Melbourne Anarchist Club MAC info, events and news

25Nov/10Off

Is One Day of Democracy Enough?

This Sunday from 5pm some of the comrades have decided to start up the Fantin Reading Group again, with a session on the topic of voting and state elections. Very topical! I'm sure we'll all be ready for a dose of political reality after Saturday's election. The readings aren't on the blog just yet, but can be found on the MARC Announce list (including a funny one by Adam Bandt, check it out). All welcome.

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25Oct/10Off

Coming up in November…

November 6. On Saturday afternoon we'll be showing some films documenting ecological and social struggles in Chile. The films have been produced by the anarchist filmmaking collective Sinapsis from Santiago, and include English subtitles.

November 12β€”14. Over the weekend, the Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) is holding a conference at Trades Hall. The themes of the conference are 'Defending Workers and Indigenous Rights' and 'Building Bridges and Global Resistance against Multinational Corporations' and it will feature many speakers from Australia and overseas.

Later in the month we'll be holding an Open Day at the space.

November 12. There's the End the Housing Crisis! No More Band-Aid Solutions rally presented by City Is Ours on Friday. Meet at Housing Minister Richard Wynne's office, 112 Smith Street, Collingwood at 4:30pm.

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20Oct/10Off

Events Friday/Saturday October 22/23

FRIDAY

7:00pm, Friday, October 22
Melbourne Freedom Club presents film screening, performance, talk.

SATURDAY

7:00pm, Saturday, October 23
Dutch Squatting Info Night

New anti-squatting law introduced on October 1, 2010. Film and disco re resistances.

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9Oct/10Off

Film screening, Sunday, October 10 @ 5pm

For more details, please see FREEDOM CLUB

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Film night, Friday, October 1 @ 7pm

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24Sep/10Off

‘Melbourne Rising’ S11 film screening : POSTPONED

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SCREENING SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9.

MAC presents a screening of the documentary film Melbourne Rising @ 7pm, Saturday, October 2 @ the 'Melbourne Anarchist Resource Centre' (MARC), 62 St Georges Rd, Northcote. The film documents 'S11': the protests and carnival against the Asia-Pacific summit meeting of the 'World Economic Forum' in Melbourne, September 11-13, 2000. The screening is a benefit for the Indonesian radical zine Amor Fati.

For more information on the protests, see Reflections on S11 and AWOL.

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25Apr/100

May Day 2010

When : 3pm, Saturday, May 1, 2010
Where : Melbourne Anarchist Resource Centre, 62 St Georges Road, Northcote

May Day is the international workers' day! From 3pm the Melbourne Anarchist Club is hosting a BBQ. Free food (meat and vegetarian) and drinks will be available, or BYO. All are welcome to come and celebrate workers' struggle!

UPDATE: Melbourne Black will also be launching their second issue. A super-deluxe run of 50 with spiffy covers will be there.

Cover of Melbourne Black #2

Cover of Melbourne Black #2

For more information on the origins of May Day, see The anarchist origins of May Day.

The original Melbourne Anarchist Club was founded on May 1, 1886.

Also on May Day, the RAAF is organising an attention-grabbing direct action around housing issues. For more information, see the RAAF website. There is also a rally in support of refugees at noon at Trades Hall.

On Sunday, May 2, Trades Hall has organised a rally and march. Assemble at noon at Trades Hall, corner Victoria and Lygon Streets, Carlton. (Trades Hall has also organised a gig on May Day. The gig will take place at Trades Hall from 6pm.)

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16Apr/100

Benefit gig

Chilean Solidarity Benefit Gig : Saturday, April 17, 2010

A benefit gig, organised by the Chilean Popular & Indigenous Solidarity Network, the Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) and the Melbourne Anarchist Club, is taking place this Saturday, April 17 @ the MUA Hall, 54 Ireland St, West Melbourne, from 7pm ’til late.

Performers include Baka People, Latin/reggae band Madre Monte, hip-hop artist Pataphysics, Us Individuals and more.

Funds raised will be used to support grass-roots and autonomous organisations in Chile: the Sinapsis collective in Santiago and Mapuche (indigenous) peoples, all of whom have been badly-affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami.

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11Apr/100

Antiracist Rally

Last Friday there was a rally β€” an "anti-anti-immigration" rally as it was referred to by some β€” held to counter a proposed anti-immigration and anti-islam gathering that had been advertised on Facebook. The rally was well attended; unions, religious organisations and the usual suspects were there. A half-dozen bewildered racists were spotted at the nearby Young & Jackson's pub and, aside from a young fellow who looked like he might have been celebrating Hitler's birthday a little too early, they kept their distance.

Highlights included Nazeem Hussain from comedy group Fear of a Brown Planet giving the police a fair bit of stick for their own racist antics. Similarly, when the rally's MC implored the crowd to thank the police, it was met by some incredulity and impoliteness. You can see coverage from the media here. Slackbastard also covered this a bit on his blog.

The banner pictured below with "fuck bosses" on it wasn't done by us, but it's still pretty ace. The cops asked the banner-holders to take it down, which they did.

Meanwhile in Sydney on the following Sunday, the far right Australian Protectionist Party bravely held their own Nuremburg-lite out the front of the Villawood Detention Centre. Media reports are scarce, but apparently the racists were outnumbered, although the Sydney rally was more confrontational.

Unfortunately, the racists in Canberra also chose this weekend to announce that all applications by Afghanis and Sri Lankans for asylum will be suspended for six months and that this has absolutely nothing to do with an upcoming election.

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2May/09Off

Daggy Disco!

A benefit for the Melbourne Anarchist Resource Centre (MARC) and the Black Star PA Collective:

DAGGY DISCO
SATURDAY MAY 23RD

Featuring disco classics from the 70s & 80s & brand spanking new tunes.

Your Old Skool DJs: War Bastard 90310 | Grim Sim | Alice
Plus New Kids: Sam & Anna

SATURDAY, MAY 23RD
OCTO BAR
911 HIGH STREET THORNBURY
(opposite loophole)
$10 workers // $8 shirkers
9pm START