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Featuring guest speakers from: Bolivia — Alina Sullcani, leader of the Indigenous and Rural Women Federation of Bolivia; El Salvador — Dr Guillermo Mata Bennett, FMLN representative in the lower house; Venezuela — Angel Navas, Electrical Workers Federation; Uruguay — Washington Belleti, Movement for Land Against Poverty. Victoria Trades Hall, Carlton.
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Speakers:
Brian Walters, civil libertarian, Greens candidate for Melbourne
David Nichols, lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Melbourne
Debbie Brennan, Melbourne Organiser, Radical Women
Meghan Fitzgerald, solicitor, Fitzroy Legal Service
Sharon Firebrace, Yorta Yorta woman and activist
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The film the ABC withdrew from broadcast, Hope in a Slingshot, a film by Inka Strafrace.
An Australian Journeys through the underbelly of the Israeli Occupation. "An important document of Israel’s brutal
occupation of Palestine…” Antony Loewenstein
$10/7conc CEPU Hall 41 Peel Street,
South Brisbane (entry on Merivale St)
Drinks and food Available.
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Maryella Hatfield is a lecturer in the School of Communication Arts at the University of Western Sydney. Her documentary "The Future Makers" tells the story of key Australians leading the way on the world stage
in renewable energy, particularly solar thermal projects.
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Syndicated from The Tyee on Fri, 2010-10-01
Photographer Gabor Gasztonyi, whose book 'A Room in the City' documents rough corners of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, on looking tough, getting close and more.
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We are pleased to announce the first Anarchist Bookfair and Seminar at Ungdomshuset,
Dortheavej 61, Copenhagen. ---- The bookfair and seminar will take place on the weekend of
November 13/14. The theme of the Seminar is 'Anarchism in Practice'.
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There is a problem. Australia currently has the lowest rate of strikes and industrial
action in history. “Fair Work” and previously “WorkChoices” have outlawed actions that are
not approved by the complicated, legalistic process of “protected” action.
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Syndicated from The Tyee on Fri, 2010-10-01
Last in the series, 'in praise of bad things.'
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We currently experience the lowest rate of strikes and industrial action in our history.
The law has severely constricted industrial action. Any industrial action taken outside
these strict laws can lead to unions copping massive fines, or suspension/instant
dismissal of workers. ---- At the same time, there is clearly a need for industrial
action.
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The Yup'ik saw this. They saw hundreds of thousands of seabirds die. They saw thousands of
sea otters die. They saw billions of salmon and herring die. This wasn't a dream; it was a
very real nightmare. You may have heard of it—it was called the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.
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- On donating, buying, and swapping secondhand clothes
- Compostable diaper service
- UN environment chief urges recycling of rare metals
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- U.S. military prepares for the coming conflicts triggered by climate change
- Climate Change Crisis 'Can Be Solved by Oil Companies'
- How global warming is aiding – and frustrating – archaeologists
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- Human Impact on World's Rivers 'Threatens Water Security of 5 Billion'
- Groundwater Depletion Raises Likelihood of Global Food Crises
- NYT: Water Use in Southwest Heads for a Day of Reckoning
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