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eBulletin #5 November 2005 |
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Dear Friends,
Hello and welcome to the Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice's 5th eBulletin.
We'll keep these brief and only send them out when we've something to
tell you. If you don't want to be on this email list please simply
reply with "unsubscribe" in the subject. Feel free to circulate this
eBulletin as widely as you see fit and if you're not on the mailing
list but would like to be please email centre@democracyandjustice.org
and let us know.
1. Speaking up for Country: ACDJ’s 4th monthly forum
In our 4th Monthly forum, the Australian Centre for Democracy and
Justice join up with Friends of the Earth to present Monica Morgan
(Yorta Yorta Joint Body) and Jonathan La Nauze (Friends of the Earth
Melbourne) to discuss how the proposed Victorian Aboriginal Heritage
Act removes control of Aboriginal cultural heritage from Traditional
Owners as well as environmentalists collaborating with Traditional
Owners on the Murray River. Moderated by Hammy Goonan
This fascinating evening will provide a range of insights into
Indigenous people’s struggle for self-determination and alliances with
conservationists.
You can download a flyer for the event at: http://www.democracyandjustice.org/images/Speakingup4country.pdf
More details available at: http://democracyandjustice.org/content/view/52/52/
When: Tuesday 29th November, 7 pm
Where: Trades Hall
How much: $5 (ACDJ members free)
2. Membership - SPECIAL OFFER
Thanks to our friends at Ocean Press and Husta La Victoria St Bookshop
we have 20 copies of The Emerging Police State by William Kunstler to
give to the next 20 people that join up as members of the Australian
Centre for Democracy and Justice. This book, valued at $23 is
available to memberships which start from as low as $20 a year.
Our Membership scheme is three tiered, with students/concessions being
$20, full price/waged $40, solidarity/household/organisation $100.
OurCommunity.com.au kindly processes our memberships and you can sign
up at their site:
http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/membership/membership_details.form?membershipId=715
Alternatively you can print out a membership form at:
http://www.democracyandjustice.org/images/Membership%20form.pdf and
send it back to us.
Donations can also be made through the OurCommunity.com.au site at: http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/acdj.
3. Lobbyocracy: the Hypocrisy of Democracy
The Australia Centre for Democracy and Justice will be launching a new
campaign early next year around issues of corporate lobbying of
government and we need your help.
We’ve registered www.lobbyocracy.org and installed a Wiki, a piece of
web-base software that allows anyone to edit the site. We want you to
get in there and add everything you know about the lobbying activities
of corporations in Australia.
We will be launching this campaign with a forum early next year and we
want the site well populated by then so go to the site, register and
start editing.
4. Other events
If you’d like your event included in this list please email us at
centre@democracyandjustice.org with “eBulletin” in the subject.
Melbourne Social Forum
Your World, Your Future: Open Space for Open Minds
CERES Environmental Park - 19th and 20th November 2005
The Melbourne Social Forum is an annual open space event and a network
for facilitating debate, self-expression and imagination in addressing
global issues. In particular for seeking out, articulating and helping
to establish more sustainable and just versions of globalisation. |
