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Melbourne, Australia
Solidarity Salon
Organizing Center and Bookstore
580 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Victoria 3056 Australia
(take the Upfield train to Anstey
Station or North Coburg tram to Stewart St.)
Mailing Address:
PO Box 308,
Brunswick
Victoria 3056
Tel/fax: 03-9388-0062
Facebook
Email: freedom.socialist.party@ozemail.com.au
Public Hours
Tuesday 10 am - 3 pm,
Wednesday 10 am - 3 pm,
Saturday 10 am - 5 pm.
Or call for an appointment!
Podcasts featuring the Freedom Socialist Party in Australia
Interview with Anti-fascist activist Debbie Brennan
Interview with Alison Thorne
Solidarity Salon is available for rent.
Click here for more information!
For news, analysis and reviews, read the Freedom Socialist Organiser!
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- Wednesday, 4 October, 6.30 pm – 4-weekly discussion circle – Lessons of October: Learning from the 1917 Russian Revolution
- Saturday 28 October, 6:30 pm – Celebrate the Russian Revolution on its 100th Anniversary - Down with All Tyrants!
- Wednesday 8 November, 6:30 pm – 8-session study circle: Democracy and Revolution
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Wednesday, 4 October, 6.30 pm
4-weekly discussion circle – Lessons of October: Learning from the 1917 Russian Revolution
What makes a modern revolution successful? A four-week study group will explore the short book Lessons of October by Leon Trotsky, based on his experience as a leader of the Russian Revolution. Trotsky asserts that creating fundamental changes requires a working-class party — and one that is not doctrinaire but is able to gauge and respond to swiftly changing conditions. His work is a valuable resource for activists who want to understand the dynamics of today’s “pop-up movements” and upsurges like the Arab Spring.
We’ll meet each Wednesday, 4 - 25 October, 6.30 pm.
Lessons of October is available for $20 at Solidarity Salon.
Dinner served at 6.30 pm for a $10 donation. Discussion starts at 7.00 pm
Location: Solidarity Salon (address and travel information is above).
To join the study group and get the book or further information, contact the FSP: freedom.socialist.party@ozemail.com.au or 03-9388-0062.
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Saturday 28 October, 6:30 pm
Celebrate the Russian Revolution on its 100th Anniversary - Down with All Tyrants!
Speaker: Debbie Brennan, Marxist feminist leader, teacher of revolutionary history and theory and media spokesperson for Campaign Against Racism and Fascism.
Dramatic readings: witness the working class taking power!
Saturday, 28 October, 6:30 pm
Celebratory feast in the culinary tradition of the Soviet Republic catering for vegans, vegetarians and meat eaters.
Dinner and door donation $20 waged, $30 solidarity, $10 unwaged
Bar service available
Location: Solidarity Salon (address and travel information is above).
Hosted by Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women.
For more information or to book email freedom.socialist.party@ozemail.com.au
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Wednesday 8 November, 6:30 pm
8-session study circle: Democracy and Revolution
If this is democracy, why do we feel insecure, ignored and powerless? Join in this timely study of U.S. Marxist writer George Novack’s Democracy & Revolution.
Novack traces democracy’s 2,500-year evolution, from its roots in ancient Greece and rise through revolutionary upsurges to its decline in modern capitalism. We’ll also explore the democracy a workers’ socialist revolution could achieve.
We’ll meet alternate Wednesdays, commencing 8 November.
Democracy & Revolution is available for $28 at Solidarity Salon.
Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm for a $10 donation.
Location: Solidarity Salon (address and travel information is above).
For more information email freedom.socialist.party@ozemail.com.au or call 03 9388 0062
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