|
||
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
||
|
|
Issue No. 130 | 05 April 2002 |
|
||
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Lights Out on The Hill
Interview: Change Agent Industrial: Balancing the Books Unions: Breaking Out Politics: Pissing on the Light on the Hill History: Of Death and Taxes International: Now That's a Strike! Satire: Mugabe Voted Miss Zimbabwe: Denies Election Rigged Poetry: Flick Go The Branches Review: Red, Red Clydeside
The Soapbox Sport Week in Review Postcard
 Puplick's SermonChikka's LegacySocialists in the UKOrganising GloballyGrape DisappointmentUnion Resignations : Crisis or Opportunity?
|
|
|
News Activists Notebook
Labor for Refugees Education Forum Monday Night. Due to a time clash with a forum on at Labor Council (a speaker from RAWA) we have MOVED THE START TIME BACK. The forum will now begin at 7pm (although people will be there from 6 in case people come early). The details are as follows: TIME: 6:45 for 7pm start (finish at 9pm) WHERE: LHMU Auitorium (187 Thomas St Haymarket) DATE: Monday 8th April The speakers include: John Robertson (Secretary of Labor Council of NSW) Pat Lee (Independent Education Union) Nick Poynder (Refugee Lawyer) Amanda Tattersall (Labor for Refugees) This forum will be an opportunity to find out more detail of the policies of mandatory detention and temporary protection visas, and explore other countries policies and practices for refugees. It will discuss the detail of Labor for Refugees demands for an end to mandatory detention and the pacific solution in the face of proposed changes to ALP Federal Policy. It will also discuss the nature of the campaign, and the kinds and types of activities Labor for Refugees should be initating over the coming months. The kits that are being mailed out to people will be also be available for people to pick up. Finally information about the "Show Mercy" gala happening on the 21st April at Sydney Town Hall will be available. We will be organising a Labor for Refugees Contingent to the event so people should let me know if they want to organise tickets at the forum (more information about the logistics of the event and what is happening at the Gala will be posted to the list soon). ASIO Powers Mr. Howard want to give ASIO the power to hold you for 48 hours without charge and with no right to silence. Say Hello to a Police State! Smash Racism and the National Union of Students is organising a public meeting about this proposed new "counter-terrorist" legistlation. 7:30 pm WEDNESDAY, 10 APRIL Newtown Neighbourhood Centre 1 Bedford st Newtown, corner of King st Speakers include: - Ray Jackson (Indigenous Social Justice Organisation) - Tim Anderson (lecturer and criminal justice activist) - Paula Abood (activist, film-maker & critic) - Damien Lawson (Federation of Community Legal Centres) - Kerry Nettle (The Greens) For more information please contact: 0416 294 193 [Ben] 0410 561 474 [Manoj] ********************************** The Latest from Pluto GOODBYE COLIN HOOD Sadly we report that Colin Hood died suddenly last week at his home in Sydney. Colin was the founding editor of this newsletter and contributed enormously to Pluto Press. He will be particularly remembered for his enthusiasm and for being a constant font of ideas, especially for remaking Pluto on the internet. A special tribute will be run in the next newsletter. His funeral service will be held on Monday April 8 at 1.30 pm at the North Chapel of the Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Delhi road, North Ryde. A celebration of his life will begin at 5.30pm in the Soho Bar (upstairs Bar), 171 Victoria Street, Pott's Point . ***************************************** PLUTO SEMINARS AT READERS FEAST IN MELBOURNE Our non-Sydney friends often complain that Pluto book launches and seminars are invariably held in Sydney. Well this is about to change with Pluto entering into an arrangement with one of Melbourne's biggest book stores, Readers Feast at the corner of Burke and Swanston streets, Melbourne to run monthly seminars along the lines of the successful Wednesday Politics at Berkelouw in Sydney. The first seminar will be on The Future of the Left in May, followed by Australia's Relations with the South Pacific in June and The Australias that Could Have Been, a launch/seminar of new Pluto book, Neverland. CANBERRA PLANS In Canberra we are planning seminars beginning in May with The future of the Australian Public Service and Australia's Relations with the South Pacific.
****************************************************** PLUTO AUTHORS AT SYDNEY WRITERS FESTIVAL Pluto authors, Clinton Walker (Buried Country), Ghassan Hage (White Nation) and Graham Meikle (Future Active) will join scores of international and Australian writers at the 2002 Sydney Writers Festival from Monday 27 May to Sunday 2 June. A highlight of the Australian literary calendar, the festival always attracts huge crowds at sessions that are always stimulating and insightful. Further information on the website: www.swf.org.au ******************** AUTHOR OF YENNI ON TOUR Our authors usually don't get the opportunity of touring the country and promoting their books, but thanks to a grant from the Tasmanian Government, Hobart author Jenny Williams whose book, Yenni will be launched by the Tasmanian Premier Jim Bacon on Wednesday June 12 at Fullers Bookshop, Hobart at 6.30 PM, will be touring the eastern seaboard in July. In Yenni, Jenny Williams tells her story of survival - her childhood experiences of World War Two and the dismemberment of her country, Hitler and then the Soviet occupation and the oppression of her Hungarian language and culture, socialist youth rallies, the Prague Spring and Dubcek's reforms and the Soviet invasion of 1968 which led to her emigration to Australia. "This is a survivors tale. After losing everything, leaving everything behind, what is left are the truly civilised, profoundly human values Williams carried within her when all outward accoutrements have been lost, destroyed." Kathleen Fallon, author of Working Hot Jenny Williams will be in Melbourne July 1 and 2; Sydney July 3 - 6 , Canberra July 4 and Brisbane July 7 -10. Details of her bookshop talks will be available soon. ******************************************************************************* WEDNESDAY POLITICS AT BERKELOUW Sponsored by the Pluto Institute and the Australian Fabian Society (NSW Branch) FABIAN SEMINAR IN SYDNEY 7pm, Wednesday April 17 Berkelouw Books Labor and Refugees to Lead or to Listen? An off-the-record stoush over three rounds: Between ALP Member for Werriwa Mark Latham And NSW Labor Council Secretary, John Robertson As the debate over the handling of refugees and asylum seekers matures, two markedly different views are emerging within the ALP. Mark Latham has been a vocal defender of Labor's support of mandatory detention, stating it is in line with the attitudes of most Labor supporters. John Robertson is a leading light in the Labor for Refugees group and a critic of Labor's position at the last federal election. They'll be asked to discuss the following issues: - Was the strategy on asylum seekers adopted for the 2001 election the right one? - What is the Labor road map for developing a policy on refugees and asylum seekers? - How does refugee policy intersect with immigration, population and multicultural issues? Where: Upstairs, Berkelouw Books 70 Norton Street, Leichhardt 6.30pm Admission: $10 and $5 Please note: No Media Coverage will be permitted at this event More details: Peter Lewis on 0413 873285 *********************************************************** Pluto Institute Seminar WEDNESDAY APRIL 24 6.30 PM THE FUTURE OF THE LEFT IN AUSTRALIA? What ideas connect the broad Australian left at the beginning of the 21st Century? What are the challenges for the Left in terms of policy, organisation and political strategy? How can the Left inspire the wider society? Speakers: Boris Frankel, Swinburne University, author, When the Boat Comes In and the classic From Prohets the Deserts Come. Peter Botsman, Foundation Director, Whitlam Institute, and former Director of the Evatt Foundation and Brisbane Institute Helen McCue ,Community Activist and founder, Rural Australians for Refugee Mary Zournazi, writer, philosopher and radio producer, author of Hope and Foreign Dialogues. Summing up by Eva Cox. Lecturer, Humanities, University of Technology Sydney. Broadcaster, writer & Boyer lecturer. Chaired by David McKnight, Lecturer, Humanities University of Technology, Sydney, author of Next Left and Australian Spies and Their Secrets Venue: The Gallery, Berkelouw Books 70 Norton Street, Leichhardt 6.30PM Admission: $20 and $10 Bookings: Email: [email protected] ********************************************************** Pluto Institute Seminar WEDNESDAY MAY 1 6.30PM OPEN AUSTRALIA FORUM A New Vision for the ALP Lindsay Tanner MP, Member for Melbourne, Shadow Minister for Communications and author of Open Australia Mark Latham MP, Member for Werriwa, Assistant Shadow Treasurer, author, Civilising Global Capitalism and co-author, The Enabling State, Rebecca Huntley, lecturer, UNSW Law School and co-editor, Party Girls Tom Morton, producer, Background Briefing, ABC Radio National Guy Rundle Co-editor, Arena Magazine, writer of Max Gillies' smash hit, Your Dreaming. Catharine Lumby, Journalist and columnist , The Bulletin, Associate Professor, Media Studies, University of Sydney and author Bad Girls Venue: The Gallery, Berkelouw Books 70 Norton Street, Leichhardt 6.30PM Admission: $20 and $10 Bookings: Email: [email protected] ************************************************ SPECIAL FABIAN EVENT IN MELBOURNE Wednesday 10th April at 6.30 pm: Implications of the Heffernan Affair Monash Academic Jenny Hocking follows up her biography of Lionel Murphy with an analysis of what the Heffernan affair was about and implications for constitutional safeguards. International Bookshop, Trades Hall 54 Victoria St Carlton South 3053 tel 03 9662 3744 fax 03 9663 4755 www.nibs.org.au ************************************* CONCERT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS CAMPAIGN The Rights Campaign for Asylum Seekers and Australians for Just Refugee Programs invite you to SHOW MERCY An evening of music, satire, voices and theatre to raise awareness of those seeking asylum, to provide a forum for people to express their concern and to take action with the support of key human rights organisations and religious groups at SYDNEY TOWN HALL Sunday 21 April 2002, 4.30pm - 7.00pm Huge cast and hosted by Julie McCrossin. Directed by Nigel Jamieson. Special video messages from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Sir Gustav Nossal and Dr Bryan Gaensler You can book ($25/$15) by phoning Ticketmaster on 1300 139 588
|
| Search All Issues | Latest Issue | Previous Issues | Print Latest Issue |
|
© 1999-2002 Workers Online 
|
|
