international solidarity

Book launch: Western Sahara — War, Nationalism & Conflict Irresolution

By Roger Clark, professor at Rutgers Law School, USA of Stephen Zunes & Jacob Mundy, (University of Syracuse
Press) - a major new book on Africa's East Timor. Entrance $5 ($2concession). All welcome ­ bring your friends! New International Bookshop, Victorian Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St, Carlton.

Event date: 
Wed, 13/10/2010 - 6:30pm

Concert for Palestine.

Perfomers include Fear of a Brown Planet, Rafeef Ziadah, the Phil Monsour band and more. Middle Eastern food available. .Proceeds will support the BDS campaign. Sat Oct 30, 6.30pm. $25/$20. MUA Hall, 54 Ireland St, West Melbourne. Ph 0439 454 375.

Event date: 
Sat, 30/10/2010 - 6:30pm

Building Solidarity, Combating Occupation and Apartheid.

Activist conference in support of Palestine. Oct 29-31. Melbourne. Endorsed by the Palestinian Boycott Divestment and Sanctions. Visit .

Event date: 
Fri, 29/10/2010 - Sun, 31/10/2010

Socialist Ideas Seminar: The Cuban Revolution; Challenges & changes

After enduring for over 50 years the Cuban Revolution is today squaring up to perhaps its greatest challenge. Facing severe economic problems, it is embarking on a major turn in order to survive. This seminar will look at Cuba's situation and the measures that its leadership is projecting. Speaker: Dave Holmes. 7pm (cheap meal 6.30pm). Resistance Centre, Level 5, 407 Swanston St, City (opposite RMIT). For more info ph 9639 8622.

Event date: 
Wed, 13/10/2010 - 7:00pm
Email: 
peterson_err@hotmail.com
Website: 
Socialist Alliance
Phone: 
9639 8622

Dr Vandana Shiva, Sydney Peace Prize lecture

"Making Peace with the Earth" is the topic of the lecture by noted Indian environmentalist, eco-feminist & human rights activist Vandana Shiva.

Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House

Event date: 
Wed, 03/11/2010 - 8:00pm
Email: 
peace.foundation@sydney.edu.au
Phone: 
9351 4468 or Opera House 9250 7777

The discussion Gillard & Abbott don't want: AFGHANISTAN - What will happen if the troops come out?

Speakers include Hadi Zaher, Afghan refugee & anti-war campaigner; Helen Patterson, activist in Stop the War & Socialist Alliance.

Event date: 
Thu, 28/10/2010 - 6:00pm
Email: 
piph@greenleft.org.au
Website: 
http://www.socialist-alliance.org/sydney/
Phone: 
Ph Pip 9690 1977 or 0412 139 968

Palestine: Boycott Israel pressure grows

Palestinian activists in the occupied West Bank have called for the boycott of the popular Rami Levy Israeli supermarket chain. The chain has several stores inside Israel’s illegal settlements.

Activists say they will call on fellow Palestinians to “avoid supporting the occupation and settlements’ economy by boycotting Israeli goods and settlement stores”.

A vigil was held on September 23 outside the Rami Levy store inside the Sha’ar Binyamin settlement south of Bethlehem.

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Ecuador: Right-wing coup attempt defeated

By Duroyan Fertl

On September 30, Ecuador descended into chaos as a protest by sections of the police force and army turned into a potentially bloody coup against left-wing President Rafael Correa.

At about 8am, sections of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces and the national police went on strike, occupying police stations and barracks in the capital Quito, in Guayaquil and in at least four other cities. They set up road blocks with burning tyres, cutting off access to the capital.

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Venezuela: Media fails to present balance

By Steve Ellner, Puerto La Cruz

On September 28, a British Guardian reporter who interviewed me by phone published an article on the September 26 Venezuelan National Assembly elections titled “Opposition Gains Loosen Chavez’s Grip on Power.”

According to the article, I said the electoral results “suggested the government should try to modify its radical discourse and accommodate the opposition, as long as it accepted the government’s legitimacy”.

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Latin America Solidarity Conference: Challenging corporate globalisation — People power changing the world.

Featuring guest speakers from: Bolivia — Alina Sullcani, leader of the Indigenous and Rural Women Federation of Bolivia; El Salvador — Dr Guillermo Mata Bennett, FMLN representative in the lower house; Venezuela — Angel Navas, Electrical Workers Federation; Uruguay — Washington Belleti, Movement for Land Against Poverty. Victoria Trades Hall, Carlton. Ph 0421 957 341 or 0425 182 994 or email < laf.victoria@gmail.com>.

Event date: 
Fri, 08/10/2010 - Sat, 09/10/2010
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