GLW Calendar, 2012-03

Date: Sat 10 Mar, 7:30pm

International Women's Day Dinner. Guest speaker: Caroline de Costa. Sat 10 March, 6.30pm for 7pm, Tropic Restaurant, Cairns TAFE, Gatton St. $55.RSVP to caford@qld.chariot.net.au

Date: Tue 13 Mar, 7:00pm

Cairns' two-speed economy - Who wins and who loses from the mining boom? Free public forum. Speakers: Mayor Val Schier, Cairns Regional Council; Rob Giason, CEO Tourism Tropical North Queensland; Richard Denniss, Director of the Australia Institute. Tue 13 March, 6-8pm. Civic Reception Room, Council administration building, Spence St. An Australia Institute event, generously supported by Cairns Regional Council and Tourism Tropical North Queensland. To register for this free event, click here. For more information contact serena@tai.org.au.

Date: Sun 18 Mar, 3:30pm

Cairns Needs Sustainable Transport. Public meeting. Sun 18 March, 2.30pm, City Place. Organised by Cairns Action for Sustainable Transport. Supported by Occupy Cairns. Ph 4053 2340 for more info.

Date: Wed 28 Mar, 6:30pm

Black Deaths in Custody Watch Group meeting. Wed Mar 28, 5.30pm, Link Up Queensland Aboriginal Corporation Centre 1/18 Scott Street, Parramatta Park. Ph 4041 7403

Date: Wed 7 Mar, 6:30pm

Hear from Darwin environmentalists recently returned from Japan, where they attended the global conference for a Nuclear Power Free World. Speakers and films. Darwin Museum Theatre, Conacher Street, Fannie Bay

Phone: RSVP: Environment Centre NT 08 8981 1984

Date: Thu 8 Mar, 6:00pm - Thu 8 Mar, 8:00pm

The NT Working Women's Centre and the NT Anti-Discrimination Commission present "On Her Shoulders" - a history of the women's movement in Australia - and "9-5", starring Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda. Entry $10 includes light supper. Museum and Art Gallery NT Theatrette Conacher St, Fannie Bay

Email: admin@ntwwc.com.au

Website: www.ntwwc.com.au

Date: Fri 9 Mar, 7:00pm - Fri 9 Mar, 11:00pm

This month's Off the Page is celebrating International Women's Day by serving up a slice of women readers with a garnish of female singer songwriters. $7 entry Happy Yess, Brown's Mart Darwin

Email: Happyyessdarwin@gmail.com

Website: http://www.happyyess.com/

Date: Sat 10 Mar, 9:00am

Meet on the steps of Parliament House for a march through the CBD, followed by refreshments.

Phone: Le Smith 0408 184 189

Date: Sun 11 Mar, 5:30pm - Sun 11 Mar, 7:30pm

A wreath-laying ceremony to remember the lives lost in Japan as a result of the earthquake and tsunami. Nightcliff Jetty, Nightcliff

Phone: Justin 0424 028 741.

Date: Sat 31 Mar, 9:00pm

June Mills, Jess Ribero & the Bone Collectors, and Green Stone Garden. @ Happy Yess Brown's Mart, Darwin $15/$20/$25 - Fundraiser for the No NT Waste Dump Campaign

Date: Fri 23 Mar, 6:30pm - Fri 23 Mar, 9:00pm

Growing Change is a documentary that looks at one of the most exciting experiments in the world to grow a fair and sustainable food system. Meet the director Simon Cunich. Entry $15 waged/$10 conc. Downstairs, Geelong Trades Hall, 127 Myers St, City.

Phone: 5222 6900

Website: Growing Change

Date: Thu 1 Mar, 1:00pm - Thu 1 Mar, 2:30pm

Time Magazine called 2011 the year of the protester and with revolutions across the Middle East and the Occupy movement across Europe, the United States and Australia it was easy to see why As part of O-week 2012 Resistance Hobart is holding a forum at Tas Uni Sandy Bay Campus Law225 Seminar Room 3 on Thursday March st at 1pm. One of the speakers will be Ben Peterson who was an active participant of Occupy Sydney and it's various working groups. More info call Ben 0400 878 322 or Susan 0418 643 133 http://www.occupy-hobart.org/ https://www.facebook.com/OccupyHobartTAS https://www.facebook.com/groups/35257318626/ http://www.resistance.org.au/hobart

Date: Fri 2 Mar, 7:00pm - Fri 2 Mar, 9:00pm

With both humour and outrage Michael Moore ‘s Capitalism : A Love Story explores a taboo question. What’s the price that America pays for it’s love of Capitalism? Moore takes us into the homes of ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down by the global financial crisis. He goes to Washington DC looking for explanations and examines what a more hopeful future could look like. $10 or $8 conc. 225 Murray Street Hobart 6234 6397 hobart@socialist-alliance.org

Date: Thu 8 Mar, 1:00pm

Thursday 8th March, 1-2pm Join us on the lawns of parliament house, Hobart on Thursday the 8th of March between 1.00pm and 2.00pm as we remember the victims of the tsunami and the subsequent and on going victims of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. The 11th March marks the first anniversary of the nuclear disaster, but we will be gathering on the 8th of March. The event has been organised by Hobart Greens Alderman Bill Harvey. Speakers will include: Greens MP Cassy O'Connor Dave Sweeney Nuclear campaigner ACF

Date: Thu 8 Mar, 7:00pm

International Women's Day 2012 Quiz Night and Award Presentation Thursday 8th March at 7pm - The Navy Club, 63 Davey Street, Hobart Funds raised will go to APHEDA's Early Childhood Education Program for Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon. Book your seats early! Download the flyer at: http://www.unionstas.com.au/index.php/events/151-international-womens-day-quiz-night

Date: Tue 13 Mar, 7:00pm

An impending crisis? Many assure us there is. What are the issues and opportunities for Tasmania? How can we prepare and respond to ensure we ‘keep the lights on’ both metaphorically and physically? Come and explore the interrelated issues of finance, energy, resources, environment, psychology, population and real politik that make up our current multi-faceted predicament. An explanation of why we find ourselves in a state of crisis and what we can do about it. Speaker: Nicole Foss, Co-Editor, The Automatic Earth Hobart: Tuesday 13 March, 7pm Centenary Lecture Theatre, Grosvenor Street, Sandy Bay campus Launceston: Thursday 15 March, 7pm Lecture Theatre 9, Faculty of Arts, Newnham Drive, Newnham RSVP: Please email UTAS.Events@utas.edu.au or phone 6226 2521 More info: www.events.utas.edu.au/2012/march/peak-oil,-local-resilience-and-financial-crisis

Date: Fri 2 Mar, 11:30am - Wed 14 Mar, 7:00pm

Chapel on Station Gallery, cnr Station St & Ellingworth Pde, Box Hill. Friday 11:30am-3pm; Saturday 1-4pm; Sunday 4:30-7pm.

Phone: 0400 589 208

Website: Chapel on Station Gallery

Date: Fri 2 Mar, 12:00pm - Fri 2 Mar, 10:00pm

City Square, cnr Collins & Swanston Sts, City.

Website: Occupy Melbourne

Date: Fri 2 Mar, 4:30pm

Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has initiated dance workshops at City Square to try and get rid of Occupy Melbourne. It's time for a dance-off. City Square, cnr Collins & Swanston Sts, City.

Website: Occupy Melbourne

Date: Fri 2 Mar, 9:00pm

A multi-award winning documentary made with the Yindjibarndi, Ngarluma, Banyjima and Gurrama people of Roebourne, Western Australia. A comprehensive account of the experiences of a community of Aboriginal people from pre-colonial times to the 1900s. This film makes the connection between Aboriginals in chains in the 19th century and Aboriginal people in prisons today, so providing a deeper understanding of how the violence and denials of the past inform the present. A beautifully logical and persuasive argument for land rights. Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Website: Exile & the Kingdom

Date: Sat 3 Mar, 11:00am

A day of live music, dance and poetry. Latin American docos screening and information tables from different groups. Uniting Church, 251 High St, Northcote. Garage sale from 11am in the church hall; cultural performances from 2pm in the courtyard. Food and drinks available.

Phone: 0425 539 149

Date: Sat 3 Mar, 1:30pm - Sat 3 Mar, 10:00pm

Showcasing sustainable and organic, music and art, this event will be even bigger and better than last years. Fest La Frog is paving the way for the future of festivals by using solar-powered stages, local artists, solar boosted organic food and beverages. Fest La Frog has a zero waste policy and last year 650 people onsite created only a handful of landfill and half a recycling bin worth of packaging! CERES Community Environment Park, cnr Roberts & Stewart Sts, Brunswick.

Website: Fest La Frog

Date: Sat 3 Mar, 2:00pm

The 1959 Cuban Revolution against US-backed dictator Batista electrified Latin America and inspired rebels around the world. 53 years later it is still standing. A discussion of its achievements and the problems it faces today. All welcome. Resistance Centre, Level 5, 407 Swanston St, City (opposite RMIT). Hosted by Resistance & Socialist Alliance.

Phone: 9639 8622

Date: Sat 3 Mar, 2:00pm

Organising meeting. 2pm. Pavilion Room, North Carlton Railway House, 20 Solly Ave (Melway Ref 29 H10; go west down Park St, the road becomes Solly Ave, Railway House is on your right and walk-up flats on your left. The Pavilion Room is the room next to the Bocce Court). 2-3pm: eating and networking; 3pm: speaker (TBA) followed by practical discussion about organizing against the privatisation of public housing. Defend and Extend is closely associated with Friends of Public Housing and Public Housing Watch.

Website: Friends of Public Housing

Date: Sun 4 Mar, 12:00pm - Sun 4 Mar, 7:00pm

Sydney Road Festival: Join the Socialist Alliance & Green Left Weekly stall (outside Uniting Church).

Phone: 9639 8622

Date: Thu 8 Mar, 6:00pm

Melbourne University Graduate House, 220 Leicester St, Carlton.

Website: The Monthly Argument

Date: Thu 8 Mar, 6:30pm

Celebrate International Women's Day (toasts from 6:45pm). A toast to the struggle for women's full equality and launch of Socialist Alliance Women's Rights Charter. Speakers: Sharon Firebrace (Radio 3KND & long-term activist for Indigenous rights); Tamador Mahjoob (Sudanese Communist Party); Karen Fletcher (Socialist Alliance). $8/$5 (includes finger food & free glass of champagne or juice). Hosted by Resistance & Socialist Alliance. Resistance Centre, Level 5, 407 Swanston Street, City (opposite RMIT).

Phone: 9639 8622

Date: Sat 10 Mar, 12:00pm

Women Unite for Global Justice Meet at State Library, cnr Swanston & Latrobe Sts, City. 12.30pm: March to City Square (Swanston St & Collins St). From 1pm: Speakers, workshops, discussion and artistic performances at City Square. 5pm: Open women's jam session; bring your instruments! This International Women's Day we unite for: An end to violence against women; recognition of Aboriginal sovereignty; full reproductive rights for all women; full rights for refugees and asylum seekers; equal pay for women. Organised by the Occupy Melbourne Feminist Collective.

Email: om_iwd@yahoo.com.au

Date: Sat 10 Mar, 3:00pm

Speaker: Susan Price (national co-convenor of Socialist Alliance). Organised by Socialist Alliance. City Square.

Phone: 9639 8622

Date: Sun 11 Mar, 1:00pm

Part of international day of action. State Library, cnr Swanston & Latrobe Sts, City. Organised by MAPW, ICAN, Japanese for Peace and others.

Website: 11 March

Date: Thu 15 Mar, 5:30pm

A public meeting The Post Carbon Pathways Report presents a concise overview of the key goals and priorities of eighteen of the worlds most ambitious and innovative large-scale post carbon economy transition plans, from both government and non government sources. Speakers: Craig Pearson (director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute); Miriam Lyons (executive director, Centre for Policy Development; David Karoly (School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne); John Wiseman (Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute). Woodward Conference Centre, L10, Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham St, Carlton. As space is strictly limited please RSVP.

Email: ejoughin@unimelb.edu.au

Date: Thu 15 Mar, 6:00pm

Art can be a powerful tool in environmental and social justice campaigns: to make injustice visible, amplify concerns, build the movement and put pressure on power-holders. This forum, presented by the Melbourne Campaigners' Network and Arena Project Space includes displays of political artworks, a panel of artists, discussion and networking. Arena Project Space, 2 Kerr St, Fitzroy.

Email: hollyhammond@grapevine.com.au

Date: Fri 16 Mar, 12:00pm

URGENT: THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 16 Save Ballerrt Mooroop College! Rally for Aboriginal Cultural Education - Ballerrt Mooroop College 12:00pm until 2:00pm State Parliament - Spring and Bourke Streets Ballieu's government is attempting to close Melbourne's Last Indigenous School. This will be met with peaceful community resistance and a rally from Parliament to the Minister for Education's office in Collins St. The Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhoo...d Development have stated they are closing down the Ballerrt Mooroop College, the last surviving Aboriginal School in Melbourne. The closure announcement was sudden and shocked the school community and school committee. Aboriginal people in the area have worked hard to keep the school, but over the last twelve months the department has taken much of the land away and bulldozed the valuable student and community asset, the Gymnasium/Gathering Place. We affirm that our children deserve the same educational opportunities as every other Victorian child. Our children have the right to be educated in a culturally appropriate setting. The attempted closure of Ballerrt Mooroop College demonstrates the Victorian Education Department does not respect Indigenous culture or care about the educational outcomes of our children. We demand: - the entire school be placed under community ownership and management - the administration building be used to house community education - the protection of our Ceremonial Ground and Spirit Tree - all missing documentation of previous agreements made after the last occupation be returned https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/148158828640574/

Phone: 9639 8622

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Fri 16 Mar, 3:00pm - Fri 16 Mar, 10:00pm

Each Friday Occupy Melbourne is reclaiming City Square for the people so we can rebuild our spirit of community, show people we're still here, still keen and that we can change the world. Join us for peaceful public assembly and political discussion. City Square, Melbourne.

Website: Occupy Melbourne

Date: Fri 16 Mar, 6:00pm

City Square, Melbourne. Please come and bring banners and candles show your support to: Occupy arrestees, Lex Wotton, Aboriginal deaths in custody, political prisoners from Palestine, greenscare activists, Tibetan political prisoners worldwide. Organised by the Anarchist Black Cross, an international network of groups that gives practical support to prisoners of the class war.

Date: Fri 16 Mar, 6:00pm

Learn about Apple Inc.'s vile and vicious policies against its own retail and factory workers, from former Apple employee Nemo Adam. City Square.

Date: Fri 16 Mar, 6:30pm

Public meeting Guest speaker: Bersanji M Ibrahim (activist from Somalia). The Kony2012 advocacy campaign by Invisible Children has gone viral. It's successfully changed the scope of 'humanitarian marketing'. It's also a film rife with 'half-truths'. Kony2012 falsely insinuates that Uganda is still at war; that night commuters are still in Uganda; that Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army are the only sources of atrocity in the region; and that white people, especially Americans, are going to solve the problem. It advocates US military intervention and paints the Ugandan people as passive and in need of 'saving'. In a nutshell, it's a pro-war, paternalistic, and racist. In Melbourne over 18,000 people have clicked attending for the April 20 'Cover the night' event. If you are one of those people we welcome you to join this discussion. City Square, Melbourne.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Sat 17 Mar, 12:00pm

After a year of mass mobilisations and school/university occupations across Chile by students fighting for free and quality education, the students have decided to start 2012 in style, setting March 15 as the first National Day of action of the year. Thus we have called this action as a show of solidarity with their struggle and this day of action. Federation Square, City.

Email: lasnet@latinlasnet.org

Date: Sat 17 Mar, 12:00pm

They have poisoned the food supply through negligence and undermined the farming system through monopolisation. March 17 is the International Day of Action against Monsanto who are polluting the world with some of the most toxic compounds known to humankind: PCBs, Agent Orange, Round-up & GMO food crops. Join us as we unleash the power of Freegan food & protest this unethical abomination of a multinational. City Square, cnr Collins & Swanston Sts, City.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Sat 17 Mar, 12:00pm

Public meeting: Defend and Extend Public Housing 'speedy response' (placard-making and further planning meeting). The placard-making is part of organising for a 'speedy response' demonstration when Victorian Housing Minister Wendy Lovell releases the Liberal Party discussion paper on the future of public housing in Victoria. We know she plans that future to be grim. The discussion paper is expected to be released in late March. 1 Parslow St, Clifton Hill (near station and Smith St/Queens Pde trams, Melway Ref 2C J4, 44E2).

Phone: 0451 047 188

Date: Sat 17 Mar, 1:00pm

In a breakout at the recent Victorian Climate Action Convergence (and subsequently endorsed by the final assembly) a group of activists discussed a grassroots mobilisation organised loosely around the Rio+20 meeting on June 20. We proposed an action in Canberra on Tuesday June 19, a non-violent mass mobilisation, encircling Parliament House with the message: get the job done/bring down pollution, followed by a swarm of smaller actions by affinity groups in and around parliament. You are invited to attend the first organising meeting. Friends of the Earth Melbourne, 312 Smith St, Collingwood. Please RSVP to Brett Hennig (FoE Melbourne Climate Justice Collective convenor).

Phone: 0432 918 150

Email: brett@thesharehood.org

Date: Sat 17 Mar, 4:00pm

The collective has specifically been set up as a broad, inclusive group, with the goal of campaigning around issues which effect rainbow youth and young women. This campaign will target homophobia, transphobia and sexism, as well issues surrounding what is seen as the traditional notion of masculinity through educationals and direct action campaigning. Come help us kick off a busy year of campaigning in 2012 with the campaign re-launch! Guest speakers include long time transgender rights activist Sally Goldner, Take Care (out there) co-ordinator Shane McMaster, and highschool student and activist Carina Saunders talking about the relevance of feminism and the social pressures young women face. Level 10, 225 Bourke St, City.

Phone: 9639 8622

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Sun 18 Mar, 12:30pm - Sun 18 Mar, 5:00pm

Will celebrate the diverse communities of Australia, Pacific Islands and the Middle East. Music, dance, children's activities, food and more. Featuring Sol Nation, Kutcha Edwards, Monica Weightman with Fresh Mob, Koorie Tiddas, Culture Crew, Peter Rotumah, Teame Ersie, James Henry, Te Karangatahi Maori Club, Aminata, Gnarnayarrahe Waitairie, Indigenous dance & more! Indigenous, Halal & cultural delights. Alcohol-free event. Bring a cushion & picnic. Dogs on lead. No glass please. Sun hat & sunscreen advised. Fairfield Amphitheater, Heidelberg Rd, Fairfield.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Sun 18 Mar, 6:00pm

Soul Theatre's Climamania Project highlights both the issues and some of the solutions in tackling climate change, but don’t expect any dry presentations, or many stats and facts. Performers will include Bob Sedergreen, Rod Quantock, Carl Pannuzzo, Penny Larkins, Brendan Gray, Julia Sutherland, Cameron Semmens, Lia Avene, Boori Monty Pryor and more. Yarra-based Beyond Zero Emissions are leaders in the national conversation around climate change solutions. They will present their plan for tackling Climate Change. Paul Gilding's book The Great Disruption will be available at the launch at a reduced price of $30! The Athol Gill Centre, 100 Hodgkinson St, Clifton Hill. $25/$15. Cash only at the door. RSVP to Alicia with subject line 'RSVP CLIMAMANIA'.

Email: alicia@soultheatre.org.au

Date: Mon 19 Mar, 6:30pm

Public meeting A preview of the soon-to-be-released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. The report provides an assessment of the latest scientific knowledge on the relationship between climate change and extreme weather and climate events. It looks at how climatic, environmental and human factors combine to create disasters and other impacts on society, and what we can do to reduce their risks. The full report will be released in late March 2012. Speakers: Neville Nicholls; John Handmer; Padma Narsey Lal. Village Roadshow Theatrette, State Library of Victoria, Entry 3, 179 Latrobe St, City.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Tue 20 Mar, 2:00pm

Public meeting: As part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2012, Students for Palestine presents a very special speaking tour. We are very excited to tour an Israeli activist who has participated in, amongst other things, the weekly demonstrations against the apartheid wall in the Occupied West Bank and the Boycott from Within movement (activists who advocate from inside of Israel for the international Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement). Monash University. Organised by Victorian Students for Palestine.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Tue 20 Mar, 6:30pm

Public meeting What feminism for the 21st Century? 6:30pm (meal from 6pm). Resistance Centre, Level 5, 407 Swanston St, Melbourne city (opposite RMIT). Speakers: Emma Kerin (Workers' Solidarity Network & National Union of Workers); Beth Muldoon (Melbourne Feminist Collective & Occupy Melbourne Feminist Collective); Margarita Windisch (sexual assault counsellor, Victoria University lecturer & Socialist Alliance).

Phone: 9639 8622 or 0413 377 978

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Tue 20 Mar, 6:30pm

Beyond Zero Emissions presents a fully-costed blueprint for the transition to 100% renewable energy. Speaker: James Bramwell (director, Public Engagement, Beyond Zero Emissions). City Square, cnr Swanston & Collins Sts, City.

Phone: 0418 310 464

Email: ccofuture@gmail.com

Date: Wed 21 Mar, 5:30pm

Public meeting: As part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2012, Students for Palestine presents a very special speaking tour. We are very excited to tour an Israeli activist who has participated in, amongst other things, the weekly demonstrations against the apartheid wall in the Occupied West Bank and the Boycott from Within movement (activists who advocate from inside of Israel for the international Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement). 2nd floor, Union House, Melbourne University. Organised by Victorian Students for Palestine.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Wed 21 Mar, 6:30pm

Since the late 1990s, the United States has funnelled billions of dollars in aid to Colombia, ostensibly to combat the illicit drug trade and State Department-designated terrorist groups. The result has been a spiral of violence that continues to take lives and destabilise Colombian society. Speakers: Oliver Villar (lecturer in politics at Charles Sturt University; for the past decade his research has been devoted to this book); Drew Cottle (senior lecturer in politics at the University of Western Sydney). 6:30pm (for 7pm start). New International Bookshop, Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St, Carlton South.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Wed 21 Mar, 6:30pm

Public meeting: Workers in the community sector have fought long and hard for equal pay but does this decision actually deliver? Hear Australian Services Union (ASU) workplace delegate Debbie Brennan provide an assessment of what the Fair Work Australia ruling means for this low-paid predominantly female workforce. Pay Justice Action meeting. Solidarity Salon, 580 Sydney Road, Brunswick.

Phone: 9388 0062

Date: Thu 22 Mar, 12:45pm - Thu 22 Mar, 1:15pm

Agitators, as Oscar Wilde observed, are essential to progress. Reforms are more likely to be achieved when sections of a social movement behave badly and demand more than reforms. The history of protest suggests that extremism in form and content shifts the spectrum of debate so moderate proponents of the same social movement emerge as the voice of compromise and reason; extremists strengthen the bargaining position of moderates, because authorities accede to moderate demands to weaken extremist challenges; and extremists keep the moderates more honest. This is a free event; bookings are not required. The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale St, City.

Phone: 9326 9288

Website: Wheeler Centre

Date: Thu 22 Mar, 1:00pm

As part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2012, Students for Palestine presents a very special speaking tour. We are very excited to tour an Israeli activist who has participated in, amongst other things, the weekly demonstrations against the apartheid wall in the Occupied West Bank and the Boycott from Within movement (activists who advocate from inside of Israel for the international Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement). Agora Theatre, La Trobe University. Organised by Victorian Students for Palestine.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Thu 22 Mar, 6:30pm

If you are not already upset by the behaviour of Australia's biggest two supermarkets, you soon will be. Interviews and current affairs episodes explore the impact our of the supermarket duopoly. 'The price we pay' and 'Woolies & Coles' episodes will be complimented by interviews with Nick Rose and Robert Pekin from Food Connect on food sovereignty and supermarkets; and Dick Smith on Coles and 'extreme capitalism'. Organised by Commons Food Film Nights. South Melbourne Commons, cnr Bank & Montague Sts, South Melbourne. Entry by donation for free popcorn. Organic snacks can be purchased.

Phone: Martin Pritchard 0403 440 996

Website: Commons

Date: Fri 23 Mar, 3:00pm - Fri 23 Mar, 10:00pm

Each Friday Occupy Melbourne is reclaiming the City Square for the people so we can rebuild our spirit of community, show people we're still here, still keen and that we can change the world. Join us for peaceful public assembly and political discussion. City Square, Melbourne.

Website: Occupy Melbourne

Date: Fri 23 Mar, 5:30pm

Unions are back on the agenda in a big way. In recent months airline workers, Victorian nurses, and a small group of poultry workers at Baiada in Melbourne have faced attacks on their working conditions and all have relied on their unions to defend their jobs. Large-scale sackings in the banking, airline and manufacturing sectors, with the possibility of more to come, mean that the right to organise in unions and the right to strike are more important than ever to defend our jobs and working conditions. Come along to City Square to find out more about how to join a union and how to get active as a union member. This event will include: Union information stalls; special guest speakers; discussion on unionism today; BBQ (gold coin donation); entertainment. City Square, cnr Collins & Swanston Sts, City. For more info visit .

Website: WSN

Date: Fri 23 Mar, 6:30pm

Made in 2006, the film follows the story of Bil'in, a Palestinian village in a struggle to defend their land from being absorbed by the Israeli state. Trades Hall, cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton South. Organised by Victorian Students for Palestine.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Sat 24 Mar, 9:30am - Sat 24 Mar, 5:00pm

RMIT Function Room, Swanston St, City (next to CBA ATMs). A chance to discuss some key ideas for the struggle: What do we mean by socialism; The jobs crisis & what to do; Food sovereignty & global warming; Women, gender & oppression; An introduction to Marxist economics; Imperialism, war & resistance; and much more. From 9:30am (registration). Organised by Socialist Alliance & Resistance; sponsored by Green Left Weekly. Registration $15/$5. Lunch available.

Phone: 9639 8622

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Website: Seminar Agenda

Date: Sun 25 Mar, 4:00pm

Following on from last month's crackdown on protesting fishing communities where one person was killed by security personnel, reports are that Herman Kumara, a longtime human right activist, is facing threats to his life. Kumara is one of the founding members of the Platform for Freedom in Sri Lanka and has collaborated with civil society organisations and trade unions across the country to give voice to those who wanted to express disagreement against oppressive government policies. This public forum will discuss issues of human rights in Sri Lanka. Speakers: Basil Fernando (director Policy & Program Development, Asian Human Rights Commission); Britto Fernando (president Right to Life, co-convenor Platform for Freedom). Rotunda R4, Building 8, Monash University Clayton Campus, Wellington Rd, Clayton (Melway 70 G10). Organised by People for Human Rights & Equality. For more info ph Ajith 0427 610 823 or Chitra 0408 480 358.

Phone: Ajith 0427 610 823

Date: Tue 27 Mar, 6:30pm

Refugee Action Collective is proud to host a public forum to challenge the anti-people smuggling rhetoric dominant in Australian politics. Seeking asylum by boat is not a crime. However, those who assist asylum seekers to reach Australia's shores via informal travel arrangements have been systematically demonised by both Labor and Liberal parties. This is backed up by mandatory sentencing laws for anyone found to have participated in people smuggling. Hundreds of poor Indonesian fishers, including dozens of minors, have been jailed for the mandatory 3 years in Australia. The criminalisation of people smuggling, combined with the militarisation of Australia's borders and the impounding and destruction of boats intercepted, is what makes the boat journey to Australia so needlessly dangerous. Speakers: Arnold Zable (award-winning writer and refugee advocate); Sarah Hanson Young (federal Greens senator); lawyer for Indonesian fishermen; Peter Farrago (Refugee Action Collective member and former people-smuggler); Nockie Le (Vietnamese refugee). Multicultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth St, City (opposite Victoria Markets). Small donation welcome.

Website: RAC

Date: Tue 27 Mar, 6:30pm

City Square, cnr Swanston & Collins Sts, City.

Website: Melbourne Free University

Date: Thu 29 Mar, 6:30pm - Sat 21 Apr, 6:30pm

FAD Gallery, 14 Corrs Lane, Chinatown, City. Tuesday-Saturday. $15/$10. For bookings visit Matt Grantham. (Matt Grantham will also be taking part in the 2012 Annual Green Left Weekly Comedy Debate: Australia needs an Abbott-proof fence on May 11. )

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Thu 29 Mar, 7:00pm

In the manufactured 'reality' of the mass media, the problems of the Greek 'debt' crisis are an endless flurry of context-less images of riots, strikes and unrest. Ordinary people in Greece, however, are not taking this collective punishment without a fight. Popular refusal and resistance to the IMF/EU austerity measures have become part of the everyday life of people in Greece; from strikes, occupations and demonstrations to everyday acts of solidarity and collaboration between people in struggle. Forum will include live Skype interviews with participants in these social movements. There will also be music from a 5-piece Rembetika kompania (Greek oriental folk), a short film from the movement against austerity and poetry from Greek-Australian writers. Uniting Church Hall, 251 High Street, Northcote. Concession $4, waged $8, solidarity $12. All proceeds from the night will be sent to support anti-austerity campaigns in Greece.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Thu 29 Mar, 7:15pm - Sun 22 Apr, 6:15pm

Toby Halligan has ADD, anxiety, and once snuck into the Israeli Embassy, naked. But he isn't crazy; he's mad as hell. Maybe it's Tony Abbott? Today Tonight? The lizards that run the Post Office? Or maybe, like every other problem in Australia, he's just tired of not being taken seriously. Tickets from $18. 7:15pm (6:15pm Sundays). Portland Hotel, cnr Russell & Little Collins Sts, City. Bookings at Comedy Festival or ph 1300 660 013. (Toby Halligan will also be taking part in the 2012 Annual Green Left Weekly Comedy Debate: Australia needs an Abbott-proof fence on May 11. See display advert above.)

Phone: 1300 660 013

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Thu 29 Mar, 7:30pm

What is to be made of the relative ease with which road and road-related projects seem to secure funding from federal, state and local government whilst public transport languishes? What are the economic disciplines to be applied that would properly recognise the role of all transport modes, including public transport and active transport, for a sustainable Melbourne? Speaker: Harry Clarke (professor of economics, La Trobe University. Old Shire Offices, 60 Beverley Rd, Heidelberg.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Fri 30 Mar, 6:00pm

Join Students for Palestine in an action/ protest to protest against the apartheid policies of the Israeli State. This day is significant for the Palestinian solidarity movement because: it is the BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions) Global Day of Action; it is the first day of the Palestinian March on Jerusalem; it is a day of cultural significance for Palestinian struggle Land Day. Bourke St Mall, City.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Fri 30 Mar, 6:30pm

Beyond Zero Emissions volunteer and internationally acclaimed comedian Matt Grantham asks that very question and explores whether two Independents and a Green would actually speed up the process. From politics to health and safety, Matt asks: "How have we ended up in a situation where we have an unused desalination plant currently outpolling the Prime Minister?" FAD Gallery, 14 Corrs Lane, Chinatown, City. Tickets are $10 and all proceeds go to BZE.

Email: hannah@beyondzeroemissions.org

Date: Fri 30 Mar, 7:00pm

ANTAR's big fundraiser to kick off our year and help to make our campaigning happen. 7pm (for 7:30pm start). Imperial Hotel, 2/8 Bourke Street, City. Book a table of ten for $250, or a single ticket for $25 (concession $20). Bookings recommended.

Phone: 9419 3613

Email: antar@antarvictoria.org.au

Date: Sat 31 Mar, 2:00pm

There's no denying that mental illness and various forms of psychological disorders play a massive part in the makeup of modern society. It is important to distinguish between a mental illness and psychological disorder, as the latter is caused by a physical defect in the brain, and would be present in the sufferer regardless of their environmental surroundings and standard of living. However in regards to mental illness how much of the environmental factors and standards of living are taken in to account when sufferers are diagnosed? To what degree are factors like unemployment, homelessness, poverty, not being able to afford the basic necessities of life, social isolation, economic and social inequality, sexism, racism, homophobia/transphobia taken in to account when the diagnoses are performed? Resistance Centre, Level 5, 407 Swanston St, City (opposite RMIT). Organised by Resistance and Socialist Alliance.

Phone: 9639 8622

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Sat 31 Mar, 11:00pm - Sun 22 Apr, 11:00pm

Each Saturday night of the festival at 11pm, Political Asylum brings you an hour of fabulous political comedy, delivered by Australia's best political comedians. And guess what? It'll be a completely different show every week, with a mixture of our best recent material, alongside brand new topical content from the week that was. Confirmed artists: Mathew Kenneally, Nazeem Hussain, Aamer Rahman, Rod Quantock, Damian Callinan, Stella Young, Jon Brooks, Toby Halligan, Elbowskin, Ben McKenzie, Scott Abbot. For more info visit Political Asylum.

Date: Fri 9 Mar, 6:30pm - Sun 11 Mar, 3:49pm

Meet people who are passionate about strong resilient communities, social justice, sustainability, and innovative social enterprises. Workshops, speakers, stalls, music, entertainment. CONTACT / FIND OUT MORE: http://fairsharefestival.wordpress.com/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/FairShareFestival Phone: Graeme 4921 7241 or Liza Pezzano 4960 0325 graeme.stuart@newcastle.edu.au or lizapezzano@hotmail.com

Phone: Graeme 4921 7241

Email: graeme.stuart@newcastle.edu.au

Website: http://fairsharefestival.wordpress.com/

Date: Sat 31 Mar, 10:00am - Sun 1 Apr, 4:02pm

Location: Newcastle Exhibition Centre (next to the Showground) Date: Saturday 31st March and Sunday 1st April, 2012. 10 am to 4pm Want to GET SMART about energy? Want to SAVE MONEY? Join us for our 5th Annual Smart Energy Expo! Your one-stop shop for the latest in renewable energy & sustainable living. Free Entry! Meet with the experts and learn about solar hot water, insulation, smart lighting solutions, native plant gardening and more... Test drive an electric bike, get advice on sustainable building design., check out the electric cars and magic show. There’s something for everyone! Brought to you by Climate Action Newcastle. Visit www.smartenergyexpo.com.au for exhibitor and speaker information. Like us on Facebook Twitter: @ClimateNewy, #smartenergyexpo

Website: Smart Energy Expo Newcastle

Date: Thu 1 Mar, 6:30pm

An award winning documentary by Simon Cunich. Screening at Perth City Farm, 1 City Farm Place, East Perth. $15 / $10 concession. 6:30 for 7pm start. Light refreshments available.

Phone: 9325 7229

Website: Perth City Farm

Date: Sat 3 Mar, 10:00am - Sat 3 Mar, 12:00pm

Help stop Subiaco council selling public land to Coles which will mean clearing of trees for a carpark. Meet on site, Park St (near Rokeby Rd), Subiaco.

Date: Sat 3 Mar, 11:00am

Special guests Michael Anderson & Fred Hooper at 11am. Yabu (Rocks) Wadumbah Dance Group at 2pm. Matagarup (Heirisson Island), in the middle of the Causeway. Bring tents, swags, torches, water & insect repellent.

Date: Sat 3 Mar, 3:00pm

What every environmentalist needs to know about capitalism. A multi-media presentation. Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, Perth (next to McIver station) Hosted by Socialist Alliance and Resistance.

Phone: 9218 9608, 0413 976 638, 0415 922 740

Email: perth@socialist-alliance.org

Website: Perth Socialist Alliance

Date: Mon 5 Mar, 6:30pm

Regular montly meeting. Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, Perth (next to McIver station).

Email: acfsperth@gmail.com

Website: Australia-Cuba Friendship Society

Date: Tue 6 Mar, 11:45am

Rally to mark third anniversary of the incident when police ran over Aboriginal youth Rex Bellotti Jr. Parliament House, Harvest Tce, West Perth. Organised by the Bellotti Support Group.

Phone: 0487 336 314

Website: Bellotti Support Group

Date: Tue 6 Mar, 6:30pm

Fortnightly campaign meeting. CitiPlaceCommunity Centre, Perth train station concourse.

Email: friendsofpalestinewa@gmail.com

Website: Friends of Palestine WA

Date: Wed 7 Mar, 6:30pm

This forum which marks International Women's Day takes up the state government's proposed "foetal homicide laws" which has dangerous implications for women's rights. Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, Perth (next to McIver station). Hosted by Resistance and Socialist Alliance.

Phone: 9218 9608, 0413 976 638

Email: wacontact@socialist-alliance.org

Website: Perth Socialist Alliance

Date: Thu 8 Mar, 6:30pm

Help plan Serco protest and other activities. Perth Cultural Centre (outside state library), James St, Northbridge.

Website: Occupy Perth

Date: Fri 9 Mar, 12:00pm - Fri 9 Mar, 12:01pm

Protest for: Public services in public hands; full disclosure of all Serco contracts; No more profits from human misery. Perth Serco offices, 225 St George's Tce, Perth Organised by Occupy Perth and Serco Watch.

Date: Sat 10 Mar, 1:30pm

The Syrian people’s demands include political and economic reform and an end to oppression, violence, corruption and dictatorship. Outside Wesley Church, 97 William St, cnr William & Hay Sts, Perth city.

Website: Facebook event

Date: Sat 10 Mar, 2:00pm

Public forum with Nick Everett hosted by Australia-Cuba Friendship Society. State School Teachers Union, 150 Adelaide Tce, East Perth. <br><br><strong>MORE INFO:</strong>On February 7, a new adult literacy program was launched in the indigenous community of Wilcannia, New South Wales, based on a revolutionary Cuban education method called <em>Yo Si Puedo</em> (Yes I Can). Over the last decade, this program achieved impressive results in countries such as Venezuela, Nicaragua, East Timor and the Dominican Republic. Five decades on from Cuba's 1961 national literacy campaign, Cuba boasts the highest literacy levels in Latin America and an education system that is the envy of developing countries worldwide. Speaker Nick Everett will examine Cuba’s revolutionary education system, addressing the question, What can we learn from Cuba’s example? The public meeting will also hear from participants of the 29th annual Southern Cross work/study brigade to Cuba, held in January this year.

Phone: 0419 812 872

Email: acfsperth@gmail.com

Website: Australia-Cuba Friendship Society

Date: Sun 11 Mar, 1:00pm

We are now approaching the first anniversary of the worst nuclear disaster in 25 years we’re inviting everyone to take part in the Fukushima Remembrance day in Perth as part of a global day of action to remember and reflect on the nuclear disaster. Speakers, live music, performance and film. Wetland stage, Perth Culutral Centre, James St Mall

Website: Facebook event

Date: Wed 14 Mar, 6:30pm

Socialist Alliance and Resistance meeting discussing current developments in Iran, Syria and Uganda and whether Western intervention can bring democracy or justice. Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, Perth (next to McIver station).

Phone: 9218 9608, 0413 976 638

Email: perth@socialist-alliance.org

Website: Perth Socialist Alliance

Date: Fri 16 Mar, 6:30pm

Timely screening of the film that highlights the dangers of hydrolic fracturing - "fracking" - for unconventional gas. The frackers are already busy exploring WA for unconventional gas. This screening is part of a campaign to ensure it does not take hold in WA. 6:30pm for picnic meal 7:30pm for movie Painted Fish Cafe, 37 Hulbert St, South Fremantle Organised by No Fracking WAy

Phone: Farida 0412 109 160

Date: Sun 18 Mar, 12:00pm - Sun 18 Mar, 5:00pm

Enjoy multiculturalism, develop harmony Kardinya Community Centre, Prescot Drive, Kardinya. Free event organised by Ilankai Tamil Sangam of WA <br><br><b>MORE INFO:</b> Ilankai Tamil Sangam is organising Harmony Day Celebrations on 18th March 2012 as its contribution to Celebrate the Harmony Week ending on 21st March 2012. The Flyer for the Event is attached. Please circulate this to all those who are likely to be interested. We are also inviting as many communities as possible to participate as well as to contribute to the success of the event which is intended for all of us to Enjoy Multiculturalism and to Develop Hamony. In order to explain to those who may not be familiar, a short Note on Harmony Day is given below: The Harmony day (21st of March) was declared by the United Nations general assembly to commemorate the tragedy of police killing of 69 people who were taking part in a peaceful protest against the apartheid “pass laws” in the township of Sharpeville in South Africa on 21st March 1960. The day had been dedicated as the International Day for elimination of Racial Discrimination. Western Australia has embraced Harmony Week, a week leading up to 21 March as a time to embrace our diversity and value the benefits it brings. As well as promoting positive community relations, Harmony Week is about saying “no” to racism and discrimination. No doubt that the Harmony Week has very great relevance to the Members of all the Stateless Nations and we need to harmonise with the peoples all over the World who are fighting for Harmony in its broadest sense. More information is available in the website of the Office of Multicultural Interests, Department of Local Government, WA (omi.wa.gov.au).

Date: Tue 20 Mar, 6:30pm

Fortnightly campaign meeting. CitiPlace Community Centre, concourse level, Perth Train Station.

Email: FriendsOfPalestineWA@gmail.com

Website: Friends of Palestine WA

Date: Fri 23 Mar, 4:30pm

Speakout in response to leaked Serco manual that teaches physical harm to detainees. Murray Street Mall (outside Perth Underground station).

Date: Sun 25 Mar, 4:30pm - Sun 25 Mar, 7:00pm

Blues and other performers. Vegan food and refreshments. FERN Resource Centre, cnr High & Montreal Sts, Fremantle. $10. Proceeds support the Fremantle Activist Centre.

Phone: Justine 0452 635 252

Email: fremantle@socialist-alliance.org

Website: Fremantle Socialist Alliance

Date: Mon 26 Mar, 6:30pm

Weekly campaign meeting. Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, Perth (next to McIver station).

Phone: 0417 904 329

Email: refugeerights.actionnetwork@gmail.com

Website: Refugee Rights Action Network

Date: Tue 27 Mar, 7:00pm

First meeting of FARA for 2012 to bring people up-to-date with latest activity (there has been a lot). Lotteries House, 2 Delhi St, West Perth. Please bring a small plate to share. <br><br><b>MORE INFO:</b> On Tuesday 27 March FARA will be holding its first open meeting for 2012 to bring you up-to-date with the latest activity. And there has been a lot! Most importantly we want you to know about the latest plans for an ammonium nitrate production facility to be developed alongside Burrup Fertilisers and the threat this poses to some of the most remarkable rock art in Deep Valley. FARA has been working very hard to ensure government understands the gravity of its decision to let this go ahead. We will also present the revised Strategic Plan to all the Friends and encourage you to stay active in the fight for this unique cultural heritage site. If you have been on a Burrup Tour, or are thinking about joining the Tour for 2012 (bookings happening now!) this will be a great chance to catch up with fellow travellers. Where: Lotteries House, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth When: Tuesday 27 March at 7pm Please bring a small plate to share. We will provide tea, coffee, etc Your RSVP to contact@fara.com.au would be appreciated so we know how many to expect. Looking forward to catching up with most of you again – and for those not in WA we will be following up soon with a newsletter reporting on these developments.

Phone: 0439 090 321

Email: contact@fara.com.au

Date: Wed 28 Mar, 11:00am

Protest the government's pitiful offer on stolen wages and the proposed land deal. Speakers include: Robert Eggington, Iva Hayward-Jackson, Leonard Ogilvie & Bella Bropho. Gather cnr Riverside Dve & Victoria Ave. March to parliament.

Phone: 9451 4977

Date: Wed 28 Mar, 6:30pm

Socialist Alliance and Resistance meeting featuring Kate Massam and Chris Bonds. Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, Perth (next to McIver station).

Phone: 9218 9608, 0413 976 638

Email: perth@socialist-alliance.org

Website: Perth Socialist Alliance

Date: Fri 30 Mar, 4:30pm

Join us on Palestinian Land Day to protest Veolia, a major investor in Israel's transport, water and waste disposal infrastructure. Murray Street Mall (outside Perth Underground Station), Perth City.

Phone: 0449 028 894

Email: FriendsOfPalestineWA@gmail.com

Website: Friends of Palestine

Date: Fri 2 Mar, 6:30pm

Celebrate the launch of the new pamphlet 'The Road to Rainbow Liberation - Marriage, sex and gender rights today' with authors Rev. Karl Hand and Rachel Evans, 1978er activists and queer refugees. Resistance Centre 22 Mountain St, Ultimo.

Phone: Ph 8070 9331

Date: Sat 3 Mar, 11:00am - Sat 3 Mar, 6:00pm

Sydney is invited to celebrate the common cultural heritage of the Latin American and African communities being presented through a lively showcase of cultural performances, live music, food and dance at the Afro Latino Festival. Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre.

Phone: Laura 0411 328 063

Email: laura_l_zamora@yahoo.com.au

Website: www.afrolatinofestival.org.au

Date: Sat 3 Mar, 1:00pm - Sat 3 Mar, 5:30pm

Lessons from the Arab Spring with Patrick Harrison; the process of asset mapping with Donnie; authority and police with Rowen, creating a not for profit world economy with Donnie; Utopias with Maloe; and Latin American politics with various. 56a Martin Place, Sydney ( near cnr Martin Pl and Elizabeth St ). http://www.facebook.com/events/295637510498841/#!/events/243364725752277/

Date: Sat 3 Mar, 2:00pm

Members will be able to make suggestions regarding events we should be building and promoting through 2012. We will also be electing our branch officers, committee and convenor. BBQ lunch available from 1pm (veg option). Resistance Activist Centre, Shop 3, 29 Macquarie St, Parramatta.

Phone: Fred 0412 556 527

Date: Tue 6 Mar, 12:00pm

With speakers Patrick Harrison (recently returned from Egypt and Palestine), Simon Butler, editor of Green Left Weekly on Wikileaks, and Vivien Miley, activist with Occupy Sydney. Tower Building, Building 2, 07.008.

Phone: 0414 942 007

Website: www.resistance.org.au

Date: Thu 8 Mar, 6:30pm

A cultural event of music, oral stories and visual projections that will highlight the hidden historical and cultural contributions of women artists and activists who have fought or who still demand a more just society. RSVP March 6. Addison Road Centre, 142 Addison Road. An initiative of Colectivo Mujer - supported by Addison Road Gallery, Addison Road Centre, The Latin American Social Forum, Sydney Action for Juarez (SAfJ) and NSW SLASA.

Phone: 9698 9949 or 0450410003

Email: colectivomujer@hotmail.com

Website: facebook.com/colectivomujer

Date: Sat 10 Mar, 10:00am

Fund equal pay for women now! Stop violence against women!My body - my choice! Repeal all anti-choice laws, everywhere! Join Socialist Alliance and Resistance @ the Resistance Centre 10am 22 Mountain Street, Ultimo to go to Sydney Town Hall, 11am for the march at Town Hall. Rally 11am Town Hall, march to First Fleet Park for the Feminist Future Picnic: Midday picnic, live music and world-changing chatter. http://www.facebook.com/events/295637510498841/#!/events/110355745758534/

Phone: Rachel 8070 9331

Date: Sun 11 Mar, 12:00pm

Drop the charges against Austin Mackell, Derek Ludovici and Aliya Alwi! Solidarity with the Egyptian revolution—End political repression End military rule. Speakers include: Lee Rhiannon (Greens Senator), Egyptian Association for Change Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade offices, 123 Pitt St.

Date: Sun 11 Mar, 1:30pm

Oakdale Workers Sporting & Recreation Club, 1605 Burragorang Road, Oakdale.

Date: Sun 11 Mar, 3:00pm - Sun 11 Mar, 6:00pm

Speakers include: MC's Mr Robert Salisbery (English) and Ms Izumi Chavez (Japanese) Tomoko Shiine, from the Fukushima region; and Peter Watts, Arabunna man, co-chair Australian Nuclear Free Alliance. Performers include: Walangari Karntawarra, award-winning Aboriginal artist and performer; Airena Nakamura, principal 2nd violin with the Australia Opera and Ballet orchestra; and singers Mr Makoto Tanaka and Ms Yuki Tarumi, JCS Sydney Soran Odori-Ta. Tom Mann Theatre, 136 Chalmers St, Surry Hills (near Central Station).

Date: Mon 12 Mar, 3:30pm - Mon 12 Mar, 6:30pm

Student campus forum on Sydney University budget cuts -with Lee Rhiannon, Greens Senator -Damien Cahill, Vice-President of NTEU Sydney Uni branch -Student activist in the anti-cuts campaign. New Law lecture room 024.

Date: Tue 13 Mar, 12:00pm

With speakers Patrick Harrison (recently returned from Egypt and Palestine) and Simon Butler, editor of Green Left Weekly on Wikileaks. Isabel Fidler room, Manning House.

Phone: Contact 0414 942 007

Website: www.resistance.org.au

Date: Tue 13 Mar, 6:30pm

After International Women's Day join us for the launch of Socialist Alliance’s 'Charter of Women’s Rights' and a discussion on the ongoing struggles for women’s rights in Australia and internationally. Western Sydney Resistance Centre, Unit 3/29 Macquarie St, Parramatta.

Phone: Ph 0412 556 527

Date: Tue 13 Mar, 6:30pm

This war has claimed over 100 000 Tamil lives. Why have Amnesty International & Human Rights Watch called for an independent war crimes investigation for Sri Lanka? What was the role of the international community in the civil war in Sri Lanka? What efforts are underway for an independent investigation into the war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Tamil people? Speakers: Bruce Haigh, Australia's Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka in 1994 prior to his appointment to the Refugee Review Tribunal in 1995; Brami Jegan, Australian Tamil who is active in the campaign for an independent war crimes investigation in Sri Lanka; and Dr Sam Pari, the national spokesperson of the Australian Tamil Congress. Herb Greedy Hall, 79 Petersham Rd.

Phone: 9559 2301

Website: Marrickville. Marrickville Peace Group

Date: Wed 14 Mar, 6:30pm

The tasks of building movements, left-green unity and Socialist Alliance today, youth revolts and coordinating committee elections. Dinner available from 6pm. Resistance Centre 22 Mountain St, Ultimo.

Phone: 8070 9331

Date: Wed 14 Mar, 6:30pm

In conversation with Lyndall Ryan. Demanding the Impossible asks what has become of the ideal and myth of resistance, it searches for the power of no' and enough'. Free event. Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe.

Date: Thu 15 Mar, 4:00pm

Rally when the NSW Parliament debates our 20,000-strong Coal Seam Gas petition demanding a moratorium on all CSG activity, a royal commission into all aspects of CSG and a ban on fracking. Rally because 5,000 wells are being planned for NSW, on farmlands, in water catchement areas, in State Forests, next to dams. It's time to stop this dangerous industry before more harm is done. Join speakers at a rally outside Parliament or help pack out the gallery. Bring your sign, your shirt, your voice! NSW State Parliament, Macquarie St. Supported by nogasmininginsydney.com, stop-csg-illawarra.org and lockthegate.org.au.

Phone: Paul 0410 629 088 Jess 0416 232 349

Date: Fri 16 Mar, 7:00pm

Forum with Greens Councillor for Marrickville, Cathy Peters, just returned from an Union Aid Abroad (APHEDA) study tour of Palestine; Michael Coleman, Australian delegate on Freedom Flotilla 2 and Freedom Waves boat Tahrir, abducted by the IDF; and Patrick Harrison, Green Left Weekly journalist, just returned from volunteering for three months in Palestine. Live music, spoken word performance from Soul Beats, L Fresh, Mohammed Youssef. Admission $12/$6 with wine, food. Resistance Centre 22-36 Mountain St, Ultimo. Fundraiser presented by Free Gaza Australia & Green Left Weekly.

Phone: Call Rachel, Vivienne 0411 366 295

Date: Sat 17 Mar, 1:00pm - Sat 17 Mar, 6:00pm

Lessons from how the 99% have changed the world. Talks and discussions on revolutions from the Paris Commune to Latin America, the Middle East and the Occupy movement today. Resistance Centre 22 Mountain St, Ultimo.

Phone: Ph 8070 9331

Date: Sun 25 Mar, 12:00pm

Come along to meet Hazara, Tamil, Iranian and other asylum seekers in Villawood Detention Centre who have escaped persecution and are now languishing behind razor wire. Bring 100 points of ID and your compassion. Contact us for more information about what food and gifts you can bring, as some items are banned. No deportations! End mandatory detention! Free the refugees! Meet at Leightonfield train station at 12pm.

Phone: Phone Jay 0438 819 131/Duncan 0410 979 091

Date: Tue 27 Mar, 6:30pm

The focus for discussion will be the issue of the upcoming local council elections and where Socialist Alliance should stand candidates in Western Sydney. All ideas, suggestions and volunteers warmly welcomed. Western Sydney Resistance Centre, Unit 3/29 Macquarie St, Parramatta.

Phone: 9687 5134 / 0412 556 527

Date: Thu 29 Mar, 6:45pm

Marcel Marx, a former bohemian and a struggling author, leads a simple life based around his wife Arletty, his favourite bar and his profession as a shoeshiner. His path crosses with an underage illegal immigrant from Africa, who needs Marcel’s help to hide from the police. $15 conc/$20 full. Palace Verona cinemas, Oxford St, Paddington.

Website: www.refugeeaction.org.au

Date: Thu 29 Mar, 7:00pm

Showing as part of Message Sticks 2012: Living the Intervention. Playhouse Opera House.

Website: http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson

Date: Fri 30 Mar, 7:00pm

Showing as part of Message Sticks 2012: Tent Embassy and Identity. Alessandro Cavadini, Australia 1972. Panelists: Gary Foley and Larissa Behrendt. Playhouse Opera House Sydney.

Website: http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson

Date: Sun 25 Mar, 10:00am - Sun 25 Mar, 4:00pm

This community has - so far - halted the plan to develop a gas field in our drinking water catchment. But, unbelieveably given the mounting evidence of the risks, the state government still supports the industry. It's up to us. How will we heard? What are the next steps? Everybody is invited to this community conference to discuss CSG in the Illawarra. Your voice is needed and it will make a difference. Wollongong City Town Hall.

Website: http://stop-csg-illawarra.org/csg-risks/