“Violence against women is everybody’s business, and it has to stop!” proclaimed Margarita Windisch, one of the speakers at the Reclaim the Night march in Melbourne on October 20. One determined heckler from the crowd could not stop her as she passionately defended the rights of women and children and “played the gender card” proudly for women everywhere who have been “forced into this gender game”.
Sarah Hathway
Protesters at a save TAFE rally in Geelong on October 19 chanted, “No cuts, no second term. We all have a right to learn, learn, learn!”
Almost 200 people took part in the rally. It coincided with the VECCI business convention at the Mercure Hotel in Geelong, which Premier Ted Baillieu was to speak at.
Protesters were angered to learn Baillieu had made his appearance but had left through the back door two hours before the rally began.
About 40 concerned citizens opposed to the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan and Australia’s role in the conflict, gathered in Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula, 30 kilometres from Geelong, to blockade the entrance to the Swan Island military base over September 23 to 27.
“TAFE cuts are Baillieu's form of class war,” Colin Long told an angry crowd on September 20. “Baillieu started the war, but we will finish it.” The Victorian National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) secretary was speaking to 2000 Victorian TAFE teachers, students and supporters at a rally in Melbourne.
Politics in the Pub at Beav's Bar
Want to rant about Trump or Barnaby? Interested in refugee rights, climate justice, women's rights or worker's rights? Join Socialist Alliance and our Deakin based club at Beav's for a few drinks and a chat.
Beav's Bar, 77-79 Lt Malop St, Geelong.
International Women's Day Toast & Forum
Join Socialist Alliance to toast and celebrate this year's International Women's Day.
Geelong Activist Centre Bookshop, Upstairs, Geelong Trades Hall, 127 Myers Street.
Red Cinema Presents: 88
Explores events from 1788 to the Bicentennial in 1988, the March for Justice, Freedom and Hope by over 30,000 Aboriginal people on the same day the Tall Ships were in Sydney Harbour. A reminder that white Australia has a black History.
Dinner from 6.30pm, Film to start at 7pm
Dinner and entry by donation.
All funds to Green Left Weekly
www.greenleft.org.au
Lower Hall, Geelong Trades Hall
127 Myers Street, Geelong
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