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RevoltOccupy Sydney
A global movement is growing. From Egypt to Spain, from Greece to the United States, hundreds of thousands of everyday people are occupying. Occupy Sydney began on 15 October, with hundreds of people reclaiming Martin Place. Flanked by the imposing towers of the financial and political elites, where a handful of people make decisions which affect the whole society, a new democratic space was established. Occupy Sydney created a non-hierarchical forum for open debate, where people began to have discussions and make decisions about things which affect our lives and communities. The occupy movement democratises the dominated and elitist spaces in our cities. Even if it is partly symbolic, it is immensely dangerous to the status quo. And although the structures of participation are in their early stages, this is still an extremely significant project - a playground of anarchism and democracy. For the first time in years, the occupy movement has legitimised an anti-capitalist discourse - usually submerged in society and stifled by the media. At Occupy Sydney, people developed relationships based on mutual respect, and voiced our shared outrage at the greed and illegitimate power of the 1% who rule us. People from diverse walks of life visited the occupation, painted signs, donated food and participated. Between 50 and 100 people stayed overnight for 8 nights. In the early hours of Sunday 23 October, the police forcefully evicted Occupy Sydney from Martin Place. It was a clear reminder that State repression goes hand in hand with capitalism. Police took action to recapture the space for elites - symbolically and physically. But within hours, an emergency meeting was organised, attended by over 200 people. And we made the decision to re-occupy. Occupy Sydney continues. Who are we? We are the workers; we are the indebted; we are the immigrants and the indigenous; we are the homeless; we are the students; we are the unemployed; we are the under represented people of the world. We are the 99%. And we invite you to join us. At 12 midday on Saturday 5 November we will meet at meet at Town Hall and march to re-occupy. The Occupation is not over. It has only just begun. -> Re-Occupy Sydney rally and march, 12pm Saturday 5 November, meet at Town Hall square. Noam Chomsky recently visited Occupy Boston, and wrote, 'Just back from Occupy Boston, in its third week of occupation of a public square near the financial center, with a wonderful spirit of cooperation, lively discussions, and great promise, like many hundreds of others in the US, and a great many more elsewhere – though some are violently dispersed, as in Bahrain and, I read now, Australia.' Next week Chomsky will be in Australia to accept the Sydney Peace Prize. Both of his speaking events in Sydney are sold out, however Jura has three tickets that we would like to offer to three people on this email list. The tickets are one full and two concessions to the event at 7pm on Wednesday 2 November at Sydney Town Hall. If you are interested, please reply to this email with your name, phone number, and whether you have a concession or not. We will allocate the tickets randomly to three people who email us by midday on Sunday 30th October. We'll let the winners know on Sunday afternoon. The Chomsky forums have been going very well. Together, Jura, Mutiny and Cross Border Collective have organised 12 Chomsky events over the last three months. The smaller talks attracted between 10 and 20 people each, while the larger forums at UNSW, Sydney Uni and UTS were attended by 60, 80 and 100 people respectively! We have also handed out over 5,000 leaflets about Chomsky's politics (including his anarchist ideas) at 11 stalls, and put up over 1,000 posters around Sydney. We will be giving away 500 copies of Chomsky's 'Notes on anarchism' for free at Chomsky's speaking events. Dozens more gnomes have also been appearing around Sydney as part of the 'gnome rebellion'. For photos, check out http://www.chomskyforum.net/gnomes. To help us keep up this important work, please make a donation at http://www.jura.org.au/donate. We have also been in touch with Noam himself, and he has agreed to meet with a few organisers of the Chomsky Forum to do a short interview with us. If you have a question that you would like us to ask Chomsky, please reply to this email with your ideas. We will be doing a debrief from this meeting and Chomsky's visit in general, where the interviewers will report back and play the interview. All welcome to come along and join the discussion. Reclaim the night! Rally at Town Hall at 6pm before marching to Martin Place for an evening of wonderful women speakers and performers canvassing issues of violence against women. Featuring investigative journalist Nina Funnell, Karen Willis from the Rape Crisis Centre, Sirens big band, Candy Royale. All welcome. http://www.jura.org.au/node/1659 Juracoustic is back and will enjoy the diverse sounds of Paul Mcadam (ukulele-slingin' acoustica), and Cameron Birt (folk punk), plus an open mic. It'll be Halloween too so get awesome and dress up! We'll have spooky jugs of iced tea and snacks by donation. The Cross Border Collective, based in Sydney, works to create a world where people’s movement is not controlled in the interests of capital. Their reading and writing group gets together once a month to talk about a few articles they've read and to work towards writing articles, zines and other materials that they can use in the on-going campaign to break down borders at the nation-state level as well as other social, cultural, political and economic borders which operate to divide us. All welcome. The readings are linked at http://www.jura.org.au/node/1662. It's not essential to read these, although participants will gain much more from the conversation by having a look at them prior to coming. The Jura library has been going through an amazing transformation, with thousands of radical journals re-emerging from dusty storage. Lots of new books also need to be put on the shelves for borrowing. Help us to complete the process at our next library working bee. Jura is pleased to host a casual gathering for creative writing exercises and sharing feedback - the Inner Sydney Writers' Salon. Please inquire or RSVP via the Meetup group http://www.meetup.com/Inner-Sydney-Writers-Salon/ Calling all Community Workers, Students, Activists and Thinkers! Can community organisations actually be a part of their community, instead of an arm of Government? Can our work contribute to transforming the social and economic realities that creates the need for ‘services’ in the first place? Community Work for Social Change invites you to take part in a collective process of reinvigorating our practice, from the bottom up. Speakers include Jack Mundey, Kate Lee, Christina Ho, Paula Abood, Lina Cabaero and more. http://www.jura.org.au/node/1642 Come and party to celebrate Jeremy leaving the country and the coming global revolution! Featuring The Blast and others. http://www.jura.org.au/node/1649 All are also welcome to come to the next Jura Collective meeting to observe and/or get involved. We always need new ideas and new volunteers! Music can help build a better world: to express common and different values, dreams and stories through song. The 'Songs of Meaning and Power' weekend will create time and space for us to raise our voices and remember the songs that kept our ancestors and past social movements strong, including movements for peace, liberation and civil rights. The weekend will include a Friday night concert, theme-based music-sharing circles, workshops and a general music session on Saturday night. http://songweekend.wordpress.com/ Punk show at Jura, with Insepia, Intentions, Thorax, Zita Grimm. There are now 1,180 people on this Jura email announcement list, and 751 fans on facebook. Please sign up to the email list at http://lists.jura.org.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/specialannounce and like us on facebook. And keep telling your friends about Jura. Forum: Chomsky's revolutionary politics22/10/2011 - 15:00 22/10/2011 - 18:00 Location: Jura Books Description: As well as being a world-famous activist and thinker, Chomsky is a libertarian socialist - an anarchist. His ideas issue a revolutionary challenge to the illegitimate systems of the State and capitalism. This forum will explore Chomsky's libertarian socialist politics and what they might mean for revolutionary social change in Australia today. There will be two speakers followed by discussion Essential Reading Notes on Anarchism - http://www.chomsky.info/articles/1970----.htm Untangling the Knots - http://terrornullius.noblogs.org/post/2011/06/28/untangling-the-knots/ Extra Reading Anarchism, Marxism and Hope for the Future - http://struggle.ws/rbr/noamrbr2.html Solidarity and Sectarianism - In The Wolves at the Door - http://zinelibrary.info/wolves-door » The Eat The Rich Tour08/07/2011 - 19:00 08/07/2011 - 23:00 Location: Jura Books Description:
The Lurkers play subversive homespun bluegrass. With double bass, banjo, guitar and three-part harmonies, it's acoustic hillbilly punk about environmental evangelism, pirateering and DIY armageddon. » Solidarity with the prisoners in Chile - film and party15/04/2011 - 18:00 15/04/2011 - 23:00 Location: Jura Books Description:
The Chicago Conspiracy Trailer (English Version) from Subversive Action Films on Vimeo. SOLIDARITY WITH PRISONERS IN CHILE ON HUNGER STRIKE SINCE 21.2.11 On August 14 2010 an absurd spectacle of suppression took place in the cities of Santiago and Valparaiso in Chile that resulted in the prosecution of 14 people, 8 of whom are held facing charges for all the armed, explosive, and incendiary attacks that took place during the last three years against the state and capitalist targets inside the country. The only evidence is their political identity. Andrea Urzua, Camilo Perez, Carlos Riveros, Felipe Guajardo, Francisco Solar, Monica Caballero, Rodolfo Ratamales, Venicio Aguillera, and Omar Hermosilla began a hunger strike on 21/2/11 demanding their release as well as the abolishment of the anti-terrorism law. Through this struggle they make clear that they are not willing to be submissive in the cages of democracy. The arsenal of laws possessed by all modern totalitarian regimes are a tool for the elimination of anybody who is a conscious enemy of authority. Our solidarity and passion for freedom we share cannot be contained byborders. FREEDOM TO THE PRISONERS OF 14A AND ALL OTHER PRISONERS OF THE SOCIAL WAR, EVERYWHERE SOLIDARITY IS OUR WEAPON ****** INFO NIGHT/ FUNDRAISER 18:00 Film and discussion (The Chicago Conspiracy) ****** http://www.subversiveactionfilms.org/the-chicago-conspiracy/ » 'Dispatches 07' film screening19/02/2011 - 19:00 19/02/2011 - 21:00 Location: Jura Books Description:
Big Noise Films, 2011 Recently produced by Big Noise, 'Dispatches 07' contains 5 short documentaries looking at war, crisis, and the shared struggles for survival and dignity. 7pm, Sat 19th Feb at Jura. » The revolution will not be tweeted12/02/2011 - 15:00 12/02/2011 - 17:00 Location: Jura Description:
Why the revolution will not be tweeted: the importance of strong ties in building of a better world What types of relationships are needed to build a better world? To what extent can new social media contribute to social change? What does the historical evidence suggest? How can we implement this in our organising today? Jura welcomes Nicholas Harrigan, social network researcher, to facilitate a discussion about the types of relationships that have the potential for positive social change. The starting point for the discussion will be a recent article by Malcolm Gladwell in the New Yorker magazine ‘Small Change’. Participants are encouraged to read the article and bring along their comments and criticisms for the discussion: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/04/101004fa_fact_gladwell This discussion afternoon is FREE! » Anti-consumerism zombie march11/12/2010 - 14:00 11/12/2010 - 15:00 Location: Hyde Park Description: "Last Friday, Westfields opened up a brand new fantabulous shiny shopping mall in Pitt street, choc full of overpriced brand names and plastic things that look cool but serve no discernable purpose. With Australians in personal debt of $1.2 trillion, our earths resources in steady decline and our communities disintegrating with the soul destroying force of dog-eat-dog consumer culture, some of us may be asking.. why the fck are... we building more shopping malls? And more to the point, why are we still celebrating their openings, as though it were something wonderful?! For those of us who do ask that question, it's time to step up and expose the shitty world of shopping for what it really is..... The conscious creation of a zombie nation!!!! Join us to stick it to a system that is fundamentally screwed, have a heap of fun, be a bit ridiculous and hopefully make someone think. Come join in the Consumerism Creates Clones spending season zombie march this Christmas. Quick. Before they build another Westfield. All you need are some shopping bags (you know, those designer ones, the fancy ones that say 'i've been shopping') to hang on your outstretched Zombie arms, and makeup if you fancy. We'll march through all the best CBD shopping spots in peak time, moaning 'stuff', and go shopping in the new shiny Westfield where surely our Consumer Zombie hunger for stuff will be fulfilled. Tell everyone! culture jam club http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=130589016996298 » Art vs Music21/08/2010 - 19:00 21/08/2010 - 23:00 Location: Jura Library Description: Art vs Music Artists create works as musicians weave live soundscapes. Stay tuned for more info on bands and artists! Contact Email: artversemusic@gmail.com Contact Name: trini » Non-Violent Direct Action Skillshare22/05/2010 - 10:30 22/05/2010 - 16:30 Location: ASEN/SEAN Office and Activist Space Description: The ‘Camp for Climate Action’ 2010 with Rising Tide Newcastle and Friends of the Earth (FoE) Sydney are hosting Non-violent Direct Action (NVDA) skillshares: When Or, let us know your interest for future workshops. We hope to hold them regularly in the lead up to Climate Camp at Bayswater Power Station, Dec 1st – 5th. RSVP to crystalgnomes@gmail.com or 0434641662 Where? Who should come? If you’re already involved it’s still a good thing to come to a workshop to deepen your understanding and preparedness and to share your experiences and thoughts. What will happen at the workshop? - philosophy and various perspectives of non-violence - lunch and snacks provided by donation* Why get involved in climate NVDA? Time to turn the climate crisis around is slipping through our fingers. It’s obvious that petitions, rallies and even the most logical arguments are not enough to change the Government’s position when it comes to short term profit versus medium and long term social, ecological and economic sustainability. The NSW Government recently approved plans to build two new coal or gas fired power stations which would increase the state’s emissions by up to 15%. Plans are afoot to triple coal exports from the state, while we already export more emissions through our coal than all our domestic emissions from every source combined. All around the world recent years have seen a burgeoning and fast growing movement of non-violent direct action on climate change. These actions have been sharpening the debate and bringing the urgency of the situation to light. They demonstrate a response that is somehow commensurate to the crisis. ‘So perhaps this is really serious?’ punters may think when watching the 6 0′clock news. Business as usual is interrupted, commentators speculate that civil unrest is brewing, and politicians are forced to take notice. This movement needs to grow on an unprecedented scale. We need you to be one more helping that to happen. What is ‘Camp for Climate Action’? Bayswater is the site of one of the planned new coal-fired power stations – ‘Bayswater B’ – and is the equal largest source of emissions in Australia. Over 120 countries in the world emit less CO2 than Bayswater. The planned expansion would double Bayswater’s current emissions. As in previous years, the camp will be fun and family-friendly with a sustainable village atmosphere. There will be a program on climate change issues and solutions, non-violent direct action and organising, and music and entertainment. The finale will be a creative and bold peaceful mass action aimed at shutting down Bayswater Power Station for the day. It’s a community event, and local groups will be organising ‘Neighbourhoods’ from their areas – so get in touch, or come to an NVDA workshop to get involved. The next big organising meeting is Saturday 5th June, 2-5. »  |
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