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: Sun 26 Sep, 6:30pm

23 years after Oliver Stone's original archetype of 80s excess comes the sequel - Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Come to this special advance screening and support Australia's #1 progressive media Green Left Weekly. 6.30pm Sept 26, Palace Barracks Cinema, Petrie Tce, Brisbane. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Ph: 0423 741 734 or 3831 2644: Tickets $18 waged, $13 concession, $25 solidarity.

Phone: BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL 0423 741 734 or 3831 2644 or email brisbane@greenleft.org.au

Email: brisbane@greenleft.org.au

Website: http://socialistalliance-brisbane.blogspot.com/

Date: Wed 29 Sep, 6:30pm

This event has been re-scheduled to avoid clashing with the Palestine campaign's forum. No longer on the 22nd. Speakers from the Afghan Hazara community, The Greens, Amnesty International and Refugee Action Collective. Level 2, TLC Building, 16 Peel St, South Brisbane.

Phone: 3392 3843.

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: Sun 19 Sep, 8:07pm

Variety of films, discussion about building a more decent world and planning local activities. Each Fri, 7pm, Digger Street Arts Collective, 105 Digger Street Cairns. Ph. Callum 0439 166 411.

Date: Thu 30 Sep, 12:00am - Fri 10 Dec, 12:00am

A weekly movie night exploring the foundations of the cruel capitalist system of slavery and how we can begin to build a more decent world. Fridays, 7pm. Digger St Arts Collective, 105 Digger St. Organised by the Cairns Radical Media Collective.

Phone: 0439166411.

Website: www.diggerstreet.com

Date: Tue 21 Sep, 6:00pm - Tue 21 Sep, 7:30pm

Copland G031, ANU

Website: http://www.refugeeaction.org/

Date: Wed 22 Sep, 6:30pm - Wed 22 Sep, 8:30pm

Westlund House, 16 Gordon St. Acton

Website: Equal Love Canberra

Date: Tue 28 Sep, 9:00am - Sat 9 Oct, 5:00pm

Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre 180 London Circuit, City

Phone: 6247 1026

Email: tuact@bigpond.net.au

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

Date: Tue 28 Sep, 12:30pm - Tue 28 Sep, 2:00pm

The election is over and the real work of government is about to begin. This is an exciting time for a fresh start for our Federal government - a new way of doing things. We are asking for you to join with us at a Peoples Assembly in Canberra at the opening of Parliament on Tuesday 28 September. We will assemble on the lawns outside Parliament House to call on the new Parliament to introduce humane refugee policies and stop using refugees as political footballs. Refugee groups are asked to bring banners with the key messages of the gathering as well as their own messages. This is a national convergence with buses coming up from Melbourne and Sydney.

Phone: Pamela Curr 0417 517 075

Email: trconcepts@netspace.net.au

Date: Tue 28 Sep, 6:30pm - Tue 28 Sep, 8:30pm

Campaign for a 40% reduction in the ACT's greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Moran G08, ANU.

Email: info@love40percent.org

Date: Wed 29 Sep, 5:30pm - Wed 29 Sep, 8:23pm

The Australia Institute and Unions ACT will host Politics in the Pub. Amanda Tattersall (author) and Simon Sheikh (GetUp) will discuss ‘Where now for people power after the election?’ Charles Firth will MC. Amanda will also launch her new book Power in Coalition: strategies for strong unions and social change. The event is free and will take place in The Lounge Bar, Level 3, @ The Uni Pub, 17 London Circuit.

Date: Thu 30 Sep, 6:15pm - Thu 30 Sep, 8:30pm

Please join us for the launch of The Pacific Solution by Susan Metcalfe. RSVP Wednesday September 29 Paper Chain Bookstore, 34 Franklin St, Manuka. Ph 6295 6723. The Australian Government said frankly, ‘we don’t want to accept you, you are never going to get accepted’. On the other hand, it wasn’t safe for us to go back home as well. It’s like you are in space, disconnected from the earth and the sky, uncertain of having a future. Between 2001 and 2008, Australia detained a total of 1,637 asylum-seekers in offshore camps in Papua New Guinea and Nauru. This Pacific Solution policy caused undeniable damage to vulnerable people seeking sanctuary in Australia. An Amnesty International representative described the Pacific camps as ‘a kind of Dante-like scenario or Fellini-like scenario where you have a lot of people who are just milling around, dressed up with nowhere to go, just waiting’. The camps became breeding grounds for relentless anxieties and severe depressions. Some people took medication, others turned to alcohol, hunger strikes and self-harm – measures of last resort for those without hope. In The Pacific Solution, Susan Metcalfe brings together accounts of her own visits to Nauru, extensive interviews conducted with refugees and advocates, media reports, long-distance correspondence and new research. Going beyond labels of ‘illegals’ and ‘queue-jumpers’, she engages with the stories of people who, after years of exile in Pacific countries, are now our neighbours, workmates and friends, and for whom Australia is now home. How, she asks, can we justify what we have done? We are challenged to ensure that the political policy that underpinned such trauma remains dead and buried forever. about the author: Susan Metcalfe has been involved in advocacy and support for refugees and people seeking asylum for the past decade and has written widely on the subject. She made ten visits to the offshore camp in Nauru between 2005 and 2008.

Phone: 6295 6723

Email: emailinfo@paperchainbookstore.com.au

Date: Wed 1 Sep, 12:00am

Speakers Latin American Forum, LASNET, Socialist Alliance, AAWL. 6.30pm. Trades Hall, Lygon Street, Carlton. Organised by Australia Asia Worker Links.

Date: Fri 3 Sep, 12:00am

Equal Pay Day 2010 marks all the extra days each year it takes women to catch up to men’s annual earnings. Women earn 18% less than men on average. This year it will take an extra 65 days to make up that pay, starting from the end of the financial year (30 June 2010). Therefore Equal Pay Day is 3 September 2010. Next year it could take even longer!!! 9.30am -11.00am, Trades Hall, Carlton, 54 Victoria Street Carlton South. Wear red. Guest Speakers: Jill McCabe, Director, Office of Women’s Policy, Bronwyn Halfpenny, VTHC Industrial Campaigns Officer & 1960’s Equal Pay Activist. RSVP to Cheryl via email or phone

Phone: 9659 3576

Email: cfruscalzo@vthc.org.au

Website: Equal Pay Day

Date: Fri 3 Sep, 6:30pm

Come and join us to raise funds to support boats breaking the naval blockade of Gaza to get concrete to help rebuild homes. Friday 3 September 6:30pm Melbourne University

Date: Sat 4 Sep, 12:00am

2010 is the 35th anniversary of the final liberation and reunification of Vietnam; for us in Australia it's the 40th anniversary of the big Moratorium anti-Vietnam War demonstrations. Speakers: Harry Van Moorst, John Percy, Max Lane, John Tully. 2pm. Trades Hall, Carlton. $5/$3. Sponsored by New International Bookshop & Direct Action.

Date: Sun 5 Sep, 12:00am

Featuring award-winning singer Kavisha Mazzella and Muslim author Hanifa Deen plus performances from Burma, Sudan, Congo, Vietnam, West Papua, Sri Lanka and more. The event concludes with a Middle Eastern and West African dinner. Aboriginal Elder Reg Blow will welcome the refugees to the festival and acknowledge the traditional owners of this land. 3-5.30pm. Box Hill Town Hall, 1022 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill. Followed by Afro-Asian dinner. $10 (free for refugees & children under 12). Tickets and enquiries can be made by calling Glenys or Visier on 9650 6811 Organised by the Victorian Council of Churches in partnership with Whitehorse City Council and Act For Peace.

Phone: (03) 9650 6811

Email: vcc@vcc.org.au

Website: City of Whitehorse - Festival of Refugees

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: Tue 14 Sep, 12:00am

The Wheeler Centre, 6:15PM - 7:15PM, Tuesday 14 September 2010 This is a free event. Booking recommended. Anh Do nearly didn’t make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on the sea as they escaped from war-torn Vietnam in an overcrowded boat. Anh Do talks to Sam Pang the tragedy, humour and heartache of life in Australia and the path that lead him to become of Australia’s best loved comedians.

Website: The happiest refugee: Anh Do - The Wheeler Centre: Books, Writing, Ideas

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: Sun 26 Sep, 12:00am

1pm-6pm Evelyn HOtel, 351 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy A diverse and talented mix of local performers will be raising money for Pakistan flood relief victims.

Email: info@riserefugee.org

Website: Rise Refugee

Date: Tue 28 Sep, 6:30pm

On Australia Day 2008 respected Aboriginal elder, Mr Ward, died in the back of a prison transport van. Temperatures outside were in the 40s. Air-conditioning in the van failed. By the end of the 4 hour journey Mr Ward was suffering from third degree burns and could not be revived. Indigenous Social Justice Association - Melbourne urges people to attend a public meeting it is hosting on Tues. 28 Sept. @ 6.30pm at Solidarity Salon, 580 Sydney Rd., Brunswick. Family members from Geelong and Bruce Campbell, a visiting Perth-based Deaths in Custody Watch Committee member and Ward Campaign for Justice activist will be speaking. For more info call 03)9388 0062 or e-mail alison.thorne@ozemail.com.au

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: Fri 24 Sep, 6:30pm - Fri 24 Sep, 9:00pm

Sequel to Oliver Stone's 1987 movie "Wall Street". As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko who has just been released from prison. Greater Union Cinemas, King Street, Newcastle. Enquiries: 4926 5328 Benefit for Green left Weekly. Cost is $20 or $15 concession.

Phone: 49265328

Date: Thu 30 Sep, 12:00am - Mon 4 Oct, 12:00am

Newcastle's own Push-bike festival will celebrate bike culture with many diverse activities this October long weekend. As well as the usual Newcastle bike culture events on every week, all year round, more events have been organised for bike lovers! EVENTS SCHEDULE: THURSDAY 30 Sept: • Bike Love Fest Events Bike Library (Pick-up or fix bike time) Location: Newcastle Bike-Ecology Centre, 106 Robert St Islington. Time: from 9am to 12pm and 4pm to 6pm. The Bike Love Fest Events Bike Library is for bike lovers who need to borrow a bike to join in the Bike Love Fest activities. Deposit and conditions apply. • EVENT : Fast Training ride with Newcastle University Bicycle User Group Meet at Adamstown end of Fernleigh Track at 2pm. It's an opportunity to go for a quick ride out of the traffic. Expect speeds about 30km/hour, and doing so the ride should take about 50 minutes. This is only for cyclists who can keep that pace, because waiting for slow riders defeats the purpose of a training ride. FRIDAY 1 Oct: • Bike Love Fest Events Bike Library (Pick-up, return or fix bikes) Location: Newcastle Bike-Ecology Centre, 106 Robert St Islington. Time: from 9am to 5pm • EVENT : Critical Mass Bike Ride (Global Ride Celebrating Cycling) Assert our right to ride on roads and not in the car door death lane. Bring lights. criticalmass.wikia.com/wiki/ Start Civic Park 6pm. Speed will be as fast as the slowest person • EVENT : Bike Dinner following the Critical Mass Bike Ride at local eatery 8pm. Bring your bike, lights, lock & money. SATURDAY 2 Oct: • EVENT : Saturday Morning: "Saturday Social Saunter" Newcastle Cycleways Movement Inc. ride Distance: ~ one hour; Average speed 15-20kph. Starts at 8am from Stewart Ave Railway Crossing, Newcastle West. Easy ride, suitable for beginners/new members. • Bike Love Fest Events Bike Library (Pick-up, return or fix bikes) Location: Newcastle Bike-Ecology Centre, 106 Robert St Islington. Time: from 9am to 2pm • EVENT : Promotional Ride for World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) WNBR is a global naked or clothed legal bike protest ride. This is a semi-naked promotional ride, so wear at least minimums: Ride starts at Location: Newcastle Bike-Ecology Centre, 106 Robert St, Islington. Time: 3pm. Ride speed will be as fast as the slowest person. Body painting & bike decorating from 2pm to 3pm Location: Newcastle Bike-Ecology Centre, 106 Robert St, Islington. Bring swimmers and towel. Peacefully expose the vulnerability of cyclists, humanity and nature in the face of cars, aggression, consumerism and non-renewable energy. Oz rides in March. australia.worldnakedbikeride.org • EVENT : Bike Dinner for the WNBRiders Following the Promotional Ride for World Naked Bike Ride, riders will be taken to the beach to wash the body paint off then on to a local eatery for a group meal. Bring lights, some money and a bike lock. SUNDAY 3 Oct: • EVENT : Amy's Bake-off Beach Bike Ride: Starts at Location: Newcastle Bike-Ecology Centre, 106 Robert St, Islington. Time: 11am. (Remember daylight saving!) Visit the best beaches in the world, by bike. Ride speed will be as fast as the slowest person. Bring as much home-made baked goods as you can to share around at the end of the ride. You can also bring a picnic lunch or similar. • EVENT : Bike Polo Meet at Centennial Park, Tooke St, Cooks Hill at 1:30pm From 2pm to 3pm the games will be on. The Newcastle Gentlemen's Bike Polo Club will bring their equipment. Bring your own too if you desire. • EVENT : Bike Love Fest Events Bike Library (Returning bikes time) At Location : Newcastle Bike-Ecology Centre, 106 Robert St, Islington. Time: from 4pm to 6pm • EVENT : Bike Culture Films Location: Croatian Wickham Sports Club, Wickham Park, Albert St Wickham. Time: 7pm. The premises are licensed and all ages. Please show your appreciation for the use of the Croation Club for our film night by purchasing beverages at the bar! Featuring local and global films and documentaries. Bring some money, a bike lock and lights for the trip home. MONDAY 4 Oct: • EVENT : Newie's Fabulous Foreshore Ride (11am to 12pm) A family friendly bike ride for the public holiday. Meet on the Western side of Cowper St bridge (Carrington Bridge), Wickham. Ride the shared pedestrian cycleway to Nobbys beach crossing no main roads. • EVENT : Bike games in Centennial Park from 2pm to 4pm Join in games, or teach us some new ones. Slow races, tips and more! • EVENT : Bike Love Fest Events Bike Library (Returning bikes time) Location Newcastle Bike-Ecology Centre, 106 Robert St, Islington. Time: from 4pm to 6pm

Website: www.wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org

Date: Sun 5 Sep, 12:00pm

Help build a grassroots campaign against the new coal-fired power stations proposed by the Barnett government. Lotteries House, City West, 2 Delhi St, West Perth.

Phone: Kamala 0417 319 662, Peter 0438 940 386

Email: info@safeclimate.org.au

Website: Safe Climate Perth

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: Tue 7 Sep, 6:30pm

Fortnightly campaign meeting. Cityplace Community Centre, (next to Angus & Robertson, above Perth train station).

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: Wed 15 Sep, 7:30pm

UWA Tavern, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley

Website: Facebook event

Date: Sat 18 Sep, 2:00pm

Meeting to discuss next steps in campaign against new coal-fired power stations in WA. City Farm, 1 City Farm Place, East Perth (next to Claisebrook station).

Phone: Ph Kamala 0417 319 662

Email: info@safeclimate.org.au

Website: Safe Climate Perth

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: Mon 20 Sep, 6:30pm

Help plan the refugee rights rally for Oct 23. Hellenic Club, 75 Stirling St, Northbridge.

Website: Refugee Rights Action Network

Date: Tue 21 Sep, 6:30pm

Fortnightly planning meeting. Cityplace Community Centre, (next to Angus & Robertson, above Perth train station).

Phone: 0449 028 894

Email: FriendsOfPalestineWA@gmail.com

Website: Friends of Palestine

Date: Wed 22 Sep, 10:00am

Protest outside hearing of the Parliamentary Committee Hearing on the Transportation of Detained Persons Inquiry calling on the government to: a) Return the sole responsibility for the management and delivery of all custodial transport to the Department of Corrective Services b) Immediately terminate the contract between the Department of Corrective Services and G4S for the transportation of detained persons c) End to the privatisation of prisons and custodial services. 18- 32 Parliament Place, West Perth

Phone: 0415 074 602

Email: newbone@bigpond.com

Website: Deaths in Custody Watch Committee

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: Mon 27 Sep, 6:30pm

Discussion and analysis from Alice Springs-based Aboriginal Rights activists. Earthwise, 315 Bagot Drive, Subiaco. <b>MORE INFO:</b> The Northern Territory Intervention, the NT government’s policy of withdrawing resources from Aboriginal homelands and bans on education in Aboriginal languages all form part of a savage assimilation agenda in the NT. Racist legislation is fueling apartheid style conditions in urban centres like Alice Springs. An explosion in uranium exploration and the push for an NT nuclear waste dump are also increasing pressure on communities. These attacks are being met with strong resistance from a growing protest movement. And in the recent federal election, anti-Intervention Greens candidates outpolled both Labor and Liberal across Central Australia. Come along, participate in discussion and hear analysis and updates from Aboriginal rights activists based in Alice Springs.

Phone: Nat 0429900774 or Della Rae 043867847

Date: Wed 29 Sep, 7:30pm

Help organise the speakout in solidarity with the Cairns couple charged under Queensland's anti-abortion laws. Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St (formerly Short St), East Perth (next to McIver train station). This ad hoc group has come together to organise an action as part of the national day of action in solidarity with the Cairns couple. Come along if you're interested in helping out. See http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/45477 for info about the action.

Phone: Clare 0421113343, Elizabeth 0421113343, or Kamala 0417 319662

Email: iwdperth2010@gmail.com

Date: Wed 1 Sep, 6:00pm

For new members or those interested in finding out more about Australia's largest and broadest socialist organisation. Who is the Alliance and where did it come from? What does SA stand for and how do we organise? Come along to discuss, raise questions, and get involved. Resistance Centre, 23 Abercrombie St, Chippendale. Cheap dinner available from 6pm. (An earlier intro session is being held on Sat afternoon, August 28, for those who can't make this one)

Phone: 9690 1977 or Brianna 0439 694 505

Email: sydney@socialist-alliance.org

Website: http://www.socialist-alliance.org

Date: Fri 3 Sep, 6:00pm

Speakers include Chris Graham (Director, Media & Marketing, NSW Aboriginal Land Council) who will critique the ABC Lateline program titled "Sexual slavery reported in Indigenous community"; Tjanara Goreng Goreng (Aboriginal community activist who blew the whistle on the NT Intervention). UTS Universtiy Hall, Harris St entrance (opp ABC), Ultimo. Organised by Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS)

Phone: Jean 0449 646 593

Website: www.stoptheintervention.org

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: lynlew@optusnet.com.au

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

Date: Sat 11 Sep, 2:00pm

Speakers include: David Shoebridge (Greens candidate, NSW state election); Nick Riemer (Refugee Action Coalition); Anti-deportation Alliance speaker; Amnesty speaker We await the shape of the next government, after an election campaign that was a sickening race to the bottom on refugee policy between Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard. Neither major party has a mandate for refugee bashing. The party gaining the strongest swing was The Greens, who stood up for refugee rights. The breakout by Afghan detainees at Darwin detention centre, following protests by Indonesian fishermen who are unfairly being charged with "people smuggling", show that the issue is not going away. There are now around 3000 people in detention as a result of the visa freeze, in places including Curtin detention centre, which means the protests inside detention are likely to continue. This forum will discuss the election result and what it means for refugee rights over the next three years. Sydney Uni, New Law building room 100, (enter main City Rd entrance, look for signs) Organised by Refugee Action Coalition

Phone: Ph Ian 0417 275 713

Website: http://refugeeactioncoalitionsydney.wordpress.com

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: Mon 13 Sep, 12:00pm

Construction worker Ark Tribe faces up to 6 months jail for not cooperating with an anti-union interrogation by the ABCC. The ABCC is an anti-union body set up by the Howard Government, kept by the ALP, to criminalise union activity. Since the ABCC's introduction, there has been a 95% increase in fatalities on building sites. Protest as Ark goes back to court. Outside the ABCC office, 255 Elizabeth St, Sydney

Phone: 9749 0400

Date: Wed 15 Sep, 6:30pm

The Cuban 5 are men who have spent 12 years in US jails for the crime of trying to prevent terrorism. The men gathered information on the right-wing Cuban exile groups that have carried out violent attacks against Cuba - but instead of pursuing the terrorists, the US government has locked up the Cubans. Featuring: Reinaldo Garcia Perera (new Cuban Consul General); Meredith Burgmann (former President NSW LC) + short video clips Tom Mann Theatre, 136 Chalmers St, Surry Hills

Phone: Mara 0424 652 802

Email: freethefive@yahoo.com

Date: Fri 17 Sep, 7:00pm

Fund-raising dinner and auction to raise funds for an Australian contingent to join the next international flotilla to Gaza. Items for auction include a signed pair of boxing gloves donated by Anthony Mundine and a football jersey donated by Hazem El Masri signed by the whole Canterbury Bulldogs team. Come and enjoy a great night with great entertainers Alissar Chidiac and Lina Kastoumis. Summerland Restaurant, 457 Chapel Road, Bankstown

Phone: Raul 0403 037 376 or Vivienne 0411 366 295

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: Sat 18 Sep, 2:00pm

The first of a regular series of socialist discussions organised by Socialist Alliance and Resistance. Resistance Centre, 23 Abercrombie St, Chippendale

Phone: 9690 1977

Website: www.socialist-alliance.org

Date: Sun 19 Sep, 1:00pm

Organised by Thai Red Australia Group for Democracy, with special guest Conor Purcell, an Asutralian recently released from Thai prison, jailed after speaking up for democracy. Sydney Town Hall

Email: b2wins@hotmail.com

Date: Tue 21 Sep, 11:30am

Meet at Martin Place, Pitt St, Sydney for the United Nations International Day of Peace.

Phone: Arjuna/Ben on 0405 138 439

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

Date: Wed 22 Sep, 5:30pm - Wed 22 Sep, 7:30pm

Amnesty International and EORA College Tafe NSW's opening night of an art exhibition based on the theme of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. There will be speakers from Eora College, Amnesty International and Nicole Watson, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, UTS. Boomalli Aboriginal Arts Gallery, 55-59 Flood St, Leichhardt.

Phone: 0417245332

Email: nswdignity@amnesty.org.au

Website: www.amnesty.org.au/nsw/event/23575/

Date: Wed 22 Sep, 6:00pm

With a NSW election looming, big business is lobbying our State politicians hard to allow the big end of town to buy everything. Yet the people of NSW don't want cuts to services, and the evidence doesn't fit the big business spin. Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt St, City Organised by Unions NSW.

Website: www.betterstate.org.au

Date: Sat 25 Sep, 2:00pm

Eyewitness accounts of Aboriginal communities which are challenging the racist Northern Territory Intervention, which was launched by the Howard Government and extended under the ALP. 50 activists travelled from NSW and Qld to support the Aboriginal struggle - come and hear their stories. Forum at 2pm, followed by a party from 5pm to launch the new West Activist Centre. Organised by Parramatta Socialist Alliance. West Activist Centre, Lev 1, 3/29 Macquarie St, Parramatta

Phone: 0403 924 409

Email: duncanar@hotmail.com

Website: http://www.socialist-alliance.org

Date: Sat 25 Sep, 6:30pm

Directed by the mysterious artist "Banksy", Exit Through the Gift Shop is a brilliant examination of the underground street art culture, and an intriguing commentary on the commercialisation of art. Through the video camera of a French immigrant living in Los Angeles, we search for and ultimately find street artists Space Invader, Shepard Fairey, Banksy and others, providing a personal view of a shadowy culture. In bizarre ways the film deals with the "trendiness" of street art, the millionaires who want to purchase Banksy and other artist's work, and the contradictions and potential sellouts that it brings. A film that will fascinate and surprise you, with the real meaning seeming almost as elusive as Banksy himself. Donation entry $10/6. Dinner available from 6pm. A special screening in support of the Live Red Arts Awards, organised by Green Left Weekly Resistance Centre, 23 Abercrombie St (Cnr Blackfriars St), Chippendale.

Phone: 9690 1977 or Paul 0410 629 088

Email: paulb@greenleft.org.au

Website: www.greenleft.org.au

Date: Sun 26 Sep, 2:00pm - Sun 26 Sep, 6:00pm

Concert and Film screening (Hope in a Slingshot) with Phil Monsour, featuring new songs and video footage from his recent trip to the Middle East. Herb Greedy Hall, 79 Petersham Road, Marrickville Sydney. Entry by Donation

Email: journeysrsvp@gmail.com

Website: http://www.philmonsour.com/shows.html

Date: Tue 28 Sep, 6:30pm

Guest speakers Federico Fuentes & Kiraz Janicke, Green Left Weekly journalists based in Caracas for the last 3 years. While the mainstream media either ignores or demonizes Venezuela, there are remarkable steps being taken in building real community and worker democracy. Come and hear about the grassroots creation of communes, councils and workers control - and how the recent elections will impact the future of this experiment in social change. Organised by Socialist Alliance and Green Left Weekly

Phone: 9690 1977 or Paul 0410 629 088

Email: sydney@socialist-alliance.org

Website: www.greenleft.org.au

Date: Thu 30 Sep, 6:30pm

Forum with Flannery discussing his new book Seymour Centre, Corner of City Road and Cleveland Street, Chippendale. $15/$10 concession