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August 2005
? (date tba):
Oxfam UQ, , at UQ. "Development Talk" on HIV/AIDS
?
(date tba): Chris Nineham (U2),
member of Respect, Stop the War Coalition, Globalise Resistance, speaks on
'Revolution in the 21st Century'
? (date tba): The Big Issue film fundraiser.
See http://www.bigissue.org.au
(Sabina, 32203775)
1st Aug: Blowin' in the Wind New doco
on depleted uranium weapons. Mon, 7 pm, Regent Theatre,
Brisbane Mall
2nd Aug: NZ Greens, Avid Reader, West
End, 6:30 pm
3rd Aug: QEAN meeting, 6:30-8:30 pm
at FOE, West End.
5th Aug: Humphrey McQueen:
Against anti-union laws meeting. Tues. 6:30 pm, Activist
Centre, 74B Wickham St, Valley
6th Aug: Phyllis Bennis, US writer,
political activist on Mid East. 1:30 pm Central City Library
theatrette, City Plaze, Adelaide St, Bris.
6th Aug: Hiroshima Day Rally 4 Peace
and Justice. Candlelight procession. Sat. 5 pm King George
Square.
6th Aug: Brisbane Folk Festival.
Broadway Hotel, Woolloongabba. All day.
7th Aug: The Wall (film). QPSC (Qld
Palestinian Solidarity Campaign) A very well-reviewed film
called "Wall" - re the Separation Wall of course - is to be
shown Sunday 7th August at 7.30pm at the Regent 3 - part of
the Brisbane Film Festival.
7th-8th Aug: Wild Rivers. Public
meeting 2pm, Visy Bar; 3 pm Party Spark Bar (The Wilderness
Society)
8th Aug: Dialogue with Carah Ong of
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, "Security and Sustainability:
Is a nuclear future the answer?" Justice Place, Abingdon St,
Gabba. Joan 38559497
8th Aug: Talisman Sabre Peace Convergence.
10 Peace Activist Court in Rockhampton.
8th-12th Aug: Homelessness Week
9th Aug: Phyllis Bennis Peace Seminar.
12-2 pm. Info Anna Bartos, Australian Centre for Peace and
Conflict Studies, UQ.
9th Aug:
Carah Ong
Just Peace Rally 4 Peace, 7 pm, TLC, Peel St.
10th Aug: Speak Up! Greens free
English language project. Ideas and organisation meeting.
10th Aug: NDA against VSU, 2pm King
George Square.
13th Aug: Film Venezuela Bolivariana.
6:30 pm Activist Centre, 74B Wickham St, Valley
14th-17th Aug: International Engaging
Communities Conference, Brisbane
18th Aug: Turtles Can Fly. 6:30 for 7
pm http://www.rac-qld.org
($15/$12)
18th Aug: Corporations in Iraq, 7 pm
St Mary's Parish House, 20 Merivale St, Bris.
20th Aug: Chatsworth and Redcliffe
by-election
20th Aug: Boombana Revegetation with
NPAQ and Greens
24th Aug: Human Rights Public Forum
with Just Rights Qld. (justrights.org) 6 pm, Riverside
Centre
25th Aug: NDA against VSU
27th Aug: Tampa Day. 1 pm Roma Street
Forum
27th Aug: Dr Rosemary Webb,
"Collaborative women: industrial reorganising and the sex
divide in Sydney's inter-war years" Brisbane Labour History
Assoc. (BLHA)
3 pm, Graduate Studies Centre (Griffith Uni) South Bank.
27th-29th Aug: Sydney Social Forum
30th Aug: Protest Forbes Global CEO
Conference, Sydney Opera House; BUS LEAVING BRISBANE
29th AUG -- RETURNING 1ST SEPTEMBER.
September 2005
? (date tba): Activist Outbreak. QEAN
(Qld Enviro Activist Network). North and central Q, schools
and unis, -- ongoing focus
4th Sep: Anarchy in the Afternoon.
Public discussion 12pm-1pm. Paradise Park, Highgate Hill.
4th Sep: Just Peace AGM Brian
Hoepper speaking. 2pm-5pm. Ahimsa House
4th Sep: Civility Outbreak. South
Leagues Club, West End.
10th Sep: Make Poverty History. UN
review of Millennium Development goals. Oxfam events.
10th Sep: Brisbane Eco Village Discovery
Day. Northey St. 10am-2 pm.
www.ecovillbris.cjb.net
16th-18th Sep: Wild Spaces Film Festival.
Friends of the Earth.
23rd-25th Sep: Marxism 05. Sydney
24th Sep: Boombana Revegetetation Project
(NPEAN & Greens)
October 2005
? (date tba):
Nobel Peace Prize
winners to be selected in October. See
http://www.1000peacewomen.org and look for Zohl de
Ishtar et al
? (date tba) Late Oct, International
Solidarity (QCM) Conference.
1st Oct: Brisbane Social Forum Reactivate
Week 1: Anti-IR legislation
activities
Week 2: Just Peace Speakers Forum,
TLC, 7 pm
Mental Health Week (2nd week Oct)
8th Oct: International Lesbian Day
9th-10th Oct: Brisbane-Gold Coast Bike
Ride. Contact Bicycle Queensland.
22nd Oct: Boombana Revegetation Project
(NPAQ, Greens)
28th Oct. Reclaim the Night ("Stop
Violence Against Women" et al, 33912573; 33910004 to be
involved)
November 2005
? (date tba):
Pine Gap Lease Renewal actions
18th-20th Nov: Melbourne Social Forum
19th Nov: Boombana Revegetation Project
(NPAQ, Greens)
jasoncooney@fastmail.com.au
25th Nov: White Ribbon Day for
International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women (http://www.whiteribbonday.gov.au/)
December 2005
1st Dec: West Papua Independence Day
1st Dec: World AIDS day
1st-10th Dec: Dr Owens Saro-Wiwa,
Friends of the Earth, climate justice tour, East Coast.
10th Dec: Human Rights Day dinner --
Amnesty International.
10th Dec: Make Poverty History WTO
Summit. World trade and subsidies/fair trade events.
oxfamuq@hotmail.com
10th Dec: Antar Sea of Hands
13th Dec: International Day of Action on
Climate Change
31st Dec: Stolen wages deadline for
lodging legal complaints against acceptance of Qld.
Govt's.stolen wages offer.
26th Dec-2nd Jan: Woodford Folk Festival
January 2006
? (date tba): ASEN & QEAN training
camp, NSW.
7th-13th Jan: Ananda Mela (=Festival of
Bliss) Stanthorpe, Qld.
26th Jan: Invasion Day. Aussie Tent
Embassy Corrobboree
March 2006
? (date tba): Stolenwealth Games
(during Commonwealth Games, Aboriginal Tent Embassy)
? (date tba): Palm Sunday Rally for Peace and Nuclear
Disarmament
8th Mar: International Women's Day
20th Mar: International Day of Action
against the War in Iraq, King George Square, Bris. (Stop
the War coalition)
29th Mar - 2nd April:
The Ideas Festival South Bank, Brisbane
April 2006
29th Mar - 2nd April:
The Ideas Festival South Bank, Brisbane
26th Apr: Chernobyl Day
May 2006
? (date tba) (2nd week): Disability Mental Health and Prison
Conference
1st May: Labor Day
2nd-9th May: Antar Qld Conference --
Townsville
26th May: Sorry Day
June 2006
? (date tba) (Queens Birthday): Dreaming Festival
5th Jun: World Environment Day (Gecko
Do)
26th Jun: LBGTQ Pride Festival and
Fair Day
July 2006
1st-5th Jul: NAIDOC week
Week 2: Students of Sustainability (SoS)
- Qld Activist Network - QEAN.
Week 3: Eco Politics Association
Conference
29th Jul: Brisbane International Film
Festival
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