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Melbourne
Island's Rising benefit gig.
MelbourneEveryone knows about climate change and that sea levels are rising by the day; this gig will show that we understan that there are real people being affected by this and that we are ready to do everything we can to help. Tickets $12 at the door. Gershwin Room, Esplanade Hotel, 11 The Esplanade, St. Kilda. Presented by Latrobe Environment Collective & Friends of the Earth. For more info ph 9419 8700.
Forum: Climate action policies.
MelbourneStay abreast of the climate action policies of the state Labor government, the Liberal Party & the Australian Greens.
Community Church,
57-59 Yarra St,
Warrandyte.
Organised by Warrandyte Climate Action Now.
Protest Sell-Out Peter Garrett.
MelbourneSay No to Uranium Mining!
Outside Rydges Melbourne,
186 Exhibition St, City.
For more info
visit www.nukefreeaus.org.
Walk Against Warming: Safe Climate - Get on With It!
MelbourneThis December, world leaders are gathering in decide how much they're prepared to do about climate change.
Let's send them a Safe Climate Message they can't ignore.
State Library,
Cnr of Latrobe and Swanston Sts,
City.
for more info
ph 9341 8112.
Goodbye Connex Party!
MelbourneFrom December 1, Connex will no longer operate Melbourne's trains. Here's your chance to say goodbye once and for all!
It's also an opportunity to remind the new company that we won't give up the fight for better public transport.
Featuring: Guest speakers, party food, bands and a giant goodbye card.
Flinders St station Steps.
To RSVP
email goodbyeconnex@gmail.com
or phone Resistance on 9639 8622.
Public Meeting: Renewable is Do-able - Green Jobs for Victoria.
MelbourneCome & hear speakers from the save Solar Systems campaign on the real answers to climate change.
Fitzroy Town Hall,
201 Napier St,
Fitzroy.
For more info
ph Chris 0413 013 183.
Save Solar Systems! Protest for Green Jobs & Renewable Energy.
MelbourneLindsay 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.
Public Meeting: Trade, labour mobility and development in the Pacific.
MelbourneThe 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)
Public Meeting: Hacienda Luisita Commemoration.
Melbournecommemorate 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.
Venezuela Film Festival.
Melbourne2.30pm : 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.

