Wednesday 12th July



Brisbane Free University’s Brisbane Free University Radical Reading Group

5.30pm to 6.45pm, Hope Street Cafe, 170 Boundary Street, West End

This week’s reading is Where We Stand - Class Matters (2011) by bell hooks

Challenge Josh Frydenberg [Facebook Event]

5pm to 6pm, Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia

We plan to be present outside this event being held next Wednesday 12 July at the Abel Smith lecture theatre, University of Queensland to challenge Josh Frydenberg and the LNP's support for the Adani Coal Mine. #stopadani





Thursday 13th July





Asylum Circle Volunteer Introductory Training

12pm to 2pm, Gabba Ward Office, 63 Annerley Road, Woolloongabba

RSVP athttps://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/asylum-circle-volunteer-introductory-training-tickets-34996360055

Training for anyone who would like to volunteer with people seeking asylum in South East Queensland.



Content covered will include:

The Refugee Experience

What is the difference between a refugee and a person seeking asylum?

Why do people seeking asylum need support?

Expectations of volunteers

Roles that are available to volunteers

Next steps

Brisbane Anti-War Vigil

4pm to 7pm, Samford Road entrance to Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera

*7pm Gather at the main entrance on Loyd St to the barracks to respectfully remember the Afghan and Australian war dead, to reflect on the war in Afghanistan and to call for the immediate return of all Australian troops.

Bring a song, poem, reflection or prayer to share in the circle.

Some folks are hoping to maintain the vigil throughout the night.

To "vigil" is to stay awake as society slumbers, 16 years into a war on Afghanistan with no end in sight. We refuse to avert our gaze.



Australian troops regularly deploy to Afghanistan from Gallipoli Barracks, Brisbane. Join us, as we remember the dead and call for an end to the war and the immediate return of all Australian soldiers and military equipment.

RSVP your availability - times that you are able to vigil to ciaronx@yahoo.com



NENA Film Night - 'The Economics of Happiness' Public hosted by Australian Earth Laws Alliance and New Economy Network Australia [Facebook Event]

7pm to 8.30pm, QCA Lecture Theatre, Room S05_2.04, Griffith University, 226 Grey St, South Bank

Please join Brisbane based members of The New Economy Network Australia (NENA) on Thursday 13th July, at Southbank, for a screening of the film 'The Economics of Happiness'. We'll also be providing an update about the fantastic New Economy Conference being held in Brisbane from 1-3 September 2017 and launching two exciting new initiatives.

BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET - https://www.trybooking.com/QUVL

PROGRAM

6.30pm - 7pm arrive, mingle and have a chat

7pm - Introduction to the film - Sabrina Chakori and Michelle Maloney (NENA) - Screening of film 'The Economics of Happiness'

8.10pm - Brief responses to the film by members of the New Economy Network Australia, followed by two exciting launches:

BOOK LAUNCH - 'Positive Steps to a Steady State Economy'; copies of the book will be available to purchase

INITIATIVE LAUNCH - Brisbane Tool Library

ABOUT THE FILM - "THE ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS"

"The Economics of Happiness, award-winning documentary film, describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, government and big business continue to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, people around the world are resisting those policies – and, far from the old institutions of power, they’re starting to forge a very different future. Communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm – an economics of localization.

The documentary introduces to community initiatives that are moving the localization agenda forward, including urban gardens in Detroit, Michigan and the Transition Town movement diversity, communities and local economies worldwide. And we are introduced to Via Campesina, the largest social movement in the world, with more than 400 million members."

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW ECONOMY NETWORK AUSTRALIA - www.neweconomy.org.au



Friday 14th July



Clothes Swap Fundraiser for Reclaim the Night! hosted by Reclaim The Night Brisbane and BRISSC - Brisbane R&I Survivors Support Centre [Facebook Event]

5pm to9pm, Brisbane R&I Survivors Support Centre, 15 Morrisey Street, Woolloongabba

The 2017 RTN Collective presents Clothes Swap Party! Gain a new wardrobe, swap the clothes you no longer want, and help support Reclaim the Night!

Reclaim the Night is an annual community event that happens at the end of October, providing an opportunity for women of any class, age, sexuality, race, culture and ability to stand up against violence against women and children and speak out against injustice.

All women are welcome regardless of size, shape, age, class, race, ability, culture, subculture and sexuality and personal fashion sense…



What to Bring:

waged/$5

unwaged/donation

10 items of clean, washed clothes to upcycle

+ bring a plate (optional)



Monthly Fun Casual Bike Ride 3.0 hosted by Right To The City - Brisbane and Jonathan Sri, Councillor for The Gabba [Facebook Event]

5.30pm to 6.30pm, 257 Vulture Street, South Brisbane

We are pretty stoked that the Brisbane City Council is finally putting in some real bike lanes along Annerley Road (Woolloongabba/Dutton Park) and along Stanley Street (Woolloongabba/South Brisbane). This will make many riders commutes from the inner Eastern/Southern suburbs to the city, significantly safer. Hurrah!

But unfortunately for those commuting via bike to West End, there is a pretty major chunk of road missing from these plans: Vulture Street between the Mater Hospital and Boundary Street.

We reckon as a main route for many cyclists, and what we imagine would also be a route for many more if it wasn't so dangerous, it could definitely do with a separated bike lane.

Join us for a regular monthly Friday afternoon mass bike ride to demonstrate to the Brisbane City Council the need for a separated bike lane at this location. And well, because group bike rides are also very fun.

We will be meeting outside of 267 Vulture Street (The Old Town Hall/public space across from the Mater Hospital), corner of Graham St and riding west along Vulture Street to Boundary Street. Then, for all interested, we will be grabbing a post-ride beer or two as a group at the Rumpus Room.

Bike riders of all shapes, sizes and skill levels are welcome. We will be having confident bike riders at the front and back of the pack with bike lights and high vis.

The plan is to do this every second Friday of each month until we see a new bike lane. Come along, make some new friends and enjoy yourself all while making a political statement about the need for more cycling infrastructure

The West Bicycle Users Group (West Bug) has made some concept drawings of what a bike lane along Vulture St could look like. You can check them out here http://westbug.org.au/index.php/projects/vulture-street-bikeway/





Sunday 16th July



Solar-powered picnic in Mowbray Park hosted by Widening Lytton Road Won't Fix Congestion [Facebook Event]

2pm to 5pm, Mowbray Park, 60 Lytton Rd, East Brisbane

A solar-powered picnic in Mowbray Park. Come and tie a black ribbon around trees that stand in the path of the proposed road widening. Open mic and speak your mind. Not only will a part of this fine historic park be lost, but character houses will be destroyed and their residents moved on so high rise can go up. East Brisbane will become a 6 lane transit zone. Arranged poets and entertainers include Coleen South (ukulele), Mark Zian (New Romantic Hip hop poetry) John Knobb (belle lettres), Jono Sri (topical hip hop poetry), Gerald Keaney (avant- garbage), Frank Walker from National Tiles (obscure 1980s covers). More TBA.

Remembering Palestine [Facebook Event]

6pm, Bedouin Brew, 25 Sperling St, Rocklea

If you didn't get a chance to secure a ticket to you the first four sold out performances here is your chance...

One more, final performance has been added this Sunday at 6pm. Book at StickyTickets.

See you this week!

Remembering Palestine is a verbatim community theatre project supported by Australia Council for the Arts, which explores the lives, stories and experiences of Palestinian immigrant women who have settled in Brisbane.

Please note:

This is an all ages event, the ticket price includes some traditional Palestinian finger food and tea. Coffee and other non - alcoholic beverages will be for purchase.

Doors open 30 minutes prior to show start time.

Free street parking available and Public transport easily accessible.

Venue Partner, Bedouin Brew, Community Partner, PACSI.





Monday 17th July



The Fifth Eye - Brisbane Premier screening

7pm at Boundary Street Markets, 56 Russell St, West End

This New Zealand documentary explores the role of US intelligence bases in NZ in modern warfare. It also explores the story of the “Waihopai Three” who with a sickle sabotaged the Waihopai spy base in 2008.

The film will be followed by a discussion with two members of the Waihopai Three, Peter Murname and Adi Leason. There will also be the defendants in the upcoming trial of four people who removed the sword off a cross at the Toowong war memorial.

Entry by donation, all welcome. For more info email ciaronx@yahoo.com

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crZpYH3b5mA





Wednesday 19th July





Four years too many, #EvacuateNow - Brisbane vigil hosted by GetUp! [Facebook Event]

6pm to 8pm, King George Square, Brisbane CBD

For the past fouryears successive Australian governments have chosen to make people seeking safety suffer in offshore detention.

The US deal won't provide safety for everyone. The men, women and children abandoned in offshore detention are in immediate danger with nowhere safe to go.

This is an urgent SOS. The camps must be evacuated immediately.

#EvacuateNow

Four years too many. RSVP here: https://www.communityrun.org/events/evacuatenow-brisbane-vigil

Australian Unemployed Workers' Union - Brisbane Branch Meeting [Facebook Event]

6pm, TLC Building, 16 Peel Street, South Brisbane

We also have copies of our new newsletter fightback and other AUWU leaflets available on the night.

Please let us know if you are coming by clicking attend/going or alternatively, email us at brisbane@unemployedworkersunion.com

Hope to see you there :-)