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union solidarity: Upcoming Events
Sunday, July 01, 2007
RALLY for the BURRUP
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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
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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:
* 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 |
Latest Developments in Human Rights
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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
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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:
more info: Liz, www.fairwear.org.au (03) 9251 5270 | 421 979 694 |
Bracks, Smith St needs your support!
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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:
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Stop the Genocide on Stolen Aboriginal Land
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NAIDOC National Day of Action
 Solidarity Rally12.30pm Saturday 14 July City Square (Melb) Crn Swanston & Collins Streets
more info: David 0419 662 812 | Cherly 0401 806 331 | ISJA Melb 9388 0062 download poster |
Right to Choose rally
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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.
CWRR campaigns for employer funded paid maternity leave and free 24 hour child care and needs the support of unions. |
Screening of ROKKASHOMURA RHAPSODY
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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
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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
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Public Meeting in Melbourne
7pm Wednesday July 18 Victorian Trades Hall Crn Victoria & Lygon Sts Carlton
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:
more info: Jeannine 0421 616 943 | fara.perth@gmail.com | www.standupfortheburrup.com | info leaflet |
DEADLY Aboriginal Film Fest
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"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 |