GLW Calendar, 2012-05

Date: Fri 25 May, 6:00pm

Vote Yes for Aborigines: DVD showing. 45-year anniversary of the Aboriginal citizenship referendum. Fri 25 May, 6pm, Munganbana Aboriginal Art Gallery, 3/2 Aplin St. Refreshments provided. RSVP 0407 128 199 Norman

Date: Wed 30 May, 6:00pm - Wed 30 May, 8:30pm

The Federal Government plans to build a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory at Muckaty, 120kms north of Tennant Creek. Come along and hear from an expert panel about the potential impacts on the Territory and why it is not yet a done deal. Speakers include: Muckaty traditional owners; Thomas Mayor, Maritime Union of Australia; Mathew Gardiner, United Voice; Dr Jim Green, EnergyScience Coalition; Lizzie O'Shea & Maurice Blackburn, Social Justice Practice. Crowne Plaza Hotel Darwin, Mitchell Street, Darwin RSVP by May 28 (08) 8981 1984.

Date: Fri 25 May, 12:30pm

At least 56 refugees are facing indefinite detention after being declared a 'security threat' by ASIO. This includes two families with young children. They have no right to review or appeal the decision, nor do they have the right to know the grounds on which they have been rejected. Three Tamil refugees rejected by ASIO have attempted suicide in Broadmeadows detention centre. Alongside this mounting despair inside the camps, there is a growing chorus of outrage against this affront to natural justice. Join the Refugee Action Collective (Vic) in calling on the government to scrap ASIO checks. Refugees are threatened by persecution and danger, not a security threat. The government must act immediately to release the refugees into the community. 12:30pm. Department of Immigration and Citizenship, cnr Spring & Lonsdale sts, City. Organised by Refugee Action Collective (Victoria).

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Fri 25 May, 4:00pm

So far, more than $1.35 billion has been spent on the development of Myki, paid to a consortium of private companies. Compare this to the $350 million per year (adjusted for inflation) spent on public transport before privatisation. Overall, privatisation has cost the public over $2 billion more than public ownership. While most people are concerned about the impact of car pollution on air quality and climate change, most Melburnians travel by car, in part because public services are inadequate and poorly integrated. If the public transport system was free, none of this would be necessary. A free, integrated and properly staffed public transport network, under public ownership and control, is worth fighting for. 4pm. Transport Minister's Office, 121 Exhibition St, City.

Website: Fightback

Date: Sat 26 May, 11:00am

Mr Baillieu took #563 buses away from children, people with disabilities & the elderly. 11am. Assemble Karl crt seating area (near Plenty Rd ABC Childcare) then march & speakers.

Phone: 0425 725 998

Email: bringbackthebus@hotmail.com.au

Date: Sat 26 May, 1:00pm

The Eritrean Community in Melbourne call all the groups and individuals to participate in the peaceful rally in solidarity with our people against the Eritrean Dictator. We call upon the Australian Government to apply pressure on the Eritrean regime and impose the Security Council Resolution number 2023 for 2011 . Also, ensure the regime complies with all recommendations made at the United nations Human Rights Council Universal Review (6th session) 2009. It is time more than ever to oust the Eritrean tyrant and take Eritrea in the path of democracy. It is a rally against the slave labour, systematic expulsion and gross human rights abuses in Eritrea. We are rallying peacefully to expose atrocities committed inside Eritrea by the merciless regime. 1pm. State Library, cnr Swanston & La Trobe sts, City.

Phone: 0403 745 282 or 9306 0956

Email: eritreansolidarityaustralia@gmail.com

Date: Sat 26 May, 7:00pm

Supporting LASNET projects in Latin America. 7pm. Bar Bistro Restaurant, 14 Smith St, Collingwood. $20 dollars main course meal. Bookings essential. RSVP by May 24th to 0425 539149.

Phone: 0425 539149

Date: Sat 26 May, 8:00pm

A night of fun, music, celebrating & fundraising for Quit Coal, one of Australia's most splendid and vibrant environmental collectives. 8:00pm. The Evelyn Hotel, 299 Brunswick St, Fitzroy. $10 pre-sale; $15 at the door. Exciting collection of performers including: Wildcat General Strike; Brother Johnstone; Anna Smyrk & The Appetites; The Townhouses; Lucas Paine & The Cutting List; Mechanical Pterodactyl; Harrison Grove plus poetry from Marc Testart and Omar Musa former national slam poet champions.

Website: QUITCOALAPALOOZA

Date: Sun 27 May, 10:00am - Sun 27 May, 2:00pm

Featuring: Coloured Stone. 10am-2pm. Melbourne Town Hall.

Date: Sun 27 May, 6:30pm

The film documents Maldives’ President’s efforts for the United Nation’s 2009 climate summit in Copenhagen: Maldives president, Mohamed Nasheed, is campaigning for the world to recognise that his nation, consisting of almost 2000 islands, is facing extinction. Nasheed sets off to persuade the world to commit to the only target for carbon emission that will guarantee the salvation of the Islands. 6.30pm. ACMI Federation Square, City. Organised by Human rights arts and film festival.

Website: The Island President

Date: Sun 27 May, 7:00pm

Mick Power and Danae Bosler, regional organisers for the 100% Renewable Campaign, will talk about the campaign for 100% renewable energy for Australia. They will speak about the Big Solar campaign that community groups are currently running across Australia, to build support the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and build base-load solar power in Australia. They will provide an update on the campaign so far, and outline some ways that people in Maroondah and surrounding areas can get involved. 7pm (meal 6 pm). Knaith Road Community Hall, Ringwood East.

Date: Sun 27 May, 7:30pm

'Get up! Your voices are needed!' Justin Sane shouts on Anti Flag's new studio album, The General Strike. Recorded and produced by Anti-Flag at their home studio The General Strike is poised to be the sound track for the masses of dissatisfied private citizens that are currently protesting corporate injustice and governmental power around the world. Doors 7:30pm. Hifi Bar, 125 Swanston St, City.

Website: Anti-Flag

Date: Tue 29 May, 6:30pm

Employers and their governments around the world want education and training to make workers more profitable but at the same time want public spending slashed and education to become a market. This forum will address the background to the TAFE cuts and how to campaign for public education. Speakers: Colin Long, state secretary, National Tertiary Education Union; Anne Duggan, head trainer, Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union; Alex Nissan, TAFE teacher, course coordinator & Australian Education Union member; Nick Fredman, tertiary education researcher, University of Melbourne. 6.30pm (meal from 6pm). Resistance Centre, Lvl 5, 407 Swanston St, City (opposite RMIT). Organised by Socialist Alliance.

Phone: 9639 8622 or 0431 311 520

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Thu 31 May, 8:30pm

A character-based documentary that presents the stories of genocide Survivors and their struggle to make sense of tragedy by working to educate, motivate and promulgate a civic response to mass atrocity crimes. Following the lives of survivors of four different genocides and mass atrocities (the Holocaust, Rwanda, Darfur, and Congo) The Last Survivor presents a unique opportunity to learn from the lessons and mistakes of our past in order to have lasting social impact on how we act collectively in the face of similar issues today. Doors 8pm, film starts 8:30pm. Bella Union, Trades Hall, cnr Lygon St & Victoria Parade, Carlton South (enter via Lygon St). Tickets presale: $12/$15; door: $17/$20; group discount (6 or more) $10. Tickets on sale at Bella Union.

Website: Arts in Action

Date: Sat 26 May, 1:00pm

Stop Perth City harassment of activist events. Murray St Mall, Perth city. Organised by Defend Free Speech Perth.

Phone: Ph 0413 976 638, 0416 160 605

Website: Defend Free Speech Perth

Date: Fri 25 May, 12:30pm

This week we saw more despicable action from QLD and WA police forces evicting Aboriginal Tent Embassies. Come join us at NSW Parliament House this Friday to remind the powers that be that this always was, always will be aboriginal land and they can't keep trying to take it away. Friday 25th May 12.30pm outside Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney. Contact Ray Jackson on 0450651063 or Raul Bassi on 0403037376 http://www.facebook.com/groups/104282373024392/permalink/215468275239134/

Phone: 0450651063

Date: Fri 25 May, 4:04pm

Join a discussion on the issues surrounding climate change and how we can work together to acheive our visions for a sustainable future. Workshops include: Creating Sustainable Cities: Public Transport, housing and urban design in Sydney's west. Carbon Tax and Climate Change: The consequences for workers rights and the environment. Powering the Future: Coal Seam Gas Vs Renewable Energies - Food, Consumerism and Sustainability. Immigration, Population and Refugees. Plus Film Screening of Growing Change - A journey into Venezuela's food revolution. 9am registration $40/$20/$10 conc. To register phone Fred 0412 556 527 or 8070 9331.

Phone: 0412 556 527

Email: sydwest@greenleft.org.au

Website: Green Left Weekly

Date: Fri 25 May, 6:00pm - Sat 26 May, 6:00pm

Recently released films from the United States will lead into a feminist discusison on the steps needed for women's liberation. Friday May 25 6pm (cheap meal) and film from 6pm 'Generation M: Misogyny in Media and Culture' Saturday May 26 4pm-6pm 'Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity.' Cheap meal from 7pm, Resistance Centre, 22 Mountain St, Ultimo. Donation entry. Ph: Trick 0414 942 007 Tessa 0422 430 079. A joint film screening between Sydney Feminists and Resistance. www.meetup.com/The-Sydney-Feminists/ http://www.resistance.org.au/

Phone: 0414 942 007

Website: http://www.resistance.org.au/

Date: Sat 26 May, 1:00pm

Seminar for community and union members. Income management is coming to Bankstown. It is a highly discriminatory and humiliating social policy which 'quarantines' 50-70% of Centrelink payments so that only certain items approve by the government may be purchased. Income Management was first introduced through the federal Intervention in NT Aboriginal communities and is being strongly resisted both in the NT and in Bankstown. Saturday May 26 1pm Arab Council Australia, 194 Stacey Street near Bankstown station. Endorsed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Teachers Federation and the Maritime Union of Australia

Date: Mon 28 May, 5:00pm

The Student Environment Action Collective (SEAC) presents an evening of discussion about greenwashing and pinkwashing in Israel/Palestine. Joining us will be Inbal Sinai (based in Israel), from Anarchists Against the Wall, and activists from Jews Against the Occupation (Melbourne) Greenwashing and pinkwashing refer to corporations, governments and organisations co-opting the rhetoric of the environment and queer social movements in order to portray themselves as progressive. Room S249, The Quadrangle, Sydney University, 5pm. http://www.facebook.com/events/365532916837192/

Date: Mon 28 May, 6:00pm

Speakers: Nick Poynder (refugee lawyer who challenged mandatory detention in 1992) and Dr. Michael Dudley (Suicide Prevention Australia). This year marks 20 years since the introduction of mandatory detention. Before 1992, refugees who has arrived by boat were not detained. But when Cambodian refugees began arriving in 1989 the Labor government began moving to detain them. In 1992 lawyers including Nick Poynder launched a challenge to the detention of 15 asylum seekers for over two years. To stop this the Keating Labor government passed legislation on May 6 to entrench indefinite detention. This forum will discuss the history of the policy, and how it was not so long ago that mandatory detention did not exist. 6pm Monday May 28, Teachers Federation building, 23-33 Mary St, Surry Hills (near Central Station). Organised by Refugee Action Coalition Contact 0417 275 713 refugeeaction.org.au

Phone: 0417 275 713

Website: refugeeaction.org.au

Date: Mon 28 May, 6:00pm

Speakers: Nick Poynder (refugee lawyer who challenged mandatory detention in 1992) and Dr. Michael Dudley (Suicide Prevention Australia). This year marks 20 years since the introduction of mandatory detention. Before 1992, refugees who has arrived by boat were not detained. But when Cambodian refugees began arriving in 1989 the Labor government began moving to detain them. In 1992 lawyers including Nick Poynder launched a challenge to the detention of 15 asylum seekers for over two years. To stop this the Keating Labor government passed legislation on May 6 to entrench indefinite detention. This forum will discuss the history of the policy, and how it was not so long ago that mandatory detention did not exist. 6pm Monday May 28, Teachers Federation building, 23-33 Mary St, Surry Hills (near Central Station). Organised by Refugee Action Coalition Contact 0417 275 713 refugeeaction.org.au

Phone: 0417 275 713

Website: Refugee Action Coalition Sydney

Date: Wed 30 May, 6:00pm

Students for Justice in Palestine invite you to join Inbal Sinai, an activist from Israel, for a forum and discussion. Israeli activists - appalled by their government's land theft, violence, occupation and apartheid policies - have taken a stand with Palestinians and have joined the weekly unarmed and non-violent demonstrations and activities in the Occupied West Bank. This forum will be a discussion with one of these activists - Inbal Sinai, an Arab Jewish activist from Israel who is currently visiting Australia. Inbal is a long time activist who has been involved with the Israeli Anarchists Against the Wall (http://www.awalls.org/) and the Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity movement (http://www.en.justjlm.org/). We invite you to join Inbal for a discussion on the issues of joint Palestinian-Israeli popular struggle and “anti-normalisation” campaigning, Israel’s ongoing military occupation and Israeli support for the Palestinian initiated Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign. 6pm, Wednesday, 30th of May, USyd New Law School Lecture Theatre 024. http://www.facebook.com/events/361266167263127/