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And the winner is... anarchy!Hi Jura friends and supporters, The Save Jura raffle is over and we're happy to say it was a great success - thanks to you! It was a massive effort over six months, with: All of this was done by a few dozen volunteers - congratulations to all of you who sold tickets, provided prizes and spread the word. And thank you to everyone who donated (hundreds of you) - every contribution helped. We also received a handful of very generous donations from comrades around Australia, Aotearoa, the US, Europe and other parts of the world. Thank you all! It has been very inspiring to experience this living anarchist solidarity. Through this effort we raised over $13,000! We've also built a stronger community and communicated with literally thousands of people to engage with them about anarchist ideas - many for the first time. When we started the raffle there was $15,000 left on the mortgage and now there is only $2,500! (We had to spend some of what was raised on bills, insurance and interest along the way.) Interest payments are down from almost $200 per month to $91 per month and will soon be even lower. Through collective action, the crisis we faced has been turned into a opportunity and a success for anarchism in Sydney. And of course congratulations to the prize-winners (you should already have been contacted). Please collect your prizes if you haven't already done so. There are lots of exciting happenings in the next month... As the end-of-year consumer madness looms, why not consider some radical alternatives? Don't buy new junk as demanded by the unsustainable capitalist throwaway society, instead give your friends and family recycled presents, or gifts that go where they're needed in the majority world (check out Apheda or Oxfam). Alternatively, buy fresh fruit and veg from the Jura food co-op, or a radical book, or make a contribution to our library in someone's name. We've got loads of great stock to choose from! Political diaries and calendars are in stock, including those funky Slingshot Organisers and 3CR Calendars. Jura is open as normal from Wednesday to Sunday PLUS, we're open 2-7pm on Tuesdays until end of 2009, and we'll have a number of stalls around the place - check http://www.jura.org.au for details. Jura will be closed from Fri 25th Dec to Sun 3rd Jan; we'll re-open on Wed 6th Jan. Another good option is to participate in Buy Nothing Day - an international protest against mindless consumerism. This year in Sydney people are meeting at 10am on Sat 28th Nov in Hyde Park near St James station. Come dressed as a zombie for a zombie march through the shopping district! http://www.buynothingsydney.110mb.com/ Join us for Juracoustic from 7pm this Thurs 26th Nov. A night of open mic until everyone's had a turn or two or three or four. Bring your instruments, your voice, stories, poems, or just your ears. This will be the last Juracoustic event of the year, the next being January 28th, 2010. http://juracoustic.wordpress.com Hundreds of bicyclists will be out in force for the Critical Mass once-yearly Harbour Bridge Ride. Meet at 5.30pm on Fri 27 Nov at Archbald Fountain in Hyde Park. At 6pm Wed 2nd Dec, Jamez, a friend from Singapore, will lead an open discussion at Jura on some of the political and social movements in Singapore. Jamez is active in animal protection with ACRES http://www.acres.org.sg/ and is also active in the political DIY hardcore punk scene in Singaprore. Come along and find out what our neighbours are up to! Come to a discussion on the European Autonomous Movement, 6pm Fri 11th Dec at Jura. This movement, mainly centred in the German-speaking countries, has been a major factor in radical European politics for about thirty years. Visiting anarchist Gabriel Kuhn will give an overview of the movement's history and its current state – questions from the audience are strongly encouraged! Gabriel grew up along the German-Austrian border and was politicised in the autonomous movement in the late 1980s. He currently lives in Sweden, and is part of the editorial collective behind Perspektiven Autonomer Politik (Perspectives of Autonomous Politics). Gabriel is the founder of Alpine Anarchist Productions and also works with PM Press in the US, and the Swedish anarchist journal Brand. Melbourne revolutionary leftist punk band, Truth From Facts, will be playing their songs about the Weather Underground and Theodor Adorno at Jura from 3pm, Sun 13th Dec as part of their DIY tour of Sydney. The show will cost you $7 to help the band cover some of the costs of travel and to put toward the Jura mortgage. If the weather is clear, the show will be happening out in the back car park. Joining Truth From Facts will be locals Bare Arms (featuring Jura collective member, Katrina on drums), Young Lions and Do Not Resuscitate (who have been Jura regulars since their first show in April 2008). The latest book from Breakdown Press, How To Make Trouble and Influence People: Pranks, hoaxes, graffiti and political mischief making from around Australia will be launched at two events in Sydney. The first launch kicks off at 6pm on Thurs the 3rd Dec at Berkelouw in Newtown, with the book’s author Iain McIntyre, plus Dr Meredith Burgmann, Mother Inferior (Order of Perpetual Indulgence) and Simon Hunt (Pauline Pantsdown). Entry is free. Also on Sat 5th December there'll be a launch party at the Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St Marrickville, 8pm-midnight. Entry is $10 and speakers will include Iain McIntyre, artist Deborah Kelly and Dave Burgess (who painted No War on the Opera House in 2003) plus music by Lee Memorial, Bare Arms and NinetyNine. The first 50 payers get a free Rock Against Bullshit CD. The book is also available at Jura for $29. Join thousands at Walk Against Warming, 1pm Sat 12th Dec, Martin Place. Think you don't have the power to stop climate change? Think again! This December is D-Day for the planet as world leaders meet in Copenhagen to do a global deal on climate change. While they talk the talk, people will be walking the walk all over the world, from New York to Tokyo, Mumbai to Paris and all over Australia. So get your walking shoes on and be part of the most important Walk Against Warming ever. http://www.walkagainstwarming.org Lots of love and rage from the Jura collective. 440 Parramatta Rd, Petersham Opening Hours: Tuesday 2-7pm (until end 2009) Closed from 25th December to 2nd January; re-open Wed 6th Jan. »
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