objective of the conference is to examine the aftermath of the World Trade Centre tragedy and its implications for Australia, with particular reference to a possible Australian involvement in hostilities against Iraq. The keynote address is being delivered by former UN Special Commission on Iraqi Disarmament Chairman Richard Butler, and other speakers who have accepted to date include the Ambassador for Afghanistan, Mahoud Saikal, Professor William Maley of the Australian Defence Forces Academy, and Dr Andy Butfoy and Professor Bruce Grant from Monash University. Fee: $20 student; $35 non-member adult; $30 AFS member Book via: The Hon. Dr. Race Mathews, National Secretary, The Australian Fabian Society, GPO Box 2707X, Melbourne, Vic., 3001, Australia. Phone/Fax: (03) 9826 0104, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ken Coghill PhD, Telephone: (home) +61 (0)3 5224 1789; (mobile) +61 (0)41 942 6888; (office) +61 (0)3 9903 1532 Fax: +61 (0)3 9903 1234 Email: (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.dragonnet.com.au/kencogl/ http://www.dragonnet.com.au/kencogl/ for Australian Fabian Society, GPO Box 2707X, Melbourne, 3001, phone/fax (03) 9826 0104, web site www.fabian.org.au http://www.fabian.org.au or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: Annual Theo Sidiropoulos Memorial Lecture
You are invited to the Annual Theo SidiropoulosMemorial Lecture Encouraging Minorities to Participate and Influence the Political Process Presented by Joan Kirner former Victorian Premier Monday 7 October, 2002 7.30pm Queens Hall Parliament House Melbourne Theo was the first non-English speaking overseas born to become Mayor of Collingwood and elected to State Parliament as the Member for Richmond, later he became the Government Whip in the Cain Labor Government. Theo was active and interested in many community issues including migrant and ethnic rights, aboriginal land rights, world peace, workers rights and community broadcasting. He was also actively involved in the Greek resistance movement during the 2nd world war. Theo passed away in October 1998. Anthy Sidiropoulos and her friends will present a selected concert. Light Refreshments will be provided RSVP: George Zangalis 9882 5484 or 0417 319 705 Ken Hovenga 9465 9033 .. -- -- 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: BRIGIDINE ASYLUM SEEKERS PROJECT INFORMATION
BRIGIDINE ASYLUM SEEKERS PROJECT INFORMATION DISCUSSION SESSIONS Port Phillip mayor, Darren Ray, is urging local residents to take advantage of the four information and discussions sessions being offered by the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project in Albert Park from October 7 -10. Topics scheduled for discussion include detention centre, mandatory detention, the political realities at work, some of the myths surrounding the issue and the 'Pacific Solution'. The motto for the project is the biblical quotation, I was a stranger and you made me welcome. Cr Ray congratulated the Brigidine sisters on their amazing work with refugees. The Brigidine sisters offer shelter to asylum seekers. They visit asylum seekers in the Maribyrnong detention centre and organise others who want to do likewise. Through campaigns and information sessions, they fight for the rights of asylum seekers. The City of Port Phillip shares their concerns which is one reason why, in June, we joined with other local governments in declaring this municipality a 'refugee welcome zone'. The initiative is being promoted by the Refugee Council of Australia. We have also adopted a policy on asylum seekers. There has been a long and proud history of refugee settlement in Port Phillip, especially since World War 11. Thousands of refugees from war-torn Europe landed at Station Pier and settled locally. This was part of the impetus behind the Tampa Tribute in May. In the Middle East, Jews and Muslims are at loggerheads but here in Australia, and most especially this community, the Jewish community has been most vociferous in speaking up for the rights of refugees, many of whom are Muslim. They know what it is like to be a stranger in a strange land, or in a strange sea. At the moment, unlike our counterparts in Moreland, Darebin and Dandenong, the City of Port Phillip is not directly involved in settling people on temporary protection visas. Some have joined our community thanks to amazing efforts of the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Projects and four currently live in a house on Beaconsfield Parade. Other refugees live in Office of Housing accommodation in places like Park Towers in South Melbourne, he said. The information and discussion sessions are at 52 Beaconsfield Parade, Albert Park (enter from Foote Street): * 1-3pm, Monday October 7 * 7.30 - 9.30pm, Monday October 7 * 7.30 - 9.30pm, Wednesday October 9 * 1-3pm, Monday October 10 Book by ringing 9696 2107 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enquiries: After hours Carmel ShuteDarren Ray Council Media Officer Mayor Tel: 9209 6163 Fax: 9525 4640 Tel: 9527 5364 (h) Mobile: 0412 569 356Mobile: 0413 334 523 Council webpage: www.portphillip.vic.gov.au Carmel Shute Council Media Officer City of Port Phillip Ph: 03 9209 6163 Fax: 03 9525 4640 Mob: 0412 569 356 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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: ANTI-WAR RALLY - 1pm Sunday 13 October, State Library
ANTI-WAR RALLY NO WAR ON IRAQ! No Australian involvement 1pm Sunday 13 October State Library Endorsed by VTHC, NUS and truckloads of others. See www.vicpeace.org for more info. Carmel Shute Council Media Officer City of Port Phillip Ph: 03 9209 6163 Fax: 03 9525 4640 Mob: 0412 569 356 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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: Amnesty human right day lunch - Fri 6/12, Grand Hyatt
Amnesty International Australia Presents: 'Moving Forward - Bringing Refugee Policy Back to Human Rights' an International Human Rights Day Luncheon. December 6th, 2002. 1pm-2pm at Max's, Grand Hyatt Melbourne, 123 Collins St Melbourne. Tickets: $50 per person includes two course lunch and drinks. Please join Peter Mares (Journalist and Award winning author of 'Borderline: Australia's response to refugees and asylum seekers in the wake of the Tampa '), Paris Aristotle (Director of the Foundation for Survivors of Torture and member of the Immigration Detention Advisory Group) and Grant Mitchell (Director of Hotham Mission 's Asylum Seeker Project and primary author of the 2002 JAS Alternative to Detention) for a panel discussion on the direction of government policy on refugee/asylum seeker issues in Australia. AIA advocates the promotion and consideration of detention reform and the consideration of viable alternatives to the current system of mandatory, indefinite and non (court) reviewable detention. A0 This forum will allow experts in the area to discuss the viability of alternatives that respect the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers and answer your questions on the topic. Please join us to help raise the awareness of viable detention reform options that respect the human rights of asylum seekers and refugees. For more details or to book a ticket, please call the A0AIA Victorian Activist Resource Centre on 9427 7055. A0 For further information, please call Matthew Panayi on 9499 4616 or James Thevathasan on 0414 446 697 or e-mail queries to [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] . Thankyou all for you support. Matthew Panayi Co-convenor, AIA Victorian Refugee Team. A0 -- -- 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: Request for Xmas gifts for Asylum Seekers
Dear SpareRoomers Here is a way of helping make Christmas in detention less miserable: In the week after Christmas a small group of people will be travelling from Sydney to visit at Baxter and Woomera. They will be taking donated goods and presents with them. Below is a list of items we'd love to get more of to take with us if anyone can help out. Also they are trying to raise money for part of the costs - all of them will be paying for personal costs of transport and accomodation, but need to raise a little bit of money for transporting the goods, trailer hire, boxing up gifts etc. They'd prefer to work for donations by giving talks or things like that but for groups located far from sydney that's not so easy for them. Please contact Kate Gauthier 02 9590 5290 or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have any gifts or funds to donate. Thanks. Gift list below Kate Durham http://www.SpareRoomsForRefugees.com www.SpareRoomsForRefugees.com Julian Burnside - Julian Burnside QC mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.julianburnside.com www.julianburnside.com All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. - Martin Luther King, Jr. - Gift wish list If anything is being donated 2nd hand, please make sure it is clean and in good working order. We cannot afford to fix items, or buy missing cables etc. In case any new items need to be exchanged, please tape the receipt to the box, or keep the receipt and write your name and contact details on a piece of paper taped to the box. For every item donated we have to raise funds to transport it. Please help us by donating money towards the transportation costs for your gift. PLAYSTATIONS Sony Playstation2 $400 - would be best if we could get them converted so they can play Backup games. Games - can take playstation 1 and 2 TVs to plug playstations into RADIOS 10 band radios to get international stations Sangean 10-band portable Shortwave Receiver Dick Smith Catalogue# D2834 $69.94 Sangean shortwave antenna booster Dick Smith Catalogue# D4400 $26.20 CD CASSETTE PLAYERS Please note that NO audio equipment can have recording features or it will not be allowed by ACM. If you cannot find a cassette player without recording, we can pay to have the recording feature disabled by Tandy in Port Augusta. Please donate $5-$10 towards this cost. Dick Smith has a sony CD walkman for $99 Dick Smith has a Digitor CD/radio boom box for $89. Cat #A5545 Dick Smith has a TEAC CD/radio boom box for $129. Cat #A1539 Also have Sharp CD/Radio/Cassette players for $100 Cassette walkmans cost about $15 - $40 each. Tandy have pretty much the same products for same price ENGLISH LEARNING TOOLS Books with cassette or CD are the best kind. Dictionaries VIDEOS AND DVDS Any kind of movies, in english and other languages. If you have any old ones lying around, pass them on. Some people have said they like Indian musicals. BOOKS Books for children and adults of varying types. Fiction, non-fiction, educational, picture books etc New and used are fine, but in good condition please. SUBSCRIPTIONS Subscribe someone to a newspaper, or national geographic or gets kids GEO magazine. Contact Kate Gauthier on mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 02 9590 5290 if you would like to buy a subscription. COMPUTERS COMPUTER ACCCESSORIES Got an old laptop or desktop or printer you don't use anymore? Please make sure it is in working order and has all the cables, mouse, keyboard etc. We cannot afford and don't have time to sort these things out. If it has an internal modem, let us know, as that will have to be disabled. FOOD ITEMS Non-perishable food Dried Fruit or Nut baskets, biscuits. Muesli bars, etc etc Please contact Kate Gauthier on 9590 5290 or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have any donations -- -- 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: email list for anti-war events
I have established a stop the war annoucement list to keep unionists and interested community members up to date with peace movement events. The intention is that it be a low traffic email list, with 1-2 emails (max) per week. If you would like to join the email list you can send an email to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] or email me, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I will add you. Please forward this email on to interested organisers and delegates in your union and to friends and activists who want to keep up to date with the movement If you have a notice you would like to post to this list you should email me. The focus of this list will be the major demonstrations, particularly the November 30 Walk against the War, and then the Palm Sunday March next year. In solidarity, Amanda Amanda Tattersall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0408 05 7779 * * * * * * * * * * * * Amanda Tattersall Special Projects Officer Labor Council of NSW ph (02) 9264 1691 m 0408 057 779 f(02) 9261 3505 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: David Strong's new theatre show - Mr Drip
DISLOCATE is pleased to announce its newest show, a solo piece by Geoff Dunstan, for eleven performances only at the North Melbourne Town Hall from 13th - 23rd December 2002. Mr Drip is an innovative fable telling the story of an unwelcome visitor who arrives at a small inner suburban bedsit, throws out its occupant, takes over, and completely changes a previously comfortable, happy and stable environment. Mr Drip highlights issues affecting the psyche of modern Australia. The production centres around the key image of a dripping tap - a constant background reminder of something a little bit off and the character of Mr Drip juxtaposes the innocence of the jester and clown with the complexities of modern living. Mr Drip is superb social comedy presented by physical theatre company DISLOCATE who have just returned from a highly successful season at the Dublin International Arts Festival, and performances throughout the United Kingdom, and were nominated last year for a Green Room Award for their Melbourne Festival performance of Risk Reduction. Mr Drip with exploit DISLOCATE's wonderful blend of acrobatic agility with thoughtful narrative and drama. Mr Drip is presented by DISLOCATE with assistance from the City of Melbourne. Enquiries: Sharon Nathani tel: 0403 343 882 or by email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Performances: 8.00pm at the North Melbourne Town Hall Dec 13th - 15th, 17th - 23rd. Tickets available from the C.U.B. Malthouse Box Office (tel: 9685 5111) or at the North Melbourne Town Hall at the door. $16/$12 concession. All tickets for the Preview are $5 at the North Melbourne Town Hall. -- -- 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: Children of the Gulf War Exhibition - 31/1 - 10/2
Although it is late notice this very timely and important exhibition needs support and all interested parties are invited. Please circulate widely through your networks . . . Children of the Gulf War a photographic exhibition by Takashi Morizumi 31st January - 10th February 2003 12-6pm Everyday except Tuesday @ Horti Hall Gallery - 31 Victoria Street - Melbourne - VIC This deeply moving exhibition has received international critical acclaim. It documents the aftermath of the Gulf War and focuses on the lasting effects of the 300 tonnes of Depleted Uranium Weapons that were used. It especially centres on the plight of the many children who have been affected by these weapons. Depleted Uranium Weapons are known to causeleukemia, liver and kidney problems as well as vastly increasing thechances of abnormalities at birth. Takashi Morizumi who is a well respected photojournalist and advocate of a nuclear free world has been documenting the unfurling tragedy in Iraq since the late 1990's. Sponsored by Melbourne City Council. http://www.vicpeace.org/iraq/actions/exhibition.html http://www.vicpeace.org/iraq/actions/exhibition.html -- -- 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 Peace Events in Victoria
Fri 14 Feb, 5pm: Major rally at State Library, 6.15pm at Federation Square. Info: 9659 3582 [High school strike from 2pm. Gather at Federation Square] Other events: Wed 5 Feb, 11am: Protest and leafleting at office of Peter Costello, 1027 High St, Armadale. Info: 9659 3582 Wed 5 Feb, 7pm: Initial meeting Dandenong ranges (The Hills) Loacl Group, Earthly Pleasures Cafe, 1669 Burwood Hghwy, Belgrave. Sat 8 Feb, 11am: Ballarat peace rally, meet at cnr Drummond Sturt Sts. Info: Judy 5333 1195 Sat 8 Feb, 1pm: No Bush fire in Iraq - protest at US embassy, 533 St Kilda Rd. Bring a small bag of rice. Info: 9659 3582 Tue 11 February, 7.30-9pm: anti war meeting at Rye Public Hall, corner Napier and Nelson St Rye. Info: Stuart 0409 213 912 Thur 13 February, 7.30-9pm: anti war meeting at the Mornington Information Centre, 320 Main St Mornington. Info: Stuart 0409 213 912 Fri 14 Feb, 5pm: Major rally at State Library, 6.15pm at Federation Square. Info: 9659 3582 [High school strike from 2pm. Gather at Federation Square] Sat 15 February, from 10am: Protest at International Air Show, Avalon. Info: Therese 0414 808 256 Sat 15 Feb, 1pm: Rally for Peace outside the office of Liberal Flinders MP Greg Hunt's office near the corner of Salmon and High St Hastings. BYO banners and placards. Info: Stuart 0409 213 912 Sun 16 February, noon-3pm: Peace Picnic at Queens Park, Moonee Ponds. Wear something white and bring cut white flowers or a pot plant of white flowers (and BYO picnic). Info: Peter 9370 5104 Sat 1 March, 1pm: Western Suburbs Multicultural Picnic for Peace. Info: 0417 456 001 Wed 5 March: National student strike against war. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thur 6 March, 7pm: Public meeting with Darebin Anti-war group. More details soon. Info: 9486 5472 -- -- 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: Friends of Suai drought appeal
AND WE THOUGHT OUR DROUGHT WAS BAD - KIDS DYING IN EAST TIMOR FRIENDSHIP CITY Port Phillip mayor, Darren Ray, is appealing to local residents and businesses to give generously to aid the drought-stricken community of Suai in East Timor. Last week, six Suai children died of malnutrition and another four were evacuated to Dili Hospital for treatment. $10,000 has already been donated via this year's rate payments but that is not going to save the dying kids or relieve the very real suffering of their families. Just as our residents are paying their rates, I make an urgent and special appeal to them to dig deeper into their pockets over the next few months, he said. Cr Ray explained that in 2000 the City of Port Phillip made a ten-year commitment to help rebuild Suai, a coastal town almost totally destroyed in the wake of the East Timorese vote for independence the previous year. Just as Suai was getting slowly back on its feet, it's been knocked for six again by the same terrible drought afflicting much of Australia. It's been tough here but the ramifications for East Timorese communities such as Suai are devastating. The major difference though is that in Suai there aren't supermarkets with plenty of food in them. The market produce in Suai has really dried up and there does not seem to be any relief in sight. The wet started in November so people in the surrounding Covalima district planted rice, corn and other crops but then the wet stopped. The crops have died and they've lost their seed stock. The few crops which have survived the drought were recently destroyed in a severe storm. Normally, farmers in East Timor expect El Nino to inflict a drought every five or seven years and plan for this. However, they haven't had a chance to build up stockpiles of seed since the terrible events of 1999 when the Indonesians and militia literally laid waste to all crops, animal stocks and physical infrastructure, he said. Cr Ray said that the friends of Suai, the Port Phillip community group, had donated $6000 to the Suai hospital to provide nutritional supplements to children presenting with malnutrition. The best help we can give is money rather than goods. Getting goods to Suai from Melbourne is still a logistical nightmare. With cash, the local community can bring in seed stock from Indonesia. It also gives them the resources needed to start digging bores, he said. Over the longer term, Cr Ray said, friends of Suai would be working with the Suai community committee to pinpoint areas of greatest need. Over sixty people, including lots of women, turned up to a recent meeting to form a new Suai community committee which will be run on collective principles. Office bearers were elected last week but all meetings are open to anyone in the community who wishes to attend. This is the single most positive achievement to date between the friendship groups here in Port Phillip and on the ground in Suai. Sheryl Hazel who was appointed late last year by Australian Volunteers International and the council to work closely with the committee as an international advisor, he said. Ms Hazel is an experienced community development officer who has worked extensively with youth in outback Australia. It's not been easy going for Ms Hazel who has had a motorbike accident and suffered from bouts of dengue fever and malaria since her appointment. Friends of Suai has refurbished a community centre in Suai. The centre has been running nine computer classes a week and a community radio station funded by the World Bank. However, the radio station has stopped broadcasting because it no longer has the funds to buy the diesel to operate its generator. Funding is being sought for the resumption of broadcasts. Friends of Suai has also supplied refurbished computers to Suai students studying in Dili. Friends of Suai and the local branch of Rotary are also committed to rebuilding a preschool in Suai. Cr Ray said that it was difficult for most Australians to grasp the difficulties experienced in the rebuilding of Suai and other parts of East Timor. I visited Suai last year and, even though I'd been told what to expect, I was still shocked by the degree of devastation still evident. Resources and services Australians take for granted just don't exist or are prohibitively expensive. There is still no full-time power supply. Buying the diesel to run generators is not cheap. Some buildings still lack roofs or roofs that don't leak so, when it does rain, equipment like computers can get damaged. There aren't enough teachers so primary school children are lucky to get two hours a day schooling and high school children, four hours a day. Official government documents (mostly from Dili) are written in Portuguese which is not understood by a lot of people so there are real communication problems. East Timor is a very poor country but the prices for many things are on a par with Australia. On the positive side,
LL:DDV: Invitation to Launch of What's Right? by Eric Aarons
What's Right? By Eric Aarons To be launched in Melbourne at 3pm, Saturday, April 5, 2003 by the Reverend Tim Costello. NEW INTERNATIONAL BOOKSHOP Trades Hall, Corner of Lygon Victoria Sts., Carlton Noted labour historian, Dr Peter Love, will chair proceedings. In his latest book, Eric Aarons examines the major political philosophies - classical liberalism; its radically different offshoot, neo-liberalism; socialism; and social democracy. Aarons believes that none of these is adequate to meet today's challenges, and aims to stimulate discussion leading towards an alternative that would foster the kind of society required to meet human needs in the twenty first century. This task becomes all the more urgent as the United States and a few subservient allies prepare to wage war on Iraq with or without United Nations endorsement. Such an outcome, he says, would unleash unforeseen and incalculable consequences. It would be a dangerous step towards remaking the World Order in the US image and to its own benefit. Available from the New International Bookshop or direct from Rosenberg Publishing, PO Box 6125, Dural Delivery Centre, NSW 2158 ORDER FORM Please supply me with .copy/copies of What's Right? by Eric Aarons at recommended retail price of $24.95 (including GST) plus $5.00 post and packing. I enclose a cheque/money order for $. or please charge my credit card Bankcard/Mastercard/Visa Expirydate... Signature...Phone Number.. Name.. .. Address... .. .. State. Postcode.. -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Peace actions in Victoria - if war breaks out
Subject: Peace actions in Victoria - if war breaks out IF WAR STARTS... * Rally on that day at 5 pm at State Library, city (Youth against war rally 4.30pm Federation Square and march to State Library) AND Unionists rally next working day, noon at Trades Hall FOLLOWED BY Rally on Saturday 1pm at State Library (which Saturday depends on day of week war starts) check http://www.vicpeace.org www.vicpeace.org for details *** MAJOR RALLY -- PALM SUNDAY 13 April @ 2pm *** -- Victorian Peace Network 54 Victoria Street, Carlton South Vic 3053. Phone 613 9659 3582 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vicpeace.org www.vicpeace.org -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: the Women's Circus - live theatre is endangered
Dear Friends Live theatre is endangered! The Women's Circus major performance season of GHOSTS will only run from now until April 5th. And then it's all over. That's the deal with live theatre. You can't ask your mum to tape it, you can't get it from a video library on a lazy Sunday afternoon, you can't order it through the mail...it's now or never. So what are you waiting for? Bookings 9685 5111 or try your luck at the door. and then you can say (when the youth of tomorrow look up and ask) ... yep, I was there, at the world premiere (Shows run Wedesday - Saturday nights at Shed 14 in the Melbourne Docklands show starts at 8.30pm) Quotes from review by Helen Thomson, THE AGE this morning (Thursday). Page 4 in The Culture. SHARP TOPIC AND FRESH STYLE MAKE A POWERFUL STATEMENT The effect is poetic, suggestive and moving. ...remarkable music score... this is a marvellously imaginative and evocative show that celebrates the Women's Circus 13th year with a fresh style and an emphatically relevant subject. Details of GHOSTS Researched and developed by the Women's Circus Written and directed by Andrea Lemon Every day walking beside us are the ghosts of people, places and things we thought lost to us forever. GHOSTS takes us to an unholy limbo, peopled by wraiths caught between the real and the remembered, searching for release. With trademark courage and passion, the Women's Circus brings together over 50 women in a large scale production combining aerials, balance, dance, music and puppetry. Composer / Musical Director: Andrea rieniets Rigging Design: Franca Stadler Movement: Teresa Blake Circus: Andrea Ousley, Sarah Gosling Puppetry: Megan Cameron Set Design: Trina Parker Costume Design: Amanda Silk Lighting Design: Gina Gascoigne Sound Designer: Dawn Holland March 14 / 19 - 22 / 26 - 29 / April 2 - 5 2003 @ 8.30pm Tickets $26.50 / $16.50 Preview Thursday 13th March @8.30pm All tickets $11 No bookings Special price Wed 19th all tickets $15.50 at the door Bookings 9685 5111 Disability access enquiries 9687 3665 The Women's Circus respectfully acknowledges the Kulin Nation as the traditional owners of the land on which we are performing -- Emma Heughan General Manager Women's Circus Phone: 9687 3665 Fax: 9689 7886 [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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Launch of What's Right? by Eric Aarons
What's Right? By Eric Aarons To be launched in Melbourne at 3pm, Saturday, April 5, 2003 by the Reverend Tim Costello. NEW INTERNATIONAL BOOKSHOP Trades Hall, Corner of Lygon Victoria Sts., Carlton Noted labour historian, Dr Peter Love , will chair proceedings. In his latest book, Eric Aarons examines the major political philosophies - classical liberalism; its radically different offshoot, neo-liberalism; socialism; and social democracy. Aarons believes that none of these is adequate to meet today's challenges, and aims to stimulate discussion leading towards an alternative that would foster the kind of society required to meet human needs in the twenty first century. This task becomes all the more urgent as the United States and a few subservient allies prepare to wage war on Iraq with or without United Nations endorsement. Such an outcome, he says, would unleash unforeseen and incalculable consequences. It would be a dangerous step towards remaking the World Order in the US image and to its own benefit. Available from the New International Bookshop or direct from Rosenberg Publishing, PO Box 6125, Dural Delivery Centre, NSW 2158 ORDER FORM Please supply me with .copy/copies of What's Right? by Eric Aarons at recommended retail price of $24.95 (including GST) plus $5.00 post and packing. I enclose a cheque/money order for $. or please charge my credit card Bankcard/Mastercard/Visa Expirydate... Signature...Phone Number.. Name.. ... Address... ... ... State. Postcode.. -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Wednesday Night at the New International Bookshop
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BOOKSHOP Series 2/2003 March - May 2003 6.30 p.m. at New International Bookshop Trades Hall, Victoria Street, Carlton. Members $5 Others $6 Concession $2 Events are presented by a consortium comprising the Australian Fabian Society (Vic); the New International Bookshop Co-operative; Arena Publications; Overland Publications; the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History Inc. (Melbourne Branch); the Swinburne Institute for Social Research; and the Don Dunstan Foundation (Vic). DateSponsorTopic Speaker(s) Wed. 2 AprilAFS Undemocratic Schooling. Melbourne University Associate Professor and 2002 Woodward Medal winner, Richard Teese follows up his memorable 2001 AFS education conference address with a compelling account of entrenched educational disadvantage and social inequality. Wed. 9 AprilAFS Iraq and After: Regional Implications for Australia. Monash University Senior Lecturer in Asian Politics, Dr Joan Grant discusses regional reactions to the Iraq crisis and their significance for Australia. Wed. 16 April NIB Australia's Welfare Wars. Philip Mendes, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy Community Development at Monash University, draws on his new book to mount acase for the relevance of social democratic ideals in the welfare sector. Wed. 23 April NIB Ned Kelly Rides Again. Ian Jones, the pre- eminent expert on the Kelly Gang, talks about the rise and rise of the last outlaw. Wed. 30 April ASSLH Not Before Time: The Triumph of Victorian Legislative Council Reform. Victorian Finance Minister John Lenders and Monash University Politics ProfessorBrian Costar analyse Steve Bracks' radical upper house reforms and their significance for Victoria. Wed. 7 May AFS Partnerships at Work: the Challenge of Employee Democracy. Workplace relations panellists led by Labor Essays editor Glen Patmore launch and discuss a new addition to the annual AFS Labor Essays series. Wed. 14 May AFS A Federation of Regions. Former Hawke government Minister Chris Hurford proposes radical reforms to the fraught fabric of Australian federalism. Wed. 21 May AFS What Next for Labor, Social Democracy and the Left? Labor Deputy Leader Jenny Macklin returns to the AFS lectern with a further progress report on her ALP policy review. Wed. 28 May AFS Privatisations and What to Make of Them. Monash Law Professor Graham Hodge discusses the why and how of privatisation evaluation. Wed. 4 June NIB Student Radicalism Then and Now. Graham Hastings, Research Officer for the National Union of Students, leads a launch and panel discussion of his new history of Australian student radicalism. Wed. 11 JuneOverland Broken Song. Journalist and author Barry Hill, discusses his massive new biography of T. G. Strehlow who collected the songs, genealogies and sacred artefacts of the Arrernte people. Wed. 18 JuneAFS/DRS Saving the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Fighting the Pharmaceutical Marketing Dollar. La Trobe University Senior Lecturer Dr Ken Harvey talks about threats to the PBS. Wed. 25 JuneOverlandMargaret Simons delivers the second 2003 Overland Lecture on the Hindmarsh Island Affair and its repercussions for indigenous Australians. For further information on any of the above events call the New International Bookshop on 03 9662 3744. .. -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:AA: URGENT support for ABC needed
URGENT- ABC needs the support of those who value ABC scrutiny on important public matters. 4Corners program re Woomera Please read below and send this email on to others who appreciate the ABC's role in scrutinising government, investigating and bringing full information to the public, and who understand that government interference with the independence of the ABC is an affront to democracy. Then send an email and/or phone to give your feedback on the program: Send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a copy to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 9626 1699 and ask to leave a message on the General Comments Line There appears to be a concerted campaign being run to stop programs providing information about asylum seekers. After the 4Corners program on Woomera, apparently the ABC has been inundated with negative comments demanding that the ABC stop showing these biased programs. It would some people are unhappy that the ABC had access to the footage it used. As always, those who appreciate what the program exposed are not the ones who are contacting the ABC. So pls, get cracking in support of the ABC's efforts. And phone/write to the media to oppose the current Government assault on the ABC's independence. -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Swinburne Indigenous Performing Arts - Dreaming Dreams
Local kooris are in this show. Swinburne performing arts students interpret dreams in an upcoming production A multimedia production focussing on the interpretation of dreams through the eyes of Indigenous Australians will be staged by Swinburne TAFE's Indigenous performing arts students next month. Dreaming Dreams, a mix of visual and live theatre presented by five talented students, will be held at the David Williamson Theatre at Swinburne's Prahran campus in St John St, on the 5, 6 and 7 June. The students, in the second year of their two year diploma course that aims to provide graduates with the skills required to join a small company or community theatre group or to set up their own group, are responsible for the entire production from creative form and content to production, stage management, sound, lighting, costume, script, marketing and front of house. Dreaming Dreams Director, Nick Illia, said the students incorporated still image, text, music, projected words and live performance into a rich collage in the four pieces that make up the performance. He promised a powerful piece with performers drawing their inspiration from the environment, war, relationships, greed and indigenous issues. ENDS. Performance Details: What: Dreaming Dreams When: 5, 6 and 7 June at 7.30pm with an additional matinee performance at 12.15pm on 6 June. Performance duration: one hour. Where: David Williamson Theatre, St. John St, Prahran. Cost: $5 per ticket. Bookings: Phone Janaya Charles on 9214 6746 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Released by Vicki Amiguet, Swinburne Media Unit, phone 0410 569 408. .. -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:URL: URGENT POLL on ABC
Here is the latest ABC online poll, about the War and the protests: It has not been widely notified and Young Liberals have organised a campaign to discredit the peace marches via this poll so I urge you to vote immediately - it is well set up and only takes a second. http://www.abc.net.au/news/multipoll3/vote/default.htm Note the interesting discrepancy in results at midday Monday .. the marchers are a vocal minority according to this poll - but the very same poll shows 60% opposed to the attack - in spite of their best efforts to spin it. 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: St Kilda Historical Society - Saving Port Phillip
St Kilda Historical Society Public Talk: Saving Port Phillip from the Developers. Leading community activists discuss the history of successful campaigns to preserve heritage sites. Essential information for those planning strategies against inappropriate developments.3.00 pm. Sunday June 15 at St Kilda Library Community Room, 150 Carlisle St. Myer Eidelson President SKHS 0407 3016 95 .. -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: World Refugee Day Forum - 3pm - 5pm, Friday 20 June
A WORLD REFUGEE DAY FORUM - 3pm - 5pm, Friday 20 June, Trades Hall speakers include: Jess Whyte (RMIT Refugee and Asylum Seeker Project); Spencer Zifcak (Assoc Professor, Latrobe University; David Manne (Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre Co-ordinator) Pamela Curr (Austalian Greens Refugee Spokesperson) 3pm - 5pm Friday 20 June Trades Hall Cnr. Victoria Lygon Sts Carlton South Entry by gold coin donation. Refreshments provided ...all proceeds go to the Thornbury and Footscray Asylum, Seeker Resource Centres Presented by the federation of community legal centres refugee and immigration working group and the rmit refugee and asylum seeker project. -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Book appeal for the Big Red Book Fair
We want your books! The Big Red Book Fair is the major fund-raiser for the New International Bookshop, Australia's only specialist left-wing book co-operative. On the weekend of Saturday 28 June Sunday 29 June, we take over the ground floor of the historic Trades Hall building for an enormous second-hand book sale. To make the event possible, we need books...and plenty of them. Political, non-political, left-wing, right-wing -- it doesn't matter, so long as they can be read. If you're moving house, if you don't want your ex-lover's novels on your shelves, if you've flunked out of uni...whatever the reason, if you have books you don't want, give us a call. You'll be keeping the progressive movement alone while ensuring that your pre-loved books go to a good home. To arrange pick-up, call us on 9662 3744 or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Big Red Book Fair 11 am to 4 pm Saturday 28 June and Sunday 29 June -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Monash Lefty Reunion - from 7.30pm Fri 4/7
Come to the Monash Reunion where you can catch up with all those friends that you went to demos with, or from the Labour Club, or sit-in's, or just from the caf.The Vietnam era ! Friday 4th July 7.30 onwards Where: Dover Castle Hotel 470 Bridge Rd., Richmond Tel: 9429 4348 BOOKINGS $20 per head Andra Jackson 96821145 Miriam Weiner 94862968 [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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:INFO: Radio Eye reports Rev Watson's Iraq War, July 26
Subject: Radio Eye reports Rev Watson's Iraq War, July 26 Dear Friends, I am a radio documentary producer with ABC Radio National and I have just finished putting together a documentary about Uniting Church Minister Neville Watson's time in Iraq during the war - compiled from his journal and interviews with him. The documentary titled A Candle in the Darkness will be broadcast on ABC Radio National's Radio Eye program on Saturday July 26th at 2.05 p.m. I have included the publicity for your information. A Candle in the Darkness. What drives some people to give up the comforts and certainties of life in support of the values they hold dear? Many of us feel strongly about all sorts of issues, but put limits on our activism - a signature on a petition, or participation in a street march for instance. But this is not enough for Neville Watson. In January this year, this 73-year-old Uniting Church Minister said good-bye to his family and congregation in Perth and joined a group of peace activists in Baghdad. Their task was to try and stop the war, and to bear witness to the suffering of the Iraqi people. It was a similar journey to the one he'd made in 1991 during the Gulf War. Using interview and journal entries, Neville tells of the three weeks of intense bombing of the city, the events he witnessed on the streets and in the hospitals, as well as his reflections on the war itself. It was Zaha whom I remember and who affected me the most. The woman Doctor told us that a piece of shrapnel in the back had made Zaha a bilateral paraplegic. I looked at the frail little body, the glazed eyes and the anxious mother alongside, and remembered how I reacted to the shock jocks who had spoken of collateral damage. I wonder whether they would be prepared to offer their six year old on the altar of war? Producer : Sharon Davis Sound Engineer: Roi Huberman Perhaps you can send this on to some of your members and colleagues, or suggest others who might find the program interesting. I look forward to hearing from you. Kind Regards, Sharon Davis SEARCH Foundation, Rm 610, 3 Smail St, BROADWAY NSW 2007. Ph: +61 2 9211 4164; Fax: +61 2 9211 1407. Web: www.search.org.au - promoting democracy, social justice and environmental sustainability - -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: launch of McQUAIL: A likely story by Steve Brook
RAWPRAWN PUBLISHING invites you to the official launch of McQUAIL: A likely story by Steve Brook At 7 p.m. on Friday, 19 September 2003 in the Old Ballroom, Trades Hall, cnr Victoria and Lygon Sts., Carlton South Officiating: Cr. Dick Gross, former Mayor of Port Phillip, author, financial adviser. Latest book: A Godless Gospel (September 1999). Fine finger food and a great opportunity to call everyone darling and kiss the air next to their ear. And get YOUR copy of McQuail at a ridiculously low price! RSVP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Self-publishing has many advantages, but McQuail is clearly not one of them. -- The Corangamite Thunderer The main character is my age (almost exactly), my religion (well, almost) and far more promiscuous than I could ever hope to be. -- Dick Gross Adolescent, unformed, semi-literate, pretentious. And those are the good things about Steve Brook's book. A shock therefore to learn that the author is approaching his threescore and ten. -- The Bugle, Maroochydore A pity the book's content cannot match its snappy design. -- The Australian Pergola Can McQuail - the Movie be far away? -- Vision Sound Religion, the US, marriage - McQuail is a puerile attack on easy targets. It's all been done, and done better, before. Brook should learn draughts or crochet and rejoin his generation. -- Yippee! Wahoo! Weekly I thoroughly enjoyed McQuail. It's clear that you're emerging as the antipodean Kurt Vonnegut. -- Phillip Adams . -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDN: Draft Program of Now We The People Conference
Dear Friend, Please find below the draft timetable for sessions at the Now We The People Conference on August 23-24, 2003, at 702 Harris St, Ultimo - University of Technology Sydney. In solidarity, Peter Murphy and Ben Langford (Draft timetable, July 18, 2003) Now We The People Challenging the US Empire - Australia for peace and justice Conference, August 23-24, 2003 University of Technology, Sydney SATURDAY AUGUST 23 9.30 am - Registration 10.15 am - Welcome to Country. 1020 am - Introduction 10.30 Opening Plenary Where are Howard and Bush taking Australia? The social, economic and environmental consequences of the US Alliance. Doug Cameron, Patricia Ranald, Andrew Wilkie, Tanya Plibersek MHR, Senator Kerry Nettle, Margaret Reynolds (possible) 12.30 - 1.30 pm Lunch 1.30 - 4.30 pm Workshop 1 Unilateralism and sycophancy: Australian support for US global strategy (includes US bases in Australia, US neo-cons and their Australian supporters) Panel: Andrew Wilkie, Denis Doherty, Dr Carol Araullo (BAYAN Philippines), Damian Cahill, Margaret Reynolds (possible). Workshop 2 How the people are left out - the challenge to renew Australian democracy and the Constitution Panel: Rod Donald MP (NZ Greens co-leader), Mayor Liz Johnstone (City of Port Phillip, Senator Andrew Bartlett, Lynne Carson. Workshop 3 A fairer finance sector for Australia Panel: Geoff Derrick, Catherine Wolfhuizen (ACA), Prof Frank Stilwell. Workshop 4 Medicare and Welfare reform - the US model for Australian society? Panel: Gary Moore (NCOSS), Ian McCauley (Uni of Canberra), Dr Alf Liebhold. Workshop 5 Multiculturalism after 30 years - why Australia failed the refugee test Panel: Tanya Plibersek MP (confirmed), Ahmed Shboul, Jock Collins, Mary Kalantzis. Follow up - Peter 4.30 - 5.30 pm Social function SUNDAY AUGUST 24 10 am Plenary The global economy goes into crisis - what options for Australia. Dr Graham Larcombe, Dr John Quiggin 12 noon - 2 pm (includes 30 minute lunch break) WORKSHOPS Workshop 6 Australia - USA Free Trade Agreement, General Agreement on Trade and = Services. What's at stake? Panel: Patricia Ranald (AFTINET), Sen Kerry Nettle, Alistair Kentish = (AMWU) Workshop 7 Understanding the religious fundamentalism dynamic - at home and abroad Panel: Randa Abdel-Fatteh (confirmed), Rev Ray Richmond. Follow up - = John, Peter Workshop 8 Universities for the rich - the privatisation of Australia's Higher = Education sector Panel: Danial Kyriacou (NUS), Trish Mullins (NTEU), John Kaye. Workshop 9 What rights for Indigenous Australians when might is again right? Panel ideas: Pam Johnston, Lydia Miller, Pat Anderson, Olga Havilland (none confirmed). Follow up - Peter Workshop 10 Ensuring Iraq is the last oil war - energy politics for a sustainable future Panel ideas - Anthony Ashbolt , Sahail Inuyatollah, Stewart White. 2 pm - Closing Plenary Adoption of Conference Statement 2.30 - 4 pm A just Australia or just a straggler - building the alliance for peace and justice Panel: Rod Donald, Sen Andrew Bartlett, Sylvia Hale MLC, Rev Dr Ann Wansbrough, Anthony Albanese MHR, Pat Anderson (to be confirmed), union speaker - still checking here Close - songs by Sydney Trade Union Choir In association with the Research Initiative in International Activism, University of Technology, Sydney :::campaign material, updates, discussion board::: http://www.nowwethepeople.org -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:AA: Support for Asylum Seekers
FOOD SHORTAGE AT ASYLUM SEEKER RESOURCE CENTRE The ASRC is experiencing a food shortage because the two largest providers of food, Foodbank Victoria and Victorian Relief Committee, are unable to meet current demands. The Foodbank at the Footscray ASRC is the largest in Australia for asylum seekers and provides food to over 1300 asylum seekers a month (over 12,000 food parcels in the past year). There is an ever increasing demand on the Foodbank due to the East Timorese losing their entitlements and the closing of the Western Migrant Resource Centre. The ASRC is looking for food donors who can contribute on a regular basis. The ASRC is also looking for volunteers to do food aid fundraising. How to Donate Food Donations can be taken to the ASRC at 207-211 Nicholson Street Footscray anytime Mondays to Fridays from 10am to 5pm and on Wednesday evenings between 6.30pm and 9.30pm. Examples of items needed at ASRC: Fresh Fruit Fresh Vegetables Canned FruitCheese Canned Veggies Long Life Milk Breakfast Cereals Tea Pasta Coffee Spaghetti Margarine Pasta SaucesSpices Canned Tuna Dried Peas Canned Salmon Soup Mix Plain Biscuits (Crackers) Vegetable Oil Savoury BiscuitsLentils Sweet Biscuits Flour Chickpeas Salt Sugar Rice Sauces (soy,tomato) Broad Beans SemolinaPeanut Butter _ Toiletries Toothpaste Shampoo Conditioner Razors Toilet PaperSanitary Pads SoapNappies How to become a food aid fundraiser Contact the Co-ordinator at the ASRC, Kon Karapanagiotidis, 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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:INFO: Saving Point Nepean E-letter No 1
Dear Folks, An announcement on who has won the battle for Point Nepean is expected any day now. Every letter, phone call and e-mail (in that order) is critical and will help. While the following e-mail is lengthy, one of the principles involved was nicely ennumerated by the Herald Sun's editorial this week. It read. Beach betrayal Not only Victorians but all Australians, should rally to express their anger at the prospect that Point Nepean's beach could be sold to private buyers. The federal Government confirms that the beach and foreshore are included in the 90ha of land it has on the market. This outrageous prospect is totally contrary to the Australian tradition that the beaches belong to the people. Beaches are alienated in only a very few coastal areas where very old titles, which should have been rescinded long ago, continue to exist. The local community fears Point Nepean beach could become, like many European beaches, cut off from the public by fences and the access commercialised. As developers join the seagulls seeking to scavenge this public land, the federal and state governments play politics. But this is not the politicians' land. It belongs to the people who pay them. In brief, our land and our beach is still up 'For Sale'. Please help us if you can and visit the VNPA website for the entire background. (If you are really bored, you can read my article on why Nepean must be a National Park). Please circulate to your friends and colleagues as you see fit. Best Wishes, Neil. PS. Please let me know if you would prefer not to receive further information regarding Point Nepean.. - Original Message - From: Chris Smyth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 7:59 AM Subject: Saving Point Nepean E-letter No 1 Saving Point Nepean E-letter No 1 Dear members and supporters, The community-based campaign by the Victorian National Parks Association and National Trust of Australia (Victoria) to stop the sale of Point Nepean has reached a very critical stage, with an expectation of a Commonwealth Government announcement soon. What that announcement will be is unclear, but with continued pressure we believe that the Commonwealth Government will stop the sale and return Point Nepean to Victoria. Over the coming weeks we plan to send you regular Saving Point Nepean E-letters, this being the first. The E-letters will give you the latest news and help you become involved in the Victorian community's campaign to Save Point Nepean. You are on our email database because you are a member or supporter of the Victorian National Parks Association and the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), or have supported our campaigns for the protection of natural and cultural heritage in the past. We hope that you continue to support our work, and in particular our campaign for Point Nepean, and find the Saving Point Nepean E-letter a great way to stay informed and to get involved. Point Nepean is too valuable to be lost. With your help we will save it. Yours sincerely, Dianne Weidner Chairman, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Ian Harris President, Victorian National Parks Association PS: So please keep sending those emails, letters and faxes, and making those phone calls, to our federal Members of Parliament. PPS: Should you not wish to receive the Saving Point Nepean E-letter, please reply to this email with the word 'Unsubscribe' in the subject box. The Victorian Community Expression of Interest in Point Nepean The Victorian National Parks Association and the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) have joined forces to work with the Victorian community to Save Point Nepean. Point Nepean is a national treasure, a unique blend of cultural and natural heritage on the doorstep of Melbourne. But it is now in grave danger because the Commonwealth Government is selling 91.8 hectares of Defence Department land at Portsea containing the Quarantine Station/Norris Barracks area with its 19th century and early 20th century buildings of exceptional heritage significance, as well as around 50 hectares of threatened coastal moonah woodlands. As part of our community-based campaign we are facilitating the Victorian Community Expression of Interest in Point Nepean, which was submitted on 2 June 2003 to the Commonwealth Government (you can see it at vnpa.org.au and nattrust.com.au). It is a formal request for the return of the Defence land to Victoria, after which it would then be included within a reborn Point Nepean National Park and managed by Parks Victoria in partnership with the community and the Point Nepean LivingMuseum. The Point Nepean LivingMuseum would protect, manage and restore the built heritage precinct and in the process provide many environmental, economic and social benefits including those associated with research, education, conservation, management, tourism, employment and training. The Victorian Community Expression of
LL:INFO: Saving Point Nepean - E Letter No 3
Saving Point Nepean E-letter No 3 Dear members and supporters Victorian Community Expression of Interest in Point Nepean On 25 August 2003 the Commonwealth Government terminated the Expression of Interest process to sell 90 hectares of the heritage precinct at Point Nepean (including the Quarantine Station). Concurrently, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Mrs Fran Bailey, announced that the 90 hectares of the heritage precinct at Point Nepean (including the Quarantine Station) would be offered for 40-50 year lease by tender, starting 1 September. Why a lease and not a sale? Under a lease Point Nepean would remain within the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth Government. It would also mean that developers chosen by the Commonwealth Government would not be subject to Victorian state and local planning controls. This includes the Victorian Coastal Strategy, which discourages ribbon or strip coastal development (The Commonwealth has advised the lease would include Point Nepean's beach and foreshore). In effect, Victorians, the local government, State Government and Victorian heritage agencies are denied input into what a developer can or can't do with Point Nepean. A lengthy lease, to which no local planing guidelines apply, would at least in the assessment of one developer be preferable to freehold. In a 26 August 2003 article in the Financial Review, a well-known hotel and tourism developer, Mr Max Moar was quoting as saying: 'It's a good thing it is not under state planning control any more. As a developer you want to deal with the land owner and now it will mean you don't have to go through that extra authority'. The tender will stipulate that Point Nepean is available for four different uses 'Educational, Recreational, Community and Tourism'. Uses listed in Mrs Bailey's 25 June Media Release include universities, schools, research, sporting facilities, jetties, rescue activities, museums, restaurants, conference facilities and unspecified accommodation. In an interview on ABC 774 on 25 August, when asked if a hotel was possible, Mrs Bailey observed that a hotel 'would not be multi-storey'! Mrs Bailey also declined to guarantee that bushland on the 90 hectares would remain contiguous with the existing National Park. In the 26 August 2003 Financial Review Mrs Bailey is reported to have said that 'developers could demolish and undertake new construction on the property'. What developments will be possible at Point Nepean? A university, luxury accommodation, jetties, one or more restaurants, shops, one or more hotels/motels, a conference centre and/or a sporting facilities will all be possible, together or stand alone. As Point Nepean falls outside the jurisdiction of local planning laws it will be the incumbent Commonwealth Government that will be the final arbiter of what is 'appropriate' development and what is not. Would the public have unfettered access to Point Nepean? It would be naEFve to suggest that sustainability can be achieved for Point Nepean without some form of income generating activity. However, the Commonwealth Government's stated expectations of commercial returns clearly establish a framework that denies the greatest numbers of the public access to Point Nepean. Universities, hotels/motels, restaurants and the numerous other specified uses means that Point Nepean are not 'public space' and access will accordingly be limited. What about management? Point Nepean has so much to offer, integrating as it does outstanding natural and cultural values. Its development can be directly aligned with and contributes to Victoria's early history. The Commonwealth Government has decreed that Point Nepean be carved up between three or more managers. Parks Victoria would manage the existing Mornington Peninsula National Park, Mornington Shire Council, Police Point (17.6 Ha), while the 90 hectares proposed to be now leased, including threatened woodland and the Quarantine Station, would be managed by the successful tenderer. Fragmentation of its management will unarguably reflect in fragmentation and disintegration of Point Nepean's values. Is subleasing permissible? On the balance of probability the answer must be 'highly likely'. What do environment groups think? The Victorian National Parks Association, National Trust and the Australian Conservation Foundation in a joint press release on 25 August (attached) expressed serious concerns about the Commonwealth Government announcement and described Point Nepean as 'endangered'. Where to from here? It is a shame that those making the decisions do not share our vision of how wonderful Point Nepean might be, as an integrated publicly owned national park. This Vision was contemplated by the Community Master Plan and is reflected in the National Trust/VNPA vision for Point Nepean supported by the majority of Victorians, the Victorian Government, the Australian Senate and hundreds of community groups (nearly 350
LL:PR: EPA, Sustainability and the Western Suburbs
PRESS RELEASE The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) - Where is it taking us? The EPA is often seen by the community as a toothless tiger because there appear to be too few prosecutions and too many weak or inconsistent decisions. But the EPA often sees itself as being between a rock and a hard place - no matter what they do they will be criticised: the community expects harsher enforcement while industry and developers often expect greater tolerance. Over the past few years there have been some subtle shifts in EPA's role. As global concern has focussed on the need for ecological sustainability, so EPA has expanded from its primary role as the environmental regulator to include the role of 'sustainability facilitator'. Mr Terry A'Hearn is EPA Director for Sustainable Development and will present the EPA's position on these issues at a public meeting this Thursday. His presentation, entitled Sustainability: the EPA's Changing Role, will form part of the Environment Centre's annual general meeting. The meeting will commence at 7.30 pm, Thursday, 11 September at the Melbourne Water Discovery Centre, New Farm Road, Werribee (Mel 205, E12) and is open to all people interested in the impact that sustainability will have for the Western Suburbs. There will also be an update on environmental issues in the Western Suburbs, including the Werribee Plains Vision, Maribyrnong and Werribee River Developments, Ecological Footprints, Green Wedges and more. Tea and Coffee will be provided. For further information contact Harry van Moorst: 9731 0288 or 9741 6306 -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:ART: Take Heart - Keating's speech @ launch of History Wars
AN EXTEMPORANEOUS ADDRESS BY P.J. KEATING LAUNCHING THE HISTORY WARS MELBOURNE, 3 SEPTEMBER 2003 The writing of The History Wars is very important. The book will sit on the shelves of libraries as a sort of code stone to help people understand the motivations of players in today's contemporary debate. It sheds light on the political battle which is carried on in the pubs and on the footpaths about who we are and what has become of us. For the protagonists and antagonists in academe are now surrogates in a broader political battle about Australia's future. We should reflect on this: alone, amongst the peoples of the world, we have possession of a continent, a continent we laid claim to as part of an empire, one we expropriated from another race, but a continent that is no longer an island in a sea of subjugated and colonial places. The Dutch no longer run Indonesia, the French no longer control Indo-China. And the Chinese now run China for themselves. We occupy a continent surrounded by ancient societies; nations which have reclaimed their identity and their independence. The Australian story, for it to be a record of continuing success has to come to terms with our expropriation of the land, our ambivalence about who we are and our place in the new geo-political make-up of the region. That is, being part of it, rather than simply being tolerated in it. History is always our most useful tool and guide. Knowing our past helps us to divine our future. To see the long strands which denote our character and which have been common in each epoch of our development. And how they may be adapted in our transformation as an integral part of this region, while re-energising our national life. How do we pick the good strands and the step changes on the pathway to our security? Because there are only 20 million of us, the primary matter for national policy is how we maintain possession of the continent. How do we find the pathway to a genuine security, a naturally reinforced one. Security in Asia and not from Asia. Where we are other than a client state perennially searching for a strategic guarantor. Once, all our faith was in the British Navy. Now it has swung to the American defence establishment. Those who militantly defend the conservative orthodoxy in Australia see all change as an affront to the past, especially their view of the past. Whereas, knowing the past and seeing it for what it is with all its blemishes, allows us to divine our destiny for our appointment with reality. And our appointment with reality has to come around. We are no longer part of some empire. We are no longer some passenger on the British Lion. We are no longer protected by their navy to the extent that we ever were. While people may say we enjoy some protection from the Americans, we have to be clear what reality, in this respect, means. I have never understood why the Howards and the Blaineys et al are so defensive. So resistant to novelty and to progress. They are more than conservatives. They're reactionaries. Conservatives gradually, if somewhat reluctantly, accept change. Reactionaries not only resist change, they seek to reverse it. Understanding and acknowledging the past and moving on to bigger and better things is anathema to them. They absolutely insist on their view and the lessons they see in our history. Yet in their insistence, their 'proprietorialness' their 'derivativeness' and their rancour, they reduce the flame and energy within the nation to a smouldering incandescence. What they effectively do is crimp and cripple our destiny. It's like suffering from some sort of anaemia; robbing the political blood of its energy. The problem for the Howards and the Blaineys is that their story is simply not big enough for Australia. No great transformation can come from their tiny view of us and their limited faith in us. Their failure is not simply one of crabbiness or rancour; it's a failure of imagination, a failure to read our historical coordinates correctly but usefully to move to a bigger construct, a bigger picture as to who we are and what we can be. That's the real job of political leadership. Their timidity not only diminishes their own horizon, it is a drag on the rest of us. The country always has to make its progress despite them. They never help. They have always to be dragged along and they will only accept a new norm when someone else has struggled to put it into place. But the fact is, their view will not prevail. They cannot win because they have no policy framework to win with. And deep in their tiny, timorous hearts they know it. The undertaking is simply too big for them. This is why you get all this thrashing about in the press and why we are drenched in the babble of the lickspittles and tintookies around them. And it's just that, babble. It's babble because at the heart of their wrong-headed campaign is an attempt to contain and censor the human spirit, to muffle, muzzle and vitiate
LL:DDV: Ian Chappell @ refugee public forum
GOING INTO BAT FOR REFUGEES Public forum: 7.30-9pm, Wednesday September 17, St Kilda Town Hall Cricketer Ian Chappell will go into bat for refugees at a public meeting organised by A Just Australia at St Kilda Town Hall, 7.30-9pm, Wednesday September 17. Joining him are broadcaster and columnist Phillip Adams, author Hanifa Deen and national director of A Just Australia, Howard Glenn and Port Phillip deputy mayor, David Brand. The evening will also include musical performances. Ian Chappell will spend the afternoon handing out flyers and talking to people in Acland Street. I'm not a politician, said the former Australian captain whose activism on refugees was triggered by his anger over the Tampa crisis in August 2001. But when Mr Chappell saw young people detained behind barbed wire, I thought to myself there has to be a helluva cost to the country, not only keeping them in detention but then the ongoing cost to their health. If the worst happened, that a child of mine was forced out of this country and went somewhere else ... would I want her treated in this fashion? Mr Chappell's 'conversion' to the refugee cause was the subject of an episode of Australian Story, called The Unusual Suspect broadcast on ABC TV on July 14. Cr Brand said that the City of Port Phillip has waived hall hire fees for the forum. The City of Port Phillip is delighted to be supporting this forum about the refugee crisis. Some of the first Tampa refugees arrived from the Pacific today but that doesn't mean our refugee policy still isn't a national - and international - disgrace. Many people in this community started life as 'reffos' in the aftermath of World War 11. Many were Jews who survived the Holocaust, Hitler's 'final solution'. They arrived at Station Pier and stayed. Everyone now thinks the turning back of boatloads of Jewish refugees from England and the USA in the late thirties was a travesty but our wealthy nation has done the same to successive boatloads of mostly Muslim refugees and adopted the so-called 'Pacific solution'. Ian Chappell was urged to do something when his wife reminded him that bad things happen when good people do nothing. This forum allows the whole community to say to the Australian Government that we categorically reject the current refugee policy, that it does not act in our name. History will prove us right, though that is cold comfort to the thousands of refugees who remain incarcerated either in outback detention camps or in the Pacific, he said. Last May, the City of Port Phillip hosted the Tampa Tribute to honour Captain Rinnan on his last voyage. Hanifa Deen is an award winning Australian author who writes narrative non-fiction. She is also a human rights activist and social commentator. She has held a number of high profile positions including: Deputy Commissioner of the Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission of WA; Director on the Board of Directors of SBS; and Hearing Commissioner with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.20 She now works as a full-time writer and is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow with the Department of Social Sciences at Curtin. Her first book, Caravanserai: A Journey Among Australian Muslims, (Allen Unwin) won a NSW Premier's Literary Award in 1996 and judges described Caravanserai '...as an outstanding contribution to Australian literature.'20 A completely revised and was released in May this year, published by Fremantle Arts Centre Press. Broken Bangles, her best-selling book on the lives of women in Pakistan and Bangladesh, published by Transworld, was short-listed in 1998 for the WA Premier's Literary Award. A second edition was released in India by Penguin-India publishers in 2000. Her most recent book is: A Cold Red Carpet: The Strange Journey of Taslima Nasreen. All speakers are available for interview. For more information about A Just Australia, go to: http://www.justrefugeeprograms.com.au/news/Newsframeset.htm Enquiries: After hours Carmel ShuteLiz Johnstone20 Media Officer Mayor Tel: 03 9209 6163 Fax: 03 9525 4640 Tel: 03 9531 7358 Mobile: 0412 569 356Mobile: 0412 135 350 Council webpage: www.portphillip.vic.gov.au Carmel Shute Council Media Officer City of Port Phillip Ph: 03 9209 6163 Fax: 03 9525 4640 Mob: 0412 569 356 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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:INFO: Call for papers: Community Development/Human Rights
Community Development, Human Rights and the Grassroots Trades Hall Victoria Street (Cnr Lygon Street) Melbourne, Australia 14 - 18 April 2004 (a conference for academics, researchers and the grassroots practitioners) There is a renewal of interest in community development, both in Australia and internationally. This conference will explore the questions: What does community development look like today? What are the key issues? What is its potential? How is it operating at the grassroots and in global contexts? What are the links between community development and human rights? There will be two sections to the Conference: Reflection14-16 April, 2004 (14th - evening Opening Session - Hotel IBIS) This section will focus on reflection and analysis of the role, methods and contexts of community development today. In particular, it will consider the influence of the human rights revolution on local and global community projects. Submissions for papers which address the following themes are invited, but other themes are also welcome. * human rights and community development * social capital * community development and globalisation * new and old forms of activism * multiculturalism and cultural citizenship * the effects of neo-liberalism managerialism * gender, race and class * third sector research * indigenous projects * strengths weakness of capacity and community building * women in community development * diversity and solidarity in community development * civil society debates and discourses Abstracts should be 200 - 300 words and written in plain English and an electronic copy (in MS word format) sent to: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone (03) 5227 2113 (all papers will be blind peer - refereed) Website www.deakin.edu.au/cchr Deadline for Abstracts 14 November 2003 Grassroots 17 - 18 April, 2004 Themes of these two days of the conference will be: * the political context of community development * challenging the status quo * co-option and colonisation * working in atypical areas * new sites of community development * community development and the future Workshop facilitation (10 -15 minutes) will focus upon issues relating to these themes. This will involve sharing and celebrating ideas and experiences, with creative discussion and decisions for future directions. The process of these two days will be participatory, interactional and provocative (workshops - not presentations) focussed upon core community development values in practice (rather than specific projects or programs). Those interested in further information, becoming involved in planning the conference and / or facilitating workshops please contact Caty Kyne (ph: 03 94817894) [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Ben Leeman (ph: 03.9819 3239) [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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:REM: Ian Chappell@ refugee public forum - Wed 17/9
A Just Australia Invites you to join Cr. David Brand - Deputy Mayor, at a public meeting with Ian Chappell Phillip Adams Hanifa Deen Howard Glenn Plus special guests and entertainment Come along to hear why Ian Chappell and our other speakers have joined A Just Australia in its campaign for just refugee programs in Australia. You will also have the opportunity to hear first hand stories from = refugees and asylum seekers in the local community and their hopes for = their lives in Australia. When: Wednesday 17th September at 7.30pm Where: St. Kilda Town Hall, Cnr Carlisle and Brighton Rd The evening is free but we will be asking for donations and explaining = how you can support our work on a long-term basis. Carmel Shute Council Media Officer City of Port Phillip Ph: 03 9209 6163 Fax: 03 9525 4640 Mob: 0412 569 356 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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: comedy debate + lunch @ New International Bookshop
`Affray in the Cafe' Comedy Debate The NIBS Knucklepersons versus the Trade Union Tusslers, in a no-holds barred, full contact Comedy Debate. Thought Tony Blair could spin? Wait until you see these debating desperadoes in action! Graze on the always-tantalising NIBS food, while the Dukes of Disputation clash live on stage. All with music and drinks at bar prices. Bookings essential! (9662 = 3744).Sunday 28 September 1pm $14/$8 New International Bookshop Trades Hall 54 Victoria St Carlton Sth 9662 3744 [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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Vulgar Press book launches
The Vulgar Press announces the following book launches: * Thursday 9 October: Janet Kelly's The Colour of Walls -- a confronting novel about incest and its aftermath -- to be launched by Judith Rodriguez at Readings Carlton * Friday 10 October: Michael Hyde's Hey Joe -- at last a novel about Vietnam from the protestors' point of view -- to be launched by Jenny Pausacker at Readings Carlton * Thursday 16 October: Neil Boyack's Transactions -- short stories by one of Australia's best young practitioners -- to be launche by Greg McCainsh at Readings Port Melbourne for more information visit www.vulgar.com.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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: New International Bookshop Wednesday nights
Series 4/2003 October-December 2003 1 October LHS event Poverty: What It Means and What to Do About It Monash historian Mark Peel talks about his new book, The Lowest Rung, based on interviews with hundreds of people living and working in three areas commonly described as 'disadvantaged': Broadmeadows, Inala and Mount Druitt. 8 October AFS event Universities: The Great Malaise and Its Remedies Barry Jones leads a panel discussion. 15 October LHS event Teaching Our History to Our Children Anna Clark, co-author with Stuart Macintyre of The History Wars, looks at the politics and pedagogy of teaching Australian history in schools. 22 October AFS event Parliamentary Reform and How to Achieve More of It With former Legislative Assembly speaker Ken Coghill, current speaker Judy Maddigan and federal deputy speaker Harry Jenkins. 29 October NIBS event ASIO, Anti-Terrorism and Democratic Rights Jenny Hocking, author of Terror Laws and director of Monash University's National Centre for Australian Studies, discusses the history, present and future of security legislation, and its disturbing implications for civil rights. 5 November NIBS event Australian Liberals, Past and Present Judy Brett, author of several acclaimed studies of the Liberal tradition, shows the differences and similarities between the party of Menzies and the party of Howard. 12 November NIBS event George Orwell and Australia What does Orwell's work have to tell us about politics in Australia? Dennis Glover, author of Orwell's Australia: From Cold War to Culture War, investigates. 19 November AFS event Labor's Agenda for Workplace Reform Workplace Relations shadow minister Craig Emerson reveals the mess that Tony Abbott has made of his portfolio and how to fix it. 26 November Overland event Social Visions for a Better Australia Mary Zournazi, Radio National commentator and author of Hope: New Philosophies for Change, delivers the final 2003 Overland lecture. 3 December AFS event The Hawke Years Co-editor Susan Ryan in conversation with John Button about The Hawke Government: A Critical Perspective. 10 December AFS event Futures for the Arts in Victoria A perspective from Victorian College of the Arts director Andrea Hull, with special reference to education and training. 17 December AFS/DRS event Private Health Insurance: The Millstone Around the Neck of Our Public Health System Doctors' Reform Society secretary Tim Woodruff offers some strategies to avoid strangulation. Info: 9662 3744 -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:URL: Nat Volunteers Awards - Asylum Seekers Resource Centre
Dear Volunteers and friends of the ASRC, The ASRC has been shortlisted in the Children Families category of the Peoples Choice Award of the National Volunteers Awards. This part of the awards is won pure and simply by the number of votes received on line until the 10th October. You are only allow one vote. Please spend a moment to vote for us. How to vote: Search:National Volunteers Awards Choose:Community Category: Children Families Vote:ASRC http://www.national.com.au/Community/0,,33774,00.html#asylum http://www.national.com.au/Community/0,,33774,00.html#asylum Please forward to your network. Many thanks Maree Shelmerdine -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:INFO: Saving Point Nepean - E-letter No. 4
Saving Point Nepean E-letter No 4 Dear members and supporters Please sign on to the Community Consensus Statement on Point Nepean VNPA and the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) are facilitating a Community Consensus Statement on Point Nepean (see below) in the lead up to the closing of tenders (6 October) for the lease of the 90 hectares of Commonwealth land at Point Nepean. The Consensus Statement is a reflection of the Victorian Community Expression of Interest (EOI) in Point Nepean (you can see it on www.vnpa.org.au ) facilitated by VNPA and the National Trust. At the EOI's heart was the return of Point Nepean to Victoria for inclusion within a national park. The Consensus Statement reaffirms that objective and also articulates the community concerns about the leasing process for Point Nepean recently announced by the Commonwealth Government (for more detail see www.vnpa.org.au). We are very keen to gain your support, or that of your group, for the Point Nepean campaign by signing on to the Consensus Statement. If you or your group wishes to sign on all you need do is send Chris Smyth a note by snail mail or email, or give him a call, or fax it back to him with the name and group's contact details (Chris's details are below). If you know of other groups or people that you believe would be keen to sign on, please forward this email to them. We will eventually release the consensus statement and the list of groups, individuals etc that have signed on to send a clear message of the widespread and growing community support for Saving Point Nepean. If you can get your details to Chris by noon on Tuesday 30 September it would be much appreciated. COMMUNITY CONSENSUS STATEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF COMMONWEALTH LAND AT POINT NEPEAN We the undersigned community groups, associations, institutions, agencies, companies and individuals concerned about the future of 311 hectares of Commonwealth land at Point Nepean state that: POINT NEPEAN is a national treasure, an icon of Australia's rich natural and cultural heritage, with magnificent 19th and 20th-century heritage-listed buildings, breathtaking coastscapes and seascapes, and threatened coastal moonah woodland. POINT NEPEAN is endangered by the Commonwealth Government's impending break up of the 311 hectares of Commonwealth land 205 hectares to the Victorian Government, 17.6 hectares to the local council, and the remaining 85-90 hectares to private developers under lease. We the undersigned oppose the Commonwealth Government's lease of the advertised 85-90 hectares of Commonwealth land at Point Nepean (by 1 November 2003) because it will: * disintegrate the ownership, management and control of Point Nepean's exceptional natural and cultural heritage * threaten the integrity, fabric and spatial association of the Quarantine Station buildings, and encourage linear and overdevelopment along the shoreline * be contrary to the Community Master Plan's vision of a 'public park managed as a whole' * exempt developers from public scrutiny and local and state planning schemes and regulations designed to protect area's of significant natural and cultural heritage such as Point Nepean * enable intensification of development simply by the private developer and the Commonwealth Government agreeing to change lease conditions or to convert the land to freehold * establish prior use rights for private developers who could use them to prevent future governments and the local council removing inappropriate and excessive developments as a means to improve the protection and management of Point Nepean * avoid the protection of new national heritage legislation that comes into force in 2004. We the undersigned urge that: The Commonwealth and Victorian governments forge a partnership with the Victorian community to protect all of Point Nepean in a national park, with the Victorian Government upholding its commitment to cover the ongoing management and restoration costs, and the Commonwealth Government providing the land. All of the 311 hectares of Commonwealth Land at Point Nepean, including the Quarantine Station and Police Point, be transferred to the Victorian Government and added to the adjoining Mornington Peninsula National Park under the management of one agency Parks Victoria. Signed for and on behalf of: __ IN OTHER NEWS Despite the National Trust's avowed commitment to being apolitical, from time to time it is involved in campaigns that regrettably fall along party lines. The National Trust's only interest s protection of Point Nepean. The decisions made about Point Nepean endure well beyond the term of individual governments and it is the decisions and not who makes them that are of paramount consideration. Parks Australia will not be involved in Point Nepean Mrs Fran Bailey, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence
LL:INFO: Saving Point Nepean E-letter No 5
Subject: Fw: Saving Point Nepean E-letter No 5 Dear friend and colleague, If you are 'seeing red' over Federal Government Plans to lease Point = Nepean to commercial interests, it is still not too late to make your = views known. If you can, grab your family and few friends and enjoy an open day at = Point Nepean (free admission) with entertainment, some bell - ringing = and plenty more information on how we may yet save this National = treasure as a National Park. This Sunday, 5th October (see below). Don't forget to wear your brightest red clothes! Kind thanks and best wishes, Neil Taylor. 56787406. - Original Message - From: Chris Smyth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 5:03 PM Subject: Saving Point Nepean E-letter No 5 Saving Point Nepean E-letter No 5 One National Park for all of Point Nepean Ring the Bell Rally 25-Metre Range Point Nepean 5 October 2003 2.00pm On the eve of the closing of tenders (6 October) for the lease of 90 hectares of Point Nepean, the Victorian National Parks Association, the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and many other groups and individuals will be gathering at Point Nepean. We will be ringing bells to celebrate the special natural and cultural heritage values of Point Nepean: 19th and 20th century heritage buildings of the Quarantine Station and breathtaking coast and seascapes. But we will also be ringing bells to send out a distress signal, a warning of the serious threat to Point Nepean from the Commonwealth Government's proposed leasing arrangements. There will be a big bell for all of us to ring, but please bring along your own as well! If it were to go ahead, the Commonwealth Government's leasing proposal for Point Nepean would be the worst possible outcome for our priceless heritage. It would disintegrate the ownership, management and control of Point Nepean's heritage; threaten the integrity, fabric and spatial association of the Quarantine Station buildings; exempt developers from public and local and state planning schemes and regulations; avoid the protection of new national heritage legislation that comes into force in 04. Point Nepean could be leased to commercial developers for five-star hotels and other developments as early as 1 November -- that's only a month away! Are you seeing red? On a day when we are sounding the red alert for Point Nepean, please wear something red: a scarf, a jumper, a jacket, a hat, a skirt, some slacks? On Sunday 5 October please visit Point Nepean, absorb its wonder and majesty, hear informed speakers, and find out what is proposed and how you can help SAVE POINT NEPEAN. Please bring your friends and family, bring a picnic, bring a bell -- AND WEAR RED! How to get to the Ring the Bell Rally To get to the 25-metre Range (Melways Map 156 B2) follow the signs after the Visitor Centre (Melways Map 156 C2) at the Mornington Peninsula National Park entrance. The 25-metre range is approximately two kilometres from the Visitor Centre, with Gunners Cottage car park another kilometre on. Car parking is also available at the Visitor Centre. Please Note: Park Open Day The rally happens to coincide with a Parks Victoria Open Day for the Point Nepean section of the Mornington Peninsula National Park. This means that entrance to the park will be free, there will also be no charge for the trolley transporter to the tip of Point Nepean, and there will be ranger-led interpretive walks, rockpool rambles, face-painting, a sausage sizzle and roving entertainers between 10 and 2.00pm. So why not make a day of it, visit one of Victoria's very special places and at the same time help the campaign for its protection. All of Point Nepean must be an integrated national park for all Australians for all time! No sale! No lease! NB: The rally and the Open Day do not include entry on to the Commonwealth land at the Quarantine Station. Chris Smyth Marine Campaign Officer Victorian National Parks Association Level 3, 60 Leicester Street Carlton VIC 3053 ph: 03 9341 6512 fax: 03 9347 5199 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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Saving Point Nepean - Ring the Bell Rally 2pm Sun 5/10
-Original Message- From: Alison Rock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 2 October 2003 1:05 PM Subject: Saving Point Nepean E-letter No 5 One National Park for all of Point Nepean Ring the Bell Rally 25-Metre Range Point Nepean 5 October 2003 2.00pm On the eve of the closing of tenders for the lease of 90 hectares of Point Nepean, the Victorian National Parks Association, the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and many other groups and individuals will be gathering at Point Nepean. We will be ringing bells to celebrate the special natural and cultural heritage values of Point Nepean: 19th and 20th century heritage buildings of the Quarantine Station and breathtaking coast and seascapes. But we will also be ringing bells to send out a distress signal, a warning of the serious threat to Point Nepean from the proposal to lease to a developer/operator, the 90 hectares containing the Quarantine Station and threatened coastal moonah woodland. Disintegrated management threatens the integrity, fabric and spatial association of the Quarantine Station buildings, and the present proposal exempts developers from local and state planning and environment controls, and avoids the protection afforded by the new national heritage legislation that comes into force in 2004. There will be a big bell for all of us to ring, but please bring along your own as well! On a day when we are sounding the red alert for Point Nepean, please wear something red: a scarf, a jumper, a jacket, a hat, a skirt, some slacks? On Sunday 5 October please visit Point Nepean, absorb its wonder and majesty, hear informed speakers, and find out what is proposed and how your voice can be added to so many others. Please bring your friends and family, bring a picnic, bring a bell -- AND WEAR RED! How to get to the Ring the Bell Rally To get to the 25-metre Range (Melways Map 156 B2) follow the signs after the Visitor Centre (Melways Map 156 C2) at the Mornington Peninsula National Park entrance. The 25-metre range is approximately two kilometres from the Visitor Centre, with Gunners Cottage car park another kilometre on. Car parking is also available at the Visitor Centre. Please Note: Park Open Day The rally happens to coincide with a Parks Victoria Open Day for the Point Nepean section of the Mornington Peninsula National Park. This means that entrance to the park will be free, there will also be no charge for the trolley transporter to the tip of Point Nepean, and there will be ranger-led interpretive walks, rockpool rambles, face-painting, a sausage sizzle and roving entertainers between 10 and 2.00pm. So why not make a day of it, visit one of Victoria's very special places and at the same time help the campaign for its protection. NB: The rally and the Open Day do not include entry on to the Commonwealth land at the Quarantine Station. -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Dept of Sustainabilty Environment forum re water
Dept of Sustainabilty Environment forum re secring our water future - 5.30pm Thurs 16/10 Swanston Room, Melbourne Town Hall It would be appreciated if you could circulate this attachment inviting interested stakeholders to the government's Green Paper public information forum next Thursday 16 October 2003. Thanking you. Kind regards Kerrie Homan South East Catchment Planning Phone: 9235 2231 Fax: 9235 7168 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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Jim Cairns send-off - 2pm Sun 2/11 - Trades Hall
Jim Cairns send-off - 2pm Sun 2/11 - Trades Hall, Cnr Victoria Lygon Sts Carlton Comrades and citizens, We've had the state funeral, now for the comradely send-off. The New International Bookshop, the Fabian Society and your very own Australian Society for the Study of Labour History have organised a wake to give Jim Cairns a rank-and-file farewell. It will begin at 2.00 p.m. on Sunday 2 November in Paddy's Bar at Melbourne Trades Hall. Paul Strangio, Jim's most recent biographer and Labour History treasurer, will speak. Tributes 'from the floor' will be heard too. We hope to see you there. Cheers, Peter Love. . -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: bevkids quiz night - be on the winning table!
From: Louise Connor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Everyone Would you like to come to a fabulous quiz night for a marvellous cause on FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER AT 8PM AT TRADES HALL? There will only be ONE winning table at this quiz night and it's going to be MINE! So come along and help this fabulous cause. The details are below with a little bit of information on why you should support this worthy cause. Don't just turn up - email me or ring me and be on the winning table. Louise Connor Industrial Organiser Media, Entertainment Arts Alliance Tel: 03 9691 7125 Mb: 0438 241 211 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WHO ARE BEVKIDS AND WHY DO THEY NEED YOUR SUPPORT? Here is a copy of a media release that explains why this brave bunch of anti-uranium activists are sueing the SA Police. Their lawyers are working pro-bono but there are plenty of other costs that they will need to meet... FRIDAY MAY 2ND 2003 ENVIRONMENTALISTS ISSUE CLAIM IN SUPREME COURT AGAINST S.A. POLICE Today, a group of 13 including environmentalists, a commercial cameraman and an aboriginal minor are issuing a claim against the South Australian police for violence, brutality and the deprivation of liberty. The claim arose from a protest action at the Beverley Uranium Mine in May 2000, in which local and STAR force police officers reacted with extreme violence, using batons, capsicum spray and vehicles to subdue environmentalists. Melbourne-based QC Brian Walters and barrister Klaus Mueller represent the group and are available for comment. In the statement of claim they assert that the police wrongfully and maliciously conspired amongst themselves to injure the plaintiffs by unlawful means. An 11-year-old local adnyamathanha girl was capsicum sprayed, a young man was targeted by police and beaten by 8 officers in full view of the assembled group, and the police used capsicum spray as if it was fly spray on the fleeing crowd. The group filmed these and many other horrific events, and a compilation of these images are available for distribution. The group seeks to defend the democratic rights of all Australians to bear witness and object to issues relevant to the community. Increasingly, the powers of the military and the state seek to threaten the rights of the individual, freedom of speech and the right to protest. For a copy of footage or the statement of claim, an interview and more details please contact- 0439 369 093 0405 038 381 [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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: A Just Australia Melbourne Fundraiser Wednesday 26/11
A Just Australia Melbourne Fundraiser - 7pm, Wednesday 26/11 Wednesday 26th November 2003 Sir Redmond Barry Room Level 46, 55 Collins Street, Melbourne 7.00pm to 8.15pm Ian Chappell, Phillip Adams, other Patrons and Board Members will be speaking about the continuing challenges facing those who came by boat over two years ago, our campaign to date, and our plans to use the 2004 Federal Election year to advance our goal: We believe that Australia's policies toward refugees and asylum seekers should at all times reflect respect, decency and traditional Australian generosity to those in need, while advancing Australia's international standing and national interests. We aim to achieve just and compassionate treatment of refugees, consistent with the human rights standards which Australia has developed and endorsed. Donations will be sought from $100.00 per person and we will explain the need for ongoing support Please RSVP on (03) 9821 0611, or to [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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Canto Coro 10th anniversary concerts
CANTO CORO's 10th Anniversary Concert - DECIMO - CANTO CORO is a community choir of 60 women and men of all ages who sing passionate music of liberation from Greek and Hispanic traditions. FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER8.00PM SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER 3.00PM AND 8.00PM SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER8.00PM Collingwood Secondary College Theatre Corner Cromwell Street McCutcheon Way Melway Ref: 2C G9 The choir will be singing some of its best-received works from the last decade including sections of AXION ESTI, CANTO GENERAL, MISSA CRIOLLA and 1975 (Canto Coro's latest commissioned work co-produced by Melbourne Workers Theatre at North Melbourne Arts house in May-June 2003). GIOCONDA VATCKY and JEANNIE VAN DE VELDE will be providing glorious solos and we wil be joined by the inspirational INKA MARKA and, hopefully, a small Mandolin group. Musical Director: Peter Mousaferiadis TICKETS on sale from MARYANN on 9386 8819 $20 and $15 concession (Cheaper if you buy from a choir member before 15 November) *** Canto Coro publicity works by word-of-mouth. Please send this email on to anyone you think might be interested. -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:URL: Sign Fraser's petition to end detention of children
Please take the time to read this. If you agree with this message please take the time to go to the attached website and sign the petition to lend your support. Please send this to all your contacts and friends. Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser To End Detention of Children and Separation of Families in Australia To: Prime Minister John Howard and Senator Amanda Vanstone, Minister for Immigration Australia currently holds 94 children in Immigration Detention in Australia and 90 in the Pacific. Villawood 32 children Maribyrnong 1 child Baxter 22 children Woomera Housing Project 7 children Port Hedland 15 children Port Hedland Housing 2 children Christmas Island 15 children Nauru 90 children (November 2003 figures from A Just Australia) The oldest children in detention are living out their teens behind razor wire and electric fences. The youngest is a baby born a month ago, who was placed in detention in Baxter shortly after his birth. The physical, emotional and psychological damage detention inflicts on children is well documented and not in dispute. Some children in Australian detention centres have been unnecessarily imprisoned for years. In Sweden the maximum time a child is kept in custody is six days. Detention of children is in several instances part of the enforced separation of families. Current solutions to the detention of children are inadequate and fail to fully protect children's needs and rights. Mothers and children are housed under guard in houses outside the centre while fathers remain inside. Boys older than 12 have been separated from their mothers and forced to live in the detention centre proper. Under the regulations of the Temporary Protection Visa some families are split, with dependent children stranded in other countries, and their parents unable to find a solution that will reunite the family. These families live in uncertainty, fear and intense anxiety. Their children suffer in ways that would terrify any parent. The detention of children and the Temporary Protection Visa, especially its effect on separated families, breach Australia's obligations under international conventions and protocols. This is not how we as Australians want to treat families. The needs and rights of children must be put first. We the undersigned call for an immediate end to the detention of children. We call for an immediate change to regulations that enforce separation between parents and dependent children. We call for changes in legislation that will protect future children arriving unauthorised on Australian territory or in Australian waters. Damaging children is not acceptable to us as Australians. http://www.PetitionOnline.com/dtention/petition.html SEARCH Foundation, Rm 610, 3 Smail St, BROADWAY NSW 2007. Ph: +61 2 9211 4164; Fax: +61 2 9211 1407. Web: www.search.org.au - promoting democracy, social justice and environmental sustainability - -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Positive Women - Safe sex theatre presentation
Positive Women - Safe sex theatre presentation- 11 am Sun 30/11, O'Donnell Gardens, next to Luna Park HIV ... .It couldn ' t happen to me ... .or could it? A Safe Sex theatre presentation featuring well known Aussie Actors, Anne Phelan, from Something in the Air and Marshall Law, Janet Andrewartha from Neighbors, Debra Byrne from Les Miserables, Cats and Jacinta Stapleton from Stingers will be held at O ' Donnell Gardens next to Luna Park on Sunday 30th November at 11 a.m.. The actors will give a voice to the many HIV Positive Women in Victoria who have incredible stories to tell but cannot speak out themselves. The interviews have been collated, written and directed by Graham Pitts (Tour of Duty) to convey the message that HIV can happen to anyone, no matter who they are. This event has been organized by Positive Women Victoria to raise awareness for HIV which is still rising in Australia and women and children now represent more than 50% of the 42 million World AIDS population. Food and information stalls will also be available at the event. For Further information contact Positive Women Victoria on Ph: (03) 9276 6092 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Book launch - Don Watson's 'Death Sentence'
Don Watson - Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language Friends Rosie Tovey and Gerry Tickell, proprietors of Chronicles Bookshop in Fitzroy Street St Kilda have asked me to introduce Don Watson at the launch of his current book Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language on the 8th December at the West St Kilda RSL, 23 Loch Street, West St Kilda at 6.30 pm. As you know Don Watson's last book was Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM and we are very fortunate to have Don Watson return to launch Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language. Don Watson is a charming, witty raconteur, and a social and political critic. His new book is about how our language is under threat and is being butchered by politicians (not me I hope), corporations and the media. I've read it, and I can highly recommend it. I will be introducing Don Watson at the West St Kilda RSL, 23 Loch Street, St Kilda at 6.30 pm on Monday 8th December 2003 and I look forward to seeing you there. Please forward this message to others on your mailing list who won't want to miss this terrific launch of a brilliant book! Call Rosie and Gerry on 9534 1994 to let them know you'll be coming along. Regards Johan Scheffer Member for Monash Province (03) 9529 8334 . -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: MELB GAY LESBIAN CHORUS THE MELB RAINBOW BAND
MELBOURNE GAY LESBIAN CHORUS THE MELBOURNE RAINBOW BAND Free concert 8pm Sat 13/12 The Melbourne Gay Lesbian Chorus and the Melbourne Rainbow Band proudly present 'Don We Now Our Gay Apparel' A free family Christmas event. Featuring the wonderful Linzi Kurlieff as MC. 8.00pm Saturday 13 December 2003 The Courtyard at Fresky's Bar Lounge 169 Commercial Road Prahran Bring the whole family for a riotous Christmas sing-a-long!!! Contact: Peter Chalk, Vice-President, Melbourne Gay Lesbian Chorus 0439 704 669 -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: National Conference: From Rhetoric to Reality
FROM RHETORIC TO REALITY: MAKING HUMAN RIGHTS WORK RMIT UNIVERSITY, MELBOURNE, 9 + 10 FEBRUARY, 2004 from rhetoric to reality Will provide an opportunity to engage with the practice of human rights in our own communities. Over two days, service providers, educators, advocates and service users will come together in workshops, facilitated discussions and plenary sessions. The conference will build the capacity of participants to make human rights work in their everyday practice. plenary sessions Inspiring speakers will provide an overview of human rights concepts and mechanisms, including the United Nations Treaty System, human rights in the Australian context, and human rights in the context of service delivery. keynote speakers Include paul hunt, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health; marcia rioux, Director of Disability Promotion Rights International and Professor of Health Policy at York University, Canada; krishanti dharmaraj, Executive Director of WILD for Human Rights, San Francisco (to be confirmed); and jim ife, Chair of the Centre for Human Rights Education at Curtin University of Technology. organisational case studies Will focus on the ways that community groups and governments have put human rights into practice in their organisational development, funding processes, policy advocacy and service delivery. personal testimonies Will highlight the ways that people in our community defend and promote their human rights, making the link between international human rights frameworks and domestic experiences. small group workshops Will provide all conference participants with the opportunity to develop strategies to apply human rights to their own organisational development, policy advocacy and service delivery work. sponsored by RMIT University Community Advocacy Unit, Victorian Department of Human Services, VicHealth and the Human Rights Alliance of Australia. further information Early bird registrations close Monday 8 December. Further details from http://advocacy.tce.rmit.edu.au http://advocacy.tce.rmit.edu.au/ . mailto:[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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: Why and How of Social Democratic Renewal: Debate/dinner
The Why and How of Social Democratic Renewal:Debate dinner 5.30pm Tues 9/12, 'Forty-Five Downstairs' venue, 45 Flinders Ln The Great AFS End-of-Year Conversazione: 'Catching the Wave: The Why and How of Social Democratic Renewal': Pusey, Latham, Jacobs, Sawer and Argy. Tuesday, 9 December: 5 for 5:30pm and a 9:30pm finish. AFS members and friends are invited to join in an end-of-year light meal and 'conversazione-style' discussion spectacular, on 'Catching the Wave: The Why and How of Social Democratic Renewal' at the 'Forty-Five Downstairs' venue, 45 Flinders Lane. Melbourne. 5:30 to 7pm: Opening addresses by Michael Pusey - author of 'Economic Rationalism in Canberra: A Nation-Building State Changes its Mind' and 'The Experience of Middle Australia: The Dark side of Economic Reform', and ALP Shadow Treasurer Mark Latham. 7-7:30: Light meal and wine served while breakout groups each draft a question for the final stage of the proceedings. 7:30 to 8:30pm: Panel Addresses by former UK Fabian Society secretary Michael Jacobs, Marian Sawer, Professor of Political Science and author most recently of 'The Ethical State: Social Liberalism in Australia', and Fred Argy, author of 'Where to from here? Australian equalitarianism under threat' and 'Australia at the Crossroads: Radical Free Market or a Progressive Liberalism?'. 8:30 to 9:30pm: Breakout Groups direct their questions to the speakers. Cost (including meal): AFS members $35, non-members $40, concession (students and low wage) $25. Accommodation is limited, and early reservations are strongly recommended, on the form that accompanies this 'Update'. -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:INFO: Powderfinger supports A Just Australia re refugees
ARIA 'Album of the Year' Award winning band Powderfinger have contacted A Just Australia to offer their support for our campaign. They have invited A Just Australia volunteers to collect donations at the doors and in the foyers of each of the venues on their 'Vulture Street' tour. This should be an amazing opportunity with almost all shows already sold out! The tour dates are as follows: DECEMBER Friday 5 - ADELAIDE SA - Memorial Drive - 4 volunteers needed Saturday 6 - MELBOURNE VIC - Rod Laver Arena - 8 volunteers needed Sunday 7 - MELBOURNE VIC - Rod Laver Arena - 8 volunteers needed Wednesday 10 - NEWCASTLE NSW - Newcastle Entertainment Centre - 4 volunteers needed Friday 12 - SYDNEY NSW - Sydney Entertainment Centre - 8 volunteers needed Saturday 13 - SYDNEY NSW - Sydney Entertainment Centre - 8 volunteers needed Sunday 14 - CANBERRA ACT - Royal Theatre - 4 volunteers needed Monday 15 - CANBERRA ACT - Royal Theatre - 4 volunteers needed We are looking for volunteers - wearing special A Just Australia t-shirts provided - to collect the donations in buckets as people enter the venues and in the foyers. As most shows have been sold out we cannot offer admission to the shows but you might get friendly with the security people! If you would like to help out please phone us on 02 9310 3900 or email us at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] as soon as possible. We only found out yesterday so sorry for the very short notice! Cheers A Just Australia 20 November 2003 SEARCH Foundation, Rm 610, 3 Smail St, BROADWAY NSW 2007. Ph: +61 2 9211 4164; Fax: +61 2 9211 1407. Web: www.search.org.au - promoting democracy, social justice and environmental sustainability - -- -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDV: SEX DRUGS HISTORICAL TOUR - ST KILDA
This event is on the Leftlink Calendar - http://www.leftlink.net/ Below please find details of the 'Sex and Drugs Historical Tour' proudly sponsored by Port Phillip Local Drug Strategy. Join us for a jaunt through the laneways and byways of St. Kilda as we explore how drugs and sex work became a part of the City's identity and allure. Music and performance bring to life the experience of sex workers, drug users, residents and police as they play out the conflicts that have been repeated on our streets since the 1880s. 7.30-9pm, Wed 28/1; Tues 10/2; Wed 25/2. Meet O'Donnell Gardens Fountain (next to Luna park), St Kilda. If you interested in attending one of the performances, please email Krys Galas or phone on 9209 6852 ASAP as places are strictly limited to 30 per performance . Krystyna Galas Business Support Officer Neighbourhood Development 9209 6852 9536 2747 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the proposed Leftlink web site at http://www.leftlink.net/ -- 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] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:URL: vote in SMH poll on GE crops
VOTE PLEASE!!!
ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST GE CROPS??
The Sydney Morning Herald's online poll re GE foods
and crops. Vote NOW at the following website:
http://smh.com.au/polls/form.html
PLEASE PASS ON QUICKLY.
...
Bob Phelps
Executive Director
GeneEthics Network
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