GLW Calendar, 2012-10

Date: Sat 13 Oct, 1:00pm - Sat 13 Oct, 3:00pm

Location: Adelaide Activist Centre, Level 2, 95 Currie St We see Che Guevara's image plastered on millions of shirts worldwide, but who was this man and what did he really stand for? Che Guevara was a Marxist revolutionary who fought for the emancipation of all people from imperialism and the domination of capitalism. A major figure during the Cuban revolution, he actively fought to achieve these goals with great courage and compassion. His place alongside Fidel Castro in restructuring Cuban Society, while facing the aggression of the USA, is an incredible piece of history. Che Guevara continues to inspire millions of people to fight for a better world, come learn why his life is still relevant today. Educational presented jointly by Resistance and the Socialist Alliance - All Welcome To read some of Che's works check out this link: http://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/works.htm

Phone: 0432 289 377

Email: adelaide@socialist-alliance.org

Website: Facebook Event Page

Date: Sat 20 Oct, 1:00pm - Sat 20 Oct, 3:00pm

Location: Parliament House, North Tce We cant let the government's disgusting new policy on refugees and asylum seekers carry on without protest! Recently refugees from Sri Lanka have been the first to be 'Off-shored' to Nauru, and even more have been sent back to danger in Sri Lanka because they refused to be sent to Nauru. These people should be welcomed in Australia with open arms! The Australian government is engaged in a chess-board game in the south pacific, shunting desperate people around as it sees fit. Join us for another public protest against the harsh treatment of refugees, to demand an end to mandatory detention, and an end to the Pacific Solution 2.0 To join the Resistance & Socialist Alliance contingent, meet in the Activist Centre, Level 2, 95 Currie St, at 12 noon

Phone: 0437714786

Email: adelaide@socialist-alliance.org

Website: Facebook Event Page

Date: Sat 20 Oct, 3:30pm - Sat 20 Oct, 5:30pm

Location: Adelaide Activist Centre, Level 2, 95 Currie St Hear a first-hand report from the historic Presidential elections that have just taken place in Venezuela which saw socialist President Hugo Chavez being voted in for a fourth term, with 54% of the vote and a record high voter turn out. In the lead up to the elections, brigade participants from Australia and around the world took part in rallies in Caracas in which millions of people took to the streets in support of Chavez and the revolutionary process. Jon Moore, recently returned from the 2012 Venezuela Solidarity Brigade, will share his experiences of the elections as well as visits the brigade made to a number of social missions that are part of the project of building socialism of the 21st century in Latin America. Hosted by the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network.

Phone: 0406361206

Email: adelaide@socialist-alliance.org

Date: Fri 26 Oct, 7:00pm - Fri 26 Oct, 9:00pm

7pm RALLY with Aunty Josie Agius + Catherine Zengerer at Tarndanyangga [Victoria Square] 7.30pm MARCH rowdily along King William and Hindley Street 8pm Groove along with funky dj Narelle Walker, the Fiddle Chicks + Tempest Belle Lovett at Yungondi Courtyard [Uni SA] BBQ + bar on site! Reclaim the Night is an international women’s march held annually. It offers a safe space for women to take to the streets and march against rape and male violence. Women are still subjected to an unacceptable amount of male violence and rape in our communities, for which women commonly are blamed for. We march, as so many women have done before us, to say that we are never to blame for rape or male violence. Those men who choose to commit these crimes are to blame. We march to demand our right to live without the fear or reality of rape and male violence and we demand an end to male violence against women, we take back this night to win the day. We call on all women to join us on 26 October to reclaim our right to feel safe in all aspects of our lives. **To join the Resistance/Socialist Alliance contingent, meet in the Activist Centre, Level 2, 95 Currie St at 6pm

Website: Facebook Event Page

Date: Tue 2 Oct, 7:30pm

Stop Coal Seam Gas Blue Mountains planning meeting. Tuesday, October 2nd starting at 7.30pm. Auditorium, Katoomba RSL, 82-86 Lurline St, Katoomba. All welcome. For info, phone 0426 991 373 or email info@stopcsgbm.net.au.

Phone: 0426991373

Email: info@stopcsgbm.net.au

Website: Stop Coal Seam Gas Blue Mountains

Date: Sat 13 Oct, 11:00am

Stop Coal Seam Gas Blue Mountains protest action. Join the national day of action against coal seam gas. Assemble at 11am on Saturday, October 13, at Glenbrook Park for a march through Glenbook shopping centre and speakers. Bring your family, friends and neighbours, signs, drums, etc. For more info, contact Stop Coal Seam Gas Blue Mountains at: info@stopcsgbm.net.au or 0426 991 373, or visit www.stopcsgbm.net.au.

Phone: 0426991373

Email: info@stopcsgbm.net.au

Website: Stop Coal Seam Gas Blue Mountains

Date: Sat 27 Oct, 2:30pm - Sat 27 Oct, 4:30pm

Politics in the Pub: Presentations and discussion about the TAFE cuts, Gonski and the "Local Schools, Local Decisions" policy. Speakers: Phil Chadwick and Keely Trelgilgas Saturday, October 27 @ 2.30pm Dining Room, Family Hotel Parke Street, Katoomba For more info' phone 4787 1401 Hosted by the Blue Mountains Union Council.

Phone: (02) 4787 1401

Email: bmucinc@gmail.com

Date: Tue 30 Oct, 7:30pm - Tue 30 Oct, 9:30pm

Stop Coal Seam Gas Blue Mountains planning meeting Get involved in the campaign to stop coal seam gas exploration in the Blue Mountains. Come along to the next campaign planning meeting. Tuesday, October 30 @ 7.30pm Auditorium, RSL Club, 82-86 Lurline St, Katoomba All welcome. For more info, phone 0426 991 373 or email info@stopcsgbm.net.au

Phone: 0426 991 373

Email: info@stopcsgbm.net.au

Website: Stop CSG Blue Mountains

Date: Wed 31 Oct, 1:40pm - Sat 8 Dec, 5:45pm

Nature Speaks A dinner and show to raise funds for the Stop Coal Seam Gas Blue Mountains campaign. Featuring: Miss Carbon Neutral; Wayne Brennan; 3 Sisters Uke Trio; Ash Wanders; Toni Farlow Sy Brown; Gilberto Nova Malachai; Paul Spencer and Ghawazi Caravan. Saturday, December 8 Wentworth Falls School of Arts, Great Western Highway, Wentworth Falls Show starts at 5.45pm (following a 3.30pm public forum with Jeremy Buckingham) Tickets $30 / $25 concession. Available at Blue Mountains Food Co-op, Katoomba and Turning page Bookstore, Springwood, or at the door. Presented by In La 'Kesh. For more info: phone 4782 7461 or 0401 728 425, or email waterglistens@yahoo.com.au or info@stopcsgbm.net.au All welcome.

Phone: 0401 728 425

Email: waterglistens@yahoo.com.au

Date: Sat 27 Oct, 12:00pm

Miss-representation: Women and the Media. Film and Q&A panel on media images and women's self-perception. Sat Oct 27, 11.00am-3.30pm (sign in from 10.30), Serbian Cultural Centre, Greenslopes St. Free but donations appreciated: light lunch and tea and coffee provided. Pre-registration essential: ph Carole 40392720

Date: Wed 31 Oct, 7:00pm

Refugees and Racism. Politics in the Pub. Guest speakers and discussion. Wed Oct 31, 6pm, Green Ant Cantina, Bunda St. For more information, ph 0437790306

Date: Wed 3 Oct, 7:00pm - Wed 3 Oct, 8:30pm

Join Socialist Alliance to launch our Geelong Council election campaign. Hear from Sue Bull, SA candidate for Geelong Mayor. 127 Myers St, City. Dinner available from 6:30pm. Ph 5222 6900.

Date: Thu 4 Oct, 1:00pm - Thu 18 Oct, 1:00pm

Thursdays, 1-2pm Geography Room 500 4th October – The Russian Revolution – Lessons From History 11th October – The Rainbow youth coalition and the Solar Thermal for Port Augusta campaigns in South Australia, by special guest Gemma Weedall, Resistance National Co-convenor and Adelaide activist 18th October – Edufactory (national education activists’ conference in Canberra) report-back and discussion about education activism All welcome! Ph Susan on 0418 643 133 for more info

Phone: 0418 643 133

Email: hobart@socialist-alliance.org

Date: Sat 13 Oct, 12:00pm

Parliament House Lawns. March with us against victim blaming and slut shaming. Let’s tell Hobart and the world that sexual assault is never the fault of the survivor.

Website: SlutWalkHobart

Date: Sat 13 Oct, 2:30pm - Sat 13 Oct, 4:00pm

Hobart Activist Centre, 225 Murray St, Hobart. With special guest Gemma Weedall, Resistance national co-convenor and Adelaide activist, who will speak about building Resistance, Socialist Alliance and Left Unity in Adelaide. We will also have reports on the recent National Council meeting in Sydney and the Venezuelan elections. All welcome.

Email: hobart@socialist-alliance.org

Date: Tue 16 Oct, 5:30pm

Sustainable Living Tasmania, 1st Floor, 71 Murray St, Hobart. The ACT Government has just released what is easily Australia’s most detailed and most ambitious climate change action plan: http://www.environment.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/254947/AP2_Sept12_PRINT_NO_CROPS_SML.pdf The Plan sets out in some detail how the ACT expects to reach 40% reduction in greenhouse emissions target by 2020, and 100% reduction (zero net emissions) by 2060, and this despite the fact that emissions in the ACT have risen significantly since 1990. Climate Action Hobart’s Phil Harrington was involved over a 2-year period in the detailed analysis that supported the development of this plan: see http://www.environment.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/237892/Final_Report_27July2011.pdfhttp://www.environment.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/237892/Final_Report_27July2011.pdf and also: http://www.environment.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/237890/AP2_summary_of_underlying_assumptions_report_160911_final.pdf On Tuesday 16 October, at 5.30pm at Sustainable Living Tasmania, Phil will make a special presentation on the ACT’s plan, setting out how these ambitious targets can be met…with net financial savings to householders and residents of the ACT. With Tasmania’s Climate Action Plan failing to set targets, timetables or to quantify the expected impact of measures – and with the Plan due for review before the end of the year – it’s timely to look at good practice elsewhere, and to discuss what Tasmania can learn from the ACT’s experience. All welcome.

Date: Wed 17 Oct, 6:00pm

UTAS Sandy Bay Campus. Building 26, Room 209 -- Enter from Churchill Avenue. One in seven people go to bed hungry every day – GROW with us and change this! Join our Eat Local Feed Global event between 14–21 October. Let’s grow a future where everyone has enough to eat: Andrew Hewett, Oxfam Executive Director will speak about solutions to fix the broken food system Wednesday 17 October @ 6pm International Day for the Eradication of Poverty RSVP: e: oxfamintasmania@gmail.com p: 0437 741 677

Phone: 0437 741 677

Email: oxfamintasmania@gmail.com

Date: Wed 3 Oct, 12:00pm

Wednesday, October 3 La Trobe administration are continuing to push through savage job and course cuts to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science that will see over 40 people lose their jobs and hundreds of subjects dissappear. Show your complete opposition to the cuts, and keep the pressure on the university not to implement them. 12 noon. Agora, La Trobe University.

Date: Wed 3 Oct, 6:30pm - Sun 14 Oct, 6:30pm

Wednesday, October 3-Sunday, October 14 A Real Fiction exploration of the mental health system and its failure to assist an individual. This authentic representation of the silenced Australian underclass is a challenging piece which contains references to suicide. First performed at La Mama's Explorations season 2009, Peter Flaherty returns with his brilliant portrayal of Teddy. Also returning, Maureen Hartley portrays the pathos of a family member watching her son fall to pieces. 6:30pm Wed, Fri and Sun; 8:30pm Thurs and Sat. La Mama, 205 Faraday St, Carlton. $25/$15.

Phone: 9347 6142

Website: BOOKINGS

Date: Thu 4 Oct, 7:30pm - Sat 13 Oct, 7:30pm

Thursday, October 4-Saturday, October 13 An Authentic 2012 Re-enactment of the Authentic 1938 Re-enactment of the 1788 British Colonisation of Australia. On Australia Day in 1938, Australia's first major Aboriginal protest, the Day of Mourning took place against the backdrop of a jolly national celebration of 150 years of European colonisation. 1938: An Opera invents an alternative history where Aboriginal activist Marge Tucker teams up with Italian anarchists and Chinese communists to subvert a re-enactment of Governor Phillip's landing, incite revolution and expose the brutality behind the White Australia Policy, all while singing and dancing. An epic multicultural satire on nationalism and racism. 7:30pm. The Open Stage, University of Melbourne, 757 Swanston St, Parkville. $25/$15.

Website: BOOKINGS

Date: Fri 5 Oct, 10:00am

Friday, October 5 A group of the world's biggest oil and gas companies, including BHP Billiton, are planning to build a gas factory 25 times the size of Melbourne's CBD at James Price Point on WA's pristine Kimberley coast. Join John Butler, the Wilderness Society, and others as we shine a spotlight on this terrible crime against nature and the local Kimberley community. 10am. BHP Billiton, QV, 180 Lonsdale St, City.

Phone: 0450 605 734

Email: jaxon.barnes@wilderness.org.au

Date: Fri 5 Oct, 6:00pm

A free, open-air concert featuring performances by two of Australia's most celebrated musical icons, John Butler Trio and Clare Bowditch, in Melbourne’s Federation Square. Missy Higgins will send a message of support from where she is touring in the United States. Former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown will also address the crowd. 6pm. Federation Square, cnr Swanston & Flinders Sts, City. Entry is free but donations to our Kimberley campaign are welcome.

Website: Concert for the Kimberley

Date: Fri 5 Oct, 8:00pm

WA punk rockers The Decline have just announced their 3rd Australian tour for the year, heading out on The Abbott Proof Fence tour this September-October, promoting their latest album Are You Gonna Eat That? (with Anchors). 8pm. Bendigo Hotel, 125 Johnston St, Collingwood.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Sat 6 Oct, 6:30pm

Saturday, October 6 45 years after his death, come and celebrate Che Guevara's legacy in Latin America. We will be exploring his contribution to revolutionary thoughts around the world, specially Cuba and different Latin American countries. We will also be remembering and paying tribute to Miguel Enriquez, a Chilean revolutionary from the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR) who resisted the Pinochet dictatorship and died in combat against military forces on October 5, 1974. 6:30pm. New International Bookshop, Melbourne Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St, Carlton South. Organised by LASNET Collective supported by Chile Solidarity Melbourne.

Date: Sat 6 Oct, 6:30pm - Sat 13 Oct, 5:30pm

Saturday, October 6-Saturday, October 13 Telling people your accountant smells is rude. Telling people all accountants smell is an incorrect generalisation. Telling people that every accountant from Antarctica smells is racist. It's also impossible, because nobody's from Antarctica. Unless your accountant is a penguin. Picking on penguins is mean. 6:30pm, Sun 5:30pm. $20/$18 (Tuesday: $10. Group: $15). Fringe Hub, Son of Loft, Lithuanian Club, 44 Errol St, North Melbourne.

Website: BOOKINGS

Date: Wed 10 Oct, 8:00am - Sat 27 Oct, 5:00pm

Wednesday, October 10-Saturday, October 27 This is a free public event displaying A-bomb artefacts from the Hiroshima Peace Museum. Hiroshima and Nagasaki experienced the horrors of nuclear weapons for the first time in human history. The two cities were destroyed instantly. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed. Among those who managed to survive, suffering inflicted by the A-bomb radiation continues even to this day. This important exhibition from the City of Hiroshima features artefacts from the bombings, as well as activities to promote a nuclear-weapon-free world. Supported by: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Hiroshima Peace Museum, Medical Association for Prevention of War, Japanese for Peace, Gasworks Arts Park. Launch: October 9, 6:30pm. Opening hours: Monday-Friday 8am–4pm. Saturday–Sunday 8am–5pm. Gasworks Arts Park, 21 Graham St, Albert Park.

Phone: 9347 4795

Email: info@icanw.org

Date: Wed 10 Oct, 10:00am - Sat 13 Oct, 6:00pm

Wednesday, October 10-Saturday, October 13 Follows from last year’s highly successful 'fear+hope' exhibition and will showcase new works from current and former detainees of Australia’s detention centers. It features inspiring works by asylum seekers from such countries as Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Burma and Pakistan. Artworks come from numerous detention centres across the country and reflect the diverse talents of our contributors. Open times: 10am–6pm, Monday-Saturday. Level 17 gallery, Victoria University, 300 Flinders St, City.

Website: Refugee Art Project

Date: Wed 10 Oct, 11:00am

Wednesday, October 10 Let the Baillieu government know that pensioners and other low income groups are now at risk of financial crisis, cost of living pressures are great, our pockets are empty. We need a helping hand from this government. Followed by on-the-tram protest to Federation Square. Organised by Victorian Steering Committee, Fair Go For Pensioners Coalition. 11am. State Library, Swanston St, City.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Wed 10 Oct, 12:00pm

This is a chance for the community of Chapel street to enter Prahran Campus and for Swinburne students to show what they have to offer. Whats on: Swinburne Student Union; face painting; fire-twirling; salad bar; coffee; acrobatics; local traders. It's going to be Prahran at it's best. 12 noon. Swinburne University Prahran Campus, 144 High St, Prahran.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Wed 10 Oct, 12:00pm - Sat 13 Oct, 5:00pm

Wednesday, October 10-Saturday, October 13 Fetishised. Commercialised. Protected. Exploited. Representations of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Ocean in academic and popular literature, print and online media and colloquial culture venues range from fond, romantic idealisations to barely concealed condescension. Eight cutting-edge Aboriginal and Pacific Islander artists explore the many layers of meaning in the term 'native' through performance and installation. Artists: Torika Bolatagici, Maree Clarke, Chantal Fraser, Chuck Feesago, Ben McKeown, Candice Perese, Greg Semu, Latai Taumoepeau. Open 12-5pm daily. Blak Dot Gallery, 413 Lygon St, Brunswick East. Entry free.

Website: Fringe Festival

Date: Wed 10 Oct, 2:00pm

Support feminist art punk collective Pussy Riot. Maria Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samucevich are in prison on charges of 'hooliganism' for their brief anti-Putin performance on February 21, 2012 in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. 2pm. State Library, 328 Swanston St, City.

Email: abcmelb@yahoo.com.au

Date: Wed 10 Oct, 2:00pm

In Australia, the reality of mandatory detention is buried beneath a sea of lies, propagated by the media and government on a daily basis. Come along to this pro-refugee meeting to discuss the key questions in the refugee issue such as: What's wrong with mandatory detention? Why is 'stopping the boats' inhumane? What about people smugglers? Why can't we just put a time limit on detention? What can we do to challenge anti-refugee laws and support asylum seekers? 2pm. Wholefoods Restaurant, Monash University, Clayton. Organised by Monash Refugee Action Collective.

Date: Wed 10 Oct, 6:30pm - Sat 13 Oct, 6:30pm

Multiple arrestee with Occupy Melbourne Sean Bedlam explores the psychological underpinnings of the authoritarian mindset with stand-up comedy. In other words: he f***s s*** up. Bring your awesomeness. 6:30pm. Station 59, 59 Church St, Richmond. Entry free.

Website: Fringe Festival

Date: Wed 10 Oct, 6:30pm - Sat 13 Oct, 5:30pm

Telling people your accountant smells is rude. Telling people all accountants smell is an incorrect generalisation. Telling people that every accountant from Antarctica smells is racist. It's also impossible, because nobody's from Antarctica. Unless your accountant is a penguin. Picking on penguins is mean. Sold-Out: Melbourne Comedy Fest, Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne Fringe & Green Left Weekly 2012 Comedy Debate. 6:30pm, Sun 5:30pm. $20/18 (Tuesday: $10. Group: $15). Fringe Hub, Son of Loft, Lithuanian Club, 44 Errol St, North Melbourne.

Website: Fringe Festival

Date: Wed 10 Oct, 7:30pm - Sat 13 Oct, 7:30pm

An epic, multicultural satire on nationalism and racism. An authentic 2012 Re-enactment of the authentic 1938 re-enactment of the 1788 British colonisation of Australia. On Australia Day in 1938, Australia's first major Aboriginal protest, the Day of Mourning took place against the backdrop of a jolly national celebration of 150 years of European colonisation. 1938: An Opera invents an alternative history where Aboriginal activist Marge Tucker teams up with Italian anarchists and Chinese communists to subvert a re-enactment of Governor Phillip's landing, incite revolution and expose the brutality behind the White Australia Policy, all while singing and dancing. 7:30pm. The Open Stage, University of Melbourne, 757 Swanston St, Parkville. $25/$15.

Website: Fringe Festival

Date: Wed 10 Oct, 7:30pm - Sat 13 Oct, 7:30pm

The story of the struggling Bodgy Creek Roosters FC as they attempt to fend off an imminent merger by recruiting asylum seekers. Will the new recruits cope with pre-season training during Ramadan? 7:30pm. Fringe Hub: Main Theatre, Lithuanian Club, 45-50 Errol Street, North Melbourne. $22/$15 (Tuesday: $12. Group: $15).

Website: Fringe Festival

Date: Wed 10 Oct, 7:30pm - Sat 13 Oct, 7:30pm

The story of the struggling Bodgy Creek Roosters FC as they attempt to fend off an imminent merger by recruiting asylum seekers. Will the new recruits cope with pre-season training during Ramadan? 7:30pm. Fringe Hub: Main Theatre, Lithuanian Club, 45-50 Errol Street, North Melbourne. $22/$15 (Tuesday: $12. Group: $15).

Website: Fringe Festival

Date: Wed 10 Oct, 7:45pm - Sat 13 Oct, 7:45pm

Spend a riotous evening with your friendly neighbourhood anarchist, as he takes you through politics, punch lines and prisons with characteristic charm, death-defying physical antics and a ferocious wit. Using circus, striptease, daring sideshow stunts, and directed by dark clown master Derek Ives (Candy Butchers, Circus Oz) this is honest, angry and topical circus with a social conscience. 7:45pm (Sunday 6:45pm). Fringe Hub, The Ballroom, Lithuanian Club, 45-50 Errol Street, North Melbourne.

Website: Fringe Festival

Date: Wed 10 Oct, 9:00pm

Enjoy an evening of topical laughs with Australia's best political comedians. Featuring the satirical standup stylings of: Damian Callinan; Mathew Kenneally; Tegan Higginbotham; Toby Halligan; Michael Connell; Scott Abbot; Nicholas J. Johnson; Stella Young. Entry free. 9pm. Town Hall, 521 Queensberry St, North Melbourne.

Website: Fringe Festival

Date: Thu 11 Oct, 12:30pm

Thursday, October 11 Melbourne's Western suburbs have suffered badly from the Baillieu government's cuts to TAFE with Victoria University losing over $34 million in funding for 2013. Friends of VU has called a rally to protest against the course cancellations, increased fees, campus closures and other ill effects these cuts have caused, and to demand an increase, not decrease in quality adult education for the West. 12:30pm. Footscray Mall, Nicholson St, Footscray.

Phone: Dave 0412 484 094 or Margarita 0438 869 790

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Thu 11 Oct, 12:45pm

Richard Broinowski's new book examines the aftermath of the tsunami and the role of Australia as a supplier of uranium. 12:45-1:15pm. The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale St, City. Free event. No booking necessary.

Website: Wheeler Centre

Date: Thu 11 Oct, 6:00pm

Is our iconic Great Barrier Reef really at risk? Beautiful Keppel Bay and the Fitzroy River delta at the head of that bay, (the largest estuarine ecosystem feeding into the Great Barrier Reef), are threatened with massive coal port developments. Sharyn Munro's book exposes the real story of coal: how people are hurting, and rebelling, as coal pushes into hitherto unthinkable areas; how the true costs outweigh any benefits; and how all of us will ultimately pay the price. 6pm. Readings Hawthorn, 701 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn.

Phone: 07 3103 3115

Website: Protect Keppel Bay

Date: Thu 11 Oct, 11:00pm - Sat 13 Oct, 11:00pm

Thursday, October 11-Saturday, October 13 An experimental, radically re-cut and rearranged version of the silent 1922 film Häxan: Witchcraft through the Ages. This absurdist black comedy with a biting edge draws distinct parallels between the persecution of women and supposed witches during the Middle Ages in Europe to current issues of gender inequality. 11pm (Sun 9pm). Revolt Melbourne, Loading Dock, 12 Elizabeth St, Kensington. $18/$13 (group:$10 per person for 4 people).

Website: Fringe Festival

Date: Fri 12 Oct, 9:00am - Sun 14 Oct, 5:00pm

Friday, October 12-Sunday, October 14 On Friday evening there will be a welcome and report on international campaigns through IPPNW. Saturday morning sessions will focus on MAPW's role in the campaign to abolish nuclear weapons and new strategies including promoting divestment from the nuclear industry, while Saturday afternoon will concentrate on our work on Australian militarism including research on war and health; the arms trade treaty, and the Iraq War Inquiry campaign. Meeting Room 1, Trades Hall, cnr Victoria & Lygon Sts, Carlton South. To RSVP (appreciated for catering) ph 9023 1958. To RSVP for dinner (places are limited) at BistroFlor, North Carlton ($60 not including wine) email MAPW.

Phone: 9023 1958

Email: secretary@mapw.org.au

Date: Fri 12 Oct, 5:30pm

This action will have a different flavour to some of the others, and will involve more creative means of making a splash in the CBD. 5:30pm. State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston St, City.

Date: Fri 12 Oct, 6:00pm

Friday, October 12 Co-hosted by Amnesty International Caufield and the Monash Refugee Action Collective. Show your support of Human Rights and Refugees by reaching out with our awesome end-of-year event. After the Labor government has implemented the most anti-refugee policy in years, now is the time to stand up and get involved with students who can make a difference. Featuring: Strangers From Now On; The Grooves; DJs & dancers. BBQ available. 6pm. Monash Caulfield lawn. $15.

Phone: Dean 0425 808 173

Date: Sat 13 Oct, 12:00pm

Saturday, October 13 The term Forgotten Australian includes any child who was in care outside of their family home. Forgotten Australians are gathering to demand a Royal Commission into the sexual abuse, emotional and criminal assault and torture of children in church- and government-run homes, orphanages and foster care in Victoria. A redress scheme must be implemented by the state government. 12pm. Old GPO, Bourke St Mall, City.

Date: Sat 13 Oct, 12:00pm

A global day of action where people from all over the world will be banging 'pots and pans' for real democracy. This global act of solidarity is designed to link all the social movements from around the world into one powerful wave of change. What are the issues that effect you? Come and express your opinions on how the world could be a better place at GlobalNoise. Bring: pots and pans, your opinions and all your friends. 12 noon. City Square, near cnr Collins & Swanston Sts, City.

Date: Sat 13 Oct, 2:00pm

In 2008, abortion was legalised in Victoria. But on October 13 this year, a coalition in Victoria plans to stage a 'March for the Babies' as part of its campaign to recriminalise abortion. Come to a rally to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the historic win for women in Victoria and defend the will of the majority and say loudly and clearly: 'We will not go back to the days of state control of women's bodies: Back to the backyard? No way!' 2pm. Parliament House steps, Spring St, City. Initiated by Campaign for Women's Reproductive Rights.

Phone: 9388 0062

Date: Sat 13 Oct, 2:00pm

A great chance to meet Ginny Gerlach and activists from the community campaign to protect Keppel Bay from a mega coal terminal. Gerlach is coordinator for the Keppel and Fitzroy Delta Alliance which aims to prevent all coal export terminals and any further industrial developments in the Fitzroy River Delta, Keppel Bay and North Curtis Island. 2pm. Upstairs, Friends of the Earth, 312 Smith St, Collingwood. Entry free. All welcome.

Date: Sat 13 Oct, 4:00pm

Release political prisoners. Establish democracy. 4pm. Federation Square, cnr Flinders & Swanston Sts, City. Organised by Campaign for Democracy in Sri Lanka.

Phone: 0468 483 893

Date: Sat 13 Oct, 7:00pm

Sue Bolton for North-East Ward! Saturday, October 13, 7pm. Anatolian Cultural Centre, 195 Sydney Rd, Coburg (100 metres south of Reynard St). Sue Bolton will be standing for Socialist Alliance in the North-East Ward for Moreland Council on a platform of Community Need NOT Developer Greed and People before Profit. Help support a socialist alternative for the Moreland Council. Food, speakers, music. Venue wheelchair accessible.

Phone: 9639 8622

Date: Sun 14 Oct, 12:15pm

Sunday, October 14 Is our iconic Great Barrier Reef really at risk? Beautiful Keppel Bay and the Fitzroy River delta at the head of that bay, (the largest estuarine ecosystem feeding into the Great Barrier Reef), are threatened with massive coal port developments. Sharyn Munro's book exposes the real story of coal: how people are hurting, and rebelling, as coal pushes into hitherto unthinkable areas; how the true costs outweigh any benefits; and how all of us will ultimately pay the price. 12:15pm. St John’s Anglican Church Hall, 552 Burke Rd, Camberwell.

Phone: 07 3103 3115

Website: Protect Keppel Bay

Date: Sun 14 Oct, 3:00pm

The songs were written by Phil during and shortly after a trip to the Middle East. Inspired by a number of actual experiences, the lyrics are serious but have an accessibility grounded in real experiences and the stories of real people. In early January 2012 Phil traveled overseas to film a video clip for the title song of the CD and spent five days filming on location in a number of Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon. 3pm. The Noise Bar, 291 Albert St, Brunswick. $15/$10. Proceeds will go to Australian Society for Palestinian-Iraqi Refugees Emergency, Union Aid Abroad to Palestine, Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid.

Date: Tue 16 Oct, 6:30pm

Tuesday, October 16, 6:30pm (cheap meal from 6pm). Resistance Centre, level 5, 407 Swanston St, City (opposite RMIT). An inspiring new documentary that looks at one of the most exciting experiments in the world to build a fair and sustainable food system. It follows filmmaker Simon Cunich's journey to understand why current food systems leave hundreds of millions of people in hunger. It's a journey to understand how the world will feed itself in the future in the face of major environmental challenges. Organised by Green Left Weekly & Socialist Alliance.

Phone: 9639 8622

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Website: Film Trailer

Date: Wed 17 Oct, 6:30pm

Wednesday, October 17, 6:30pm (for 7pm start). Reception room, Maribyrnong city council, cnr Hyde & Napier Sts, Footscray. Western suburbs migrant, refugee and working-class communities will be especially hard hit by the Baillieu Government's $300 million cuts to TAFEs. It will take away our community's right to access public education and training. At the same time the government has set aside $500 million to build a new prison in the western suburbs. The cuts of $39.5 million to Victoria University will mean the loss of 100 teaching positions and many courses. Students will also have to expect large fee hikes under this new scheme. Speakers: Leesa Wheelahan (Melbourne University), Colleen Hartland, (Greens MLC), Annie Nash (manager of state wide support service for women exiting prison), Margarita Windisch (Victoria University TAFE teacher & AEU member), Colin Long (NTEU Victorian state secretary). Organised by Friends of Victoria University.

Phone: Dave 0412 484 094 or Margarita 0438 869 790

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Wed 17 Oct, 7:30pm

The event is a free community discussion night focusing on the Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers. Guest speaker: Damien Kingsbury (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University). 7:30pm. St Joseph's Hall (beside the bluestone church), 274 Rouse St, Port Melbourne. Organised by Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project. Please RSVP.

Email: bssc@cyberspace.net.au

Date: Fri 19 Oct, 9:00am

Friday, October 19 Anti-Poverty week runs October 14-20. The National Union of Workers and other community organisations and unions are going to raise awareness of the link between the growing number of people in insecure work and the growing number of working people living in poverty. We will be playing 'insecure musical chairs', to demonstrate increasing poverty, growing insecure jobs and who owns all the wealth. Don't forget to wear your fluro high-vis and join us in the Fluro Fightback! 9am. Southern Cross Railway Station, Spencer St, City.

Website: NUW

Date: Fri 19 Oct, 7:30pm

A great fun night of trivia to celebrate what we have achieved in three months and to raise funds to fight the loss of our university and TAFE in Lilydale. Tables of up to 8 available. Great prizes. All welcome. 7:30pm. Swinburne University Of Technology Lilydale Campus, Melba Ave, Lilydale.

Date: Fri 19 Oct, 8:00pm

Women musicians join forces to support 3CR's Music Sans Frontieres' fundraiser with harp, voices, and songs from round the world: Marilla Homes singing in both folk and classical styles, Carolina Cordeiro with her fado singing, and women's choir, Breathing Space, sing songs from Georgia, the Balkans and beyond. 8pm. 1 Mark St, North Fitzroy. $18/$12.

Phone: 9417 1983

Website: Boite

Date: Sat 20 Oct, 12:45pm - Sat 20 Oct, 4:30pm

Saturday, October 20 Why is insecure work growing in Australia and overseas? What can be done to promote fair and secure work in Australia? Speakers: Ged Kearney (ACTU president); Paul Gilbert (acting secretary of the ANF, Vic branch). Full agenda at Search foundation. 12:45-4:30pm. Training rooms, AMWU Melbourne office, 253 Queensberry St, Carlton South. $10/$5 (includes afternoon tea). RSVP by October 15 to Search Foundation or ph 02 9698 4918.

Phone: 02 9698 4918

Email: troyh@search.org.au

Date: Sat 20 Oct, 2:30pm

Australia needs a People’s Food Plan (PFP) that aims to supply affordable, healthy, fresh, locally grown whole foods to everyone. The PFP is our community’s reply to the federal government’s National Food Plan (NFP) which helps big businesses to maximise their profits from GM crops, trade, markets, foreign investment & raw commodity exports. 2:30pm. Emerald Library, 400B Belgrave-Gembrook Rd, Emerald. Free entry. Hosts: Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, Emerald for Sustainability, Gene Ethics. Please RSVP to Lee, ph 0409 505 924 or Bob; ph 0449 769 066.

Phone: 0409 505 924 or 0449 769 066

Email: info@geneethics.org

Date: Sat 20 Oct, 7:30pm

Inspired by the annual Reclaim the Night marches worldwide that protest violence against women, and claim public space as a safe space for women, we will march down Sydney Road in Brunswick to assert women's right to access the area free from harassment and violence. The march will be led by groups of women and any woman wishing to participate is welcome at the front. Women are welcome to bring their children to this leading group. Women-identifying members of our community are also most welcome in this first group. Following this first group, we invite men along with any women who'd like to march with them to join us in solidarity. Bring your community banners if you are marching as part of a group. Please bring candles. 7:30pm. Brunswick Town Hall, cnr Sydney Rd & Dawson St, Brunswick.

Date: Sun 21 Oct, 1:00pm

Sunday, October 21 1pm. State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston St, City.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Sun 21 Oct, 2:00pm

We need a plan that aims to supply affordable, healthy, fresh, locally grown whole foods to everyone. The PFP is our community’s reply to the federal government’s National Food Plan which helps big businesses to maximise their profits from GM crops, trade, markets, foreign investment & raw commodity exports. 2pm. Ground Floor, 60L Green Building, 60 Leicester St, Carlton. Free entry. Hosts: Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, MADGE, Gene Ethics. Please RSVP to Bec; ph 0468 329 337 or Neesh; ph 0435 577 445.

Phone: 0468 329 337 or 0435 577 445

Email: becnissen@gmail.com

Date: Tue 23 Oct, 7:30pm

Tuesday, October 23 We need a crowd of people in the council chambers with placards demanding that the Council supports local democracy by launching this appeal. Even if an appeal is not launched on Tuesday we are laying the groundwork to pressure the newly elected council with a show of community pressure. The Shire of Yarra Ranges received over 1000 objections to the proposed McDonalds. They voted unanimously against the proposal. Yet VCAT dismissed the level of community opposition as a relevant factor when it approved the development. This is no just longer just a battle over a restaurant but one that raises the question of the whole integrity of Local Government. Do local communities and residents through their elected representative have the right to influence planning decisions or not? The No Maccas in the Hills campaign believe that we do and that the Shire of Yarra Ranges should fight for our rights through all available legal means by immediately launching an appeal to the Supreme Court. 7:30pm. Shire of Yarra Ranges Council Offices, Anderson St, Lilydale.

Date: Wed 24 Oct, 1:00pm

Wednesday, October 24 The Baillieu Government is undermining the workforce that supports over 8000 Victorians with a disability by attempting to cut the rights and conditions of disability services staff. The Health and Community Services Union who represent disability services workers, have organised a number of protest rallies outside coalition MP offices. Please join us, wear orange if you can, bring your union flags. 1pm. Outside Matthew Guy’s office 56 Beetham Parade, Rosanna.

Date: Wed 24 Oct, 2:00pm - Sat 27 Oct, 5:00pm

Wednesday, October 24-Saturday, October 27 Hiroshima and Nagasaki experienced the horrors of nuclear weapons for the first time in human history. The two cities were destroyed instantly. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed. Survivors suffered radiation illnesses which continue to this day. This important exhibition from the City of Hiroshima features artefacts from the bombings, as well as activities to promote a nuclear-weapon-free world. Supported by: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Hiroshima Peace Museum, Medical Association for Prevention of War, Japanese for Peace, Gasworks Arts Park. Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 8am–4pm; Sat–Sun 8am–5pm. Gasworks Arts Park, 21 Graham Street, Albert Park.

Phone: 9347 4795

Email: info@icanw.org

Date: Wed 24 Oct, 5:30pm

The president of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino is visiting New Zealand and Australia to build stronger ties with the government and business community. Since Aquino’s presidency there have been 113 unionists and activists that have been extra judicially killed. On 17 October, a woman and her two sons aged 13 and 8 were gunned down in their hut. They’re a part of an indigenous tribe that is opposing their land being taken over by a big mining conglomerate. Aquino’s presidency, like those that came before his, has either supported or ignored massive human rights abuses, political extra judicial killings, and direct attacks against workers and workers organizing. 5:30pm. State Library, cnr Swanston & Latrobe Sts, City.

Date: Wed 24 Oct, 7:30pm

Janie Maxwell, who practices at Eastern Health and the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, will present a most compelling and eye-opening window through which to view the great challenge of climate change impact upon health, followed by an update from 100% Renewable Energy by their regional coordinator Danae Bosler. 7:30pm. Mechanics Institute Hall, Yarra St, Warrandyte. Gold coin donation appreciated. For more info email Wayne.

Date: Thu 25 Oct, 10:00am - Fri 30 Nov, 5:00pm

Wednesday, October 24-Friday, November 30 Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu promised to make Victorian teachers 'the best paid teachers in Australia'. Now the Baillieu government has backed down on this promise and is offering just 2.5% a year, with any further rises to be funded by 'improved productivity'. For teachers' stopwork rallies see Keep the promise website below.

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Website: Keep the promise

Date: Thu 25 Oct, 1:00pm

Thursday, October 25 The Baillieu Government is undermining the workforce that supports over 8000 Victorians with a disability by attempting to cut the rights and conditions of disability services staff. The Health and Community Services Union who represent disability services workers, have organised a number of protest rallies outside coalition MP offices. Please join us, wear orange if you can, bring your union flags. 1pm. Outside Ted Baillieu’s office, 325 Camberwell Road, Camberwell.

Date: Sat 27 Oct, 6:30pm

Saturday, October 27, from 6:30pm. Anatolian cultural Centre, 195 Sydney Rd, Coburg (100m south of Reynard St). Sue Bolton is standing for Socialist Alliance for Moreland Council on a platform of 'People before profit' and 'Community need before developer greed'. Come along and relax at an election-night party. Meet the candidate! Speeches, election results, food, music and bar.

Phone: 9639 8622

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Sun 28 Oct, 2:00pm

Sunday, October 28 Fundraiser to support children and women who have experienced family violence in the Moreland and Northern suburbs. Featuring: The Charlies' Brunswick Blues Shooters, Red Belly Black (Tribal Belly Dance Troupe), Rachael Byrnes, Fadil Suna & Bart Willoughby, The Shambelles. 2pm. The Lomond Hotel, cnr Nicholson & Blyth Sts, East Brunswick.

Date: Tue 30 Oct, 7:30pm

Tuesday, October 30 Bayside Climate Change Action Group monthly meeting. Guest speaker: Barrie Pittock (author of Climate Change: An Australian Guide to the Science and Potential Impacts). 7:30pm. Uniting Church Hall, 21 Trentham St, Sandringham. All welcome. Entry by gold coin donation.

Email: kenjbla@hotmail.com

Date: Wed 31 Oct, 6:30pm

Wednesday, October 31 The South Melbourne Commons is hosting a People's Food Plan conversation. Please come and share your views about the future of food you want to see in Australia. We’ll cover topics ranging from how our food is grown, transported, processed and sold. From food policy to packaging and the practicalities of food in our everyday lives. Meet new friends, share your vision and enjoy delicious yummy organic fruit and nibbles to keep our minds focused. 6:30pm. South Melbourne Commons, cnr Bank & Montague sts, South Melbourne. Please RSVP so we can buy enough nibbles. This is a free event supported by the South Melbourne Commons.

Phone: 0403 440 996

Website: People's Food Plan

Date: Wed 31 Oct, 8:00pm

This film brings to life why refugees stuck in transit countries like Indonesia choose to get on leaky boats to seek freedom and protection. 8pm. Bella Union Bar, Trades Hall, cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton South. $15/$10. Organised by Refugee Action Collective (Victoria).

Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com

Date: Tue 9 Oct, 6:30pm

Open Socialist Alliance meeting- all welcome With speaker Cathy Burgess -Stockton Community Action Group Discussion: what action we can take Followed by short branch meeting Resistance Centre 472 Hunter St Newcastle Cheap nutritious meal available Contact: Niko 0406296141 http://stocktontoxic.org/ http://www.socialist-alliance.org/newcastle/ -- Niko Leka 0406296141

Date: Wed 3 Oct, 6:30pm

This forum will discuss the police violence unleashed on the September 15 protest in Sydney and how we can build solidarity against racism. Speakers include: Anne Pedersen (Murdoch Uni), Victoria Martin-Iverson (refugee rights activist), Farida Iqbal (Socialist Alliance). 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 5 Oct, 6:30pm

Documentary exposing the environmental and public health hazards of unconventional gas extraction ("fracking") in the US. Bean bags provided or bring a picnic blanket and picnic. The Piazza, cnr Lake and James Streets, Northbridge. Organised by No Fracking WAy in conjunction with the City of Perth Piazza program.

Date: Sat 6 Oct, 11:00am

Website: Facebook event

Date: Sat 13 Oct, 1:00pm

Calling for a moratorium on fracking for shale gas and tight gas in WA. Part of a national day of action. King Square, (next to Fremantle Town Hall), Fremantle Organised by No Fracking WAy

Website: No Fracking WAy

Date: Sat 13 Oct, 6:00pm

We'll be occupying public space and making a racket to highlight the corruption of our democracy by greedy leeches like Rhinehart, "Twiggy" Forest, Clive Palmer & Co, while sending a message of solidarity with allied movements of the 99% the world over. Perth Cultural Centre, James St Mall, Northbridge Organised by Occupy Perth

Website: Occupy Perth

Date: Sun 14 Oct, 1:00pm

No mandatory detention, no deportations, no offshore dumping. Wesley Church corner, cnr Hay & William Sts, Perth. Organised by Refugee Rights Action Network

Phone: 0417 904 329

Email: info@rran.org

Website: Refugee Rights Action Network

Date: Wed 17 Oct, 6:30pm

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez was reelected on a radical program for socialism with an increased vote on October 7. This meeting will discuss the meaning and significance of the result. Guest speakers: Pip Hinman (Venezuela solidarity brigade participant) & Chris Jenkins (Socialist Alliance). Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, Perth (next to McIver station). Organised by Socialist Alliance and Resistance.

Phone: 9218 9608, 0413 976 638

Email: perth@socialist-alliance.org

Website: Perth Socialist Alliance

Date: Thu 18 Oct, 11:30am

March to protest Barnett government and South West Land and Sea Council attempt to sign away Nyoongar native title rights. Gather Supreme Court Gardens, cnr Barrack St & St Georges Terrace, Perth. March to Parliament.

Phone: Marianne 0401 320 047, Maureen 0416 376 210

Date: Tue 23 Oct, 6:30pm

This forum will provide a space to learn about the issues of unconventional gas and participate in a discussion about what we can do to stop fracking. Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, Perth (next to McIver station) Organised by No Fracking WAy

Email: info@nofrackingway.org.au

Website: No Fracking WAy

Date: Fri 26 Oct, 6:30pm

Rally to demand: End violence against women (at home and in the street); End victim blaming; Demand consent education Pioneer Park, Fremantle (opposite Fremantle train station)

Phone: 0452 635 252

Email: reclaimthenightfreo@gmail.com

Website: Facebook event

Date: Wed 31 Oct, 6:30pm

Guest speaker Kamala Emanuel discusses the strategies for women's liberation. Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, Perth (next to McIver station). Organised by Socialist Alliance and Resistance.

Phone: 9218 9608, 0413 976 638

Email: perth@socialist-alliance.org

Website: Perth Socialist Alliance

Date: Tue 2 Oct, 7:00pm

With author Antony Loewenstein. $10/7. Tues Oct 2, 6pm. Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe.

Date: Thu 4 Oct, 7:30pm - Sun 7 Oct, 7:30pm

Thursday October 4 - launch of a new project “Electro Acoustic Arkestra” by Waldo Fabian, Ed Goyer, Ed Rodrigues and Lee McIver; Friday October 5 - features Dave Rodriguez Quartet Gran Can; Saturday October 6 - sees the return of Kim Sanders & Friends where Kim, Sandy & James will be joined by Chris Fields for his debut with the project; Sunday October 7 - A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. -The A.C.R.O.N.Y.M Orchestra perform their colourful and eclectic original compositions. Each night from 7:30pm. Following each concert there will Two Installations by Kinetic Energy Theatre Company, featuring the music of Roger Dean, visuals by Saha Jones and contributions by Kinetic Energy Theatre performers. St.Luke's Church and Hall, 11 Stanmore Rd, Enmore. Entry: $20 Full / $15 Conc. Bookings/inquiries: 8313 9014 info@kineticjazz.com

Phone: Bookings/inquiries: 8313 9014

Email: info@kineticjazz.com

Website: Kinetic Jazz

Date: Sat 6 Oct, 2:00pm

Saturday October 6, 2pm. Sydney Town Hall. Over two years ago WikiLeaks released the Afghan War Diary, an extraordinary compendium of over 91,000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010. Now, at the 11th anniversary of the war, both WikiLeaks and Julian Assange remain under attack for daring to reveal the truth about the bloodshed in Afghanistan as well as in other conflicts around the globe. Join us to demand safe passage for Assange, an end to the witchhunt against WikiLeaks, and an end to the “war on terror”. 11 years too long: troops out of Afghanistan NOW. Speakers: Lee Rhiannon, Greens Senator; Antony Loewenstein, independent journalist and author; Anne Picot, Sydney Stop the War Coalition + more. Saturday, 6 Oct, 2pm. Sydney Town Hall. Organised by the Support Assange & WikiLeaks Coalition and Stop the War Coalition. For more information contact Linda 0401 511 588 or Anne 0404 090 710.

Phone: Linda 0401 511 588 or Anne 0404 090 710.

Website: Facebook event page

Date: Mon 8 Oct, 9:00am - Mon 8 Oct, 1:00pm

Stop work Mon Oct 8, 9am-1pm. Mass meeting from 10am in Sydney Town Hall, plus at venues across the state.

Date: Wed 10 Oct, 12:00am - Sun 14 Oct, 12:00am

Hosted by Dendy Cinemas, the festival includes 'Chasing Ice' on the spectacular and horrifying retreat of the world's glaciers which are a call to action around climate change; 'Back to the Square' on Egypt's ongoing revolution; '5 Broken Cameras' on a Palestinian's battle against house demolitions' and more. Visit antennafestival.org for details

Email: info@antennafestival.org

Website: Antenna Documentary Film Festival

Date: Sat 13 Oct, 12:00pm

Stop CSG Sydney is organising a huge human sign as part of the Lock The Gate national day of protest on October 13. Sat Oct 13, 12noon. Meet at the brick works towers, Sydney Park, St Peters. Register at http://www.nogasmininginsydney.com/ and join the facebook event at http://www.facebook.com/events/516771271682299/?ref=ts . For more info and to help ph Sandy 0403 195 627or Pip 0412 139 968

Phone: Sandy 0403 195 627 or Pip 0412 139 968

Website: Register

Date: Sun 14 Oct, 1:00pm

Sun Oct 14, 1pm. Organised by Refugee Action Coalition.

Website: Facebook event page

Date: Tue 16 Oct, 6:15pm

Mariela Castro is head of Cuba's sex and gender rights organisation - CENESEX. She is at the helm of a sex and gender revolution in Cuba. Come and hear this amazing woman reley the advances Cuba makes. Forum and discussion. Tues Oct 16, 6.15pm.Eastern Avenue Auditorium, Sydney University.

Date: Wed 24 Oct, 1:00pm

Sydney University is trying to dismantle the Koori Centre. In 1965, Sydney University was where the 'Freedom Rides' began - where students and members of the community drew attention to the appalling second class status of Aboriginal people and state of health, education and housing. Come to this forum and discuss how we can save the Koori Centre and what we can do today for Aboriginal rights! Speakers: Narelle Daniels, Indigenous Officer Student Representative Council Sydney University; Ray Jackson President Indigenous Social Justice Association; Graham Jones & Jepke Goudsmith (Kinetic Energy Theatre Company) will perform 'Freedom Rides'. Holme Building Common Room. Organised by the Resistance Club at Sydney Uni.

Phone: Ph Trick 0414 942 007

Date: Fri 26 Oct, 6:00pm

An inspiring film about a historic battle in the US against sexual harassment in the workplace. Join speakers Jill Hickson (long-term feminist activist) and Tessa Barrett (Sydney Feminist, Reclaim the Night Collective) in a discussion after the film about fighting the misogynist 1% and building a feminist future. Resistance Centre, 22 Mountain St, Ultimo. $5/$8 entry, fund raiser for Green Left Weekly.

Phone: 8070 9331

Date: Sat 27 Oct, 2:00pm

Eyewitness reportback from the Australian-Venezuela Solidarity Network delegation to observe Venezuela's presidential election. Parramatta Activist Centre, 3/29 Macquarie St, Parramatta. Ph: 0412 556 527. Organised by Socialist Alliance. Lunch from 1pm.

Website: www.socialist-alliance.org

Date: Sun 28 Oct, 4:00pm

Stop harassment on the street; stop online harassment; stop domestic violence. Please join us in reclaiming our rights to feel safe in public space at night. This event is open to everyone who supports the movement to end violence against women. One in five women in Australia will experience sexual assault in their lifetime, others will experience other assaults. We need to reclaim our spaces – on the streets, in our homes, online, in workplaces; everywhere. Women have the right to live free of fear, free from the threats of physical, emotional and psychological abuse. Hyde Park. A family-friendly picnic from 4pm, followed by the traditional march from 7pm. Live music from woman-identified performers throughout the event.

Website: http://reclaimsydney.wordpress.com/

Date: Mon 29 Oct, 5:30pm

With Professor Stephen Simpson, Director of the Charles Perkins Centre; Professor Ian Olver AM, CEO of the Australian Cancer Council; Associate Professor Ruth Colagiuri; Professor Linda Connor, Mr Phil Laird and Dr Tiho Ancev, for a panel discussion and Q&A moderated by Mark Ogge, Beyond Zero Emissions. Medical Foundation Auditorium, The University of Sydney, 92-94 Parramatta Road Camperdown. RSVP essential.

Phone: (02) 9036 3075.

Email: kerry.jenson@sydney.edu.au

Date: Wed 31 Oct, 11:00am

Support the cleaners in response to the big end of town's "Property Congress". Comm Bank makes billions yet hard working cleaners get poverty wages. Wed Oct 31, 11am, Sydney Town Hall. Organised by Clean Start.

Date: Wed 31 Oct, 12:30pm

No to offshore processing and refugee dumping. Wed Oct 31, 12:30pm. Dept of Immigration, 26 Lee St, next to Central Station. Organised by Refugee Action Coalition.

Website: Refugee Action Coalition

Date: Wed 31 Oct, 6:00pm

Join the cast, crew, local celebrities and people from all over Sydney as Redfern celebrates the world premiere screening of ABC’s new drama, Redfern Now, with a special outdoor screening event at the Block. Bring your family and friends, a picnic blanket or pillow and we’ll provide the snacks! Pre screening entertainment with Casey Donovan and Marcus Corowa. Pre-screening entertainment will start at 6.00pm, the screening will start at approximately 7.30pm The Block - corner of Eveleigh and Caroline Sts, Redfern.

Date: Wed 31 Oct, 7:00pm

Guest Speaker – Patrick Harrison member of Education Action Group, Sydney Uni and Resistance Sydney. Across the world youth and students have once again been leading struggles for social change. Right here in Australia, we've had a year of struggles against neoliberal attacks on education, with major campaigns across several campuses mobilising students en masse to fight back. Looking at the state of student politics and the federal government, how much further will these struggles go? Cultural Item: Student Action For Aboriginals (SAFA) - In the 60's, a group of students at Sydney University (SAFA, led by Charlie Perkins, Ann Curthoys, Jim Spigelman, e.a.) organised the Australian Freedom Rides to expose racial discrimination in NSW. They were inspired by the Freedom Rides against racial segregation in the USA, held by Martin Luther King's 'warriors'. Kinetic Energy's co-directors Graham Jones & Jepke Goudsmit will lead a reading of some of the most poignant scenes from their play on this historic event. Free basic meal from 630pm. Call Haskell for the address or info. All welcome. Eastern Suburbs Branch of Socialist Alliance holds an open meeting on the last Wednesday of every month usually near to Bondi Junction.

Phone: Haskell 9389 7020 or 0431 268 759

Date: Wed 31 Oct, 7:00pm

A brand new, powerful film that analyses the factors involved in rape and sexual assault cases. "Career prosecutor Anne Munch examines how societal attitudes influence legal cases involving sexual assault, and shows how rape cases frequently turn on the involvement of an 'unnamed conspirator' - the complex of myths and stories we tell ourselves as a culture about sex, gender, power, and responsibility." The film's focus on victim-blaming also explains some of the appalling commentary surrounding the tragic death of Jill Meagher. Wed Oct 31, 7pm. Red Rattler, Marrickville. Entry 50cents.

Website: Sydney Feminists