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RALLY for the BURRUP

2 pm Friday 13 July Parliament House Perth Speakers - Dr Carmen Lawrence MHR, former WA Premier - Steven Walker, Greens WA - Rachel Mason, Friends of Australian Rock Art Stand Up for the Burrup" weekend of global action will also take place simultaneously in San Francisco (USA), New York (USA), Rocamadour (France) and other places in Europe. Join the Stand Up for the Burrup effort this Friday either by attending the rally or by publicising this important event amongst your friends and contacts. more info: www.standupfortheburrup.com | fara.perth@gmail.com | 9433 1257 | 0404 674 261

Dignity of work

A forum about just wages, decent conditions and a fair social safety net. 2pm Thusday 26 July Coghlan Centre ST. John's Chuch 494 Maroondah Hwy Mitcham Download leaflet FEATURING: US MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS | CLEANSTART CAMPAIGN | FAIRWEAR CAMPAIGN Convened by * Victorian Council of Churches * Commission for Mission, Uniting Church in Victoria & Tasmania * The Anglican Church in Melbourne - Social Responsibilities Committee * PolMin -Influencing public policy for the common good more info:victas.uca.org.au

Latest Developments in Human Rights

8.00pm Tuesday 24 July 2007 Vision Australia Building Moore St Warrnambool Download leaflet KURT ESSER Chair of The Justice Project (TJP) is conducting this informal talk for Amnesty International. Prior to that talk, TJP also wants to engage with local community organisations concerned with Social Justice in order to plan two very important Human Rights Public Forums later in the year Community Planning meeting 7.00pm Tuesday 24 July 2007 Vision Australia Building Moore St Warrnambool more info: Toni 03 9654 4778 | Warrnambool leaflet

Chinese Labour Activist Tour

MELBOURNE 6.30pm Wednesday 25th July 2007 Bob Hawke Room ACTU Building Level 4 365 Queen Street Download leaflet Public meetings will be held in Sydney and Melbourne to discuss the impacts of globalisation in China and Australia without guarantees of labour rights and environmental protections. Monina Wong, an expert on health and safety and labour rights from Labour Action China, will give a rare first hand account of working conditions in China's export processing industries. All welcome Featuring: Monina Wong, Labour Action China Michael Butler, Victorian President, Amnesty International (Melb) Dave Oliver, National Secretary, AMWU (Melb) Liz Thompson, FairWear (Melb) Download leaflet more info: Liz, www.fairwear.org.au (03) 9251 5270 | 421 979 694

Bracks, Smith St needs your support!

Download leaflet Rally Friday 5pm July 27th Outside Safeway243 Smith St Collingwood * We need a 24-hour indigenous-run bus to take people needing help to a dry house or cultural centre. The bus is ready to go but held back by a lack of State government support. Steve Bracks and Richard Wynne we need your help not more delays! * No to any racist solutions to Smith St public behaviour issues. Unity not racism to improve our street. Speakers include: DEAN RIOLI, ex-Essendon footy star and now Indigenous Apprenticeship officer for the Electrical Trades Union DENISE LOVETT, Parkies Inc leader GARY FOLEY, Aboriginal activist and Melbourne Uni academic KEVIN BRACKEN, State Secretary Maritime Union of Australia STEPHEN JOLLY, local Councillor (Socialist Party) more info: (03) 96399111

Stop the Genocide on Stolen Aboriginal Land

NAIDOC National Day of Action Solidarity Rally 12.30pm Saturday 14 July City Square (Melb) Crn Swanston & Collins Streets End Aboriginal deaths in custody! Land rights not mining rights! Fund community controlled services not troops, cops and martial law! Social well-fair, not social control! Aboriginal control of Aboriginal affairs! Treaty Now! more info: David 0419 662 812 | Cherly 0401 806 331 | ISJA Melb 9388 0062 download poster

Right to Choose rally

10.30 am Saturday 28 July Steps of Parliament House Spring St Melbourne There is a new bill to legalise abortion that is going to be protested by the anti-abortion lobby tomorrow at parliamanet house. People who support the right of a woman to choose are needed to rally against the anti-abortion protest. Support a womans right to choose Womens rights are workers rights. more info: Debbie CWRR (Campaign for Womens Reproductive Rights) debbie.brennan@optusnet.com.au CWRR campaigns for employer funded paid maternity leave and free 24 hour child care and needs the support of unions.

Screening of ROKKASHOMURA RHAPSODY

Japanese For Peace (an group based in Melbourne) 3-5pm Saturday July 28 Trades Hall (New Council Chambers) 54 Victoria Street, Carlton South Corner of Lygon & Victoria Streets English Subtitles (Japanese) 119min Entry: $5 Supported by: Medical Association for Prevention of War, Friends of the Earth, Japanese for Peace www.JfP.org.au | jfp@hotmail.co.jp ROKKASHO RHAPSODY The Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant is in the far north of Japan, in Aomori Prefecture. The documentary follows the story of the community in its many layered attempts to cope with and deal with the dominating facility and its poisonous legacy. more info: http://stop-rokkasho.org/ | http://cnic.jp/english/topics/cycle/rokkasho/

Camp Sovereignty Photos Exhibition - Arika Waulu

Internal Ash Arika Waulu July 4 - 31 The Gallery @ City Library 253 Flinders Lane Melbourne Opening Thursday 12 July 6-7pm. This is Arika's exhibition of photos from Camp Sovereignty! You might remember the controversy. more info: www.citylibrary.org.au | 9664 0800

Chilean Activist from "People's Assembly Movement" Visiting Australia

Public Meeting in Melbourne 7pm Wednesday July 18 Victorian Trades Hall Crn Victoria & Lygon Sts Carlton Struggle for Real Democracy, Justice, Dignity and Truth in Chile Freedom for Mapuche Indigenous Political Prisoners! Not to Barrick Gold in Chile! No to Pascua Lama! Education for everyone! Respect workers right! Flexibility at workplace = Exploitation and injustice for our families and people Claudio Castro, young grass-root social and political activist from "People's Assembly Movement" from Chile will be visiting Australia during July 2007. Claudio played a key role in 2006 student's protests (called the penguins' revolution) against Chilean education system which mobilise more than a million young people in the streets and question the neoliberal policies throughout Chile. more info: lasnet@latinlasnet.org | www.latinlasnet.org | Marisol: (03) 9481 2273 | Pablo: 0421 011 182 | Lucho: 0402 754 818

Burrup Convergence

Come up to the Burrup! July 16th – 19th 2007 Perth – Karratha/Dampier Hosted by Friends of Australian Rock Art We've asked you to stand up and now we invite you to come up to the Burrup! FARA invite you to join us to see the ancient rock art of the Burrup Peninsula first hand. The itinerary will include: Guided visits out to the Burrup Peninsula by archaeological and anthropological experts, The opportunity to take part in pro-active heritage conservation work concerning the Burrup rock art A chance to challenge Woodside's right to determine the future of the Burrup. We are seeking registrations of interest for this tour now!! more info: Jeannine 0421 616 943 | fara.perth@gmail.com | www.standupfortheburrup.com | info leaflet Labels: Burrup, Woodside

DEADLY Aboriginal Film Fest

"The Coolbaroo Club"& "Lake Cowal" 7pm Tuesday 17th July Bar 303 303 High St. Northcote. Cost $10/5* The Coolbaroo Club is a film of Aboriginal struggle set between 1946-60 and based around an aboriginal East Perth Dance Club: 55mins Lake Cowal- A short film about the campaign to protect this traditional Wiradjuri land from an open cut cyanide leach gold mine. more info: Fiona 0413 326 797 | Dan 0400 197 257