GLW Calendar, 2010-09, Sydney

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