Events

Melbourne CBD location(s) to be announced
Contact Name     Stephen Taberner
Contact Email     taberner@tpg.com.au

BUY MORE STUFF! will make its world debut in Big W, Myer and other stores on Thursday Dec 18 during the evening shopping hours.

This is a foolish and ironically intended anthem to consumerism, in the tradition of "vote the bastards out": see youtube clip

17-12-2008  Here is the latest update from flashmob organiser extraordinaire Stephen Taberner:
"I am happy to announce that we had a perfectly grand musical congress at the rehearsal last night, so thanks to everybody who restacked their christmas season to make it. the song is sounding awesome and thus I pronounce us to be in readiness for the big event on thursday.

we will meet at 5pm outside the state library, which is on the corner of swanston and latrobe. apparently the chance of rain is 40%, so I think 40% of us should bring an umbrella. if we move to an indoor location, we will leave a sentry to redirect you. we aim to run through the song till soon after 6, when the whole pesky event will begin in earnest.

current plans for flashmob locations include outside Big W in the QV, bourke st mall, melbourne central and the manchester section at myer. please email any excellent further ideas to me, and also if you are going to be late, get a mobile number of someone who is going so you can find us!

please wear city-ish kind of gear. suits for men would be wonderful. we are supposed to be shoppers on the way home from work in the city. and you have to look pretty for the camera, which will be manned by pete. I was most remiss to not introduce him to you last night, so apologies for that.

new singers and those who couldn't make thursday are most cordially welcome so long as they get there for the 5pm rehearsal and they have done some listening to the mp3s first. if it helps I can email you a jpg of the dots for the song.

ah, um. that's it! it shall be grand, and I am most thermulously thingly about the whole thing. see you down there.

respectfully
stephen"

Here are the links for learning the parts:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/11/13/1581369/stuff.tenor.mp3

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/11/13/1581369/stuff.sop.mp3
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/11/13/1581369/stuff.alto.mp3
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/11/13/1581369/stuff.bass.mp3
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/11/13/1581369/mc.tenor.mp3
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/11/13/1581369/mc.sop.mp3
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/11/13/1581369/mc.alto.mp3
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/11/13/1581369/mc.bass.mp3

These files are fully panned with the target part to the left and all others to the right. To listen to your part, turn the balance control (you can do this even on a mac for example under system preferences/sound) fully to the left, or if you have headphones, take one off. Then you can readjust to hear more of the others when you are confident.

and here are the words:

(these are the correct words, rather than those in the mp3)

ooooh etc
CHORUS
buy more stuff!
stuff!
buy more stuff!
stuff!
buy more stuff!
stuff!
any kind of stuff will do (stuff!)
just as long as it's brand new (stuff!)
matte or shiney, pink or blue (stuff!)

Come and celebrate another super year at 3CR on Thursday 18 December at the Bella Union Bar, Trades Hall in Carlton. All welcome!

We shall also be launching both the 2008 Beyond the Bars CD as well as 3CRs' Done By Law program's new website.

Stay tuned to 3CR on 855AM or to this website for more details.

Contact the Special Projects Coordinator for more information.

Trades Hall, Cnr Lygon and Victoria sts, Carlton

December 18th: Is there anything left wing about liberalism?
January 8th: Trotsky: Culture & Revolution (upstairs, Sabbatini's Restaurant, 160 Lygon St in Carlton)
January 15th: The Decline of US Power: The end of a unipolar world?
January 22nd: Educational Meeting: Why the working class is central in Marxist theory

Visit the Socialist Alternative website for more information.

Birrarung Marr (gather at the Angel sculpture)

At 6:30pm, meet at Birrarung Marr (gather at the Angel sculpture).

We will ride the Yarra trail from the City to Lentil as Anything at Abbotsford Convent.

To ensure your place at the table, phone 0412703483 or reply to . Or just turn up and take your chances! It's not too late to join this ride!
bikefunmelbourne@lists.riseup.net

The collective meets twice a month and we welcome new members.  Meetings are on the first and third Thursdays of each month at 6.30pm.

Meeting dates for the rest of 2008 are:

• 18 December

We meet at FoE, 312 Smith st, Collingwood (near Johnson street. We are on the #86 tram line going to Bundoora and  the buses coming from Doncaster and Donvale that runalong Johnson street).

For further information, please contact Ellen Roberts: ellenmroberts@yahoo.com.au

Come this Friday and protest against sweatshop labour in the Australian fashion industry.

The action will start at 12:30pm, this Friday 19th December.

Gather outside the RICH outlet, 375 Brunswick St, (near the corner with Rose St), Fitzroy.

Bring your best singing voices, and join FairWear in delivering a lump of coal to this clothing company, and in singing our unique brand of Christmas carols, in honour of sweatshop workers and outworkers.

See you there!

FairWear Victoria Campaign

Ph:(03) 9251 5270

ACMI pays tribute to acclaimed Melbourne documentary maker Pip Starr, who passed away earlier this year.

A professionally trained nurse, Starr squeezed in another career documenting environmental activism, the plight of independent coffee producers and, most recently, the rising sea levels off the Carteret Islands.

A selection of his films feature in this program, including Fight for Country: The Story of the Jabiluka Blockade (62 mins, Australia, 2001), Through the Wire (10 mins, Australia, 2004) and The Okapa Connection (15 mins, Australia, 2006).

Some of Starr's supporters including Gary Foley and Dave Sweeney (Australian Conservation Foundation) will introduce the screenings.

Sat 20 December 2008 | 4:30pm - 6:00pm
ACMI,
Federation Square,
Melbourne,
VIC
(03) 86632583
All tickets $8.00

 

State Library, Corner of Swanston and LaTrobe streets

Critical Mass is a bicycling event in which a group of riders get together to ride around and explore Melbourne, while drawing attention to the city's cycling community. The event is open to all, and riding is at a slow and steady pace!

The event runs on the last Friday of every month.
http://www.criticalmass.org.au/melbourne/

5pm, Tuesday, 30th December

Victorian State Library

Cnr La Trobe and Swanston St

Melbourne

Over 230 people have been killed and more than 700 wounded (half of them critically) on Saturday, December 27 when Israeli launched a series of violent air strikes against the Palestinian civilian population of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli airstrikes, which saw 100 tonnes of bombs dropped across the region took place at 11.30 am (Palestinian time) just as thousands of Palestinian school children were breaking from school to go home, resulting in many of them being killed or seriously injured.

Journalists and human rights activists on the scene at Gaza Hospital are reporting gruesome scenes; shocked families pick through body parts to identify loved ones - amputated bodies are strewn throughout hallways because morgues in the city can no longer accommodate the dead.

The Israeli air strikes against Gaza's 1.5 million civilian population comes on top of the Israeli imposed siege designed to strangle the life of the Palestinians living there, by denying them adequate fuel, food, medical supplies and power.

The people of Gaza are standing steadfast in the face of these atrocities but we in the international community also need to raise our voices and be heard to demand an immediate end to Israel's massacre of hundreds of innocent people and for an end to the illegal siege and collective punishment of the Palestinian people.

Join others around the world and raise your voices in opposition to Israel's war crimes and illegal collective punishment of the people of Gaza


Stop the Massacre!   End the Siege Now!

Please bring placards and banners

Organised by Justice for Palestine and Palestinian Community Association

For more information: 0439 454 375 or email.

Amy’s Ride 2009 Enjoy a great day on the Bellarine Peninsula – Sunday 4 January 2009 Now in its fourth year, come and enjoy a great day on the bike and show your support for the Amy Gillett Foundation.

There’s an Amy’s Ride to suit everyone! Choose from 120km, 65km or the new 22km road/trail ride. And kids can join the 'Go for your life' 1km kids loop – a closed circuit in the park. Get a team together and make it a fun day out.

Participate in the Amy’s Ride Fundraising Challenge and you could win a 16 day cycling tour of Vietnam, courtesy of The Adventure Travel Company. Everyone who raises $500 will also receive a free AGF cycling jersey.

Join thousands of riders, of all ages and abilities, in promoting messages of safe and responsible road use and shared respect, celebrate the life of Amy Gillett and raise funds for the Foundation. As you enjoy the scenic beauty of the Bellarine Peninsula, you will be riding alongside some of the world's best cyclists including Cadel Evans and Phil Anderson, plus all the stars of the 25th edition of the 2009 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic. Full details, registration and fundraising information online at www.amysride.com.

It’s not a race, it’s Amy’s Ride!
info@amygillett.org.au

Rally for  GAZA!

Rally Sunday  4 January 2009

2pm

State Library of Victoria

cnr Swanston St and La Trobe St, Melbourne

Over 385 people have been killed and more than 1700 wounded since Saturday 27 December, when Israel launched air strikes against the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip.

The air strikes come on top of the Israeli imposed blockade which has stopped adequate fuel, food, and medical supplies from reaching the 1.5 million Palestinians living in Gaza.

Rally in solidarity with the people of Gaza, who are standing steadfast in the face of these atrocities.

Please bring placards and banners
For more information call 0439 454 375 or 0418 819 548

Trades Hall, Cnr Lygon and Victoria sts, Carlton

December 18th: Is there anything left wing about liberalism?
January 8th: Trotsky: Culture & Revolution (upstairs, Sabbatini's Restaurant, 160 Lygon St in Carlton)
January 15th: The Decline of US Power: The end of a unipolar world?
January 22nd: Educational Meeting: Why the working class is central in Marxist theory

Visit the Socialist Alternative website for more information.

3pm, Queensbury Hotel, Swanston Street Carlton

January 10:  Marxism Vs Anarchism

January 17: Divide and Rule: a history of empire in India and Pakistan

January 24: Educational: Why the working class is central to Marxist theory 

Visit the Socialist Alternative website for more information.

 

Lyrebird Park, Beenak Rd, Yellingbo (Yarra Valley)
$50 to $250

Youth LEAD is an OzGREEN initiative that is building a national network of leaders who are working locally and beyond to build sustainable resilient communities. Youth LEAD is achieving this through leadership training and mentoring for eco-social projects that forge pathways to sustainable futures. Youth LEAD begins with people learning to be leaders by designing and undertaking their own projects. It brings together personal development, leadership and environmental education, so as participants make a difference to the Planet, they make a difference to themselves, which makes a difference to the Planet.

The workshop features skills training in:
*ecological footprint assessment and lifestyle analysis
*strategic questioning, deep listening and critical thinking
*rational and emotional intelligence
*creative thinking, values and visioning
*goal setting and action planning for lifestyle changes and eco-social action
*presentation skills
*project planning and management

for info phone: 0409 670 395, visit the ozgreen website, or send an email.

The muslim community in the Western Suburbs has organised a Prayer Service for Peace on Friday 16 January from 12.30 pm  to 3 pm at Werribee Secondary School Oval, Duncans Road, Werribee

(Melway Ref 206 B9).

Participants will then peacefuly march to the Honourable Julia Gillard’s electoral office to ask the Labour government to speak out for the people of Gaza and call for an immediate end to the violence.

 “Gaza is suffering from a humanitarian crisis.  Its population is trapped without electricity and water.  Food supplies are critically low,  and there is relentless bombing.  Civilians cannot get out, and much needed aid
cannot get in adequately. Our government should not condone this situation,” Sheikh Issa, Imam of the Virgin Mary Mosque in Hoppers Crossing, said.

The senior UN aid official for Gaza appealed to the international community to protect Gaza's civilians, saying nowhere in the territory of 1.5 million people is safe any longer with the conflict becoming "a test
of our humanity. 

People of all religions and beliefs are encouraged to attend and join the cause for peace.

For further details, please contact:

Sheikh Issa Mussa mobile 0402 555 202

 

 

Lyrebird Park, Beenak Rd, Yellingbo (Yarra Valley)
$50 to $250

Youth LEAD is an OzGREEN initiative that is building a national network of leaders who are working locally and beyond to build sustainable resilient communities. Youth LEAD is achieving this through leadership training and mentoring for eco-social projects that forge pathways to sustainable futures. Youth LEAD begins with people learning to be leaders by designing and undertaking their own projects. It brings together personal development, leadership and environmental education, so as participants make a difference to the Planet, they make a difference to themselves, which makes a difference to the Planet.

The workshop features skills training in:
*ecological footprint assessment and lifestyle analysis
*strategic questioning, deep listening and critical thinking
*rational and emotional intelligence
*creative thinking, values and visioning
*goal setting and action planning for lifestyle changes and eco-social action
*presentation skills
*project planning and management

for info phone: 0409 670 395, visit the ozgreen website, or send an email.

3pm, Queensbury Hotel, Swanston Street Carlton

January 10:  Marxism Vs Anarchism

January 17: Divide and Rule: a history of empire in India and Pakistan

January 24: Educational: Why the working class is central to Marxist theory 

Visit the Socialist Alternative website for more information.