Resistance Centre, level 5, Druids House, 407 Swanston St
Mail: PO Box 12427, A'Beckett St, Melbourne 8006
Ph: (03) 9639 8622
Web: http://www.resistance.org.au/melbourne
Email: peterson_err@hotmail.com
UPCOMING EVENTS
Ph 9639 8622 or email peterson_err@hotmail.com
Socialist Alliance state conference
Fighting for socialism in 2010:
Towards climate and social justice
Saturday, February 27, 10am-5pm (registration from 9.30am).
AMWU offices, 251 Queensberry St, Carlton South.
Agenda:
9.30-10am. Registration. Registration cost: $15/$7 (full day); $7/$3 (half day).
10-11am. Opening plenary: NT intervention: Union solidarity with indigenous communities. Six
trade unionists from Melbourne will show footage and report back on
their visit to the Ampilatwatja protest camp in the Northern Territory
where they built the first house. Presentation by: Tim Gooden (CFMEU),
Mick Bull (AMWU), Garry Holliday (AWU) and Ron Guy (AWU).
11am-12.25pm. Workshops:
- Responding to the refugee crisis: The Tamil exodus and the role of Australia. Speakers from Tamil community & refugee activist group.
- Campaigning for equal marriage rights. Speaker from Equal Love campaign.
- The Australian climate movement: the need for an eco-socialist perspective. Speaker: Hans Baer (anthropologist with focus on impact of climate change and climate activist).
12.25-12.30pm. Solidarity needed for Western Sahara. Speaker: Cate Lewis (Australia Western Sahara Association convenor).
12.30-1.30pm. Lunch break
1.30-3pm. Feature session: Beyond Copenhagen: the struggle to combat climate change. Speakers:
Peter Marshall (United Firefighters Union state secretary), Damien
Lawson (Climate Action Centre) and Ben Courtice (Socialist Alliance
climate campaigner).
3-4.30pm. Plenary session. Socialist Alliance 2010 January national conference reportback: a step towards left unity. Speaker: Dave Kerin.
Issues in Australian politics. Speaker: Sue Bull.
Pre-selection of Socialist Alliance senate ticket for federal elections.
4.30-5pm. Resolutions session.
All welcome
For information or to register: phone 9639-8622 or 0413-377-978
