Sydney

Q & A: Can't eat your house - Development threatens food bowl

Urban sprawl in Sydney's West is encroaching on fertile floodplains. How do we retain our food security at a time of rapid economic growth? Costa Georgiadis is MC of this event as part of Crave Sydney International Food Festival.

Panellists: Ian Sinclair, a planner with a focus on food and agriculture,Professor Phillip O’Neill of the Urban Research Centre, Councillor Alison McLaren, president of the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC), president of the NSW Farmers Assoc, Costa Georgiadis.

Eyewitness to Israel’s Apartheid.

Panel includes Michael Shaik, public advocate for Australians for Palestine and Palestinian socialist, Jamiel S, recently returned from the Gaza Freedom March. Neighborhood Centre, King St, Newtown. Organised by Socialist Alternative.

Book launch: Singing Johnny Cash in the Cardiac Ward

The StirrUp Gallery, Addision Road Community Centre, 142 Addision Rd, Marrickville

Rally: March against Monsanto

Sat May 23, 11.30am. Victoria Park, Sydney.

Book launch: The People Smuggler.

With author Robin De Crespigny. $10/7. Tues Sept 25, 6pm. Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe.

SUPPORT THE RETURN OF THE GWEAGAL ARTEFACTS

PM Malcolm Turnbull's electorate office, 287-289 New South Head Rd, Edgecliff
A gathering outside Turnbulls office to call on the federal government to support the return of the Gweagal Artefacts stolen in 1770 and currently held by the British Museum. The descendants of the Gweagle Clan of the Dharawal Tribe have demanded the return of these artefacts.
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Freedom flotilla 2 fundraiser

With an awesome line-up of music, hip-hop, spoken word, poetry, food, drinks, artwork and more, all to support the next freedom flotilla to break the siege on Gaza and to support the Palestinian people.

Addison Road Gallery, 142 Addison Road, Marrickville

SNAP ACTION: SACK DUTTON - CLOSE MANUS

Immigration Department, 26 Lee St, Sydney

Rally: Denounce the coup in Honduras.

End the political killings, human rights abuses and environmental destruction This is an invitation to participate as a community in solidarity with Hondurans resistaing the continuation of a brutal internationally coordinated military coup and honour to those resisters that have been murdered in the month of May 2012 among the many that have been gone before them. As part of an International Day of Solidarity with Honduras. Saturday 23rd June 11am Iberoamerican Plaza Central Station (near Devonshire).

Rally for abortion rights!

National day of action in solidarity with the Cairns couple and all Qld women. A young Qld couple goes to trial on Oct 12 charged under archaic abortion laws that should not exist - abortion is not a crime.

Organised by Womens Abortion Action Campaign and supported by a wide range of women's, community, union and political groups.