
Issue No 113		28 September 2001

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All the latest details on actions, workshops and conferences for anyone interested in labour politics.

Fundraiser for Morgan Tsvangirai, Leader of the Opposition in Zimbabwe.

5:30pm - 7:30pm, 2 October, Speaker's Garden, Parliament House, Sydney - $50 (to "Zimbabwe Information Centre")

Hosted by Meredith Burgmann rsvp 9230 2301

Morgan Tsvangirai was a delegate and official of the Associated Mine Workers' Union and was elected Secretary of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions 1988. In 1999 he led the union movement in forming a new opposition party to challenge Robert Mugabe's increasingly dictatorial regime. Morgan's Party, the Movement for Democratic Change, won 57 seats (the ruling ZANU PF party won 62) in the 2000 elections which were marred by political violence. Tsvangirai has already survived at least one serious assassination attempt.

Most analysts believe that if the Presidential Election in March 2002 is free and fair, Morgan Tsvangiria will be the next President of Zimbabwe.

The MDC is affiliated to the Socialist International. Most of the MDC leadership were involved in the struggle for liberation in the seventies. Tsvangirai is also doing the National Press Club Address in Canberra on 2 October. Bookings can be made via the website www.npc.org.au

I've attached a flyer with photos etc. The Zimbabwe Information Centre website is www.zic.com.au.

Let me know if you want any more info - 9230 2301.

Free Trade or Fair Trade? Globalisation, Trade and Aid

A political debate - Tuesday 9 th October, 6.00 - 8.30 pm

Pitt St Uniting Church, 264 Pitt St, Sydney.

Speakers:

Representative of the Minister for Trade

Senator Peter Cook ALP Shadow Minister for Trade

Senator Vicki Bourne Australian Democrats

Ms Kerry Nettle NSW Greens Senate Candidate

Followed by questions and discussion

Chair: The Rev. Dorothy McRae-McMahon writer and broadcaster

Come and voice your concerns. Sponsored by the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network and Oxfam Community Aid Abroad

For more information contact Pat Ranald [email protected]

or Margaret di Nicola [email protected]

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Interview: The Custodian
Labor's arts spokesman Bob McMullan on the role government can play in nurturing national culture.

Media: Chucking a Wobbly
Veronica Apap meets Dan Buhagiar, the programmer of Labor Council's new online initiative, Wobbly Radio.

E-Change: 3.3 Unleashing a Networked Culture
Politics does not occur in a vacuum - it's is as much a product of its culture as it is an influence on it. In the post-Industrial Age how will this relationship change?

Unions: Are You a Terrorist?
Away from the talkback noise, Mark Hearn reports on how a Sydney workforce is taking up the cause of racial understanding and tolerance.

Organising: STAA Performers
Film industry workers are acting collectively to ensure they don't become Mexicans with Mobiles.

Workplace: Making Art Work
The Workers Cultural Action Committee is a community cultural development provider. What is this? And what does it mean for the union movement?

History: Creative Alliances
Neale Towart wanders through the archives to look at how unions' have worked with artists to promote progressive casuses.

Performance: Tales from the Shop Floor
Peter Murphy profiles Sydney's New Theatre and the role it has played in fostering working culture.

Review: Homegroan
In an extract from her new book, The Money Shot, Jane Mills argues that the local film industry needs more than patriotism to get bums on seats.

Satire: PM Pleads To Nauru: Take Our Aborigines Too
In the wake of Nauru�s acceptance of the Tampa refugees, Australian Prime Minister John Howard has struck a new deal with the small island nation to take our Aborigines as well.

» Abbott Stacks Commission on Election Eve

» Trades Hall to Be Fit for the Arts

» Olympic Builders Honoured in Oil

» Terror Shockwaves Hit Security Workers

» The Ansett Phoenix Rises

» 'The General' Makes Ansett Stand

» One Dollar Workforce Highlights Workcover Concerns

» Email Workers Saved

» Union Power Gets Tilers Paid In Full

» NSW Nurses (Pro)Claim Their Worth

» AOL Sheds Non-Union Staff

» Building Inquiry Faces First Test of Integrity

» Telstra Guilty Over Union Discrimination

» Paint Workers Finish the Job

» New Project Agreement A Template

» The Workers United, Need a New Slogan!

» Activists Notebook