Lindsay Tanner Minister for Finance and Deregulation is the Labor MP in the electorate where Solar Systems Abbotsford factory is located. He has nothing to say about the collapse of the world's leading solar CPV company on the eve of the Copenhagen climate change conference. David Turner ex-Solar Systems research will be attempting to talk to Lindsay Tanner, or his staff, come and protest to help David get a hearing.

Lindsay Tanners office, 280 King St, Melbourne.

for more info
ph chris 0403 013 183.

The Australian government has been pushing for greater regional economic integration in the Pacific Islands and promoting a regional trade agreement know as PACER-Plus. But what will free trade and increased overseas investment mean for workers and local communities in the Pacific?
What are the costs and benefits of increased labour mobility in the Pacific and seasonal work schemes which provide access for Pacific workers to the Australian and New Zealand labour markets?

With Speakers:
Maureen Penjueli (Fiji. Coordinator, Pacific Network on Globisation)
John Salong (Vanuatu. Director, Vanuatu Women's Development Scheme)

commemorate the courage of the Hacienda Luisita mill and farm workers and supporters massacred for striking, and oppose the violation of workers' rights.

Speaker:
Rene Galang, President of United Luisita Workers Union (ULWU - one of the workers' unions in Hacienda Luisita, Philippines)

Film Screening: "Sa Ngalan Ng Tubo" (In the Name of Sugar Cane). A documentary film on the struggle and massacre of the workers and supporters at Hacienda Luisita, Central Luzon Philippines.

Organised by Migrante Melbourne
For more info ph Reyvi Marinas 0421 119 776.

Let them land, let them stay. King George Square, City. Organised by Refugee Action Collective. Ph 3392 3843.

Rally, march & festival. King George Square, City.

2nd floor, TLC Building, 16 Peel St, South Brisbane. Organised by AVSN. Ph 0439 411 330.

Novel set around the 1972 Aboriginal Tent Embassy and the struggle for equality, land rights and indigenous sovereignty. RSVP Ph 3846 3422.

Books, dvds, music, clothers, homewares + more all very cheap + sausage sizzle. Kurilpa Hall, 174 Boundary St, West End. Jumble donations wanted. Ph 0410 629 088.

Learn about and discuss the myths, facts and inspiration from the first socialist revolution. Organised by Resistance, supported by Socialist Alliance. Activist centre, 74b Wickham St, Fortitude Valley. Ph Dom 0431 638 772.

2.30pm : FRETECO - Factoru occupations and worker control
A new film on the Venezuelan Revolution. Produced by Vive TV in Venezuela, this new documentary on FRETECO explores the movement of occupied factories and workers’ control in Venezuela. Workers young and old, male and female, tell their stories and explain why they came to the realization that demanding nationalization under workers’ control is the only way forward.

With examples explaining how factory and workers’ councils function, the role of the communal councils, and the movement for “trade unionism of a new type,” this video provides a living, breathing look at a crucial aspect of the Venezuelan revolutionary process.