Category: Upcoming Events

Left Q/A – Clive Hamilton – The Story of Protest in Australia

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When: Thursday April 6th, 7pm

Where: Bella Union Bar, Upstairs Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St (entrance off Lygon st)

Prominent public intellectual Clive Hamilton will give a lecture about his new book ‘What do we want: The story of protest in Australia’. what-do-we-want-

The book explores the colourful, enthralling and stirring forms of protest used in the big social movements that define modern Australia. He includes dedicated chapters on the peace movement, women’s liberation, Indigenous rights, gay rights and the environmental movement, and examines how these movements have confronted the ugliness in Australian society and caused epoch defining shifts in social attitudes. He describes protests with scores of thousands marching or sitting down in the streets of capital cities; colourful camps of a handful of protesters in Australia’s forests, singing at bulldozers and blocking paths; acts of bravery by individuals using technology to disrupt stock markets or coming out on television; as well as vigils, leafleting, street theatre, occupations and myriad other creative forms of protest. Hamilton shows that progress occurs because a few individuals begin to demand change.

Copies of the book will be available to purchase on the night.

Tickets: $7 general admin, $5 NIBS members. Pre-Booking here.

Book Launch – Geoff Mosley – Repaying my debt

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Thursday 30th March at 7pm
mosley-cover-photo_newgeoff-1Dr Geoff Mosley – RepayingMy Debt – A Conservationist Tale

Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street, Carlton, VIC 3053

Repaying My Debt – A Conservationist’s Tale ($30.00)

To be launched by Geoff Goode…………..

In this extensive memoir Geoff Mosley tells of his early
formative years spent in the famed Peak District of the UK. The book gives a good account of what life was like during those turbulent years (1931–50) before moving on to his student days. Trained as a geographer Geoff tells of his early adventures abroad, his time spent completing National Service and then his embarking on further travel to Canada and New Zealand before eventually settling in Australia in 1960.

It was here in Australia that Geoff was to make his mark as a conservationist of both national and international significance. The Australian Conservation Foundation and Geoff’s involvement with it from its earliest days is part of this detailed story. There is also a personal story of a busy life with a growing family and the sacrifices made along the way. A tireless worker still, these pages also outline his message on how to save the Planet from the excesses of today.

RSVP

Date and time: Thursday 30th of March 2017, 7pm @ The International Bookshop, Melbourne

Please RSVP here nibscoordinator@gmail.com or phone 03 9662 3744

Left Q/A: The populist right and the anti-globalisation backlash: how should the left respond?

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Date: Thursday 2nd Feb, 7pm (doors and bar open at 6:30pm)

Venue: Bella Union Bar,  Level 1, Trades Hall , 54 Victoria Street (corner of Victoria & Lygon Streets), Carlton South (enter via Lygon Street)

Admission: $5 NIBS members, $7 non-members. Pre-book tickets here. 

Brexit, the election of Trump, and the rising popularity of several other ‘populist’ right figures around the world, calls for much reflection and debate on the left. Come listen to and discuss these crucial issues with panelists from various left traditions.

Panelists include:
Arran Gare (Philosopher, Swinburne Uni, author The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization),
Sue Bolton (Councillor for Moreland, Socialist Alliance),
Graham Dunkley (Vic Uni, author of ‘One World Mania: A critical guide to free trade, financialisation and over-globalisation‘)
Louise O’Shea (Socialist Alternative)