Cygnet is Black Swan’s newsletter. You can view the pdf here, or contact us if you want a free stack of print copies to distribute.
May Day March Sat May 3
May Day is International Workers’ Day, a commemoration of those who died fighting for the eight hour work day. Black Swan will be marching (along with unions and other socialist and working-class organisations). Look for a red and black flag, our banners, or our book stall.
Meet 10.30 a.m. at the grassy knoll on the King William Road side of Torrens Parade Ground (opposite Festival Theatre).
March moves off at 11 a.m. Route: straight up King William Street, turn right into Currie Street and March down to Light Square. May Day Rally to be held at Light Square.
Reading Group Sunday March 9
The next Black Swan reading group will be a newly written article on the direction of Australian capitalism, written by a Brisbane comrade.
The text we are reading is here.
We will have copies of the reading and will be reading it out loud and discussing it on the day, so you do not need to read it beforehand.
Anyone is welcome. 2 til 4PM Sunday March 9, Mad Mouse Alley, behind 129 Currie St (enter off Light Square).
Cygnet Issue 1
Cygnet is Black Swan’s new newsletter. You can view the pdf here, or contact us if you want a free stack of print copies to distribute.
Reading Group Sunday Dec 22
The next Black Swan reading group will be three articles on Australia in 70′s and 80′s – on the Builders Labourer’s Federation, the Whitlam dismissal, and the Accord.
We will have copies of the reading and will be reading it out loud and discussing it on the day, so you do not need to read it beforehand.
Anyone is welcome. 2.30 til 4PM Sunday December 22, Mad Mouse Alley, behind 129 Currie St (enter off Light Square).
Reading Group Sunday 8 Dec
The next Black Swan reading group will be on ‘Britain 1950-1990 – Decline of Social Democracy’.
The text we are reading is here.
We will have copies of the text and will be reading it out loud and discussing it on the day, so you do not need to read it beforehand.
Anyone is welcome. 2 til 4PM Sunday December 8, Mad Mouse Alley, behind 129 Currie St (enter off Light Square).
Break The Chain – Rally outside the Defense Supply Chains Summit Dec 4 – 5
Wednesday and Thursday at the Hotel Grand Chancellor Adelaide is the Defense Supply Chains Summit. We will be protesting there 12 midday each day. Bring drums and placards/banners (Troops Out of Afghanistan, Welfare not Warfare etc).
12PM Wednesday Dec 4 and Thursday Dec 5.
Support RAWA – Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan.
Friday Nov 8 – Sunday Nov 10
Friday: SIMPla (Stop Income Management in Playford) will be having a Discussion-Group on welfare, followed by a Campaign Meeting:
‘Our guest speaker is Fiona Verity, former Dean of the School of Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University, who has been thinking and writing about welfare (as well as working in the sector) for the past three decades.’
2 til 4PM, Adelaide Activist Centre, Room 205, Level 2, 95 Currie Street, Adelaide.
Sunday: Black Swan reading group. This will be the final reading on the Spanish revolution of 1936-39, on the collectivised industry and agriculture and libertarian social organisation.
The text we are reading is here.
We will have copies of the text and will be reading it out loud and discussing it on the day, so you do not need to read it beforehand.
Anyone is welcome. 2 til 4PM Sunday November 10, Mad Mouse Alley, behind 129 Currie St (enter off Light Square).
This Weekend Oct 19-20
Saturday: ‘Women, Welfare and Poverty’ An anti-poverty week forum.
‘Women, as a group, are over-represented in statistcs for poverty. Why is this? What makes women more vulnerable to poverty and hardship? The organisations of SIMPLA (Stop Income Management in Playford), SPAG (Single Parents Action Group) and the SAFC (South Australian Feminist Collective) will be holding a forum exploring poverty and welfare issues that specifically affect women.’
2 til 4PM Saturday October 18, Unley Community Centre, 18 Arthur St, Unley.
Sunday: The next Black Swan reading group will be the third of four readings on the Spanish Revolution – ‘Spain 1936-39: Revolution and Civil War’.
The text we are reading is here.
We will have copies of the text and will be reading it out loud and discussing it on the day, so you do not need to read it beforehand.
Anyone is welcome. 2 til 4PM Sunday October 20, Mad Mouse Alley, behind 129 Currie St (enter off Light Square).
Reading Group Sunday 13 Oct
The next Black Swan reading group will be the second of four readings on the Spanish Revolution – ‘Spain: Culture, education, women and sexuality’.
The text we are reading is here.
We will have copies of the text and will be reading it out loud and discussing it on the day, so you do not need to read it beforehand.
Anyone is welcome. 2 til 4PM Sunday October 13, Mad Mouse Alley, behind 129 Currie St (enter off Light Square).
