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20 July 2001 |
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MediaActivists Notebook
More rallies, talks, exhibitions and general mayhem on the agenda for next week. Rally against the WORLD BANK 5pm, August 1, 2001, ANA Hotel, 176 Cumberland St, Sydney, near the Rocks, Teach in July 29, 2pm. James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank is in town! You can pay $250 to hear him speak on the role of corporations in "reducing world poverty" or you can join the AID/WATCH Soup Kitchen and alternative forum. Demand that the World Bank DROP THE DEBT! Support affected communities who demand adequate reparations for the environmental and social devestation which is a result of the programs and projects the World Bank has funded for the last 50 years. Show support for the people of Papua New Guinuea who have been killed while protesting against the World Bank and IMF's economic reforms. WORLD BANK TEACH IN and banner painting action Sunday 29th July, 2pm to 5:30 17 Lord St, St Peters. (bring clothes to paint in and paint-brushes if you have them) For more information call Melanie or Melita on 02 9387 5210 or email [email protected] Breaking the chains of debt seminars August 10 and 11 Two chances to hear Michael Rowbotham's radical expose of the monetary system
Lunchtime seminar 1.00 pm Friday, August 10, NSW Parliament House Theatrette, Macquarie Street, Sydney Waged $10; Concession $5; Michael Rowbotham, author of Breaking the Chains of Debt and Stephanie de Ruyter : Financial Reform in New Zealand Deputy Leader NZ Democrats.
Please book : Phone/message Frances or Bruce, 02 9810 7812
Conference 10am-3pm Saturday, August 11 Market Campus, University of Technology, Sydney (1-59 Quay St, Block Markets) Father Brian Gore, Jubilee Australia : The Urgency of Debt Cancellation Michael Rowbotham U.K. : Breaking the Chains of Debt Dr Shann Turnbull: The Use of Central Banks to Spread Ownership Stephanie de Ruyter : Deputy Leader NZ Democrats, Community Loans & Financial Reform in NZ Afternoon Panel and Audience : Bendigo Community Bank, Ethical Investments, Eco Forests, Interest Free Community Loans, Re-regulating the Banks Another Galbraith Comes to Town Perhaps the foremost US thinker on wage inequality, James K. Galbraith is visiting Sydney thanks to South Australia's Hawke Institute and the newly formed Whitlam Institute run by Peter Botsman. Galbraith will be speaking on "Inequality" at Parramatta's Riverside Theatres at 6.30pm on Wednesday, July 25. This is a not to be missed event for anyone involved in wage bargaining and general trade union and community issues. Professor Galbraith is the son of the illustrious J.K. Galbraith. William McKell - Boilermaker, Labor Premier, Governor General - 1st August. At the next meeting of the Sydney Branch of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Dr. Chris Cunneen, from Macquarie University, will be speaking on the life and times of NSW Labor Premier of the 1940s, William McKell. Chris's biography of McKell was published last year by New South Wales University Press. Chris was formerly deputy general editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. He contributed numerous entries to the ADB and is currently involved in the production of an ADB 'Missing Persons' volume, which will include entries in many labour movement figures who missed out on an entry in the main ADB volumes. All with an interest in labour history are most welcome to attend. Time: 6.30-8.00pm Wednesday 1 August. Venue: 1st Floor, 136 Chalmers St., Surry Hills (above Tom Mann Theatre). The talk will be followed by dinner at the Royal Exhibition Hotel, cnr. Chalmers & Devonshire Streets. For further details, contact John Shields on 0403166490. RECKONINGS Reckonings. Looking for new ways to listen, because home is a personal thing. Reckonings brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists: Jonathan Bottrell Jones, Ruark Lewis, Romaine Moreton and Nuha Saad, to collaborate on an installation which inaugurates Performance Space�s ongoing project which reflects on and examines the Australian contexts and meanings of reconciliation(s). Working with the idea of the locale, the artists draw on personal memories and histories of family in and around Redfern. Reckonings sets out to rewrite and remap Redfern - the edge of the city, the centre of interracial and cultural interaction, and the black heart of Sydney. The idea of an Aboriginal place like Redfern evokes the politics of cultural and social �unknowing� in contemporary Australia. By creating a temporary studio collective, the artists have made a work using photography, light, sound recordings, film and video, sculptural installation and painting. The work spotlights the multi-dimensionalism of this inner city precinct and examines the effects of urban consolidation on low income communities and marginalised groups. Reckonings is the result of six months of debates, arguments and listening, in which the artists explored the multiplicity of Redfern�s history, visited each other in Redfern and crossed boundaries. Reckonings reflects on the past with the intention of opening debate about the future of Australia. Opening: Thursday 26 July 6pm 8pm To be opened by Tanya Plibersek - the Federal Member for Sydney Artists: Jonathan Bottrell Jones, Ruark Lewis, Romaine Moreton & Nuha Saad Curators: Ihab Shalbak & Rea Exhibiting: 27 July 26 August Wed-Sat 12noon-6pm FREE Forum: 26 August 2pm Performance Space - 199 Cleveland Street Redfern Info: 9698 7235 email: [email protected] www.performancespace.com.au
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   Interview: Political Witch HuntCFMEU national secretary John Sutton on the mooted Royal Commission and what is really needed to clean up the building industry E-Change: 1.3 The Nation State in CrisisIn the latest instalment in their study on the new politics, Peter Lewis and Michael Gadiel looks at the rise and fall of the institutional State. Unions: Industrial ViolenceRowan Cahill agrees with Tony Abbott that thuggery and violence are part of Australian industrial relations landscape - but it's the bosses who do most of the bashing. History: Total RecoilNeal Towart looks at how Royal Commissions designed to kick unions have typically come back to haunt their architects. International: Behind the Eight Ball Jubilee Australia's Thea Ormond looks at the international activity being generated around this week's Group of Eight Summit in Genoa Politics: Now We The PeopleA new group believes there is an alternative to corporate gobalism and economic rationalism Satire: Marsden Now to Sue HimselfSydney solicitor John Marsden is suing himself for defamation, claiming the recent libel case he brought did irreparable damage to his reputation. Review: In The HouseResident Four-Eyes Mark Morey attempts the impossible with this attempt at a serious analysis of Big Brother.
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