GLW Calendar, 2010-09

Date: Sat 11 Sep, 4:00pm

The 2nd Vere Gordon Childe Annual Lecture (An official History Week event) Australia in the Early 20th Century: The Burdens of Race, Place and Empire (Henry Reynolds) Well known for his books on the history of Settler- Aboriginal Relations, Professor Reynolds will focus here on the issues raised in his recent work with Marilyn Lake entitled 'Drawing the Global Colour Line' which won the 2009 Prime Minister's prize for non-fiction. Saturday, September 11, 4pm Blackheath Primary School hall.

Website: Blackheath History Forum

Date: Sat 18 Sep, 6:00am - Sat 18 Sep, 6:32pm

* When? September 18, 2010 * Where? Blue Mountains National Park * What? 50km and 15 km sponsored treks Bushwalkers from around Australia will converge on the Blue Mountains in September to raise funds for projects in the remote mountainous area of Hato Builico in East Timor. Choosing from a challenging 50 km trek or a slightly more gentle 15 km walk, teams of trekkers will seek sponsorship from friends, families and business colleagues. Registrations can be made to t4tinfo2010@gmail.com or http://trekfortimor.org.au

Email: t4tinfo2010@gmail.com

Website: Trek for Timor

Date: Tue 7 Sep, 6:30pm

Join federal election candidates from The Greens and Socialist Alliance to discuss what the election results mean for working Australians and social movements. Brisbane Activist Centre, 74B Wickham St, Fortitude Valley. Ph: 3831 2644 or 0423 741 734

Date: Wed 22 Sep, 6:30pm

Ahmed Talib, Jerry Campbell were part of the Gaza freedom flotilla when Israeli commandos attacked, killing 9 activists. Ahmed was shot. Come to this special eyewitness event. They will be speaking twice: 12 noon Wed Sept 22nd Room 342, Building 67, UQ St Lucia Campus 6:30pm Wed Sept 22nd TLC building, 16 Peel st, South Brisbane For more info Phone: 0410621884

Website: www.justiceforpalestinebrisbane.org

Date: Thu 9 Sep, 6:00pm - Thu 9 Sep, 7:30pm

The Case for Abortion Law Repeal. Politics in the Pub. Thursday September 9, 6-7.30pm, Green Ant Cantina, Bunda St. Organised by Pro-Choice Cairns

Phone: Carole 4039 2720

Date: Mon 6 Sep, 12:00am

Journalist Ray Moynihan teams with drug assessment specialist Barbara Mintzes to investigate the creation of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) and the marketing machine that promises to 'cure' it. 6.30 pm, Readings Bookshop, Lygon St, Carlton. For more info ph 9347 6633.

Phone: (03) 9347 6633

Date: Mon 6 Sep, 12:00am

Clive Hamilton - Greens candidate in 2009 & author of Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change & Requiem for a Species: Why we resist the truth about climate change will speak via video link. 6.30pm. Wood Theatre, Economics & Commerce Building, Room G09, Melbourne University. RSVP: query-environment@unimelb.edu.au

Email: query-environment@unimelb.edu.au

Date: Tue 7 Sep, 12:00am

Resistance Centre, Level 5, 407 Swanston St, City (opposite RMIT). Rather than giving us the government we deserve, the August 21 federal election delivered an outcome the two old parties deserved. Close to one in five voters showed their opposition to Labor and Liberal by voting for alternatives in an election described by many as representing a seismic shift in the Australian electoral landscape. The resulting quake leaves us with a hung parliament and the Greens holding the balance of power in the Senate. As the horse trading continues in earnest, join Socialist Alliance in a discussion to explore the broader political impacts of the elections for unions, the climate and other struggles for justice. Introduced by Trent Hawkins, Socialist Alliance candidate in the seat of Wills.

Phone: (03) 9639 8622

Email: sueb@greenleft.org.au

Website: Socialist Alliance Victoria

Date: Tue 7 Sep, 12:00am

The Burma – Women’s Voices for Peace anthology focuses on the stories of women’s experiences living within Burma and as refugees. Their stories are heartbreaking and moving, and we are privileged that these women have been willing to share so many painful, suspenseful and inspiring experiences with compassion, humility and wit. This is the 7th compilation of writings by Women from Burma. We are delighted to be able to share this night with you. 6.30 pm, Readings Carlton: 309 Lygon St, Carlton. Free, no need to book.

Date: Wed 8 Sep, 12:00am

Launch of Gary Presland's new book, the only up-to-date work available about the Eastern Kulin peoples. The Kulin nation lived around Port Phillip Bay and the Yarra River valley and their territory stretched as far north as the Murray River at Echuca. Presland looks at the Eastern Kulin peoples from before European invasion in the mid-1830s when their world was changed forever. 6.30pm. New International Bookshop, Trades Hall, Carlton.

Date: Thu 9 Sep, 12:00am

In 1948, more than 750,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed from their homeland by the Zionist forces becoming the world's biggest refugee population. The Palestinian refugees in Iraq experienced brutality from the hands of US forces and militia in 2003, resulting in a mass exodus from their homes in Baghdad. The meeting examines the question resettling them in Australia. Speakers: Yousef al Reemawi (refugee advocate), Robin Laycock (Palestine Solidarity Campaign), and others. 7pm. New International Bookshop, Trades Hall, cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton. Organised by Palestinian Refugee Campaign. For more info ph 0431 738 271.

Phone: 0431 738 271

Date: Thu 9 Sep, 12:00am

Asylum seekers have no connection to population boom, unemployment, debt, terrorism or interest rates, but you wouldn’t know it watching the nightly news. We receive so few refugees compared to the global community yet time and again we are told to be scared. Why do so many Australians feel a sense of entitlement to turn back people fleeing for their lives? What does it mean to be Australian if we offer no just sanctuary for refugees? Why have we allowed a moral issue to become a political one? Presenter: Kon Karapangiotidis established the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre in 2001. The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 12:45PM - 1:15PM. This is a free event. Booking not required.

Website: Wheeler Centre

Date: Fri 10 Sep, 12:00am

LABJACD, The Conch, Pataphysics, Madre Monte, I Heart Cusack. Five of Melbournes hottest bands together for a special night to commemorate 37 years since the terrible period in Chilean history with the overthrow of democratically elected president of Chile, Salvador Allende, and to draw out the inspirational struggle that the chilean people and the rest of Latin America have undertaken to fight for a better world. ...It's also a part of 80 Gigs In 80 Days in support of the Victorian music scene. The night is being filmed for an upcoming documentary of this unique music marathon event. Half of all proceeds will go to The Latin American Forum. 7:00pm, The Spanish Club, 59 Johnston St, Fitzroy. www.latinamericasolidarity.org, www.80gigsin80days.com.

Date: Sat 11 Sep, 12:00am

Students for Palestine raise funds to buy cement to rebuild infrastructure ruined by the Israeli invasion of Gaza. Live music & halal food. 6.30pm. Members Lounge, Melbourne University Student Union Building. $10/$8. For more info ph 0423 407 910.

Phone: 0423 407 910

Date: Mon 13 Sep, 6:00pm

Seminar at Melbourne Law School Monday 13 September 6pm

Date: Fri 17 Sep, 12:00am

Friends of Baucau and Friends of Aileu are proud to invite you to a new Australian play by Mari Lourey and directed by Nadja Kostich, which will premiere at fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, as a special La Mama presentation. The play is set in the world of photojournalism and set in East Timor, the Balkans and Iraq. The play was shortlisted for the 2008 Patrick White award and was the recipient of the R.E. Ross Trust Award. For more about Bare Witness see the forty-five downstairs website. The show starts at 7.30pm but come early for a complimentary glass of wine prior to the play. Cost: $40 (includes complimentary glass of wine). Bookings must be received by the 7th September (bookings made after this date cannot be guaranteed). Friends of Baucau: book by contacting Fiona Young on 8470 8332 or 0419 750 457 or emailing fiona.young@darebin.vic.gov.au, Friends of Aileu: book by contacting Richard Brown on 0407 091 004 or rbrown@moreland.vic.gov.au. Website: www.friendsofbaucau.org, Blogspot: http://wwwfriendsofbaucau.blogspot.com/

Website: Forty Five Downstairs - Bare Witness 2

Date: Fri 17 Sep, 3:00pm

Panel discussion with Ahmed Luqman and Jerry Campbell - participants of the Freedom Flotilla which was attacked by Israel and resulted in the murder of 9 activists. Friday 17 September 3pm Trades Hall, cnr Lygon and Victoria Streets, City

Date: Fri 17 Sep, 5:30pm

DEMONSTRATION Friday 17 September 5:30pm State Library, corner of Latrobe and Swanston Streets, City (opposite RMIT)

Date: Sat 18 Sep, 12:00am

Jack Charles, Lady Lash and Lee Morgan MC'd by Kamahi Djordon King 8:00pm - 11:00pm Northcote Town Hall 189 High St Northcote, Australia Songlines Aboriginal Music This intimate evening will feature 3 talented Aboriginal singers from very diverse musical and professional backgrounds. In their contrasting careers, they have reached Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal audiences alike. This line up of artists will span generations, states and histories representing a large cross section of Aboriginal people. ...Koorie Stories and Song is a unique opportunity to promote understanding between Indigenous and non Indigenous peoples through the medium of music. The 3 artists will share the stage performing their music accompanied by facilitated discussion on how their Aboriginal Identity influences their art. This will allow these artists to display the living culture which is South Eastern Indigenous music. MC'd by visual artist and performer in his own right, Kamahi Djordon King, the evening promises to be a frank and entertaining exploration into the minds and hearts of renowned Koorie performers. Alongside questions posed by the evening's MC, there will be an opportunity for the audience to ask questions. Koorie Stories and Song promises to be an entertaining and enlightening evening and one more step in the journey of Healing and Reconciliation. The event is supported by Songlines and the City of Darebin. Songlines: Healing the Land and her Peoples through the Harmony of music, dance and song.

Website: Darebin City Council - Darebin Music Feast

Date: Wed 22 Sep, 7:00pm

A Socialist Ideas Seminar. Wednesday, September 22 7pm Cheap meal from 6:30pm. Resistance Centre 5th Floor 407 Swanston Street, City The media are always screaming about the latest criminal outrage and calling for harsher penalties for offenders. Elections are more and more 'law and order' auctions. Speaker: Chris Peterson Socialist Ideas Seminars take up key questions facing the socialist movement. They are held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month.

Phone: 9639 8622

Website: Socialist Alliance

Date: Tue 7 Sep, 12:00am

Speakers: Brian Walters (Greens state candidate), Bronwyn Halfpenny (Victorian Trades Hall Climate Action Working Group). 1pm. Joe Nap Room A, Union House, University of Melbourne. Presented by Melbourne University Climate Action Working Group.

Phone: 0405 317 787.

Date: Thu 9 Sep, 12:00am

The collective meets every Thursday until October 14, to organise a mass civil disobedience protest at Hazelwood power station on October 10, International Day of Climate Action. 6.30-8.15 pm, Friends of Earth, 312 Smith St, Collingwood.

Phone: 0402 337 077

Date: Mon 6 Sep, 6:30pm

Reportback from "<a target="_blank" href="http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/45229">compassion caravan</a>" and campaign for refugee rights today. Speakers include: Ian Rintoul (Refugee Action Collective Sydney), Clare Middlemas, Nadar, Kimba Wilde. Ethnic Communities Council of WA, 20 View St, North Perth WA 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start.

Website: Refugee Rights Action Network

Date: Wed 8 Sep, 6:00pm

Suraya Pakzad will speak about her ongoing work with Afghanistan's most disadvantaged women in villages, prison and shelters. Ms Pakza also raises questions about how the international community can engage on a more equitable and effective level with the people of Afghanistan. Subiaco Arts Centre in The Gallery, 180 Hammersly Rd, Subiaco. Entry by donation. Organised by Amnesty Subiaco Group.

Email: waaia@amnesty.org.au

Website: Amnesty International

Date: Thu 9 Sep, 6:30pm

Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, East Perth (next to McIver station)

Phone: Alex 9218 9608, 0413 976 638

Email: perth@socialist-alliance.org

Website: Perth Socialist Alliance

Date: Thu 9 Sep, 6:30pm

Politics in the Pub. Guest Speakers: Alison Xamon, Greens MLC; Sanna Andrew, Fremantle Socialist Alliance; Vinnie Molina, Communist Party of Australia. Carlton Hotel, 248 Hay St, Perth. Organised by the Communist Party of Australia. <strong>MORE INFO:</strong> 6:00pm music (TBC) Drinks and nibbles 6:30pm Welcome 6:40pm Alison Xamon, Greens MLC 6:50pm Sanna Andrew, SA 7:00pm Vinnie Molina, CPA 7-7:30pm Discussion 7:30pm Announcements 7:40pm End formal proceedings 7:40-8:00pm Informal discussion & Drinks and nibbles

Phone: Vinnie 0419 812 872

Date: Thu 9 Sep, 6:30pm

Renowned Afghan human rights activist Suraya Pakzad in conversation with SBS Dateline reporter Sophie McNeill. Curtin University, Kent St, Bentley. Entry by donation <strong>MORE INFO:</strong> Daily reports from Afghanistan focus on the climbing death toll of NATO forces and the deteriorating security situation, but what is the reality on the ground for the people of Afghanistan nearly nine years after the overthrow of the Taliban? Thanks to support from Amnesty International Australia, Suraya Pakzad is flying directly from her work with remote Afghan women to speak to Australian audiences about the conflict that has driven so many from their homes. Named among Time Magazine's ‘100 most influential people of 2009,’ Ms Pakzad will speak about her ongoing work with Afghanistan's most disadvantaged women in villages, prisons and shelters. Young women continue to be jailed for adultery if they complain to the authorities of being raped. She will talk about the extraordinary obstacles she faces on a daily basis and how the position of Afghan women has not significantly progressed since foreign intervention. Ms Pakzad also raises questions about how the international community can engage on a more equitable and effective level with the people of Afghanistan.

Email: waaia@amnesty.org.au

Website: Amnesty International

Date: Sun 12 Sep, 12:30pm

The Cuban Five are five Cuban men serving four life sentences and 75 years collectively in US prisons, after being wrongly convicted in the US federal court in Miami in 2001. This peaceful protest rally will be held at the Wesley Church, corner William & Hay Sts, Perth. Organised by the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society More info on ACFS website.

Phone: Vinnie: 0419 812 872, Elizabeth: 0421 113 443

Email: acfsperth@gmail.com

Website: Australia Cuba Friendship Society

Date: Sun 12 Sep, 3:30pm

View the documentary by Inka Stafrace that the ABC withdrew from broadcast. "Judge for yourself" An Australian's journey through the underbelly of Israel's occupation of Palestine FTI Film and Television Institute, 92 Adelaide St, Fremantle. "an important document of Israel's brutal occupation of Palestine..." Antony Loewenstein

Phone: 0449 028 894

Email: friendsofpalestinewa@gmail.com

Website: Friends of Palestine WA

Date: Sun 19 Sep, 12:00pm

This seminar is for activists and for people who want to make the world a better place. It will introduce some of the basic ideas of socialism and Marxism in an accessible way and discuss their relevance and feasibility in today's world. Presented by: Tarryn Lawton, Alex Bainbridge & Sanna Andrew. Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, East Perth (next to McIver station) Free entry. Brunch available.

Phone: Ph Alex 9218 9608, 0413 976 638

Email: perth@socialist-alliance.org

Website: Perth Socialist Alliance

Date: Sun 19 Sep, 3:00pm

This Bush Dance will launch and raise funds for the "Putting it back, together" campaign which aims to increase native tree planting in the WA wheatbelt. Music from The Pioneers (Liz and Dave Rivett). Tickets: $30 single, $50 couple, $60 family.

Phone: Cliff Morris 0429 373 352

Date: Sun 19 Sep, 3:00pm

Information session for people interested in the brigade to Cuba (Dec 2010 - Jan 2011). Activist Centre 15/5 Aberdeen Street, East Perth (next to McIver station).

Phone: 0419 812 872

Email: bowgadabird1@hotmail.com

Website: Australia Cuba Friendship Society

Date: Fri 24 Sep, 6:30pm

A new film by Oliver Stone. Windsor Cinema, 98 Stirling Highway, Nedlands Pre-purchase tickets essential $15 or $20 solidarity Ph 9218 9608, 0413 976 638 (fundraiser for Green Left Weekly)

Phone: Alex 9218 9608, 0413 976 638

Email: perth@greenleft.org.au

Website: GLW Wall Street screening

Date: Wed 8 Sep, 6:00pm

An open forum with Graeme Innes, Race and Disability Discrimination Commissioner and David Gallop, NRL CEO, exploring the nature of racism in sport and what the various codes, in particular the NRL, are doing to address the problem. The Law Theatre, Law Building, The University of New South Wales, Kensington Campus.

Phone: Ph 9385 2252

Website: www.ilc.unsw.edu.au

Date: Wed 8 Sep, 7:30pm

Final part of the Building Bridges 2010 series - organised by Reconciliation for Western Sydney. Parramatta Town Hall, Church St, Parramatta

Email: harrisme@bigpond.com

Website: http://www.reconciliation4westernsydney.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=11

Date: Sat 11 Sep, 6:30pm

Enjoy a special night with guest performer Perry Keys (gritty yet soulful singer songwriter who just played 2 sold-out Opera House shows), plus guest toast from Reinaldo Garcia, Consul-General, Republic of Cuba, and an amazing feast sourced from sustainable foods, street gardens and international cultures! All to help raise funds to keep Green Left Weekly alive and kicking! $30 waged, $20 concession, $50 solidarity includes 3-course dinner and all entertainment. The Great Hall, Addison Road Centre, 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville.

Phone: 9690 1977 or Paul 0410 629 088

Email: paulb@greenleft.org.au

Website: www.greenleft.org.au

Date: Sun 12 Sep, 11:00am

Make a noise to show our support for a more liveable Sydney, and against the proposals for a massive development at the Barangaroo site. Bring your friends, family, dogs. Bring your drums, guitars, horns, whistles…saucepans! WHERE: 47 – 51 Hickson Road, Millers Point

Email: friendsofbarangaroo@gmail.com

Website: http://www.friendsofbarangaroo.org/content/bang-barangaroo-september-12

Date: Sat 18 Sep, 9:30am - Sat 18 Sep, 5:00pm

The NTEU, NSW Teachers Fed and LHMU are organising a one day conference on Climate Change. The education and service sector unions must organise for just transitions to a sustainable future. We need to look at the power of these industries and work locally to shift that power towards sustainability. This conference will look at how workers can create that change in their industries. Union members will give talks and hold workshops on projects they are currently undertaking in their workplaces. NSW Teachers' Federation Conference Centre, 23-33 Mary St Surry Hills.

Website: http://climateactiveconference.wordpress.com/

Date: Tue 21 Sep, 6:15pm

A Q&A-style panel discussion featuring international refugee law experts: Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill (Oxford); Professor Geoff Gilbert (Essex); Professor Kate Jastram (Berkeley); Associate Professor Jane McAdam (UNSW). Moderated by Professor George Williams (UNSW). Where: UNSW Law Theatre, UNSW, Kensington

Website: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au