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23 November 2001 |
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NewsActivists Notebook
All the latest details on actions, workshops and conferences for anyone interested in labour politics. ***************** Pluto Press Book Luanch IN FEAR OF SECURITY AUSTRALIA'S INVASION ANXIETY By Anthony Burke on Wednesday November 28 6.30 - 8.00 pm at Berkelouw Bookshop, 70 Norton Street, Leichhardt, Sydney Key-Note Speakers: Brigadier Adrian D'Hage, Dr Anthony Burke Bookings: Pluto 02 9692 5111 Berkelouw: 02 9560 3200 Cost: $15 Concessions: $5 ABOUT THE BOOK: Boat people. Asylum seekers. East Timor. White Australia. Vietnam. The Kokoda Track. War against Aborigines.
This daring new book shows how Australia's obsession with security is the dark thread running through its history. An obsession in which 'our' security always depends on the insecurity and suffering of another. Anthony Burke argues that security has dominated and distorted Australia's foreign policy and national life, from Cook's first voyage to the Asian crisis. Against this corrosive tradition, he advocates a generous and non-coercive-form of responsibility for a global existence. In Fear of Security turns powerful academic and political orthodoxies on their heads, and offers challenging ways of thinking about history, international relations, politics and culture. It is essential reading for all those concerned with the burning questions that face Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. With an insightful analysis of the Tampa crisis and Australia's Refugee policy.
FURTHER INFORMATION http://www.plutoaustralia.com/db/a_burke/index.html EMILY's List Fundraiser Xmas cocktail party-EMILY'S List salutes our candidates! Join us to acknowledge the hard work & commitment of our candidates, thank everyone who has supported EMILY'S List in a hard year and wish each other peace and enjoyment for Xmas & the New Year. When? 29 November 2001. 6.00 - 8.00 pm Where? The Furama Hotel Central, 28 Albion St, Surry Hills RSVP: Melanie Stewart 92302970 by Tuesday 27 November or book on-line at our website [just go to Events] cost:$45.00-concession on request
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   Interview: Civilising CapitalPeter Butler is a global investor with a difference. He believes that environment, shareholder democracy and workers rights make good business sense. Industrial: All In The Family In his opening submission to the landmark case, ACTU assistant secretary Richard Marles argues working hours are vital to life. Unions: Saving CinderellaIt is a modern day fairy tale - a Cinderella from the suburbs, worked like a slave from morning to night injured and then abandoned. International: Recognising ChinaGough Whitlam draws the links, past and present, between recognition of China and the continuing struggle to achieve a genuinely inclusive Australian democracy. History: The Speakers SquareA new book lifts the lid on Melbourne's radical past - including the soapboxes that dotted the city in the 1890s. Economics: Back to the PackThe big story in this year�s State of the States League Table is the end of the long reign of New South Wales at the top of the heap. Satire: Man Reneges On Promise To Leave The Country If Howard Re-ElectedA Sydney man has decided he won�t leave Australia despite the re-election of the Howard Government. Review: When Hippes Meet Unionists A new book investigates how links between politics and culture reached a high point in the 1970s
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