What can I do in Australia

[BCV`]

Hi all, I'm located in Melbourne Australia, i was just wondering if there are already any groups or organisations that are fighting or lending support to the APPO and the struggle in Oaxaca in Aus, or any rally's or the like that i can be a part of. Are there any australians at all on these boards that want to support this struggle?

[Janus]

Moved.

[apathy maybe]

Check out the Aus/NZ thread in introductions for some of the currently active Australian members.

If you are a Marxist or similar you might be interested in either Resistance (Socialist Alliance) or Socialist Alternative who are both active in Melbourne.

Barricade Books is an anarchist group in Melbourne as well.

As to specifics, I can't help you with that, not being in Melbourne my self. But I am sure some of the other Melbourne comrades will be along shortly to suggest something.

[apathy maybe]

I forgot about the G20! The Group 20 industrialised nations are meeting in Melbourne in November, along with people from the WTO and other international scum groups.

Check out the links in my sig for some more information, and keep an eye around RevLeft as I am sure closer to the date there will be more stuff put up.

A bunch of people from Brisbane and Sydney are heading south for this as well.

[kaaos_af]

I strongly advise against joining Socialist Alternative.

[BCV`]

Hey thanx apathy, will do, ill check all of that out tomorrow when im nice and awake, and kaos, if you say so lol. Man I've posted three threads i think, not one of them hasn't been moved, i know, genius right? Yeah i just assumed that i should post something about Oaxaca in the Oaxaca area, my bad.

[armedpoet]

"I strongly advise against joining Socialist Alternative."

I concur!

If you're a socialist then I would suggest contacting Solidarity. Probably the only decent Socialist org in Aust.

I'm keen to do shit.. But i'm in Perth!

Good luck.

[chebol]

Hi,
the first thing you want to do is get along to the Latin American and Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference this weekend:

Saturday 21 – Sunday 22 October
SECOND LATIN AMERICAN & ASIA-PACIFIC SOLIDARITY GATHERING
During the months of October and November we will be visited by
important representatives of the social and popular movements.
Representatives of the Mapuche Indigenous movement from Chile and
from the Argentinean social movements will visit different cities,
from Bolivia a representative from the Coalition in Defence of Water
and we hope a representative from El Salvador Popular Movement.
During the Gathering representatives of the different struggles
across the continent will provide information on their respective
movements and their proposals, there will be discussion workshops to
finalise a plenary in which there will be resolutions discussed
referring to future relations between our two continents in order to
continue the struggle and resistance against corporate
globalisation. Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET),
[email protected] org, www.latinlasnet. org. P.O.BOX 813, North-
Melbourne VIC 3051. If you like more info, please contact: Lucho:
0402 754 818 or [email protected] com, Colm: 9354 2703 or
[email protected] com.au, Marisol: 9481 2273, 0401 558 373 or
[email protected] com

I would suggest you get involved in Resistance, if you are 26 or younger. They are involved in a lot of latin american solidarity. I'm sure there are other groups and anarchists in melbourne involved in this kind of stuff too, so you could check them out before joining too. Depends what you're into. I would also advise against Socialist Alternative, who have a pretty crappy line on most of latin america, as well as australian politics.

What do you think of cuba and venezuela, by the way?
If it's just latin america you're interested in, you should get in touch with the Australia Venezuela solidarity network, which, despite the name, does solidarity with other countries there too - and is a collection of heaps of different organisations and individuals.

Also, regardless of if you have differences with some of those tighter groups, you should consider joining the Socialist Alliance, which is an alliance of about a dozen groups and hundreds of individuals - socialist, marxist, communist, anarchist, progressive, a couple of reformists, etc - who are trying to overthrow the system here.

Check out the links in the sigs below.

[kaaos_af]

Originally posted by armedpoet@Oct 17 2006, 08:35 AM
"I strongly advise against joining Socialist Alternative."

I concur!

If you're a socialist then I would suggest contacting Solidarity. Probably the only decent Socialist org in Aust.

That's what you all say- Spartacists, CPA, ISO, WL, WP, SP, SPA, CPA(ML), DSP, Resistance, WSA, Labor Left, MSA, WS, FSO, SAG

Isn't Solidarity that split with the ISO over ISO's membership to Socialist Alliance?? There's three or four of your people here in QLD.

Resistance is okay, but they are obsessed with Latin America and have alienated themselves somewhat from the movement.

[che lives]

I am in Adelaide and I am a active member of the resistance that is the only leftist organisation I can find in SA

[chebol]

The CPA is also active (if barely) in SA, but Resistance and the Socialist Alliance (which res is part of) are the main left groups there, trying to build a new broad anti-capitalist party.

[Rollo]

Here's a branch of the CPA you might be interested in.

http://www.cpasa.blogspot.com/

[armedpoet]

I'm not a member of Solidarity but most members I know joined after SA was formed. Actually there are a lot of ex S.Alt members in Solidarity.

I would stay away from the CPA - stalinist wankers.

And unless you are interested in building the vanguard *cough* I would suggest you hook up with some autonomous crew.

[Rollo]

Not everybody in the CPA is a stalinist, or even leninist.

[Palmares]

Originally posted by BCV`@October 16, 2006 03:19 pm
Hi all, I'm located in Melbourne Australia, i was just wondering if there are already any groups or organisations that are fighting or lending support to the APPO and the struggle in Oaxaca in Aus, or any rally's or the like that i can be a part of. Are there any australians at all on these boards that want to support this struggle?

Hey, do you mean the struggle in Mexico? If so, here in NZ I've been involved in a few protests on this matter - there's a Zapatista solidarity group here. I'm unsure what's the go in Melb about it, but when I get back home (Melb) tomorrow I'll see if i can find anything, or maybe some crew here can tell me if they know of any similar groups in Melb.

Its funny, most people in this thread seemed to completely ignore your question and talk about joining (or not joining) this or that group - which have nothing to do with Mexico - Cuba and Venezuala is stretching the link... :P

[anarchista feminista]

Yeah, I'd personally be interested if there was anything in Sydney aswell. I don't really hear of much events on in Sydney and when I do it's usually when I'm not able to make it. I need to keep informed about these things

[apathy maybe]

See the stickied thread in Events and Propaganda for stuff in Sydney. Or ask rioter's bloc or chebol, they should both know what is going down.

[chebol]

You may want to pop along to the Latin Hut at the Addison Road Community Centre in Marrickville this Friday.
There is going to be a Mexican "Day of the Dead" party there - obviously with people other than mexicans. It's free, and would be an easy way to catch up with a lot of the latinos in sydney. PM me if you need details.

Also in Sydney of Friday:
Latin American Movements Today - Mexico, Chile, Brazil

Heriberto Salas, 'People for the Defence of the Earth' and 'the other campaign', Mexico + Rosa del Carmen Curihuentro, journalist and Mapuche Indigenous activist, Chile + Maria de Lourdes Vicente da Silva, Landless Workers Movement (MST), Brazil.

When: 3 November, 6.30pm
Where: Building 2, Room 429, 6.30pm
Access: By donation, disabled access
Welcome: Penny O'Donnell, UTS
Organiser: Latin American Solidarity Network, www.latinlasnet. org
Supporters: Research Initiative on International Activism (UTS), Union Aid Abroad (Apheda)

From the foundation of Via Campesina in 1993 and the Zapatista uprising a year later in 1994, to the birth of the World Social Forum in 2001 and the current electoral swing against neo-liberalism, Latin America has been a crucible for international movements against market globalism. This Forum brings together three members of these movements - from Mexico, Chile and Brazil - to share stories and insights.

Heriberto Salas is a represenative from 'the people for the Defence of the Earth' which has spearheaded the resistance against forced removal of the community to make way for a new airport in Mexico City. Recently this movement has engaged with 'the other campaign' initiated by the Zapatistas and been met by massive police repression and killings.

Rosa del Carmen Curihuentro is a journalist and a Mapuche Indigenous activist who is heavily involved in the struggle against the theft of Mapuche lands by transnational corporations in the South of Chile.

Maria de Lourdes Vicente da Silva is an organiser with the Landless Workers Movement (MST) in Brazil, which has seen the distribution of millions of acres of land to landless workers across Brazil.


For Melbournians:
RALLY
MONDAY NOVEMBER 6TH
5.30PM STATE PARLIAMENT HOUSE
SPRING STREET, CITY-MELBOURNE

SOLIDARITY WITH MEXICO AND THE PEOPLE OF OAXACA

The People of Oaxaca are suffering the repression of the government for claiming the dismissal of the state governor due to his complete mismanagement. The people of Oaxaca have suffered the repression of their right to protest, their right to freedom of _expression and their right to a dignified living. They claim that the governor must go and this has had the consequence of an orchestrated repressive response by the Oaxaca and the Mexican Federal governments.

People are dying, the police and paramilitary are shooting with guns while people are responding with pacific means. Brad Will, the New Yorker Indymedia reported who died on Friday is the evidence of that. But other people are also paying with their lives the authoritarian manners of this government.

STOP THE REPRESSION!!
STOP THE KILLINGS!!

RALLY
MONDAY NOVEMBER 6TH
5.30PM STATE PARLIAMENT HOUSE
SPRING STREET, CITY-MELBOURNE