Sydney Socialist Alliance

Forum: Why we need to defend the Tent Embassy

2012-01-31T12:20:00.004+11:00

Wednesday 1st February 6pm (cheap meal) 6:30pm start @ Resistance Centre 22 Mountain St, UltimoJoin us to hear from Pat Eatock, Aboriginal elder, 1972 Tent Embassy activist and participant in current Tent Embassy protest and Kathy Eatock Aboriginal activist, organiser of recent Tent Embassy protests in Canberra plus Ray Jackson Indigenous Social Justice Association (ISJA) spokesperson and

2011-07-13T14:26:00.001+10:00

New Resistance Centre GRAND OPENING!This Saturday July 16, with drinks from 4pm. 22-36 Mountain Street, UltimoCome along to this historic event! Toasts from David Shoebridge (Greens NSW MP); Antony Loewenstein (independent journalist); Peter Boyle (Socialist Alliance); Mark Goudkamp (Refugee Action Coalition); Lek (Thai Red Australia) + many others. Live music, dance, delicious food and

2011-05-04T15:50:00.001+10:00

Resistance Conference Launch People power confronting the empireFriday May 6, 6pmRedfern Community Centre, 29 Hugo St, Redfern * Matthew Cassel, Assistant Editor of Electronic Intifada, is a photojournalist who reported from Egypt during the revolutionary upsurge that toppled the Mubarak dictatorship. Matthew has worked in Palestine and Lebanon, including for human and prisoner

John Pilger Q & A screening of his new film

2011-04-11T16:16:00.003+10:00

John Pilger Q & A screening of his new film The War You Don't See Tuesday April 19, 5:30 for 6pm Teachers Federation Auditorium 23-33 Mary St, Surry Hills (near Central Station). Renowned anti-war journalist and filmmaker John Pilger will introduce, discuss and take questions on his powerful and timely new film.The War You Don't See is an investigation into the media's role in war, from

Advance Screenings of John Pilger's Latest Film

2011-03-30T10:42:00.002+11:00

The War You Don't See Almost banned by Parramatta Council, Pilger's newest documentary is a powerful and timely investigation into the media's role in war, tracing the history of 'embedded' and independent reporting from the carnage of World War One to the destruction of Hiroshima, and from the invasion of Vietnam to the current war in Afghanistan and disaster in Iraq. As weapons and

Socialist Alliance Election Night Parties

2011-03-25T14:06:00.006+11:00

What does the future hold for the people of NSW?Join Socialist Alliance members, supporters and volunteers to watch the NSW state election unfold, celebrate the gains of the Socialist Alliance and other progressive forces, and prepare to bring the people's fightback to the streets under a Lib-Nat governmentBesides politics, of course, there will be plenty of great food and drinks!Sydney Central &

2011-02-21T23:05:00.002+11:00

Socialist Alliance will launch our 2011 NSW election campaign with a night of short speeches, music, theatre and dancing!Saturday February 26 Time: 6.30pm -11.30pmLocation: St Lukes Hall, 11 Stanmore Road, Enmore Socialist Alliance launches its "NSW not for Sale" election campaignThere will be short speeches from Socialist Alliance Legislative Council Candidates Peter Boyle, Jess Moore, Raul

Film screening: The Battle of Algiers

2011-02-16T12:26:00.002+11:00

A screening of an all-time classic film, at a time of solidarity with the people power revolutions in the Middle East.Friday February 18, 6:30 for 7pm (cheap dinner from 6:30pm)Resistance Centre, 23 Abercrombie St, Chippendale (Cnr Blackfriars St, just off Broadway near UTS). Donation entry $10, $6 conc.Depicting the Algerian independence struggle against the French, The Battle of Algiers shows

2011-02-10T15:03:00.002+11:00

Peaceful demonstration to support the Egyptian peopleSaturday Feb 12, at noonSydney Town HallOrganised by the Egyptian solidarity community & AmnestyCome along to support the thousands who have been injured, the hundreds that have given their lives, and the millions who continue to struggle for a democratic and just Egypt.From Sydney, we stand with you in the fight for human rights, democracy and

Egypt solidarity rally, Sydney, Feb 5

2011-02-07T15:20:00.002+11:00

Press release - Duncan Roden Keep public land in public hands! Save the Old Kings School for the Arts, not private church interests!

2011-02-03T16:47:00.004+11:00

“The U.S. Empire ... has launched a retrograde and anti-historic counteroffensive, with the aim of rolling back the union, sovereignty, and democracy of our continent.” - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, August 17, 2009The recent military coup in Honduras, which deposed democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya, and the

2009 NSW Socialist Alliance conference agenda

2009-08-04T21:50:00.003+10:00

Saturday August 8, 10.30am-5.30pm Sydney Resistance Centre, 23 Abercrombie St Chippendale Info: 02-9690 1977 Registration fee: $10/$5 concession 10.30-11am: Welcome and opening poem by Paul Burns (Armidale branch) 11am-1pm: Panel of speakers: • Pat Eatock (Sydney Central branch, Aboriginal activist) - on impact of NSW Labor govt privatisation on Aboriginal communities. • Graham Brown (

Shameless in Kevin Ruddbot's ALP

2009-07-30T22:05:00.004+10:00

"If you are still in the Labor Party today, you should be ashamed of yourself", 71-year-old Aboriginal activist Pat Eatock called out to delegates returning to the stage-managed proceedings of the first day of the 2009 ALP national conference after the lunchbreak.Most delegates scurried past Pat, but a few, including Linda Burney (community services minister in the NSW Labor government) felt

Join the protests at the ALP 2009 national conference Jul 30-Aug 1

2009-07-27T20:57:00.023+10:00

Below are details of some of the protests against the Rudd Labor government's right-wing policies that will be held at the ALP national conference this week (Thursday July 30 - Saturday August 1). The Socialist Alliance would like to encourage everyone to attend. You can read about why these protests are taking place here.You can download the Socialist Alliance leaflet we will distribute at the

Call to protest at ALP national conference

2009-07-21T16:07:00.001+10:00

The Rudd Labor government has betrayed the expectations of millions who voted for progressive change in the last federal elections in Australia. This is a call to join the protests outside the Australian Labor Party's 2009 national conference in Sydney Darling Harbour Convention Centre, July 30 - August 1.

Socialist Alliance NSW conference 2009

2009-07-14T22:25:00.007+10:00

As more people are being hit by the global capitalist financial crisis and climate change, the NSW Labor government is selling off more public assets. Coal mining is actually increasing, and corporate profits are being placed ahead of social and environmental need. Join Socialist Alliance members from all around the state and be involved in the discussion to develop alternative solutions, and

Progressives & the mass democracy protests in Iran

2009-07-07T15:09:00.009+10:00

How should progressives respond to the mass protests in Iran? Is Mousavi an alternative worth supporting? Why does the West hate Iran and President Ahmadinejad? What happened to the revolution of 1979? What should we be calling for now? Come along to discuss these important questions and more at our next monthly branch meeting. Discussion starter on this subject by Tony Iltis, the Green Left

Book launch: The Tamil Freedom Struggle in Sri Lanka

2009-06-26T09:50:00.003+10:00

While the Sri Lankan Government and Army gloats at the end of the civil war, which the UN estimates killed over 30 000 innocent civilians (with tens of thousands more missing, presumed dead). 300,000 innocent civilians (including 80 000 children) are now being forcibly held in internment camps. This is amidst independent reports of families being separated in the camps, women & children being

Protest, march and concert - marking two years since the announcement of the NT Intervention

2009-06-18T12:50:00.002+10:00

Saturday, June 20, 2009 10:30am Belmore Park, Eddy avenue, Haymarket (opposite Central station) March to the Block in Redfern for family and culture day concert Stop the NT Intervention * Reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act* No Blackmail - Land Rights not Leases* Aboriginal Control of Aboriginal Affairs* Housing and Services for all Communities* Jobs - not cuts to CDEP Speakers include:

Socialist Alliance Eastern Suburbs Branch meeting

2009-06-17T15:14:00.006+10:00

Wednesday June 24, 7pmCome early for a free basic meal at 6.30pmPlease ring Haskell on 9389 7020 or 0431 268 759 for details of the venue in Bondi JunctionSpecial guest speaker: Trish Corcoran onThe Need for Sustainable AgricultureAustralian Agriculture both contributes to climate change and is adversely affected by it. Any campaign to force government action on climate change has to include a

Celebrate 10th anniversary of Seattle & 800th issue of Green Left

2009-06-16T16:05:00.004+10:00

A very special Actively Radical TV and Green Left Weekly event to celebrate 800 editions of Green Left Weekly! Ten year ago the Battle of Seattle the world awoke as thousands of protesters took on the World Trade Organisation’s brutal anti-people policies in the streets of Seattle. It was an event that set the scene for the anti-capitalist globalisation movement that swept the world in subsequent

Call out for June 13 nationwide Climate Emergency Rally

2009-06-12T15:26:00.006+10:00

Start Time: 10am, Saturday June 13Start Location: Barangaroo, Hickson Road, Millers Point Dress: Code RedThe Socialist Alliance stall will be there from 9am. We need your help to build a big, colourful and noisy Socialist Alliance contingent! We need people to carry banners, hold placards, lead chants, beat drums, blow whistles, distribute material and t-shirts...Contact numbers: Brianna 439 694

Working bee for June 13 Climate Change Emergency Rally

2009-06-08T12:41:00.003+10:00

Anyone who can spare a little time to help us prepare for the Socialist Alliance contingent in the big June 13 Climate Change Emergency Nationwide Rally please come along to this working bee and briefing:Thursday June 11, 5pmResistance Centre23 Abercrombie StChippendale 2008Phone Brianna, Trish or Peter 9690 1977Details of the June 13 rally are: Start Time: 10am, June 13 at Barangaroo, Hickson

The ECONOMIC CRISIS: Why workers shouldn't pay for it

2009-06-03T16:48:00.006+10:00

There are bailouts for the rich and billions for the banks.Yet the environment, public health and transport systems are in crisis. Already thousands of workers have lost their jobs and thousands more are set to lose their jobs. This meeting will discuss a how we can build a serious fightback against these attacks. Guest Speaker: Dick Nichols, Socialist Alliance National Co-convener 6.30pm,

Big trouble on the farm: How we can shift to sustainable agriculture

2009-05-27T09:54:00.010+10:00

Australian agriculture both contributes to climate change and is adversely affected by it. Any campaign for urgent action on climate change has to include a call for the radical transformation of rural land use and farming systems to make these ecologically sustainable. Our guest speakers on this topic at the next Sydney Central Socialist Alliance branch meeting, Nick Soudakoff, an organic farmer

"El Viejo y Jesus (The Old Man and Jesus: Prophets of Rebellion)"

2009-05-20T23:05:00.004+10:00

The Old Man and Jesus: Prophets of Rebellion is by Venezuelan film maker Marcelo Andrade (of the Calley Media collective, and the film Venezuela, Bolivariana, People and Struggle of the Fourth World War), The film gives a unique perspective on the Bolivarian Revolutionary process: it follows the lives of two men who live on the streets of Caracas in the middle of the bosses' oil industry lockout

Forum: The Genocide Against The Tamils - Where To From Here?

2009-05-20T11:29:00.010+10:00

Thousands of Tamil civilians have been killed in the last three months in the Sri Lankan state's ruthless war of genocide. It now claims to have militarily defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Horrendous massacres take place daily while independent media and aid agencies are excluded from the killing zones. Hundreds of thousand of Tamils who fled the fighting are being herded into

A socialist analysis of the global recession

2009-05-11T22:08:00.004+10:00

The guest speaker at the May meeting of the Sydney Central branch of the Socialist Alliance will be the SA National co-convenor Dick Nichols, giving a socialist analysis of the current global economic crisis,the worst capitalist economic crisis since the Great Depression. Nichols has given numerous lectures on Marxist economics and writes on the economy, climate change and other issues for Green

Refugees, racism & war from Sri Lanka to Afghanistan

2009-05-11T21:47:00.003+10:00

At the same time as the Rudd government sends more troops to Afghanistan and turns a blind eye to Sri Lanka’s genocide of the Tamil people, Rudd refuses to take responsibility for the refugees whose suffering the Australian government has helped create.The Australian government must bring all the troops home now It must also take a stand against the genocide taking place in Sri Lanka and pressure

May 1 rally against prison privatisation

2009-04-27T10:26:00.010+10:00

A rally will be held Friday May 1, 10am as a show support for those opposing privatisation of prisons and other public services and utilities. The rally will coincide with the meeting of the NSW ALP Administrative Committee. At this meeting, John Roberson will be asking the Administrative Committee to accept that privatisation of prisons is consistent with the ALP policy of opposing

Join Socialist Alliance on the May Day march (May 3)

2009-04-17T15:40:00.007+10:00

Join other members and supporters of the Socialist Alliance at Sydney's May Day march on Sunday May 3. The march begins at Hyde Park North (near St James Station) at 12 noon.After the march join us in a celebration and toast to workers struggles around the world. We are inviting spokespersons from various struggles to this event and Perry Keyes, who sings about growing up in Redfern and

Rights at work under Labor

2009-04-16T14:04:00.005+10:00

A Socialist Alliance Public ForumGuest speakers: Peter McClelland, State President, CFMEU (Construction Division); Danielle Blanch, Parramatta, Your Rights at Work; Susan Price, UNSW NTEU Branch President (personal capacity)While Labor’s Fair Work Bill (FWB) removes some of the most extreme elements of "WorkChoices" it maintains its core essence. Additionally, a report has just landed on Kevin

A socialist analysis of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression

2009-03-26T18:02:00.010+11:00

The guest speaker at the April meeting of the Sydney central branch of the Socialist Alliance will be the SA National co-convenor Dick Nichols, giving a socialist analysis of the current global economic crisis,the worst capitalist economic crisis since the Great Depression. Nichols has given numerous lectures on Marxist economics and writes on the economy, climate change and other issues for

Film Screening: Who Killed the Electric Car?

2009-03-25T20:22:00.002+11:00

Friday April 3 @ 7.30pm Woronora River Lifesaving and River Patrol Clubhouse Prince Edward Park Rd Woronora (opposite RSL)This film investigates the events leading to the quiet destruction of thousands of new, radically efficient electric vehicles. Through interviews and narrative, the film paints a picture of an industrial culture whose aversion to change and reliance on oil may be deeper then

Sydney protest against wars on Iraq, Afghanistan & Palestine

2009-03-21T20:24:00.004+11:00

By Christine KeavneySocialist Alliance members joined a crowd of peace groups in a rally on Saturday to mark the 6th anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Iraq.This rally also focused on the occupation of Afghanistan and Palestine.The rally was organised by Stop the War Coalition and the Gaza Defense Committee. The Welcome to Country was performed by an impassioned Jenny Munro. Ahmed Omar

Film showing: Hope In A Slingshot

2009-03-11T15:52:00.005+11:00

This film is an emotionally charged journey into the 40 year occupation of Palestine. The human spirit of Palestine is unwittingly celebrated as this documentary, exposes the dark side of Israeli star, Maps, up to date statistics and Marwan Abado's music provide an engaging and lucid back drop for the presentation of interviews with lawyers, ex prisoners, Israeli soldiers, wounded teenagers,

Next branch meeting on 21st March - join peace march

2009-03-11T15:20:00.005+11:00

Meet at Resistance Centre, 23 Abercrombie Street, Chippendale at 12.30 p.m. for sandwiches and a briefing by Stop the War Coalition activist on the issues of the rally to mark the 6th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. We will then take our banners to Town Hall Square for the rally. This rally will also focus on the wars in Afghanistan and Palestine and will feature speakers from each

International Women's Day

2009-03-11T14:17:00.012+11:00

Last Saturday, March 7, Socialist Alliance members joined in the march and rally to mark International Women's Day. Women from varied groups heard speeches and marched to Hyde Park where stalls and music awaited. Issues raised included paid maternity leave, women and disability, ageing and childcare. (Photos by Jill Hickson)

Save manufacturing jobs – Nationalise Pacific Brands!

2009-03-09T11:35:00.008+11:00

[Text of petition initiated by Socialist Alliance]To Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of AustraliaPacific Brands has:sacked 1850 workers across Australiareceived over $17 million of public subsidiesawarded its executives huge pay rises -- of almost $1 million for CEO Sue Morphet aloneannounced that it will relocate its manufacturing business offshore despite several of its brands and divisions being

Socialist Alliance meeting February 21

2009-02-19T17:10:00.008+11:00

One Year on From Rudd's apology: Where to for Aboriginal Rights?2pm Sat 21 February@ the Resistance meeting 23 Abercrombie St, Chippendale.Special guest speaker Pat Eatock, a Kairie community elderPh Peter 9690 1977

Defending political activisim - doco screening Friday 20 February - SYDNEY

2009-02-15T21:13:00.000+11:00

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