Friday 6pm to 7.45pm


9 May 2008

New Thinking from the Non-West: Iran, Africa, Latin America

Raewyn Connell, author new book Southern Theory: The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social Science

Devleena Ghosh, University of Technology Sydney, author of recent book on post-colonial thought


16 May 2008

Social Disadvantage - The Uninvited Guest at the 20/20 Summit

Michael Raper, Director, NSW Welfare Rights

Eileen Baldry, Associate Dean, UNSW


23 May 2008

Rudd's National Water Deal - What will it Deliver?

Professor Richard Kingsford, Professor of Environmental Science, UNSW

Professor Derek Eamus, Professor of Environmental Science, UTS

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30 May 2008

Inflation: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease?

Professor Frank Stilwell, Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney

Peter Kell, Chief Executive, Australian Consumers Association


6 June 2008

No Meeting


13 June 2008

Zimbabwe - Despotism or Democracy?

Dr Meredith Burgmann and Peter Murphy, President and Secretary respectively of the Zimbabwe Information Centre established in 1999 to promote democratic practices and the rule of law in Zimbabwe


Since 2002: visits



Current issues

The recent topic: "The Iemma Government's selloff of state electricity - will the public be ripped off again?" was accompanied by a petition. Click here to sign or distribute the petition.

Some useful links ...

ACOSS

ACTU

ACTU: Your rights at work

Australian Policy Online

Friends of the Earth Australia

Gleebooks

Greenpeace International

Getup! Action for Australia

Institute for Global Communications: links to Peace, Women's, Ecology and Anti-Racism sites

Journal of Australian Political Economy

LabourStart: Where trade unionists start their day on the net

New Matilda

Now We the People

Search Foundation

Sydney Peace and Justice Coalition

Sydney Peace Foundation

Sydney Talks: who is talking where this month

Unions NSW: with you at work

Victorian Peace Network

Women for Wik