GLW Calendar, 2010-10, Perth And Fremantle

Date: Fri 1 Oct, 6:00pm

Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, East Perth.

Phone: Ph Alex 9218 9608, 0413 976 638

Email: perth@socialist-alliance.org

Website: Socialist Alliance

Date: Sat 2 Oct, 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: Mon 4 Oct, 9:30pm

Monthly meeting. Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, East Perth (next to McIver station). Vinnie: 0419 812 872 Elizabeth: 0421 113 443

Phone: Vinnie 0419 812 872, Elizabeth 0421 113 443

Email: acfsperth@gmail.com

Website: ACFS Perth

Date: Wed 6 Oct, 6:00pm

Participants include: Julian Burnside (barrister), Andrew Bartlett (former senator) & Mary Anne Kenny (WA Law Reform Commissioner). Lotteries House, 2 Delhi St, West Perth. <b>MORE INFO:</b> You are invited to participate in a round table discussion with advocates and experts on refugee issues taking place on Wednesday 6 October at 6pm at Lotteries House, 2 Delhi St, West Perth. Prominent barrister Julian Burnside, former Senator Andrew Bartlett and WA Law Reform Commissioner Mary Anne Kenny will be kicking off a discussion about the obstacles and opportunities in WA to: - effectively campaign for change in federal policy and laws in the new political context; - change public attitudes; - support people in detention; and, - cope with the rapidly expanding number of detention centres in WA.

Date: Fri 8 Oct, 11:00am

Annual John Pat Memorial Day to mark 27 years since the death of John Pat. Guest speakers. Fremantle Prison, The Terrace, Fremantle.

Phone: 0415 074 602

Website: Deaths in Custody Watch Committee

Date: Fri 8 Oct, 8:30pm

Speak-out in solidarity with Cairns couple charged under Qld anti-abortion laws. Demand drop the charges! Repeal anti-abortion laws in every state! For free, safe, accessible abortion on demand! Murray St mall (William St end), Perth CBD. MORE INFO This action is linked to the national day of action (NDA) to support the Cairns couple charged under Queensland's outdated criminal laws. A growing list of organisations is supporting the NDA. (See the list at http://www.prochoiceactionqld.org/?page_id=416). Events are being planned in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, with a vigil in Cairns from October 11 for the duration of the trial. Details at http://www.prochoiceactionqld.org/?page_id=409. The demands of the speakout mirror the national demands, and include a call for repealing the anti-abortion laws in all states – reflecting that abortion is still a criminal offence in some states, and that even where it has been decriminalised it is subjected to regulations that restrict women’s access, and which in general still make it illegal for a woman to attempt to take or do anything herself to abort a pregnancy. See http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/45479 to get involved in helping to organise the action.

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

Email: iwdperth2010@gmail.com

Date: Sat 9 Oct, 12:00pm

Anti-war rally. Speakers include: Jo Vallentine (peace activist), Scott Ludlam (Greens senator), Alex Bainbridge (Socialist Alliance). Outside Wesley Church, cnr William & Hay Sts, Perth. Supported by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Refugee Rights Action Network, Women in Black & Socialist Alliance (further endorsements sought).

Phone: Ph Alex 0413 976 638, Felicity 0413 495 242.

Email: alexb@greenleft.org.au

Date: Sun 10 Oct, 2:00pm

Launch of a multifaceted campaign against new coal developments in WA. Perth Cultural Centre (near PICA), James Street Mall, Northbridge. Organised by Safe Climate Perth. This event is part of the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.350.org/perth">350.org international day of action</a>.

Phone: Ph Kamala 0417 319 662

Email: info@safeclimate.org.au

Website: Safe Climate Perth

Date: Thu 14 Oct, 6:00pm

Speakers: Carolyn Smith (LHMU), Katherine Edyvane (ACFS), Mark Hayward (CPA). Carlton Hotel, 248 Hay St, East Perth.

Phone: 0419 812 872

Email: perth@cpa.org.au

Date: Thu 21 Oct, 5:30pm

Anna Baltzer is an award-winning lecturer & granddaughter of Holocaust refugees speaking about the non-violence movement for justice in Palestine. Austen Lecture Theatre, Arts Faculty (next to Reid Library), University of WA. Entry by donation. Organised by Friends of Palestine.

Phone: 0449 028 894

Email: FriendsOfPalestineWA@gmail.com

Website: Friends of Palestine WA

Date: Thu 21 Oct, 7:00pm

Guest speaker: Mariann Lloyd-Smith. Conference Rm, Lotteries House, 2 Delhi St, West Perth. Entry by gold coin.

Phone: Jane Bremmer 6278 1447

Date: Sat 23 Oct, 12:30pm

Rally to: close all detention centres; no offshore processing; no deportations. Department of Immigration and Citizenship office, Wellington Central, 836 Wellington St, West Perth. March to city. Organised by Refugee Rights Action Network.

Phone: 0417 9094 329

Website: Refugee Rights Action Network

Date: Sun 24 Oct, 2:00pm

Socialist Ideas Seminar with q&a by Barry Healy & Elliot Herrington. Perth Activist Centre, 15 / 5 Aberdeen St, East Perth (next to McIver station). Free entry. <b>MORE INFO:</b> The Global Financial Crisis feels like it came out of thin air. The mainstream media talk of it as an aberration in the normal operations of capitalism. Politicians talk about “the recovery” as though the worst is already behind us. Is any of that true? What if the GFC is just the latest in a series of bigger or smaller shocks that have dogged capitalism from its outset because there are inherent faults in the way the system operates? What if “the recovery” is as phoney as the weapons of mass destruction that justified the invasion of Iraq? The crisis has not hit Australia as hard as other countries – will that last? To get to grips with these issues we need to take a long view of history and examine capitalism from its birth to what could be its death agony.

Phone: Ph Alex 9218 9608, 0413 976 638

Email: perth@socialist-alliance.org

Website: Perth Socialist Alliance

Date: Mon 25 Oct, 6:30pm - Mon 25 Oct, 8:00pm

Community Forum with Patrick McGorry. Winthrop Hall, University of WA. Organised by Centre for Advocacy, Support and Education (CASE) for Refugees & Coalition for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Detainees. $20. <strong>MORE INFO:</strong> Australian of the Year - Patrick McGorry will be the guest speaker at this year’s community forum – organized by CASE and CARAD. Our forum this year features guest speaker Victorian Psychiatrist Professor Patrick McGorry AO. After being awarded the 2010 Australian of the Year Professor McGorry called for a radical change in the mental health services in Australia. He also spoke out about the treatment of asylum seekers and the link between mental illness and detention centres. With Labor now forming a minority government the next Out of The Dark Community Forum is well timed to draw out the important issues facing refugees and their treatment in Australia. Professor McGorry together with a panel of experts and refugee advocates will open the debate about refugee issues in our community. The forum will be chaired by eminent West Australian Janet Holmes à Court AC. More information on the web www.caseforrefugees.org.au or www.carad.org.au Tickets @ $20 are now available from www.bocs.com.au or at CASE on 922 77 311. Winthrop Hall, UWA Monday 25th Oct 6.30-8.00pm.

Phone: 9227 7311

Website: CASE for Refugees

Date: Thu 28 Oct, 6:30pm

Public forum with Kathy Watson (Nygina & Jabirr descendant), Steve McCartney (WA State Secretary AMWU), Kamala Emanuel (Socialist Alliance), Brooke Anderton (Marine Scientist), Lara Menkens (The Aboriginal Party, former ALS Lawyer), Kimberley Land Council representative (invited). MUA Hall, 2-4 Kwong Alley, North Fremantle. Organised by Fremantle Socialist Alliance & The Aboriginal Party. Entry by donation. <strong>MORE INFO:</strong> On September 2 Premier Colin Barnett announced that the government will forcibly acquire land at James Price Point, 60km north of Broome. Barnett wants to help Woodside Petroleum speed ahead with a multi-billion dollar LNG processing facility. Yet again the WA government is trampling on Aboriginal rights to help a multi-national company make a huge profit. Come hear about the key issues relating to this project: environmental, legal, the rights of Aboriginal people, trade union & Aboriginal alliances.

Phone: Ph Annolies 9433 6946 or Glenn 0432 479 132.

Email: fremantle@socialist-alliance.org

Website: WA Socialist Alliance

Date: Fri 29 Oct, 7:00pm

March against violence against women. Meet outside State Library, Perth Cultural Centre, march to Empyrean Function Centre, 14 Lake St, Northbridge. Organised by ROAR Feminist Collective as a women's only event.

Email: roarwomen@hotmail.com

Website: Facebook event

Date: Sat 30 Oct, 3:00pm

Speakers: Charlie Fox (UWA historian), Andrew Hayward (CPA), Dave Fox (CPA). Maritime Union Hall, 2-4 Kwong Alley, North Fremantle. Organised by the Communist Party of Australia.

Phone: 0421 982 719 or 0419 812 872

Email: cpaperth@gmail.com