Armidale

  • Progressive Cinema presents THE SHOCK DOCTRINE

    • Armidale

    This film is a documentary adaptation Naomi Klein's 2007 book, The Shock Doctrine.  It shows how monopoly finance capitalism used natural disasters, war and terror to crush resistance and establish its dominance. Based on breakthrough historical research and four years of on-the-ground reporting in disaster zones, The Shock Doctrine …

  • Progressive Cinema presents MORE THAN HONEY

    • Armidale

    At Kent House in Armidale. Over the past 15 years, numerous colonies of bees have been decimated throughout the world, but the causes of this disaster remain unknown. Depending on the world region, 50% to 90% of all local bees have disappeared, and this epidemic is still spreading from beehive to beehive – all over the planet. Everywhere, the same scenario is repeated: billions…

  • Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time

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    Armidale Rural Australians for Refugees and Progressive Cinema present CHAUKA, PLEASE TELL US THE TIME directed by BEHROUZ BOOCHANI and ARASH KAMALI SARVESTANI Kurdish-Iranian journalist, Behrouz Boochani, has been detained on Manus Island since August 2013. Anxious to make a film involving refugees and the sea,…

  • Armidale Change the Rules Meeting

    • Armidale

    Time and time again generations of Australian workers have come together, to stand up against injustice, inequality, and greed. The Turnbull government - and many in big business - will do everything they can to stop us, to demonise us, or to make this task as hard as possible. Because they fear the power of working people banding together. Because when Australians work…

  • Rising Tide NSW 2024 Retreat

    • Nationwide
    • Armidale
    • Blue Mountains
    • Central Coast
    • Muloobinba/Newcastle
    • Gadigal Country/Sydney
    • Western Sydney
    • Tharawal/allowrie/Wollongong
    • Regional NSW

    A weekend of workshops, discussions, sharing food and time in nature to deepen the capacity of Rising Tide (to scale up to concerted civil resistance and material disruption against the fossil fuel state, by early 2025)

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    Nationwide March for Palestine – Armidale

    • Armidale

    Join people from around the community to ask the government to take greater action with regard to the unfolding tragedy and humanitarian crisis in Palestine and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

  • Progressive Cinema presents LANDS FOR FREEDOM

    • Armidale

    LANDS for FREEDOM portrays four farmers in the 21st century, passionate rebels and visionaries. André, Giuseppe, Olga and Remy live and work in Belgium, Italy, Austria and Africa but they speak the same language, the Earth's. Each of them came to realize that the agro-industry is not only harmful to human and environment but moreover, it cannot defeat global hunger. Pioneers of…

  • Progressive Cinema

    • Armidale

    New England Friends of Green Left present Blood on the Coal - The Story of Queensland's Coal Miners and Their Union. Written in the blood of mineworkers and their families, Blood on the Coal tells the story of Queensland's coalfields – one of the world’s richest energy resources and for 150 years a bitter industrial battleground. It is a story of struggle and survival,…

  • Progressive Cinema presents CHASING CORAL

    • Armidale

    Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world. Join us for discussion and community dinner after the film. Screening and dinner free. At Kent House in Faulkner Street, opposite Kent House.

  • Life on Manus

    • Armidale

    With Anne Moon at the Uniting Church Hall.

  • Sacrifice Zone

    • Armidale

    Armidale Action on Coal Seam Gas and Mining and Progressive Cinema present SACRIFICE ZONE: The backyard of New South Wales is facing its biggest threat yet – invasive gasfields. Betrayal by governments has meant protectors are fighting to save the things they love. The Pilliga, Great Artesian Basin, Liverpool Plains – all are at risk.  This is a David and Goliath battle to…

  • Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time

    • Armidale

    Armidale Rural Australians for Refugees and Progressive Cinema present CHAUKA, PLEASE TELL US THE TIME directed by BEHROUZ BOOCHANI and ARASH KAMALI SARVESTANI Kurdish-Iranian journalist, Behrouz Boochani, has been detained on Manus Island since August 2013. Anxious to make a film involving refugees and the sea,…