6:30pm Thursday
December 13,
Victorian Trades Hall
Crn Victoria & Lygon Sts, Carlton

Inspiring... Resisting... Creating new possibilities for humanity

• Latin America turning left?
• What's going on with grassroots organisations and its struggles

LASNET present Rosalio Tinta from Bolivia grassroots social movements and Cristian Quechupan from Indigenous nation 'Mapuche' from Chile and Argentina.

Come and share histories and experiences of struggles and movements of resistance

more info: www.latinlasnet.org

The inaugural Asia Pacific Outgames will be held in Melbourne from 30 January - 3
February 2008.

Outgames is a multi-sport, culture and human rights event that is timed to coincide with the Midsumma Festival - Melbourne's premier gay and lesbian cultural and arts festival.

As part of Outgames, a two-day GLBTI human rights conference will be held on Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 January 2008.

Union Pride will be presenting a workshop on workers rights.

Download Rainbow Conversations Conference pdf.

Register ASAP and be a part of this important human rights conference!

You can register online at: www.melbourneoutgames.org

more info: Sarah 0403 440 257.

1pm Saturday
December 15
Atherton Gardens Estate
140 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

Please join us to celebrate.

Atherton Gardens Residents Association, the Fitzroy Social Club and various community groups invite you to our annual end of the year Christmas Party.

Self-Determination Not Intervention: The NT Intervention and the Struggle for Aboriginal Justice
10 December
6:30pm for 7pm start
Swanston Hall
Melbourne Town Hall
cnr Swanston & Collins Sts, Melbourne
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The Australian government has failed to sign on to the UN Declaration on Indigenous Peoples' Rights because it disagreed with the phrase 'self-determination'. Indigenous peoples' rights are good enough for the United Nations, so why not Australia?

Indigenous disadvantage exists throughout Australia and sovereignty still hasn't been recognised. Neither major party is stepping up to the plate on this issue by providing the necessary recognition, compensation and support.

The Federal Government's emergency intervention in the NT overrides the Racial Discrimination Act and undermines Indigenous self-determination and land rights. It has not been developed in consultation with Indigenous communities and fails to address the central issues of poverty, lack of health care, basic services and infrastructure that the government has been ignoring for so long.

Organise by the Alliance for Indigenous Self Determination - an open, Melbourne-based alliance of groups and individuals.

more: recent actions

Labels: Alliance for Indigenous Self Determination

5.30pm Friday
14th December
crn Bourke & Elizabeth St, Melbourne.
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We have made our list and checked it twice, to try to find out who has been naughty and nice to outworkers this year. We're going to take some Christmas cheer to the Scrooge label that has topped our naughty list this Christmas season.

Santa hats and songbooks provided. As Big By Fiona is a childrenswear company, feel free to bring your kids along to tell Fiona that kids reckon fashion stinks if its made under sweatshop conditions.

more info: 9251 5270 | www.fairwear.org.au

Climate action ‘08
7pm Thursday
6 December 2007
Edinburgh Gardens Community Room
Brunswick St
North Fitzroy
Melways 2C 1C, under grandstand, enter Brunswick St (nth of pedestrian crossing)

Join us in a post-election “where-to-next” forum with Louise Morris (Environment Victoria/ The Big Switch), Philip Sutton (Greenleap), David Spratt (CarbonEquity) and Cam Walker (FoE). December 6 [Melbourne] Climate action 08

The major political parties don’t have plans to solve the real climate crisis.

So next year we will need to campaign strongly on what really needs to be done and not let the new government off the hook. There are key questions not being talked about by most politicians and the media:

• why is climate change happening more quickly than expected?
• what does the Arctic sea-ice melt 100 years “ahead of schedule” mean?
• what are the lessons from recent community-based climate campaigns and what are the opportunities in 2008?
• can “politics as usual” actually solve the problem, or do we need to recognise we are in a sustainability emergency?
• are carbon rationing and personal carbon allowances more fair and effective than what big business and politicians want to do?

more info: Friends of the Earth | 94198700 | cam.walker@foe.org.au

Labels: Climate Action 08