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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.)
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PO Box 308, Brunswick, Victoria, 3056
Tel/fax: 03-9388-0062
Email: freedom.socialist.party@ozemail.com.au
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Publications:
Read the current issue of The Organiser, or view the Freedom Socialist Bulletin archive.
And get in touch to organise around a socialist feminist response to COVID-19 — Fighting demands from the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women.
Statements:
Invasion Day statement 2022 – The birth of the Tent Embassy provides crucial lessons for today
Build a democratic united front to stop the far-right “freedom” movement
Events in Melbourne
Disability Justice: Opportunities and Opportunists
This special online event features the emerging movement for Disability Justice (DJ) and the prominence of multiracial women leaders. A dynamic presentation, recently hosted by the New York Freedom Socialist Party, will highlight the 10 Principles of Disability Justice and its anti-capitalist, intersectional perspective, which recognises the leadership of those most impacted. Sharing examples of liberals’ attempts to co-opt DJ, speaker Kendra Scalia talks about the organised pushback against these opportunists. Kendra is a disabled queer woman, healthcare policy analyst and disability justice organiser. She is currently involved in a coalition with agency providers and unions, which is leading a fight to raise home care workers’ wages.
After hearing from Kendra, we’ll discuss how DJ principles can energise the movement here and explore the many similarities.
The event, which is co-hosted by Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women, is benefit for the Freedom Socialist and Freedom Socialist Organiser fund drive. Donations will be requested.
Registration is required: us02web.zoom.us/j/82021649009
For more information contact freedom.socialist.party@ozemail.com.au
Online campaign launch – Fix Victoria’s Bail Laws Now!
Hear from activists about why bail law reform is a pressing priority in Victoria.
Learn about the objectives of this campaign initiated by the Indigenous Social Justice Association Melbourne. Get inspired to make this a key demand ahead of the state election in November. Help launch the campaign petition on the Megaphone platform with a splash. Find how you can get involved.
Log in to the launch with this zoom link: unimelb.zoom.us/j/85057295499?pwd=SjBkaVVTTGNqTWFKOVZIcytyTVkyQT09
Hosted by Indigenous Social Justice Association – Melbourne
Supported by Flat Out, Freedom Socialist Party, Multicultural Greens, Police Accountability Project and Radical Women
Stonewall Celebration: LGBTIQA+ oppression and resistance across Africa
Resistance to homophobia and transphobia is blossoming across the African sub-continent. This panel discussion will spotlight these contemporary struggles, discuss colonialism’s legacy, and explore pre-private property societies where sexuality was free, matriarchal communism was the natural order, and rigid gender binaries were unheard of. We’ll discuss the relevance of this history for organising in the 21st century.
Panellists
Georgie Hoadley: a Member of Radical Women and the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, will chair the meeting.
Nita Oko: a socialist feminist and internationalist from Kenya. She is a public health worker and a member of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU).
Alison Thorne: a veteran queer liberationist, managing editor of the Freedom Socialist Organiser and workplace delegate with the CPSU.
This event will support the Freedom Socialist newspaper and Freedom Socialist Organiser fund drive, so please bring a donation.
An African style buffet dinner will follow the program for a $10 donation. Vegetarians, vegans and gluten-free will be catered for.
Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women will co-host this celebration.
To RSVP or for more information, contact freedom.socialist.party@