Marriage Outcast Party, Come help support the campaign for equal marriage rights - come to Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH)'s 'Marriage Outcast Party', 8pm Saturday December 5 $5-$10. The Oxford Hotel 134 Oxford St, Darlinghurst.www.caah.org.au.

Book Launch and Party: How To Make Trouble. Iain McIntyre and Dave “No War” Burgess and NoToPope Rachel Evans will be there with music by Lee Memorial, The Kleber Claux Memorial Singers and NinetyNine. 8pm-12am Saturday December 5 The Red Rattler Theatre, 6 Faversham Street, Marrickville.

Film Screening: Rethink Afghanistan. Stop the War invites you the screening of the film Rethink Afghanistan - a ground-braking, full length documentary focusing on the key issues surrounding this war. 6.30pm Monday November 23 Room CB02.03.37 (i.e. Building 2, Level 3, Room 37) UTS. MAP www.stopwarcoalition.org

Tell Kevin Rudd: don't dump on Indonesia. Australian carbon colonialism - stop the offsets! Kevin Rudd's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme allows for 100% of Australian emissions reductions to be found offshore. Federal Treasury predicts at least 50% reliance on offshore credits to achieve the lowest reduction in emissions (5%). Kevin Rudd is now looking for cheap offshore offsets for Australian emissions. Indonesia is the first target, with the AusAid funded Kalimantan Forests and Climate project designed to establish reduced deforestation as an acceptable offset. Local groups in Indonesia, including WALHI, Indonesia’s largest environment organisation and the Indonesian Union of Small Farmers are opposed to Australia’s offset schemes and are protesting tomorrow at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta.

Rally: Stop the NT Intervention. Racism is not a special measure! Unconditionally restore the Racial Discrimination Act . 12.30pm Thursday 26 November FAHCSIA Office, 280 Elizabeth St marking the final day of federal parliament sittings for 2009. Speakers include: Larissa Behrendt Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning UTS and NAIDOC Indigenous person of 2009 and George Newhouse human rights lawyer. Organised by Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney. For more information contact: Paddy 0415 800 586 or Mon 0415 410 558. www.stoptheintervention.org.

Welcome refugees RALLY
No "Indonesian solution" Close Christmas Island Let the boats land here

2pm Sunday 29 November Sydney Town Hall

Organised by the Refugee Action Coalition
For more information contact Ian Rintoul 0417 275 713

Sydney Central branch delegate elections for 7th National Conference, Wed Dec 2, 6.30pm, Resistance Centre, 23 Abercrombie St, Chippendale. Come along and vote for your delegates to conference. The Socialist Alliance National Executive has set a delegate ratio of 1:10. Please check that your membership is current to maximise our branch's delegation.
More information: Peter 9690 1977 or 0401 760 577.

Zero Carbon Australia 2020 (ZCA) is an exciting initiative of Beyond Zero Emissions and the Climate Emergency Network, (CEN) with generous support from Climate Positive.

It is a project to develop a blueprint for the transition to a decarbonised Australian economy by 2020.

The Project draws on the enormous wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise in the community to develop a blueprint for transitioning Australia to a zero carbon future. Individuals with expertise, knowledge and experience in relevant areas can work within a structured process to contribute to the transition plan.
Wednesday 18 November, 8pm Balmain Town Hall, 370 Darling St, Balmain. Matt Wright on the Zero Carbon Australia 2020 plan. See: http://beyondzeroemissions.org/zero-carbon-australia-2020

Latin America Emergency Meeting: Against the Honduras Coup, stolen land and violence against Mapuche People (Indigenous people in Chile-Argentina), and repression of Workers, Indigenous and poor Communities in Colombia No to U.S. Military bases in Honduras and Colombia!

Saturday 21 November 2009 Upstairs Gallery, Hut 13 Addison Road Centre, 142 Addison Road, Marrickville
Confirmed Speakers:Santiago Reyes (spends 6 months annually in Honduras, Representative of National Resistance Front Against the Coup in Honduras and permanent member of Latin America Social Forum) Rosie Wong (activist who was in Honduras in September 2009)Peter Ross (School of Latin American Studies, UNSW) Kylie Benton-Connell (FoE Sydney, about examples of impacts and resistance to carbon trading)Possible: Juan Almendarez (FoE Honduras, TBC Skype pending our technical capacity)

West Papua: Film + Information Evening
Come and see the acclaimed film: FORGOTTEN BIRD OF PARADISE
Directed, filmed and produced by Dominic Brown [U.K.]
Secretly filmed inside the Indonesian province of Papua. This is the first scheduled showing of this film in full in Australia! http://www.forgottenbirdofparadise.net/Home.html
Presented &Supported by: Peter King University of Sydney
Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies; Doug Sewell,President
Anabaptist Association Australia & NZ; Julie Brackenreg
HopeStreet Urban Compassion.

Friday 27th November 7.30pm Uniting Church Hall, 37 St John’s Rd Glebe