Veiling the issue: sexism, racism and religion
Green Left Weekly issue 568
Susan Price, a Socialist Alliance member who is in the Democratic
Socialist Perspective, argues that feminists and socialists should
oppose state-enforced bans on women wearing hijab, or Muslim
headscarves.
In December
Chant Down Washington
A night of reggae, funk and revolution...
Come along and help Unfuck the World with music! Proceeds will go to
help Resistance continue to campaign against war, racism and injustice,
and to fight for a better world.
Music will include bands Gazpacho and Riddle Wise and
PUBLIC MEETING:
Venezuela
The revolution unfolding in Latin America
Introducing:
Alvaro Guzman
National Director of the
Bolivarian Student Front in Venezuela
Thur. Sep 11, 6.30pm
Trades Hall, New Ballroom
crn Lygon Victoria Str, Carlton
Entry: $8 waged $5 low income
Organised by Committees
Green Left Weekly presents:
4th annual Comedy debate
with Rod Quantock
a rabble rousing debate that covers war, refugees and the media!
It'll be for YOU to judge:
is a good story more important than the truth?
join us in a night of political comedy, satire, fun and drink
Oct 3, Fri 7.00pm
Dear friends,
I am passing on this message from Nick Everett, a co-convenor of
Sydney's Walk Against the War Coalition. This is the coalition
which organised some of the very successful Sydney rallies against the
war on Iraq this year and last.
Nick is seeking support for the motion below
Come along and join us for a big screen showing of:
Oscar-Winning Documentary Maker Michael Moore's The Big One
At the Retreat Hotel
280 Sydney Rd
Brunswick (near intersection with Glenlyon Rd)
Wednesday 3 September
6.30pm for a 7pm start.
Entry by donation
Organised by Socialist Alliance
For
Postponement of Alvaro Guzman's tour - CISLAC
Dear friends. supporters and solidarity activists
Unfortunately we will have to advise you that the national tour for
Alvaro Guzman, director of the Bolivarian Student Front in Venezuela,
has to be postponed due to unforseen visa delays. The
Annual Green Left Weekly Fiesta: For a World without War!
Sat. July 26, Brunswick Town Hall, 7.00pm
celebrate the achievements of GLW with delicious food and great Latin
dance band AZUCAR
costs: $25.00/$15.00 conc (food and band)
for more info or bookings call: 9639 8622
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Dear friends, (please pass this on to your contacts)
Alvaro Guzman, the National Director of the Frente Bolivariano
Estudiantil (Bolivarian Student Front) in Venezuela will in in Melbourne
next week. Mr Guzman will be the first leading figure of the Bolivarian
Movement to visit Australia. He will
Rally on American Independence Day
a.. Independence for Iraq - end the occupation - troops out!
b.. No US attacks on Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria
c.. Israel out of Palestine
d.. Independence for Aceh
Friday, July 4, 5,30pm
Nike Superstore, crn Swanston Bourke St., City
From the maker of Bowling for Columbine and author of Stupid White
Men... see Moore's first feature length doco on the big
screen.
A fascinating and hilarious expose of corporate America.
===Roger and Me :: Michael Moore :: Film Screening===
JULY 15th Tuesday 6:30pm @ THE KALEIDE THEATRE
Join us at our annual:
Green Left Weekly Global Fiesta
For a World without War
Sat. July 26, 7.00pm, Brunswick Town Hall, Brunswick
celebrate the achievements of GLW and international freedom struggles
with a night of global festivities to tantalise the body and mind!
a healthy dose of
pass on to various lists
Protest on US Independence Day
US - out of Iraq: End the Occupation
a.. end US occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq
b.. No US attacks on Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria
c.. Israel out of Palestine
d.. Indepenence for Aceh
Rally: Friday July 4 (US Independence
SAVE THE INNER WESTERN REGION MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTRE!
* * * MEDIA ALERT * * * MEDIA ALERT * * * MEDIA ALERT * * *
June 03 2003
At a meeting at the now closed Inner Western Region Migrant Resource
Centre (IWRMRC) in Footscray on June 2, local community members have
called a protest rally
please pass on to all lists and networks!
Community Rally to Save the Inner Western Migrant Resource Centre!
Saturday June 7, 11am
Nicholson Street Mall, Footscray
for more info call Joe on 0402 697 201 or Ben on 9332 8566
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Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List
Green Left Weekly presents:
Michael Moore's film The Big One
What would it take to have a couple of scenes removed from the movie?
-Lee Weinstein, NIKE Head of Public Relations in a call to Moore
before The Big One's release
June 10, Tuesday 6.30pm at Kaleide Theatre, RMIT, Swanston St, Melb
[NEXT RALLY BRING THE TROOPS HOME! = SUNDAY APRIL 13 2PM Treasury
Gardens on the corner of Flinders St. and Spring St. = March
with the Books Not Bombs contingent from Treasury Gardens gathering at
1:30pm]
GLOBALISE PEACE :: ANTI-WAR TEACH-IN
Saturday April 5, 11am to 5:30pm
Resistance Centre,
Socialist Alliance Public Forum
Wed April 2nd 6:30pm
Ruckers Bar and Grill
250 High St,
Northcote
Where to for the US: from Iraq to Nth Korea
Speakers
- Allen Jennings who will look at US interests in Latin America and the
ongoing victories of the people of Veneuzuala against US
interests.
-
please forward this email to your friends and contacts
join us at the daily anti war vigil until war starts:
STATE LIBRARY: 5.00pm - 8.00pm
Swanston Street, City (opposite Melbourne Central Station)
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Green Left Weekly presents:
'Women's Voices against the War'
Join us at our annual GLW Women's performance nite
celebrating the manifold talents of uppity women and feisty feminists.
A night of music, poetry and comedy
with a special performance from the wonderful UKeLeLe LADIES,
and the
please forward
No War on Iraq. No Australian Involvement
Fitzroy Rally for Peace
part of nation-wide local rallies
As the US deadline for war draws closer be part
of expressing your local community's opposition to war.
11am Saturday 15th (this Saturday)
Corner of Brunswick and Kerr St
for more
Tuesday, 11 March. 7.30pm
Maribyrnong Anti-War Group film screening
JOHN PILGER'S Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq
House of Fools hotel, Nicholson St, Footscray (opposite VUT Nicholson
St Campus)
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The Socialist Alliance invites you to:
International Women's Day Dinner
and the Maribyrnong Brimbank Council Election Launch:
Peace, Justice Solidarity - No War on Iraq
enjoy an exquisite three course meal, live performance and brief toasts
from our candidates and local activists
Saturday,
Green Left Weekly presents:
'Women's Voices against the War'
Join us at our annual GLW Women's performance nite celebrating the
manifold talents of uppity women and feisty feminists.
A night of music, poetry and comedy
Saturday, March, 22, 8.00pm=20
Barbukka
279 Smith St
Fitzroy
$12.00 or
Green Left Weekly Fundraiser:
Come to the Melbourne Premiere of:
NOAM CHOMSKY, Power and Terror in Our Times -a film by John Junkerman.
Everyone's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really =
easy way: stop participating in it -Noam Chomsky.
Thursday 27th February, 6.30pm for
Rally for Peace, Justice and Solidarity
Saturday March 8, 1.00pm State Library, Melbourne
ALL WELLCOME
for more info call Vivian on 9639 8622/0403 924 409 or Nazra 0405 735 902
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mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Footscray Community Rally Against the War
There will be a community rally in Footscray, this Saturday (February 22)
Where: Footscray Mall, Nicholson St
When: 11am. Saturday, 22 February.
Speakers will include council election candidates from the Greens, ALP
and Socialist Alliance and Iraqi
Maribyrnong anti war group formed. Meets every Tuesday 6:30pm at suite 6
48 Leeds St. Footscray. Ph. 9682-0789
Footscray rally against war in Iraq. Saturday 22nd February at 11am,
Footsray mall.
Speakers; Sylvie Leber Australian Greens, Justine Kamprad Socialist
Alliance, Lincoln Hancock anti
Socialist Alliance is organising an important public meeting following
the anti-war rallies this weekend, which draws the links
between the Bush/Howard 'war on terror' and the attack on civil
liberties by both federal and state governments.
When? Monday February 17, 6.30pm
Where? New Ballroom,
please distribute widely through your networks and put in your activist
calendar
Melbourne International Women's Day 2003
Rally for Peace, Justice and Solidarity-
NO War on Iraq, NO war on our communites!
Saturday March 8, 1.00pm, State Library, City
ALL WELCOME
for more information on how to
MARCH 5 STUDENT STRIKE IN UNION WITH STUDENTS IN THE US
To all interested activists, supporters of March 5 Student Strike,
CITY-WIDE MARCH 5 ORGANISING MEETING
MONDAY FEBRUARY 10TH 5PM TRADES HALL
Campuses are continuing come on board the March 5 Student Strike and
organising for the day is
CARMEN LAWRENCE supports
March 5 Student Strike AGAINST WAR ON IRAQ!
[endorse the strike contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]]
A meeting of 850 people in Melbourne on Wednesday 29 discussed the
reasons for opposition to the war on Iraq.
Carmen Lawrence was one of the key note speakers, and spoke quite
Join us at the exclusive Preview Screening of Mike Moore's Latest Film:
Bowling for Columbine
when: Sunday 15 Dec, 5.00pm
where: Kino Cinema - Collins Place on Collins Street
price: $12.00/15.00
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
call: 9639 8622
a Green left Weekly Fundraiser
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Leftlink -
join us at the Socialist Alliance Unity Forum:
Fighting War and Racism - how to build a socialist movement
Wed. Dec 11, 6.30pm
RMIT Function Rooms (next to Kaleide Theatre), RMIT - Swanston Street
entrance, City
phone: 9639 8622
all welcome
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hi all
on monday a forum in Coburg at the Anatolian Centre was wrongly
advertised on this list. This forum is not taking place (as it took
place last year!) and we want to apologiese for any inconvenience caused.
in solidarity
margarita w.
- Original Message -
From: Melbourne Green
Hard Travelling - the Woody Guthrie Story in song
an informative and entertaining night rediscovering the songs and
stories of Woody Guthrie - from the Dust Bowl Ballads, union and
anti-fascist songs.
Acts include:
Peter Hicks (Tasmania)
Melanie Shanahan (Akasa)
Victorian Trade Union Choir
PEOPLE'S INQUIRY INTO MARIBYRNONG DETENTION CENTRE On Thursday 16th of May
in Footscray's Inner West Migrant Resource Centre Hall, a people's inquiry
into the detention centers will be held.
Come along to a community meeting to examine the policy of mandatory
detention and the realities of
Greenleft Weekly Cultural Night
End Racism: Free the Refugees
Featuring world music performers Ray Pereira Nii Tettey Tetteh.
Venue: The Church Hall
Address: 10a Hyde St, Footscray
Date: Friday March 22
Time 7.30pm
Entry: $15 waged $10 conc.
Drinks and Tapas available
Ph 9687 0789 or 0438 191
Refugee Action Collective - West
Please note: Vigils at Maribrynong will be organised by RAC - West at
11.30am on the first Sunday of the month.
Maribrynong Dentention Centre , Vigil
Theme : Refugee Rights are Womens rights
Where:
The Socialist Alliance which was launched by nine socialist organisations
in Australia in February will have its first national conference in
Melbourne this weekend at Trades Hall.
The Socialist Alliance will be standing candidates at the coming federal
election. Socialist Alliance is
Join the S11, M1 and all anti-corporate activist in the launch of our
latest project, the mass protest and blockade of the Commonwealth Business
Forum on October 3-5.
Date of Launch: Friday, August 10, 7.30pm
Old Coucil Chambers, Trades Hall, corner Lygon and Victoria Streets.
Speakers from
Dear comrades,
ASIET (Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor)and AAWL
(Australia Asia Worker Links) are co-sponsoring a public meeting to be held
on Wednesday evening 11 July at 7.00pm in The Annexe, 2nd floor, Victorian
Trades Hall Council.
The discussion and analyses will
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