Special Alternative Democracy Event

Forums. 4pm. The “OZ”-US “Free Trade Agreement” and the Coming Erosion of Democracy 6.30pm Activism and Reclaiming the Spirit of Eureka [Green Left Forum]

4th December from 4 pm

A Special Alternative Democracy Event

The "OZ"-US "Free Trade Agreement" and the Coming Erosion of Democracy and Spirit in Today's Australia, 4-6 pm

Outstanding feminist speakers Dr Susan Hawthorne, Activist/Publisher, author of Wild Politics on "FTA's, War and Fundamentalism", Dr Caroline Taylor on "Sexual Abuse, Violence Against Women and The Silencing Of Feminist Voices" and Michelle van Gerrevink, Environmental researcher and campaigner, Victorian Greens, Ballarat, "Consequences for Trade, Environmental Protection and our Practices of Dissent" . Refer: How to Kill a Country: Australia's devastating trade deal with the United States Linda Weiss, Elizabeth Thurbon and John Mathews, Allen and Unwin, 2004. Also meet Dr Spinrat Ph.D. (Communication-Public Deceptions) and other performers.

$5/$3 concession [covers both sessions].

Green Left Forum: Activism and Reclaiming the Spirit of Eureka, 6.30 pm -8.30 pm
Lead speaker: Jim McIlroy author Australia's First Socialists and The Red North: Queensland's History of Struggle of which it has been said: "But the state has another history... Only by learning the lessons of the past can radical and progressive forces effectively prepare for the big struggles looming up as we slide inexorably towards ever-deeper austerity, environmental, social and political crisis. Other speakers and Open Mike.
$5/$3 concession
FROM 9 pm Eureka Club Entry: $10
Adam Simmons. One of Australia's most innovative and respected jazz musicians returns to his home town for this rare solo experience

Combo la Revelacion one of Australia's premier Latin Big Bands.