Invasion Day 1938: An Opera
'That was worse than dying'- Falls Festival Audience Member
Music Night @ MAC!
Next Friday (27/1) music nights are starting back up at MAC.
Each night will have a music theme (New Wave, Hip Hop, Indie Rock, etc) and are planned to be held on a semi-regular basis.
Next friday's theme will be updated here pronto, be prepared: costumes appreciated.
Fantin Reading Group: Summer Reading Black Flame
Fortnightly:
At the first Fantin Reading Group session we ran back in 2009, we started with the first chapter of Michael Schmidt & Lucian van der Walt's Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism. This is a great book that was published in 2008 and which covers most if not all of the issues in establishing the core ideas of anarchism, accompanied with a huge amount of historical research. More info on the book can be found here. The South African organisation Zabalaza, to which the two authors belong, is also a good resource for solid anarchist critiques on a broad range of topics.
Next: 29/1 Chapter 2 Socialism From Below: Defining Anarchism
The chapter is available online at fantinreadinggroup.wordpress.com, also there may or may not be copies of the book available to buy, for around $25.
Thanks to all those who have been attending regularly. If you haven't come yet don't worry, each chapter is fairly self contained and deals with specific political aspects of anarchism, syndicalism, anti-imperialism, feminism, etc.
All welcome to attend Fantin Reading Group
PS. Thank you to all those who attended the Anarchist Economics FRG meeting two weeks ago making it a big success.
New Collaborative Publication: Sedition
The Melbourne launch to be held on Saturday 25/2/2012
NOTE Melbourne LAUNCH DATE CHANGE TO 25/2
The Melbourne Anarchist Club, Jura Books (Sydney) & Organise! (Adelaide) have been working on a new, joint publication to be launched next year: Sedition
The magazine will focus on current issues and debates for a revolutionary class politics of anarchism in Australia.
Keep Saturday 4th of February free in your diaries for the Melbourne launch to be held at the MAC building. More details to be released closer to the date, but there will be music & political theater.
End of Year Mac BBQ!
12pm-5pm Sunday 18/12
On the 18th we'll be having a BBQ for members, supporters and anybody who is interested in learning about the activity of the Melbourne Anarchist Club.
The secretary will give a brief report of the group's activity over the past 12 months, and what has been planned for next year so far.
We are a family-friendly space, there will be a kid's area with some toys and games provided.
Vegetarian & meat options available.
1960s & Reggae
1960s Themed Music Night
7pm+, Friday 2/12/2011: Entry by donation
No artist will be played twice! A range of sixties classics and some lesser known rarities. Doors open at 7pm sharp, come and experience the musical legacy of a classic decade. These music appreciation nights are part of the ongoing cultural and fundraising activity of MAC.
Reggae Music Appreciation Night
7pm+, Friday 9/12/2011: Entry by donation
The best selection from all types of reggae, from early reggae to dance hall and dub. DJ'd by an experienced reggae bass player who knows their stuff.
Other upcoming events
Propaganda Working Group
1pm meeting, 2pm poster run, Sunday 11/12/2011 (2nd Sunday of each month) @ MAC
PWG is an opportunity to meet up and exchange information: leaflets, stickers, posters, pamphlets, and have them distributed around each others networks. We also talk about potential projects, and go on a poster run after the meeting.
MAC is located at 62 St Georges Rd, Northcote.
Anarchist Economics, Fantin Reading Group
2pm Sunday 20/11 @ MAC, 62 St Georges Rd Northcote
Due to the busy schedule this week, we have decide to move our reading group session on Anarchist Economics to Sunday 20/11 (instead of this Sunday). There is one reading on the site, Proudhon, Marx and Anarchist Social Analsysis by Michael Schmidt and Lucien van der Walt, which is chapter 3 of their book Black Flame.
Propaganda Working Group
MAC has recently created a mandate for a propaganda working group. We meet on the second Sunday of every month, with this month falling on the 13th. Meeting at 1:00pm, poster run at 2:00pm.
The Propaganda Working Group is an opportunity to meet up and exchange information: leaflets, stickers, posters, pamphlets, and have them distributed around each others networks. We also talk about potential projects, and go on a poster run.
Kulon Progo Info Night – A Tale of Sand and Those Who Feed From It
Wednesday, September 28 · 6:30pm - 9:30pm.
62 St Georges Rd, Northcote (Melbourne Anarchist Club)
**6.30 for 7pm films**
Thousands of farmers across the communities of Kulon Progo, Central Java, Indonesia, are fighting for their land and very survival.
A joint Australian-Indonesian consortium is seeking to mine iron-ore, and with a pilot project running and the full backing of the state they look set to go ahead.
The people of Kulon Progo are calling for global solidarity in their struggle against the mining and dispossession, and for self determination. But they especially call on us in Australia to take action to stop Australian involvement in the project.
For generations oppressed by colonial occupiers and impoverished by the very land they live on, the communities of Kulon Progo have turned marginal coastline into a farming success story. Something they describe as a blueprint for communities across Indonesia.
Come find out about one of the most amazing untold stories of community agriculture, grass-roots organising, and the fight for land rights and self determination.