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Socialism 2008 (Melbourne)
Socialism 2008 - A day of discussion on a world in crisis!
The Socialist Party will be holding our annual Socialism event on the weekend of March 14 & 15 at Trades Hall in Melbourne. Our special guest for the event will be Pakistani socialist and trade unionist, Khalid Bhatti.
Khalid is the National Organiser of the Trade Union Rights Campaign in Pakistan (TURCP) and the leader of the Socialist Movement Pakistan (SMP). He will report on the situation in Pakistan, post the election, and talk about the Middle East and the War on Terror. Khalid will also be meeting with many labour movement leaders and activists whilst he is in town.
This event will also discuss all the main issues facing workers and young people in 2008. If you have an interest in revolutionary politics or want to find out more about the Socialist Party this event must not be missed!
The full agenda for the weekend is as follows-
Friday March 14th
7.00pm – 9.00pm – The Middle East and the War on Terror.
Speaker: Khalid Bhatti (Pakistani socialist & trade unionist)
Saturday March 15th
10.00am – 11.30am – World economy on the brink! Will China save Australia?
Speaker: Stephen Jolly (SP Councillor)
11.45am – 1.15pm - Environmental challenges in the 21st century.
Speaker: Kylie McGregor (SP)
2.00pm – 3.30pm – The future of the unions under Rudd.
Speakers: Shaun Reardon (CFMEU), Dave Kerin (Union Solidarity), Anthony Main (UNITE)
3.45pm – 5.15pm – France 68: 40th anniversary of the biggest general strike ever!
Speakers: Khalid Bhatti (SMP) and Denise Dudley (SP)
Raffle
In order to pay for the costs of bringing over our Pakistani guest we have organised a special raffle. Tickets are $10 and the prizes are $400 first prize, $200 second prize and $100 third prize. It will be drawn on Saturday March 15 at Socialism.
To purchase some raffle tickets or to get a book of 5 on a sale or return basis contact our National Office on 03 9639 9111.
Costs
Money raised from entrance fees to the event will go towards paying for our international guests travel costs as well as advertising and room hire costs. The entrance fees are very cheap considering the expenses.
For the entire event the costs are $30 high waged, $20 low waged and $10 unwaged. For a single session the costs are $5 waged or $2 unwaged.
Venue
The venue for the event is Trades Hall on the corner of Lygon and Victoria Streets in Carlton South (Melbourne). All meetings will be held in Meeting room 1 which is located on the ground floor. Enter via the Victoria Street entrance.
After the sessions finish on the Saturday evening we will get together in the Trades Hall Bar.
To book or for more information contact our National Office on 03 9639 9111.
"The sun shines. To hell with everything else!" - Stephen Fry
"As the world of the spectacle extends its reign it approaches the climax of its offensive, provoking new resistances everywhere. These resistances are very little known precisely because the reigning spectacle is designed to present an omnipresent hypnotic image of unanimous submission. But they do exist and are spreading.", The Bad Days Will End.
"(The) working class exists and struggles in all countries, and has the same enemies in all countries – the police, the army, the unions, nationalism, and the fake ‘socialism’ of the bourgeois left. It shows that the conditions for a worldwide revolution are ripening everywhere today. It shows that workers and revolutionaries are not passive spectators of inter-imperialist conflicts: they have a camp to choose, the camp of the proletarian struggle against all the factions of the bourgeoisie and all imperialisms." -ICC, Nation or Class?
