GLW Calendar, 2010-10, Wollongong

Date: Fri 8 Oct, 7:00pm - Fri 8 Oct, 9:00pm

Thirroul Railway Institute Hall, Railway Parade Thirroul (At the southern end of platform 1) Entry by donation (recommended $5 conc / $8 full). Ph Will 0425 329 963 'On the 20-year anniversary of his groundbreaking masterpiece "Roger & Me," Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans. But this time the culprit is much bigger than General Motors, and the crime scene is far wider than Flint, Michigan' To see a preview visit: http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/capitalism-love-story

Phone: 0425329963

Email: bendigo1977@yahoo.com.au

Date: Wed 13 Oct, 7:00pm - Wed 13 Oct, 9:00pm

Illawarra Activist Centre. 17/157 Crown St, Wollongong. The corporate media in Australia is incredibly influential and ownership is highly concentrated in the hands of a couple of families. It has daily newspapers, TV channels, radio stations etc in every major city and many towns in Australia. How do we combat the media's lies and distortions? Can we develop a media outlet independent from the corporate elite? How can we improve assets such as Green Left Weekly, Links, our websites etc and increase their reach? Please come along to this meeting and share your views and ideas. Guest speakers include Jay Fletcher & Ash Pemberton, Green Left Weekly journalists based in Wollongong. Phone Will 0425 329 963 for more information or visit http://www.socialist-alliance.org/illawarra/

Phone: 42262010

Email: bendigo1977@yahoo.com.au

Website: Socialist Alliance Illawarra

Date: Wed 20 Oct, 6:00pm - Wed 20 Oct, 8:00pm

This meeting is being organized by the South Coast Labour Council following a unanimous resolution of the Executive to play a more active role in the facilitation of the political development of activists and members of our movement more broadly in the region.

Phone: 0242292888

Email: arorris@sclc.com.au

Website: South Coast Labour Council

Date: Thu 21 Oct, 7:00pm - Thu 21 Oct, 9:00pm

Uni of Wollongong, rm 20.3 Launch of Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) Stationary Energy Plan - Australia 100% renewables by 2020. Organised by Wollongong Climate Action Network

Phone: 0416232349

Website: Wollongong Climate Action Network

Date: Wed 27 Oct, 7:00pm - Wed 27 Oct, 9:00pm

Aboriginal Cultural Centre, 22 Kenny Street Wollongong This project started out in June 2007, in response to the Howard Government’s controversial ‘Emergency Intervention’ into Aboriginal communities in Australia’s remote Northern Territory. All in the name of ‘protecting children’, the Intervention took away all existing Aboriginal land rights, suspended the Racial Discrimination Act and placed over 70 communities under compulsory government control. Subsequent government measures have had little to do with directly improving the wellbeing of children, but instead have disempowered traditional owners, opened up access to valuable Aboriginal land, and sought to forcibly assimilate Aboriginal culture. No Aboriginal people living in these communities have had any say in these decisions being made about their lives, their lands and their future. And mainstream media has ignored their voices, and their plight. In February 2008, the Labor government made a much-publicised National Apology for previous injustices wrought upon the Australia’s First Peoples. Since then, however, it has continued to undermine their human and cultural rights; in particular their rights to have proper access to basic services, to maintain their own languages, to be involved in the decisions that affect them, and to remain living on their ancestral homelands. On 13th March 2009, the United Nations Committee on Human Rights declared that Australian Government policy was in breach of international law. Following such international shame, the Australian Government quickly endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, only to continue to breach many of its articles in subsequent policies. The film has developed into a powerful journey into Australia’s indigenous relations, from colonisation until the present day. It looks at Australia’s ongoing policies of paternalism and assimilation, explains the real issues underlying Indigenous disadvantage in this “lucky” country, and upholds the right of First Australians to dignity, culture and empowerment in their own country. Featuring the voices of youth, men, women and elders from remote communities in the Northern Territory, Aboriginal leaders and personalities from across the country, as well as academics, lawyers and international activists, the film opens the way for dialogue on how Australia can move forward with genuine respect and partnership with its First Peoples. Into a future where solutions come from working together, rather than being dictated from Parliament thousands of kilometres away. A movement is building across the country to stand up for what is right for the oldest living culture on Earth. This film is at the heart of that movement.

Phone: 0425329963

Website: Our Generation