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omin
g Ev
ents
Sund
ay J
une
14 -
5pm
@ B
lack
Ros
e Bo
oks,
22
Enm
ore
RdW
ho i
s Bo
zo T
exin
o. A
maz
ing
docu
men
tary
on
the
secr
et h
isto
ry o
f ho
bo g
raffi
ti.
“A h
ypno
tic,
rai
l-ra
ttlin
g to
ne p
oem
of
subv
ersi
ve w
ayfa
rer
wis
dom
.’ P
lus
Sydn
ey
squa
ttin
g hi
stor
y sh
ow a
nd t
ell -
new
s pi
ctur
es &
mor
e fr
om t
he 1
940s
to
the
21st
ce
ntur
y. E
ntry
by
dona
tion
. A
fund
rais
er f
or C
row
bar
My
Hea
rt:
The
Wor
ld’s
Gre
ates
t Sq
uatt
ing
Zine
Sund
ay J
une
14 -
6-1
1pm
@ H
erm
ann’
s Ba
r, S
ydne
y U
nive
rsit
y, C
nr o
f Ci
ty R
d &
Bu
tlin
Ave
Folk
the
Pol
ice!
Fun
drai
ser
for
G20
arr
este
es
Band
s pl
ayin
g ar
e: W
im :
: W
inte
r Pe
ople
::
Emm
a D
avis
::
Sui Z
hen
:: A
narc
hist
Duc
k ::
Plu
ton
Gon
sky
:: &
fri
ends
…
Tick
ets
$10
(st
uden
ts/c
entr
elin
k re
cipi
ents
) -
$15
(oth
ers)
All
proc
eeds
fro
m t
his
gig
will
go
to t
he G
20 D
efen
ce F
und.
Frid
ay J
une
19 -
8pm
@ T
own
and
Coun
try
Hot
el,
2 U
nwin
s Br
idge
Rd,
St
Pete
rsFu
ndra
iser
gig
for
Bla
ck R
ose
Anar
chis
t Li
brar
y F
eat.
Hee
Haw
::
Do
Not
Re
susc
itat
e ::
Cap
a C
appo
::
Voti
ng w
ith
Bric
ks.
$7
Satu
rday
, Ju
ne 2
0 R
ally
to
mar
k 2
year
s si
nce
the
star
t of
the
NT
int
erve
ntio
n. S
tart
s 10
:30a
m @
Be
lmor
e Pa
rk,
near
Cen
tral
. Fo
llow
ed b
y hi
p ho
p @
The
Blo
ck,
Redf
ern
from
mid
day.
Sund
ay,
June
21
- 2p
m @
Bla
ck R
ose.
Bl
ack
Ros
e op
en c
omm
unit
y m
eeti
ng:
mor
e de
tails
insi
de.
Follo
wed
by
scre
enin
g of
Dr
Stra
ngel
ove
at 6
pm.
Insi
de y
our
June
Mut
iny:
- Th
e or
gani
sers
of
the
rece
nt C
omm
unit
y U
nion
Wee
kend
s gi
ve u
s so
me
thou
ghts
and
an
alys
is o
n w
hat
wen
t do
wn
and
why
it w
as im
port
ant.
- Th
e tr
ial o
f th
e re
mai
ning
thr
ee p
eopl
e ar
rest
ed f
rom
the
G20
pro
test
s in
200
6 is
fin
ally
abo
ut t
o ha
ppen
. H
ere’
s w
hy s
olid
arit
y is
im
port
ant.
- An
arg
umen
t th
at c
reat
ing
an e
ffec
tive
co
unte
r-po
wer
will
req
uire
som
e se
riou
s re
-con
side
ring
of
gend
er r
oles
wit
hin
the
left
.
- F
ucke
d bo
rder
pol
icie
s st
ill e
xist
und
er
the
Labo
r go
vern
men
t as
a r
ecen
t ev
ents
at
Villa
woo
d D
eten
tion
Cen
tre
high
light
s.
- Re
view
s of
Fro
m H
ell
and
The
Play
er o
f G
ames
.
The P
layer
of G
ames
- Re
view
by
Max
Sol
idar
ityNo
vel b
y Ia
in M
. Ban
ks
The
prot
agon
ist,
Jern
au i
s fro
m T
he C
ultu
re,
a ki
nd o
f soc
ialist
uto
pia,
wher
e co
nscio
us m
achi
nes
(with
hum
an e
quiv
alent
min
ds a
nd so
me
with
supe
r m
inds
) and
biol
ogica
l cre
ature
s liv
e ega
litar
ian li
ves.
A se
ction
of th
e Cul
ture
calle
d Con
tact,
char
ged w
ith
inter
facin
g wi
th o
ther
non
-Cul
ture
civ
ilisa
tions
, is
held
with
som
e di
strus
t am
ongs
t m
any
peop
le wi
thin
and
with
out t
he so
ciety.
The
re is
an ex
celle
nt
criti
que
of p
ower
in th
e no
vel –
and
this
is m
ostly
ex
plor
ed th
roug
h th
e em
pire
of A
zad,
a r
elativ
ely
small
inter
galac
tic e
mpi
re th
at is
a br
utal,
vio
lent
and
expl
oitat
ive (
not e
ntire
ly u
nlik
e our
pre
sent
day
ea
rth –
and
plag
ued
by m
any
of th
e sa
me
prob
lems
– eg
. mas
sive c
lass d
ivisi
ons).
For
me t
he co
nfus
ion
lies w
ithin
the p
ower
that
Cont
act h
as an
d how
that
is di
ffere
nt to
the p
ower
the r
ulin
g clas
ses h
ave i
n Aza
d.
It se
ems t
o me t
hat i
t is a
n iss
ue of
inten
tion.
Con
tact
has g
ood
inten
tions
whe
reas
the r
ulin
g cla
ss in
Aza
d wa
nts
to m
aintai
n an
d in
tensif
y th
eir p
rivile
ge.
The
best
and
mos
t int
eres
ting
aspe
ct of
the
nove
l wa
s the
expl
orati
on o
f gen
der a
nd se
xuali
ty. B
eing
a sc
ience
ficti
on n
ovel
allow
s the
expl
orati
on o
f the
se
issue
s in
way
s th
at ar
e im
poss
ible
in o
ther
gen
res.
The
peop
le in
The
Cul
ture
cha
nge
their
gen
der
at wi
ll –
from
regu
lar h
uman
gen
ders
to al
ien o
nes t
oo
– an
d th
ese
chan
ges a
re c
hose
n to
be
perm
anen
t or
som
etim
es ju
st a p
hase
or f
or fu
n or
an ex
perie
nce –
as
a ki
nd o
f hol
iday
. The
ir se
x liv
es co
ntin
ue d
urin
g th
e pr
oces
s whi
ch le
aves
them
in a
n in
terim
per
iod
of a
ndro
gyny
as t
heir
phys
iolo
gy c
hang
es (h
owev
er
their
abi
lity
to e
njoy
their
bod
ies is
not
affe
cted)
. Qu
estio
ns of
gend
er ar
e fur
ther
expl
ored
.in t
he A
zad
socie
ty w
hich
has
thre
e gen
ders:
‘Male
s’, ‘F
emale
s’ an
d th
e ‘A
pex’
. The
gen
der
roles
in th
eir s
ociet
y ar
e hi
ghly
div
ided
, with
the
‘Ape
x’ b
eing
the
mos
t pr
ivile
ged.
Thi
s ex
plor
ation
of
gend
er h
ierar
chies
ge
nuin
ely g
ave
me
insig
ht i
nto
the
state
of o
ur
curre
nt so
ciety
– a
nd I
thin
k th
at is
one
of th
e m
ost
impo
rtant
thin
gs th
at ‘a
rt’, i
n the
broa
d sen
se, c
an do
.
I di
d of
ten
year
n fo
r m
ore
detai
ls on
th
e tec
hnol
ogy
and
the
gam
es b
eing
play
ed –
a l
ot
of t
he d
escr
iptio
ns a
re a
pt b
ut o
vera
rchi
ng a
nd
vagu
e –
leavi
ng a
lot t
o th
e re
ader
’s im
agin
ation
. Ov
erall
this
is a
high
ly re
adab
le bo
ok w
ith a
ttune
d po
litica
l pe
rcep
tion
main
taine
d at
the
fore
front
.
Revi
ews
From
Hell
- Re
view
by
Dum
pster
ed T
win
Grap
hic F
ictio
n by
Alan
Moo
re an
d Ed
die C
ampb
ell
Set a
roun
d th
e Aut
umn
of 1
888,
Lon
don,
the
grap
hic
It’s
a gr
aphi
cal
tom
e, an
d it’
s hi
storic
al fic
tion
at on
e of
it’s
best.
With
in li
es h
orro
rs of
Lov
ecra
ftian
pr
opor
tions
: be
spea
king
of
curse
d ob
elisk
s, gh
ostly
ap
parit
ions
, bl
ood
sacr
ifice
s, ba
stard
roy
al ch
ildre
n (a
ren’
t th
ey a
ll?),
hund
reds
of
hoax
Rip
per
letter
s by
eve
ryda
y pe
ople,
cul
ts de
voted
to
the
Sun
God
and
the
mag
ical b
indi
ng o
f fem
ale p
ower
to th
e wi
ll of
patr
iarch
y… d
id I
dete
ct a
raise
d ey
ebro
w, d
ear
read
er?
Yes,
it is
quite
a fa
ntas
tical
Victo
rian
Goth
ic tal
e, sp
urre
d by
Cam
pbell
’s gr
im in
k sk
etche
s, bu
t its
well-
rese
arch
ed p
rem
ise a
nd se
tting
allo
ws th
e re
ader
to
exp
erien
ce b
oth
the
fam
iliar
ity a
nd u
nusu
alnes
s of
the
strea
ms
of th
ough
t/kno
wled
ge o
f th
at pe
riod.
Moo
re’s
inter
preta
tion,
and w
ith pe
rhap
s a sl
ight
hatre
d fo
r a
certa
in i
nces
tuou
s fa
mily
, ce
ntre
s ar
ound
the
co
nseq
uenc
es se
t in
mot
ion
when
four
now
-infa
mou
s wo
men
ina
dver
tently
try
to
blac
kmail
the
Cro
wn.
Thou
gh th
e eve
nts a
re w
ritten
as a
helli
sh st
ory
with
a ps
ycho
tic d
octo
r, it’
s no
t rea
lly a
bout
con
spira
cy a
nd
the
Free
Mas
ons,
inste
ad it
has
muc
h m
ore
relev
ance
. Th
e pag
es ta
kes u
s thr
ough
the l
ives
of a
spec
ific t
ype
of w
orki
ng c
lass w
omen
, pro
stitu
tes; i
llustr
ating
their
sto
ries
of h
ow th
ey g
ot in
to s
uch
pred
icam
ents,
their
da
ily li
ves,
and
the s
treng
ths a
nd fe
ars t
hey
held
whi
lst
work
ing
on th
e dar
k str
eets
of W
hitec
hape
l. Th
e rul
ing
class
and
their
abi
lity
to c
omm
it cr
ime
with
impu
nity
is
one
of th
e ot
her c
entra
l the
mes
: usin
g hi
gh-ra
nkin
g po
lice
offic
ials
to c
over
-up
their
tran
sgre
ssio
ns a
nd,
in th
is in
stanc
e, to
div
ert a
ttent
ion
away
from
Roy
al in
volv
emen
t – fo
r Que
en an
d Cou
ntry
it se
ems.
A lo
nely
pr
o-fe
min
ist m
ale (a
n od
d id
ea a
t the
tim
e) w
ho m
ay
or m
ay n
ot h
ave
been
gay
was
acc
used
pos
thum
ously
, po
rtray
ed as
bein
g fra
med
by th
e pol
ice. S
ocial
hyste
ria
was a
lso gr
ippe
d by t
he ev
ents,
with
Jews
bein
g acc
used
of
ritu
al m
urde
rs; as
well
as th
e soc
ial an
d co
mm
ercia
l ph
enom
enon
wi
th
the
fasc
inati
on
with
m
urde
r.
Even
afte
r th
e ev
ents
of t
he W
hitec
hape
l m
urde
rs,
wom
en in
sim
ilar p
reca
rious
situ
ation
s are
still
forc
ed
to p
ly t
heir
sex
for
a liv
ing
in u
nsaf
e co
nditi
ons.
nove
l dra
ws u
pon
over
twelv
e de
cade
s of
sou
rces
th
at ha
ve a
ttem
pted
to
solv
e an
d in
terro
gate
such
vi
cious
and
inc
ompr
ehen
sible
even
ts, c
redi
ted t
o Ja
ck th
e Rip
per
: c/
- P
O B
ox 4
, En
mo
re,
NS
W,
20
42
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ust
rali
a
em
ail
: m
uti
neers
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raffi
ti.n
et
web
: bac
k is
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at
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ura
.org
.au
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uti
ny
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ito
rs:
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lod
ed
Cake,
Du
mp
stere
d T
win
, M
am
bu
tu,
Ho
pele
ss D
ream
er,
M
ax S
olid
ari
ty,
So
urD
ou
gh
, G
raf
Cat,
Pri
nce
ss M
ob
, T w
ith
Alice
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ks a
s al
way
s to
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rily
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e opin
ions
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ntr
ibuto
rs.
Contr
ibuto
rs d
o n
ot
nec
essa
rily
agre
e w
ith a
ll th
e opin
ions
of th
e m
utiny
colle
ctiv
e. T
he
mutiny
colle
ctiv
e does
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ith a
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ions
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e m
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Plea
se w
rite,
or e
mai
l mut
inee
rs@
graf
fiti.n
et a
bout
bul
k di
strib
utio
n, in
tern
atio
nal o
rder
s, if
you
don’
t hav
e an
y m
oney
, or f
or a
ny o
ther
spec
ial r
eque
sts.
Mu
tin
y is
an a
nar
chis
t co
llect
ive
bas
ed in S
ydney
. W
e st
arte
d t
his
zin
e to
exp
lore
diffe
rent
aven
ues
of
dis
obed
ience
& r
esis
tance
, &
to e
nco
ura
ge
peo
ple
to w
rite
ab
out
thei
r id
eas,
act
ions
& e
xper
ience
s.
This
month
the
Mutiny
Colle
ctiv
e an
d t
he
Mutiny
Zin
e Colle
ctiv
e had
a m
eeting
to b
egin
dis
cuss
ing h
ow
the
two c
olle
ctiv
es h
ave
engag
ed w
ith e
ach o
ther
and t
o
reas
sess
our
polit
cal re
leva
nce
to t
he
curr
ent
soci
al c
limat
e. W
e al
so t
hought
we
should
mak
e our
aim
s co
nci
ous
and e
xplic
it.
(We
also
ate
load
s of
gre
at f
ood.)
W
e m
eet
regula
rly,
ple
ase
conta
ct u
s on t
he
addre
ss b
elow
:
Au
stra
lia
Foll
ow
up
on
th
e d
eath
in
cu
sto
dy
of
Ab
ori
gin
al E
lder
Mr
War
d,
amb
assa
do
r fo
r th
e N
gaa
nya
tjar
ra
peo
ple
.
Th
e co
ron
ial
inq
ues
t fi
nis
hed
on
May
1,
fin
din
gs
are
du
e to
be
pre
sen
ted
on
Ju
ne
12. C
orr
ecti
ve S
ervi
ces
Co
mm
issi
on
er Ia
n
Joh
nso
n tr
avel
led
to K
alg
oo
rlie
to p
ub
licly
ap
olo
gis
e to
Mr
War
d’s
fam
ily,
acce
pti
ng
re
spo
nsi
bili
ty f
or
the
46-y
ear-
old
’s d
eath
in
Jan
uar
y la
st y
ear
wh
o w
as t
rap
ped
in a
p
riso
n v
an fo
r fo
ur
ho
urs
, in
tem
per
atu
res
over
50°
C a
fter
bei
ng
arr
este
d o
n In
vasi
on
D
ay f
or
dri
nk
dri
vin
g. H
e h
ad t
hir
d-d
egre
e b
urn
s to
his
sto
mac
h a
nd
die
d a
fter
bei
ng
ta
ken
to
Kal
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nal
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spit
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as t
reat
ed l
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an a
nim
al.
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ty
peo
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ide
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or
GS
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th o
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and
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d t
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ust
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ds
rally
agai
nst
ra
cism
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bo
urn
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r 5,
000
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ian
stu
den
ts a
nd
su
pp
ort
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mar
ched
on
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nd
ay
May
31,
pro
mp
ted
by
a w
ave
of
raci
al
assa
ult
s.
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ey
mar
ched
fr
om
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yal
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bo
urn
e H
osp
ital
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her
e 25
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r-o
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mar
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as
bee
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ince
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9 w
hen
he
was
sta
bb
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by
a g
rou
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f te
ens.
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ere
hav
e b
een
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ult
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s in
a y
ear
in M
elb
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pas
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rtn
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sau
lts
in
Mel
bo
urn
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wes
tern
su
bu
rbs
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dia
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isp
rop
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ate
fig
ure
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late
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lt h
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th
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un
day
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h
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dre
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test
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ich
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e co
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rth
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ty. T
hey
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in
July
of
last
yea
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ill h
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r a
libra
ry/c
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wh
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er a
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h w
ill a
lso
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rele
ase
of
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pat
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ho
has
b
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det
ain
ed f
or
mo
re t
han
six
mo
nth
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n s
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icio
n o
f sa
bo
tag
ing
hig
h-s
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trai
n
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Co
up
at,
34,
was
ar
rest
ed
by
anti
-ter
rori
st
po
lice
in
Nov
emb
er
2008
an
d h
is l
eng
thy
det
enti
on
wit
ho
ut
wor
king
gro
ups
for c
ooki
ng a
nd c
lean
ing,
the
dist
ribut
ion
of c
abin
s th
roug
h lu
cky
dip
and
grou
p ex
erci
se s
essi
ons
in th
e m
orni
ngs
rein
forc
ed th
e id
ea o
f col
lect
ivity
. Ano
ther
key
dyn
amic
was
th
e pr
esen
ce o
f eld
ers
who
wer
e ab
le to
crit
ical
ly re
flect
on
past
cam
paig
ns. G
uide
d by
fifty
yea
rs
of a
ctiv
ist w
isdo
m, r
eflec
ting
on th
e pa
st w
as n
ot v
ague
or s
uper
ficia
l but
incr
edib
ly p
ower
ful.
Dis
cuss
ing
cam
paig
ns li
ke th
e B
LF G
reen
Ban
s an
d th
e M
UA
disp
ute
set a
sta
ndar
d fo
r our
ow
n ef
forts
. Int
ensi
vely
stru
ctur
ed s
mal
l gro
up w
ork
was
em
phas
ised
ove
r “ta
lkin
g he
ad”
sess
ions
. Ta
lkin
g he
ads
wer
e lim
ited
to a
bout
ten
min
utes
and
wer
e as
ked
to e
ngag
e in
crit
ical
refle
ctio
n. W
e pr
epar
ed a
read
er a
nd D
VD w
ith b
ackg
roun
d in
form
atio
n an
d ac
tivis
t tex
ts a
nd e
ncou
rage
d pe
ople
to
read
and
rese
arch
as
part
of th
eir e
ngag
emen
t with
act
ivis
m.
The
latte
r wee
kend
s at
the
MU
A an
d Tr
ades
Hal
l did
not
faci
litat
e th
e cr
eatio
n of
any
new
, m
eani
ngfu
l, co
llect
ive
proc
esse
s an
d di
d no
t sub
vert
any
prob
lem
atic
act
ivis
t nor
ms.
We
thin
k th
is w
as a
con
sequ
ence
of t
he in
ner-c
ity lo
catio
ns e
nabl
ing
peop
le to
com
e ac
cord
ing
to o
ther
co
mm
itmen
ts. N
ew p
eopl
e ca
me.
We
did
not i
dent
ify c
olle
ctiv
ely,
and
the
entir
e pr
oces
s w
as m
uch
mor
e ab
out c
onte
nt th
an it
was
abo
ut e
xper
imen
ting
with
form
.
In th
e fin
al s
essi
on o
n Sa
turd
ay 2
nd M
ay, w
e in
vite
d so
me
inde
pend
ent u
nion
act
ivis
ts L
iz
Thom
pson
, Ant
hony
Mai
n, D
iana
Bea
umon
t, an
d Si
mon
Mill
ar to
add
ress
the
ques
tion
of h
ow w
e ge
t our
uni
ons
to c
onsi
der t
he c
once
rns
of th
e m
ost e
xplo
ited
wor
kers
- in
tern
atio
nal s
tude
nts,
yo
ung
wor
kers
and
oth
ers
who
ofte
n m
iss
out o
n a
piec
e of
the
swee
t, un
ion-
bake
d pi
e, b
y vi
rtue
of th
eir c
asua
l and
pre
cario
us e
mpl
oym
ent s
tatu
s, c
ultu
ral b
ackg
roun
d an
d/or
gen
der.
This
ses
sion
in
varia
bly
dege
nera
ted
into
the
sam
e ol
d de
bate
abo
ut w
heth
er it
’s m
ore
usef
ul to
wor
k in
side
or
outs
ide
the
mai
nstre
am u
nion
mov
emen
t. W
hile
the
spea
kers
wer
e am
azin
g, w
e w
ere
unab
le to
gi
ve th
e se
ssio
n th
e sa
me
love
we
had
give
n to
ear
lier o
nes.
We
wer
e un
able
to fa
cilit
ate
colle
ctiv
e pr
oces
ses
that
em
pow
ered
par
ticip
ants
to a
ct. T
alki
ng h
eads
and
spe
ech-
mak
ing
dom
inat
ed
proc
eedi
ngs
and
man
y en
gage
d in
com
bativ
e de
fenc
e or
adv
ocac
y of
thei
r ow
n po
sitio
ns ra
ther
th
an le
avin
g op
en th
e po
ssib
ility
of t
rans
form
atio
n.
For t
hose
of u
s w
ho h
ave
rece
ntly
em
erge
d fro
m o
r who
stil
l hav
e sp
ecifi
c po
litic
al “
hom
es”
(be
it So
cial
ist A
ltern
ativ
e, S
olid
arity
, the
Ana
rcho
Syn
dica
list F
eder
atio
n, e
tc),
it ca
n be
ver
y co
nfro
ntin
g to
adm
it th
at w
e ar
e sm
all,
that
sec
taria
nism
hol
ds u
s ba
ck, a
nd th
at w
e do
n’t h
ave
the
answ
ers.
In
thes
e tim
es w
hen
we
need
to fi
nd n
ew w
ays
of o
rgan
isin
g an
d ac
tual
ly b
ecom
e re
leva
nt fo
r a
chan
ge, i
s it
bette
r to
be p
oliti
cally
hom
eles
s (“
Free
rang
e An
arch
ist/
Mar
xist
/ Soc
ialis
t/ U
nion
ist”
) so
we
can
prep
are
for w
hat’s
to c
ome
with
out t
he b
agga
ge o
f ide
olog
ies
that
wer
e re
leva
nt fo
r oth
er ti
mes
? R
osa
Luxe
mbu
rg w
ould
dis
agre
e, c
onvi
nced
that
if o
ne is
not
in th
e pr
oces
s of
bui
ldin
g th
e re
volu
tiona
ry p
arty
, one
is re
lega
ted
to th
e ro
le
of a
lefti
st “
swam
p”-d
wel
ler.
But
Ros
a, w
hy w
ould
we
build
a p
arty
whe
n w
e do
n’t k
now
how
to a
ctua
lly m
ake
that
par
ty c
hang
e ja
ck s
hit r
ight
no
w?
Rig
ht n
ow, R
osa’
s pa
rty is
a s
pect
acle
of t
he p
ast,
usin
g la
ngua
ge
from
a p
revi
ous
era.
The
pro
ject
of c
ritic
al r
efle
ctio
n an
d c
reat
ing
new
form
s of
or
gan
isin
g m
ust b
e on
goi
ng, a
nd to
this
end
, mor
e w
eeke
nds
at C
amp
Eur
eka
will
be
org
anis
ed in
the
near
futu
re. T
o fin
d o
ut
mor
e, e
mai
l com
mun
ityun
ionw
eeke
nds@
gm
ail.c
om
2004
Uni
on S
olid
arity
ope
rate
d as
a V
icto
rian-
base
d ne
twor
k of
act
ivis
ts w
hich
pro
vide
d su
ppor
t for
wor
kers
in d
ozen
s of
in
dust
rial d
ispu
tes.
Uni
on S
olid
arity
was
a v
ehic
le b
y w
hich
un
ions
wer
e ab
le to
get
aro
und
Wor
kCho
ices
law
s w
hich
ef
fect
ivel
y re
mov
ed th
e rig
ht to
stri
ke a
nd im
pose
d hu
ge fi
nes
for u
nion
org
anis
ers
and
wor
kers
who
took
indu
stria
l act
ion
with
out t
he a
ppro
val o
f the
Indu
stria
l Rel
atio
ns C
omm
issi
on.
The
basi
c co
ncep
t of U
nion
Sol
idar
ity in
clud
ed a
coo
rdin
ated
bu
t dec
entra
lised
com
mun
icat
ions
net
wor
k us
ed to
mob
ilise
pe
ople
for s
olid
arity
whe
n ne
eded
. Thi
s “w
hole
of c
lass
” ap
proa
ch m
eant
that
peo
ple
cam
e to
geth
er w
ith a
will
ingn
ess
to p
ut th
emse
lves
on
the
line
and
stan
d up
for w
orke
rs a
nd c
omm
unity
mem
bers
in n
eed,
with
out n
eces
saril
y ag
reei
ng o
n a
parti
cula
r id
eolo
gy.
Dur
ing
the
time
it w
as a
ctiv
e, U
nion
Sol
idar
ity w
as m
ore
likel
y th
an a
ny o
ther
gro
up o
r net
wor
k to
fa
cilit
ate
win
s fo
r wor
kers
and
mem
bers
of t
he c
omm
unity
. Mod
erat
e in
dust
rial v
icto
ries
wer
e sc
ored
ag
ains
t Boe
ing,
Am
cor,
Toyo
ta, P
rest
on M
otor
s, C
oles
Dis
tribu
tion
Cen
ter,
VISY
, Aus
tralia
Pos
t and
ot
her c
orpo
rate
evi
ldoe
rs. U
nion
Sol
idar
ity h
elpe
d br
oker
suc
cess
ful o
utco
mes
for c
omm
unity
ca
mpa
igns
suc
h as
sav
ing
the
Suns
hine
Poo
l, C
amp
Sove
reig
nty
and
the
Stud
ent H
ousi
ng A
ctio
n C
oope
rativ
e (S
HAC
).
In M
arch
this
yea
r Uni
on S
olid
arity
cea
sed
to fu
nctio
n. It
’s n
ot ro
cket
sci
ence
to fi
gure
out
that
the
exis
tenc
e of
a p
ower
ful a
ltern
ativ
e to
the
ALP-
back
ed u
nion
s be
cam
e a
thre
at to
the
stat
e (a
lbei
t a
min
or th
reat
). Th
e U
nion
Sol
idar
ity w
ebsi
te re
ads,
“Th
e de
cisi
on to
fold
was
pro
mpt
ed b
y a
lack
of
reso
urce
s an
d a
need
to re
thin
k th
e gr
oup’
s co
re s
trate
gy. H
owev
er U
nion
Sol
idar
ity a
ctiv
ists
be
lieve
that
giv
en (o
ur) s
ucce
ss, t
he b
asic
con
cept
nee
ds to
be
spre
ad th
roug
hout
the
who
le o
f the
un
ion
mov
emen
t.” W
ith li
ttle
supp
ort f
rom
the
unio
n hi
erar
chy,
this
can
onl
y ha
ppen
thro
ugh
the
stre
ngth
and
con
fiden
ce o
f ran
k an
d fil
e w
orke
rs, s
hop
stew
ards
and
org
anis
ers.
One
impo
rtant
fu
nctio
n of
the
Com
mun
ity U
nion
Wee
kend
s w
as re
flect
ion
on th
e st
reng
ths
and
wea
knes
ses
of th
e U
nion
Sol
idar
ity M
odel
. The
re is
an
assu
mpt
ion
that
this
mod
el c
ould
pos
sibl
y pr
ovid
e a
basi
s fo
r re
build
ing
a ve
ry p
ower
ful l
eft.
The
Wee
kend
sW
e or
gani
sed
thre
e w
eeke
nds
in w
hich
par
ticip
ants
from
div
erse
ba
ckgr
ound
s co
uld
com
e to
geth
er, i
dent
ify c
olle
ctiv
ely
and
begi
n a
proc
ess
of c
ritic
al re
flect
ion,
with
a v
iew
to w
orki
ng o
ut w
hat w
e ne
ed to
do
in o
rder
to re
build
our
soc
ial a
nd u
nion
mov
emen
ts
to s
omet
hing
muc
h m
ore
pow
erfu
l tha
n th
ey a
re to
day.
The
bes
t w
ork
of th
e or
gani
sers
was
to c
reat
e a
spac
e in
whi
ch it
was
po
ssib
le fo
r peo
ple
from
diff
eren
t ten
denc
ies
to o
ffend
and
con
front
one
ano
ther
in a
con
stru
ctiv
e an
d co
mra
dely
fash
ion.
On
the
first
wee
kend
at C
amp
Eure
ka- a
bout
80k
m fr
om M
elbo
urne
- th
is
spac
e w
as c
reat
ed a
nd th
ere
was
a p
rofo
und
expe
rienc
e of
col
lect
ive
trans
form
atio
n.
Mar
ie G
oona
n, a
n el
der o
f the
Com
mun
ist P
arty
of A
ustra
lia (C
PA),
open
ed th
e w
eeke
nd b
y ex
plai
ning
that
that
Cam
p Eu
reka
has
bee
n a
site
for p
oliti
cal e
duca
tion
and
orga
nisi
ng s
ince
th
e 19
40s.
Mor
e th
an th
is, t
he c
amp
was
a p
lace
not
onl
y fo
r pla
nnin
g ac
tions
but
for a
pol
itica
l co
mm
unity
that
took
car
e of
food
, edu
catio
n, h
ealth
, hou
sing
and
the
mak
ing
of c
ultu
re. O
n ea
ch d
ay, t
wo
hour
s w
ere
devo
ted
to la
bour
for c
amp
mai
nten
ance
. Car
poo
ling,
the
form
atio
n of
char
ges
bei
ng
file
d h
ad b
eco
me
hig
hly
co
ntr
over
sial
.
Co
up
at,
the
last
o
f th
e 10
su
spec
ts
arre
sted
to
rem
ain
in c
ust
od
y, h
as a
lway
s sa
id h
e w
as i
nn
oce
nt
bu
t h
e is
sti
ll u
nd
er
inve
stig
atio
n
for
org
anis
ed,
terr
ori
sm-
rela
ted
des
tru
ctio
n o
f pro
per
ty. T
he
failu
re
to s
ecu
re a
ny c
onv
icti
on
s af
ter
a h
igh
ly
pu
blic
ised
rai
d b
y h
un
dre
ds
of
po
lice
has
p
rove
d e
mb
arra
ssin
g t
o t
he
gov
ern
men
t,
wh
ich
h
as
bee
n
accu
sed
o
f w
hip
pin
g
up
ter
rori
sm f
ears
to
ju
stif
y to
ug
h n
ew
secu
rity
mea
sure
s.
Eco
no
mic
s su
cks
and
wo
rker
s ar
e p
isse
d!
In B
ulg
aria
,
Th
e B
ulg
aria
n s
teel
gia
nt
Kre
mik
ovtz
i, n
ow
ov
er
a b
illio
n d
olla
rs i
n d
ebt
du
e to
the
eco
no
mic
cri
sis,
has
sh
ut
do
wn
op
erat
ion
s th
is m
on
th.
Mo
re
than
1,0
00 p
lan
t w
ork
ers
hav
e m
arch
ed
on
the
Min
istr
y o
f Eco
no
my
and
En
erg
y in
S
ofi
a, a
fter
th
reat
enin
g e
arlie
r to
bo
yco
tt
shu
tdo
wn
p
rep
arat
ion
s b
y w
alki
ng
o
ut
on
th
e jo
b.
Two
wo
rker
s w
ere
arre
sted
d
uri
ng
bri
ef c
lash
es w
ith
po
lice
as t
he
ang
ry c
row
d t
ried
to
sto
rm t
he
min
istr
y.
Aft
er w
eeks
of
pro
test
th
e w
ork
ers
hav
e th
reat
ened
hu
ng
er s
trik
es a
nd
an
no
un
ced
p
lan
s fo
r m
ore
ag
gre
ssiv
e ac
tio
ns
and
a
nat
ionw
ide
rally
of
peo
ple
wo
rkin
g in
an
d
ou
t of t
he
man
ufa
ctu
rin
g s
ecto
r in
a b
id to
p
rote
ct t
he
mill
.
So
uth
Ko
rea
May
21
in
S
ou
th
Ko
rea,
S
san
gyo
ng
an
no
un
ced
pla
ns
to s
ack
2,64
6 em
plo
yees
(3
6 p
erce
nt
of
its
wo
rkfo
rce)
in
w
hat
w
ou
ld b
e th
e co
un
try’
s fi
rst
mas
s la
yoff
s si
nce
th
e g
lob
al e
con
om
ic c
risi
s. W
ork
ers
imm
edia
tely
sto
pp
ed w
ork
an
d o
ccu
pie
d
the
fact
ory
dem
and
ing
th
at t
he
com
pan
y m
inim
ise
job
loss
es th
rou
gh
wo
rk-s
har
ing
. Tr
ade
un
ion
s h
ave
set u
p te
nts
ou
tsid
e th
e n
ow
clo
sed
fact
ory
to s
up
po
rt th
e w
ork
ers
and
gai
n t
he
sup
po
rt o
f th
e p
ub
lic.
and
Ban
gla
des
h.
A
wild
cat
stri
ke
of
garm
ent
wo
rker
s d
eman
din
g u
np
aid
wag
es s
aw b
oss
es o
f
An
imal
Lib
erat
ion
Aft
er y
ears
of
wo
rk o
n t
he
com
mer
cial
ka
nga
roo
in
du
stry
, A
nim
al
Lib
erat
ion
h
as r
ecen
tly
pu
t to
get
her
a v
ery
dam
nin
g
exp
ose
w
hic
h
hig
hlig
hts
so
me
of
the
pro
ble
ms
of t
he
ind
ust
ry, i
ncl
ud
ing
an
imal
w
elfa
re,
sust
ain
abili
ty,
envi
ron
men
tal
deg
rad
atio
n, a
nd
hyg
ien
e an
d f
oo
d s
afet
y co
nce
rns.
Th
e re
po
rt,
enti
tled
‘A
Sh
ot
In
Th
e D
ark’
, is
av
aila
ble
at
h
ttp
://w
ww
.an
imal
-lib
.org
.au
.
On
Ap
ril
29,
the
day
th
is r
epo
rt w
ent
into
p
ub
lish
ing
, 9
po
lice
inve
stig
ato
rs
cam
e u
nan
no
un
ced
to
th
e A
nim
al
Lib
erat
ion
H
Q
wit
h
a se
arch
w
arra
nt,
st
atin
g
that
if
th
e o
rgan
isat
ion
wer
e to
co
nte
st t
he
war
ran
t th
e co
nse
qu
ence
s in
clu
ded
2yr
s im
pri
son
men
t an
d
a $3
0,00
0 fi
ne.
Th
e en
tire
offi
ce w
as r
aid
ed fo
r ov
er 6
hrs
, an
d
the
po
lice
left
wit
h 4
co
mp
ute
rs, 1
lap
top
, o
ne
emp
loye
e’s
mo
bile
ph
on
e, a
nd
fold
ers
of
do
cum
enta
tio
n
abo
ut
the
kan
garo
o
cam
pai
gn
. Th
ere
was
no
in
dic
atio
n a
s to
w
hy th
e co
mp
ute
rs w
ere
take
n (i
nst
ead
of
cop
yin
g t
he
har
d d
rive
s) a
nd
wh
en t
hey
co
uld
be
exp
ecte
d b
ack.
Th
e p
olic
e ar
e n
ow
cla
imin
g t
hat
it
may
be
6-9
mo
nth
s b
efo
re
the
com
pu
ters
an
d
ph
on
e ar
e re
turn
ed.
Prio
r to
ra
idin
g
the
ALH
Q,
the
po
lice
team
als
o c
on
du
cted
a s
earc
h a
t S
illik
er,
the
pat
ho
log
y te
stin
g
lab
ora
tory
w
her
e A
nim
al L
iber
atio
n h
ad k
anga
roo
car
cass
es
anal
ysed
, fo
un
d t
o h
ave
‘ale
rt’
leve
ls o
f b
acte
ria
and
dis
ease
, ren
der
ing
them
un
fit
for
hu
man
co
nsu
mp
tio
n.
Th
e se
arch
w
arra
nt
was
g
ran
ted
as
tw
o
An
imal
Li
ber
atio
n
emp
loye
es
are
curr
entl
y u
nd
er
inve
stig
atio
n
by
the
Qu
een
slan
d
po
lice
over
al
lega
tio
ns
of
bre
ak a
nd
en
ter
(in
to k
anga
roo
ch
iller
s)
and
fo
od
co
nta
min
atio
n (
con
tam
inat
ion
o
f ka
nga
roo
car
cass
es).
Ch
arg
es h
ave
no
t ye
t b
een
laid
.
the
Ru
pas
hi
Sw
eate
r Fa
cto
ry a
ttac
ked
in
ce
ntr
al B
ang
lad
esh
. Th
e w
ork
ers
mar
ched
fr
om
fa
cto
ry
to
fact
ory
w
ith
15
,000
en
din
g u
p o
n t
he
stre
et a
nd
14
fact
ori
es
bei
ng
va
nd
alis
ed
as
the
road
s b
ecam
e a
bat
tleg
rou
nd
bet
wee
n
tho
se
on
st
rike
an
d
the
po
lice.
We
nee
d t
o d
ecid
e to
be
effe
ctiv
e, t
o st
art
taki
ng
pow
er a
nd
ou
r st
rugg
les
seri
ousl
y.
Th
e L
eft
- an
d b
y th
at I
mea
n c
oun
ter-
heg
emon
ic
mov
emen
ts
that
w
ants
to
or
gan
ise
pow
er,
and
th
eref
ore
wea
lth
, eq
uit
ably
; or
, in
si
mp
ler
spea
k,
soci
al
just
ice
mov
emen
ts -
is
wea
k. W
e n
eed
to
buil
d m
ovem
ent.
Th
is m
ean
s co
mm
itti
ng
ours
elve
s to
gr
oun
ded
an
d
lon
g-te
rm
orga
nis
ing.
We
know
lar
gely
wh
ere
we
are
at.
We
hav
e h
isto
ries
to
gu
ide
us.
We
know
th
e st
ate
and
cap
ital
ism
- in
stit
uti
onal
ised
in
cor
por
atio
ns
- ar
e am
ongs
t ou
r m
ain
en
emie
s. D
esp
ite
deb
ates
abo
ut j
ust
wh
at
the
stat
e is
, w
e kn
ow w
hen
we
enco
un
ter
it.
We
know
it
in t
he
cou
rtro
oms,
an
d
wh
en c
onfr
onte
d b
y p
olic
e. W
e kn
ow it
in
the
arm
y ta
nks
th
at d
rive
into
ind
igen
ous
com
mu
nit
ies
and
wh
en w
e cr
oss
bord
ers.
W
e co
nfr
ont
corp
orat
ion
s w
hen
ever
we
con
fron
t th
e st
ate,
th
e st
ate
wh
enev
er w
e co
nfr
ont c
apit
alis
m.
Mor
e of
ten
than
not
, it
is
har
d t
o te
ll t
hem
ap
art.
W
orki
ng
as o
ne,
th
e st
ate
and
cor
por
atio
ns
infl
ict
imm
ense
vio
len
ce o
n p
eop
le a
nd
the
eart
h.
We
know
we
mu
st s
top
th
eir
wor
k.
Des
pit
e th
is k
now
led
ge,
our
dep
end
ence
on
the
stat
e an
d c
orp
orat
ion
s is
imm
ense
. W
e ca
nn
ot fe
ed, h
ouse
, tra
nsp
ort,
ed
uca
te,
or h
eal
ours
elve
s w
ith
out
them
. W
e ar
e as
kin
g p
eop
le t
o jo
in u
s in
a m
ovem
ent
to
end
th
e w
ork
of t
he
stat
e an
d c
apit
alis
m,
but
we
dep
end
on
th
em t
o m
eet
our
mos
t ba
sic
nee
ds.
Th
e p
arad
ox in
this
is s
o st
ark
as t
o ou
tlin
e a
fun
dam
enta
l re
quir
emen
t of
th
e L
eft:
we
mu
st l
earn
an
d o
rgan
ise
to
dep
end
on
ou
rsel
ves,
to
cr
eate
ou
r ow
n
pow
er,
a co
un
ter-
pow
er.
T
his
is
n
ot
a n
ew
idea
.
Peo
ple
on
th
e L
eft
hav
e lo
ng
been
th
eori
sin
g th
e p
roce
ss
by w
hic
h,
inst
ead
of
taki
ng
stat
e p
ower
,
we
buil
d
our
own
p
ower
ba
se,
ther
eby
ren
der
ing
stat
e an
d
corp
orat
e p
ower
re
du
nd
ant
and
gi
vin
g u
s th
e au
ton
omy
we
ne
ed
to
str
ugg
le a
gain
st t
hem
. W
e h
ave
only
to
loo
k at
th
e Z
apat
ista
s to
see
cou
nte
r-p
ower
in
ac
tion
.
Th
ese
ind
igen
ous
com
mu
nit
ies
are
mee
tin
g th
eir b
asic
nee
ds
auto
nom
ousl
y. O
f cou
rse,
pro
ject
s fo
cuse
d
on
mee
tin
g ou
r ba
sic
nee
ds
risk
m
argi
nal
isin
g th
e n
eed
fo
r st
ruct
ura
l ch
ange
, bu
t p
roje
cts
that
do
not
hin
g to
m
eet
thes
e n
eed
s ri
sk b
ecom
ing
pu
rely
sy
mbo
lic.
Fro
m a
fem
inis
t p
ersp
ecti
ve,
buil
din
g a
cou
nte
r-p
ower
m
ust
in
clu
de
loca
lisi
ng
care
taki
ng
wor
k.
W
e sh
are
as
a co
mm
un
ity
the
task
s of
car
ing
for
one
anot
her
, fo
r ch
ild
ren
, ou
r el
der
s,
the
sick
, an
d t
he
spac
es w
e le
arn
, w
ork
and
li
ve i
n.
Wh
en t
his
car
etak
ing
wor
k is
sh
ared
, it e
nab
les
wom
en -
on
wh
om m
ost
care
taki
ng
wor
k u
sual
ly f
alls
- t
he
tim
e an
d e
ner
gy to
dev
elop
them
selv
es in
oth
er
way
s th
an c
aret
aker
s.
On
ly b
y sh
arin
g th
is w
ork
can
we
rem
ove
ours
elve
s fr
om
cap
ital
ism
’s s
ph
ere,
fro
m a
dep
end
ency
on
pay
ing
peo
ple
- u
sual
ly p
oor
non
-wh
ite
wom
en -
to
act
as c
aret
aker
s.
I am
n
ot
inte
rest
ed
in
buil
din
g co
un
ter-
pow
er
that
is
n
ot
con
scio
usl
y fe
min
ist.
It
is
easy
to
im
agin
e co
mm
un
itie
s bu
ild
ing
cou
nte
r-p
ower
in
w
hic
h v
iole
nce
aga
inst
wom
en i
s a
dai
ly,
nat
ura
lise
d p
hen
omen
on, i
n w
hic
h w
omen
ar
e ob
ject
ified
, an
d i
n w
hic
h g
end
ered
d
ivis
ion
s of
la
bou
r co
nti
nu
e to
d
isp
rop
orti
onat
ely
un
der
valu
e th
e w
ork
of
wom
en.
It
is
ea
sy
beca
use
in
so
m
uch
left
ist m
ovem
ent t
his
hap
pen
s. T
his
Stop W
astin
g M
y T
ime
ropand{@
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om
Ref
lect
ions
on
the
end
of U
nion
S
olid
arity
and
the
Com
mun
ity
Uni
on W
eeke
nds
By
Tris
tan
Ep
stei
n &
Liz
Tur
ner,
with
Lul
u G
arci
a
Ove
r the
pas
t few
mon
ths
a sm
all g
roup
of y
oung
act
ivis
ts in
volv
ed in
Uni
on S
olid
arity
org
anis
ed
a se
ries
of w
eeke
nd s
essi
ons
to re
flect
on
cam
paig
ns, e
duca
te o
urse
lves
abo
ut c
limat
e ch
ange
an
d th
e ec
onom
ic c
risis
and
exp
erim
ent w
ith n
ew fo
rms
of e
ngag
emen
t tha
t wou
ld e
nabl
e us
to
win
indu
stria
l and
com
mun
ity d
ispu
tes.
The
wee
kend
s w
ere
a de
liber
ate
resp
onse
to th
e cu
rren
t co
nditi
on o
f the
left
in M
elbo
urne
.
His
toric
ally
info
rmed
per
spec
tives
on
soci
al m
ovem
ents
sug
gest
that
sig
nific
ant s
ocia
l cha
nge
can
only
occ
ur w
hen
back
ed b
y an
effe
ctiv
e co
unte
rpow
er. W
e kn
ow th
at c
ount
erpo
wer
nee
ds to
be
base
d on
a g
roup
num
berin
g in
the
thou
sand
s w
ith c
oher
ent (
thou
gh n
ot n
eces
saril
y un
iform
) ide
as,
a fo
cuse
d pr
ogra
mm
e, a
n ab
ility
to id
entif
y po
litic
al o
ppor
tuni
ties,
and
som
e de
gree
of a
uton
omy
in
its s
ocia
l rep
rodu
ctio
n.
In re
cent
yea
rs th
e ki
nd o
f soc
ial a
nd u
nion
act
ivis
m th
at w
e co
mm
only
eng
age
with
aro
und
the
left
has
been
cha
ract
eris
ed b
y an
aba
ndon
men
t of o
ur c
omm
itmen
t to
coun
terp
ower
. Ins
tead
, in
the
abse
nce
of a
larg
e, e
ffect
ive
pow
er b
ase,
the
left
has
tried
to u
se s
hortc
uts
to a
chie
ve p
oliti
cal
resu
lts. T
o gi
ve e
xam
ples
:
Educ
atio
n ca
mpa
igns
som
etim
es ta
rget
ed a
t the
gen
eral
pop
ulat
ion
and
som
etim
es a
imed
at c
o-op
ting
deci
sion
mak
ers.
The
se c
ampa
igns
pre
tend
that
pol
itica
l cha
nge
is a
bat
tle o
f ide
as o
utsi
de
the
polit
ical
eco
nom
y. T
he C
limat
e Em
erge
ncy
cam
paig
n, u
sing
this
tact
ic, h
as s
o fa
r onl
y ac
hiev
ed
an in
tens
ifica
tion
of a
sta
te-c
entri
c ap
proa
ch e
ven
whi
le th
e st
ate
has
expl
icitl
y re
ject
ed e
ven
the
min
imal
dem
ands
of t
he c
limat
e m
ovem
ent.
Dire
ct a
ctio
ns s
uch
as c
oal p
lant
occ
upat
ions
had
som
e in
itial
suc
cess
but
hav
e be
en d
eclin
ing
in
utili
ty (l
ess
stop
page
, les
s m
edia
) and
incr
easi
ng in
cos
t (m
ore
arre
sts,
stre
ss, r
epre
ssiv
e le
gisl
atio
n,
spar
king
con
flict
with
wor
kers
). O
rgan
iser
s cl
aim
that
med
ia a
ttent
ion
will
edu
cate
the
publ
ic,
who
will
in tu
rn in
terv
ene
in th
e fo
rmal
pol
itica
l sys
tem
. We
quie
tly ig
nore
the
fact
that
with
pro
per
plan
ning
and
an
effe
ctiv
e co
unte
rpow
er, d
irect
act
ion
agai
nst t
he c
oal i
ndus
try c
ould
ulti
mat
ely
rese
mbl
e po
pula
r ins
urre
ctio
n.
Som
etim
es th
e le
ft ha
s gi
ven
up th
e pr
ojec
t of s
ocia
l tra
nsfo
rmat
ion
all t
oget
her a
nd h
as tu
rned
re
volu
tiona
ry p
oliti
cs in
to s
elf-h
elp.
An
exam
ple
is th
e “c
omm
unity
cen
tres”
in M
elbo
urne
, Loo
phol
e an
d B
arric
ade
Boo
ks, w
hich
hav
e ta
ken
to o
rgan
isin
g bo
ard
gam
es a
nd p
unk
rock
nig
hts
that
lim
it th
e so
cal
led
parti
cipa
ting
“com
mun
ity”
to th
ose
alre
ady
on th
e in
side
, and
then
impo
se o
n th
is
com
mun
ity a
polit
ical
div
ersi
ons.
Out
side
this
sub
cultu
ral b
ubbl
e, p
rote
st h
as b
ecom
e th
e rit
ual
repe
titio
n of
form
ula
entir
ely
with
out a
n an
alys
is o
f effe
ctiv
enes
s. In
bot
h ca
ses
the
goal
of s
elf-
expr
essi
on is
sub
stitu
ted
for t
he g
oal o
f ach
ievi
ng s
ocia
l cha
nge.
Uni
on S
olid
arity
was
a re
cent
and
mor
e su
cces
sful
atte
mpt
to c
reat
e re
al c
ount
erpo
wer
. Fro
m
Peop
le w
ho m
anag
e to
rea
ch A
ustra
lian
wat
ers
are
take
n to
Chr
istm
as I
slan
d to
th
e $4
00 m
illio
n Im
mig
ratio
n D
eten
tion
Cen
tre.
Oth
er b
oats
are
tur
ned
back
by
the
Aus
tralia
n m
ilita
ry.
How
ard
may
be
gone
but
the
clai
m th
at ‘w
e’ (w
hoev
er ‘w
e’
are)
can
and
sho
uld
cont
rol
‘who
com
es
here
and
the
circ
umst
ance
s by
whi
ch t
hey
com
e’ re
mai
ns a
cen
tral c
once
it of
the
stat
e.
In A
pril
this
yea
r fiv
e pe
ople
dro
wne
d w
hen
a sm
all
woo
den
boat
car
ryin
g 47
A
fgha
n re
fuge
es a
nd t
wo
Indo
nesi
an c
rew
ex
plod
ed a
nd s
ank
off
Aus
tralia
’s n
orth
-w
est c
oast
. Ano
ther
37
peop
le w
ere
inju
red
in t
he e
xplo
sion
. Th
e ro
le o
f th
e na
vy i
n th
e ex
plos
ion
is u
ncle
ar. T
hey
had
been
in
cont
rol o
f th
e bo
at f
or 2
0 ho
urs
and
hadn
’t gi
ven
peop
le li
febo
ats,
nor h
ad th
ey m
oved
pe
ople
ont
o th
eir o
wn
safe
r boa
t. A
n Afg
hani
w
ho h
ad h
imse
lf su
rviv
ed a
boa
t acc
iden
t on
his
way
to
Aus
tralia
wan
ted
to v
isit
som
e of
the
sur
vivo
rs w
ho w
ere
take
n to
Per
th
hosp
ital.
He
was
refu
sed
entry
as t
he p
atie
nt
was
in im
mig
ratio
n de
tent
ion
in th
e hos
pita
l.
It is
bor
der c
ontro
ls th
at m
ake t
hese
jour
neys
un
safe
. Tig
hter
cont
rols
forc
e peo
ple t
o m
ake
mor
e an
d m
ore
dang
erou
s jo
urne
ys. P
eopl
e di
e in
the
des
ert
of t
he U
S/M
exic
o bo
rder
re
gion
and
dro
wn
in t
he M
edite
rran
ean
Peop
le w
ho m
anag
e to
rea
ch A
ustra
lian
wat
ers
are
take
n to
Chr
istm
as I
slan
d to
th
e $4
00 m
illio
n Im
mig
ratio
n D
eten
tion
Cen
tre.
Oth
er b
oats
are
tur
ned
back
by
the
Aus
tralia
n m
ilita
ry.
How
ard
may
be
gone
but
the
clai
m th
at ‘w
e’ (w
hoev
er ‘w
e’
are)
can
and
sho
uld
cont
rol
‘who
com
es
here
and
the
circ
umst
ance
s by
whi
ch t
hey
com
e’ re
mai
ns a
cen
tral c
once
it of
the
stat
e.
In A
pril
this
yea
r fiv
e pe
ople
dro
wne
d w
hen
a sm
all
woo
den
boat
car
ryin
g 47
A
fgha
n re
fuge
es a
nd t
wo
Indo
nesi
an c
rew
ex
plod
ed a
nd s
ank
off
Aus
tralia
’s n
orth
-w
est c
oast
. Ano
ther
37
peop
le w
ere
inju
red
in t
he e
xplo
sion
. Th
e ro
le o
f th
e na
vy i
n th
e ex
plos
ion
is u
ncle
ar. T
hey
had
been
in
cont
rol o
f th
e bo
at f
or 2
0 ho
urs
and
hadn
’t gi
ven
peop
le li
febo
ats,
nor h
ad th
ey m
oved
pe
ople
ont
o th
eir o
wn
safe
r boa
t. A
n Afg
hani
w
ho h
ad h
imse
lf su
rviv
ed a
boa
t acc
iden
t on
his
way
to
Aus
tralia
wan
ted
to v
isit
som
eof
the
sur
vivo
rs w
ho w
ere
take
n to
Per
th
hosp
ital.
He
was
refu
sed
entry
as t
he p
atie
nt
was
in im
mig
ratio
n de
tent
ion
in th
e hos
pita
l.
It is
bor
der c
ontro
ls th
at m
ake t
hese
jour
neys
un
safe
. Tig
hter
cont
rols
forc
e peo
ple t
o m
ake
mor
e an
d m
ore
dang
erou
s jo
urne
ys. P
eopl
e di
e in
the
des
ert
of t
he U
S/M
exic
o bo
rder
re
gion
and
dro
wn
in t
he M
edite
rran
ean
tryin
g to
rea
ch E
urop
e. A
s th
e sl
ogan
fro
m
imm
igra
nt ri
ghts
ralli
es in
the
USA
say
s “w
e di
dn’t
cros
s the
bord
er –
the b
orde
r cro
ssed
us”.
The
tight
enin
g of
bor
der
secu
rity
and
focu
s on
the
cont
rol o
f peo
ple’
s m
ovem
ents
acr
oss
the
glob
e is
a c
orne
rsto
ne o
f ne
o-lib
eral
id
eolo
gy.
Whi
le w
e ar
e ex
pect
ed t
o si
mpl
y ac
cept
the
unr
egul
ated
mov
emen
t of
cap
ital
and
corp
orat
ions
acr
oss
bord
ers
as a
fac
t of
ec
onom
ic li
fe, t
he s
ame
mov
emen
t of p
eopl
e –
espe
cial
ly i
f it’
s fr
om t
he t
hird
wor
ld t
o th
e fir
st –
see
king
to
impr
ove
the
livin
g co
nditi
ons
is c
onsi
dere
d a
no-n
o. T
he L
abor
pa
rty c
erta
inly
acc
epts
the
rol
e of
bor
ders
in
con
trolli
ng la
bour
pow
er a
cros
s th
e gl
obe
– le
t’s n
ever
for
get t
hat t
hey
wer
e th
e pa
rty
that
firs
t in
trodu
ced
man
dato
ry d
eten
tion.
An
anti-
bord
er
polit
ics
shou
ld
be
at
the
fore
fron
t of
soc
ial
stru
ggle
s an
d re
sist
ance
. Th
e is
sues
we
stru
ggle
aga
inst
– c
apita
lism
in
its la
test
cris
is fo
rm, t
he th
reat
s to
the
surv
ival
of
the
plan
et –
are
trul
y gl
obal
. The
stru
ggle
s ag
ains
t the
m n
eed
to r
espo
nd w
ith s
olid
arity
ac
ross
bo
rder
s. Th
e ex
tens
ion
of
cros
s-bo
rder
res
ista
nce
and
solid
arity
is
an a
ctua
l ch
alle
nge
on b
orde
rs t
hem
selv
es,
and
one
plac
e th
is c
an h
appe
n is
thro
ugh
supp
ort f
or
thos
e w
ho c
halle
nge
them
whe
n th
ey c
ross
.
wri
tin
g ad
dre
sses
th
e la
tter
iss
ue:
it
is
a vo
cali
sati
on o
f m
y fr
ust
rati
on a
t th
e u
nw
illi
ngn
ess
of m
en to
ack
now
led
ge th
at
wom
en
do
a d
isp
rop
orti
onat
e am
oun
t of
un
der
valu
ed i
nvi
sibl
e ca
reta
kin
g w
ork
in t
he
wor
ld a
nd
th
e L
eft.
C
aret
akin
g in
clu
des
ch
ild
care
, cle
anin
g, c
ooki
ng,
an
d
emot
ion
al w
ork.
T
his
wor
k sh
ould
be
visi
ble,
val
ued
an
d s
har
ed.
Th
is i
s n
ot t
o sa
y th
at n
o m
en d
o an
y of
th
ese
thin
gs,
sim
ply
th
at w
omen
do
mos
t of
it.
In m
y la
te t
een
s, I
rea
lize
d t
hat
wom
en
wer
e of
ten
m
ore
acti
ve
and
se
nsi
tive
li
sten
ers
and
mor
e su
pp
orti
ve t
han
men
. L
ater
, w
hen
I “
beca
me
pol
itic
al”,
I f
oun
d
that
, wh
erea
s m
en a
nd
wom
en w
ere
both
p
rese
nt a
rou
nd
act
ivis
m, w
omen
did
mos
t of
th
e or
gan
isin
g.
I
fou
nd
al
so
that
m
en i
n t
he
Lef
t ta
lked
too
mu
ch.
Th
is,
com
bin
ed w
ith
exp
erie
nci
ng
ever
yth
ing
from
sl
eazi
nes
s to
se
xual
as
sau
lt
from
le
ftis
t m
en,
led
me
to o
rgan
ise
alm
ost
enti
rely
w
ith
w
omen
.
I am
su
dd
enly
d
oin
g p
olit
ical
wor
k w
ith
mor
e m
en t
han
I
ever
hav
e be
fore
. A
s a
grou
p, t
hes
e m
en
are
not
doi
ng
thei
r sh
are
of c
aret
akin
g w
ork.
T
his
, co
up
led
wit
h t
he
fact
th
at
men
ou
tsid
e of
th
e L
eft
also
do
not
do
a fa
ir s
har
e of
car
etak
ing
wor
k, m
ean
s th
at
I fe
el s
urr
oun
ded
by
men
wh
o -
like
boy
s -
dem
and
car
etak
ing
but
do
not
giv
e in
re
turn
.
Wh
en I
poi
nt
out
this
in
equ
ity
to m
en,
they
res
pon
d in
dif
fere
nt
way
s. S
ome
say
wh
en y
ou c
lean
in
fro
nt
of t
hem
th
ey f
eel
“gu
ilty
”, b
ut t
hey
nev
erth
eles
s d
o n
ot h
elp
. O
ther
s sa
y th
ey d
on’t
hav
e to
cle
an u
p
afte
r th
emse
lves
bec
ause
th
ey “
do
oth
er
stu
ff”,
are
“go
od a
ctiv
ists
” or
“d
o fa
vou
rs”
for
you
. O
ther
s sa
y cl
ean
lin
ess
is r
elat
ive;
if
you
are
bot
her
ed b
y th
eir
mes
s, t
hat
is
you
r p
robl
em.
Oth
ers
poi
nt
to t
he
clea
nin
g th
ey
do.
Th
is
beh
avio
ur
is
test
amen
t to
th
e on
goin
g co
nvi
ctio
n
amon
gst
men
th
at d
oin
g so
me
clea
nin
g is
ex
cep
tion
al,
wh
erea
s w
omen
th
ink
doi
ng
som
e cl
ean
ing
is a
n o
bvio
us
par
t of
lif
e.
Men
wh
o m
ake
wom
en a
sk t
hem
to
do
obvi
ous
care
taki
ng
wor
k d
on’t
res
pec
t th
e en
ergy
req
uir
ed t
o d
o th
is a
skin
g. N
or d
o th
ey r
esp
ect t
hat
they
are
forc
ing
us
into
a
pro
blem
atic
gen
der
rol
e w
her
eby
wom
en
beco
me
nag
s, m
oth
ers,
or
angr
y bi
tch
es.
Men
tel
l m
e th
ey h
ave
few
mal
e fr
ien
ds
wit
h
wh
om
they
ta
lk
abou
t h
ow
they
ar
e fe
elin
g.
Wom
en t
ell
me
they
usu
ally
re
ly o
n f
emal
e fr
ien
ds
for
thei
r em
otio
nal
n
eed
s.
I ta
ke f
rom
th
is a
nd
my
per
son
al
exp
erie
nce
th
at f
ewer
men
th
an w
omen
ar
e d
oin
g th
e d
ay-t
o-d
ay e
mot
ion
al w
ork
nec
essa
ry t
o ge
t u
s th
rou
gh li
fe’s
up
s an
d
dow
ns.
Oft
en, m
en n
ot p
ract
ised
in g
ivin
g em
otio
nal
su
pp
ort
non
eth
eles
s d
eman
d it
fr
om w
omen
, so
wom
en a
re a
sked
to
give
bu
t ca
n e
xpec
t li
ttle
in
ret
urn
. I
sel
dom
h
ear
men
on
th
e L
eft
exp
ress
gra
titu
de
for
the
emot
ion
al w
ork
wom
en d
o.
It
is a
s if
th
is w
ork
is i
nvi
sibl
e.
Th
is h
as
con
trib
ute
d t
o m
y fr
ust
rati
on w
hen
men
as
k fo
rmal
ly a
t co
llec
tive
mee
tin
gs h
ow
they
mig
ht
sup
por
t a
wom
an i
n a
try
ing
situ
atio
n.
I
hav
e w
ante
d
to
say
that
, be
cau
se w
omen
are
pra
ctic
ed c
aret
aker
s,
we
know
how
to
sup
por
t w
ith
out
alw
ays
aski
ng
or w
aiti
ng
to b
e to
ld a
nd
so
sup
por
t fi
rst
and
su
pp
ort
wel
l. B
y th
e ti
me
men
as
k fo
rmal
ly h
ow t
hey
can
hel
p,
wom
en
alre
ady
hav
e th
e ba
ses
cove
red
.
Wh
ile
som
e m
en h
ave
mad
e co
nsc
iou
s ef
fort
s to
u
nle
arn
se
xist
b
ehav
iou
r -
incl
ud
ing
how
to d
o an
d p
roac
tive
ly d
oin
g ca
reta
kin
g w
ork
- t
hes
e m
en a
re f
ew.
For
m
any
oth
ers,
w
omen
’s
care
taki
ng
wor
k re
mai
ns
invi
sibl
e.
To
thes
e m
en,
I th
ink
it w
orth
con
sid
erin
g th
e id
ea o
f a
pri
vile
ged
st
and
poi
nt.
Peo
ple
ex
per
ien
ce
the
wor
ld d
iffe
ren
tly
and
th
us
hav
e d
if
fe
re
nt
know
led
ge o
f th
e w
orld
, bu
t th
is
know
led
ge
is
not
all
equ
al.
R
ath
er,
thos
e gr
oup
s d
isad
van
tage
d b
y p
ower
hav
e a
pri
vile
ged
p
ersp
ecti
ve o
f th
e w
orld
. A
per
son
wh
o gr
ows
up
in
a w
orki
ng
clas
s h
ouse
hol
d,
wit
hou
t in
her
ited
wea
lth
, in
com
e se
curi
ty,
a u
niv
ersi
ty f
un
d, a
nd
“co
nn
ecti
ons”
th
at
com
e fr
om i
nh
erit
ed s
ocia
l ca
pit
al,
has
ex
per
ien
ces
that
le
nd
th
emse
lves
to
a
crit
iqu
e of
cla
ss p
rivi
lege
. A
fflu
ent p
eop
le,
less
aw
are
of th
e d
iffe
ren
ces
betw
een
thei
r op
por
tun
itie
s an
d t
hos
e of
les
s af
flu
ent
peo
ple
, w
ill
beli
eve
they
hav
e “e
arn
ed”
thei
r cl
ass
pos
itio
nal
ity.
Lik
ewis
e, p
eop
le
of
colo
ur
wh
o su
ffer
ra
cial
p
rofi
lin
g,
dis
crim
inat
ion
in
th
e h
ousi
ng
and
jo
b m
arke
t,
dif
fere
nti
al
trea
tmen
t fr
om
edu
cato
rs a
nd
hea
lth
care
wor
kers
, h
ave
exp
erie
nce
s th
at
len
d
them
selv
es
to
a cr
itiq
ue
of r
ace
pri
vile
ge.
Wh
ite
peo
ple
, on
th
e ot
her
han
d, w
ill o
ften
not
see
th
eir
own
pri
vile
ge.
Th
is d
oes
not
mea
n a
ll
know
led
ge i
s re
lati
ve,
beca
use
we
read
p
ower
into
th
ese
dif
fere
nce
s.
Th
e sa
me
exte
nd
s to
men
’s a
nd
wom
en’s
re
spec
tive
kn
owle
dge
of t
he
wor
ld. I
f men
d
o n
ot s
ee th
e ca
reta
kin
g w
ork
wom
en d
o,
that
doe
s n
ot m
ean
wom
en d
on’t
do
it o
r th
at w
omen
’s c
omp
lain
ts c
an b
e ig
nor
ed.
It m
ean
s m
en m
ust
loo
k h
ard
er.
If
men
d
on’t
see
wom
en’s
wor
k, it
is b
ecau
se t
his
la
bou
r in
equ
ity
is s
o n
orm
al a
s to
not
mer
it
thou
ght.
Th
is
nor
mal
cy
con
ven
ien
ces
men
. I
t is
in
con
ven
ien
t to
wom
en a
nd
th
us
we
ques
tion
it m
ore.
Un
less
you
are
on
e of
a s
mal
l n
um
ber
of
men
w
ho
gets
it
, yo
u
shou
ld
take
p
erso
nal
res
pon
sibi
lity
for
th
e co
llec
tive
sh
ort
fall
ing
of m
en a
s a
gen
der
. T
his
is
not
to
say
that
by
doi
ng
mor
e ca
reta
kin
g w
ork
you
wil
l si
ngl
e-h
and
edly
dis
man
tle
pat
riar
chy.
Th
is
is
rath
er
to
say
that
th
e p
olit
ics
of
pat
riar
chy
man
ifes
t in
in
div
idu
al
beh
avio
ur.
Th
e p
erso
nal
is
p
olit
ical
. W
hen
men
ref
use
to
equ
itab
ly
shar
e ca
re-t
akin
g w
ork
wit
h w
omen
, th
ey
are
flex
ing
thei
r p
rivi
lege
an
d t
hey
are
w
asti
ng
wom
en’s
tim
e.
Wom
en c
arry
fati
gue
and
fru
stra
tion
at t
he
invi
sibi
lity
of t
hei
r w
ork
arou
nd
wit
h th
em
for
a lo
ng
tim
e be
fore
fin
ally
ove
rflow
ing
wit
h a
nge
r.
Wh
en w
e d
o ov
erfl
ow,
ofte
n
we
do
so a
t on
e or
two
men
wh
o h
app
en to
n
ot b
e d
oin
g th
eir
shar
e at
th
at p
arti
cula
r m
omen
t at
wh
ich
we
can
tak
e n
o m
ore.
O
ur
ange
r, t
hou
gh d
irec
ted
at
thos
e on
e or
tw
o m
en, i
s al
so d
irec
ted
at
a p
leth
ora
of o
ther
men
. O
ur
ange
r is
col
lect
ive,
bu
t w
e ca
n r
arel
y ga
ther
tog
eth
er a
ll t
he
men
w
ho
hav
e p
isse
d
us
off
and
sp
eak
to
them
col
lect
ivel
y.
Th
e m
ale
beh
avio
urs
th
at u
pse
t u
s h
app
en i
n s
mal
l an
d b
ig
way
s ev
ery
day
bu
t in
su
ch a
dis
per
sed
w
ay t
hat
we
hav
e n
o lo
omin
g sy
mbo
ls o
r in
stit
uti
onal
cen
ters
, n
o co
rpor
ate
offi
ces
or p
arli
amen
tary
bu
ild
ings
, at
wh
ich
we
can
con
cen
trat
e fe
min
ist
pro
test
. R
ath
er,
we
pol
itic
ise
beh
avio
ral p
atte
rns.
Th
is
is
imp
orta
nt
to
rem
embe
r w
hen
w
omen
loos
e it
at m
en fo
r so
met
hin
g th
at,
to t
hos
e m
en, m
igh
t se
em s
mal
l. A
sm
all
fail
ure
to
do
obvi
ous
care
taki
ng
wor
k is
p
art
of a
lar
ger
coll
ecti
ve f
ailu
re.
Th
is
larg
er f
ailu
re i
s th
e ca
use
of
our
ange
r,
and
th
is a
nge
r is
ju
stifi
ed.
Wh
en I
am
an
gry
wit
h m
en w
ho
beh
ave
like
boy
s, i
t is
not
bec
ause
I a
m a
bit
ch o
r a
nag
, bu
t be
cau
se t
hes
e m
en a
re w
asti
ng
my
tim
e,
and
I d
o n
ot h
ave
mu
ch t
o sp
are.
W
hat
w
ill
burn
me
out
mor
e qu
ickl
y th
an t
he
stat
e an
d c
apit
alis
m i
s th
e u
nw
illi
ngn
ess
of m
en in
th
e L
eft
to s
ee, v
alu
e an
d s
har
e th
e ca
reta
kin
g w
ork
wom
en d
o.
To
men
as
a c
olle
ctiv
e: p
leas
e, o
pen
you
r ey
es,
take
so
me
per
son
al
resp
onsi
bili
ty,
and
st
op w
asti
ng
my
tim
e.
Ima
ges
fro
m R
iniA
rt.o
rg
Supp
ort f
or th
ose
who
Cro
ssB
y Pr
ince
ss m
ob
Vill
awoo
d D
eten
tion
Cen
tre
sits
ba
ng
in t
he m
iddl
e of
the
mos
t un
exce
ptio
nal
stre
tch
of s
ubur
bia.
It
is s
urro
unde
d on
all
side
s by
a t
ypic
al r
ow o
f su
burb
an h
ouse
s on
qua
rter
acre
blo
cks.
Sinc
e th
e fin
al d
ays
of t
he H
owar
d re
gim
e –
with
the
rol
lbac
k of
so
me
of
the
hars
hest
im
mig
ratio
n de
tent
ion
polic
ies
– an
d th
e ar
rival
of
the
‘sav
iour
’, K
. R
udd,
its
pl
ace
in
publ
ic
cons
ciou
snes
s ha
s fa
ded
to t
he l
evel
of
beni
gn o
bscu
rity
that
its
loc
atio
n ex
pect
s.
But
on
Tues
day
May
12
a m
an in
Vill
awoo
d de
tent
ion
cent
re
clim
bed
onto
a
fenc
e be
twee
n co
mpo
unds
and
rem
inde
d us
who
m
ight
hav
e fo
rgot
ten
how
arb
itrar
y na
tiona
l bo
rder
s ar
e an
d ho
w e
ven
supp
osed
ly le
ss-
aggr
essi
ve bo
rder
polic
ies c
ontin
ue to
dest
roy
peop
le. T
he fe
nces
in V
illaw
ood
are
topp
ed
with
razo
r wire
and
he
was
ble
edin
g. H
e ha
d be
en to
ld th
at h
e w
as g
oing
to b
e de
porte
d ba
ck to
Nig
eria
. He
was
due
to b
e m
arrie
d on
th
e w
eeke
nd.
Imm
igra
tion
offic
ials
w
ante
d to
dep
ort h
im b
efor
e hi
s wed
ding
so
that
he
wou
ldn’
t be
able
to u
se h
is m
arria
ge
to h
elp
in h
is a
pplic
atio
n fo
r re
side
ncy.
Secu
rity
guar
ds a
t the
cen
tre h
ad g
iven
him
so
me
band
ages
. The
y pu
t a la
dder
up
agai
nst
the f
ence
and
wer
e enc
oura
ging
him
to co
me
dow
n, b
ut h
e w
as d
eman
ding
to
spea
k to
so
meo
ne fr
om th
e Dep
artm
ent o
f Im
mig
ratio
n an
d C
itize
nshi
p (D
IC).
Staf
f at
Vill
awoo
d w
ere
refu
sing
to le
t his
fian
cée
in to
see
him
un
less
she
prom
ised
to a
sk h
im to
get
dow
n.
Ano
ther
de
tain
ee
in V
illaw
ood
calle
d a
mig
ratio
n ag
ent i
n A
dela
ide
to g
et th
e ne
ws
out.
They
’d c
alle
d a
com
rade
in M
elbo
urne
w
ho c
alle
d pe
ople
in
Sydn
ey t
o sa
y th
at
som
eone
w
as
resi
stin
g de
porta
tion
in
Vill
awoo
d. W
as th
ere a
nyth
ing
we c
ould
do?
Supp
ort f
or th
ose
who
Cro
ssB
y Pr
ince
ss m
ob
Vill
awoo
d D
eten
tion
Cen
tre
sits
ba
ng
in t
he m
iddl
e of
the
mos
t un
exce
ptio
nal
stre
tch
of s
ubur
bia.
It
is s
urro
unde
d on
all
side
s by
a t
ypic
al r
ow o
f su
burb
an h
ouse
son
qua
rter
acre
blo
cks.
Sinc
e th
e fin
al d
ays
of t
he H
owar
d re
gim
e –
with
the
rol
lbac
k of
so
me
of
the
hars
hest
im
mig
ratio
n de
tent
ion
polic
ies
– an
d th
e ar
rival
of
the
‘sav
iour
’, K
. R
udd,
its
pl
ace
in
publ
icco
nsci
ousn
ess
has
fade
d to
the
lev
el o
f be
nign
obs
curit
y th
at i
ts l
ocat
ion
expe
cts.
But
on
Tues
day
May
12
a m
an in
Vill
awoo
d de
tent
ion
cent
re
clim
bed
onto
a
fenc
ebe
twee
n co
mpo
unds
and
rem
inde
d us
who
m
ight
hav
e fo
rgot
ten
how
arb
itrar
y na
tiona
lbo
rder
s ar
e an
d ho
w e
ven
supp
osed
ly le
ss-
aggr
essi
ve bo
rder
polic
ies c
ontin
ue to
dest
roy
peop
le. T
he fe
nces
in V
illaw
ood
are
topp
ed
with
razo
r wire
and
he
was
ble
edin
g. H
e ha
d be
en to
ld th
at h
e w
as g
oing
to b
e de
porte
d ba
ck to
Nig
eria
. He
was
due
to b
e m
arrie
d on
th
e w
eeke
nd.
Imm
igra
tion
offic
ials
w
ante
d to
dep
ort h
im b
efor
e hi
s wed
ding
so
that
he
wou
ldn’
t be
able
to u
se h
is m
arria
ge
to h
elp
in h
is a
pplic
atio
n fo
r re
side
ncy.
Secu
rity
guar
ds a
t the
cen
tre h
ad g
iven
him
som
e ba
ndag
es. T
hey
put a
ladd
er u
p ag
ains
t th
e fen
ce an
d w
ere e
ncou
ragi
ng h
im to
com
e do
wn,
but
he
was
dem
andi
ng t
o sp
eak
to
som
eone
from
the D
epar
tmen
t of I
mm
igra
tion
and
Citi
zens
hip
(DIC
). St
aff
at V
illaw
ood
wer
e re
fusi
ng to
let h
is fi
ancé
e in
to se
e hi
mun
less
she
prom
ised
to a
sk h
im to
get
dow
n.
Ano
ther
de
tain
ee
in V
illaw
ood
calle
d a
mig
ratio
n ag
ent i
n A
dela
ide
to g
et th
e ne
ws
out.
They
’d c
alle
d a
com
rade
in M
elbo
urne
who
cal
led
peop
le i
n Sy
dney
to
say
that
so
meo
ne
was
re
sist
ing
depo
rtatio
n in
V
illaw
ood.
Was
ther
e any
thin
g w
e cou
ld d
o? Th
at e
veni
ng, a
bout
fou
r ho
urs
afte
r w
e fir
st
hear
d th
e ne
ws,
two
car l
oads
of p
eopl
e dr
ove
out.
Vill
awoo
d is
big
, su
rrou
nded
by
man
y la
yers
of f
ence
s, w
ith th
e ou
ter l
ayer
s m
ostly
ob
scur
ing
the
razo
r-lin
ed f
ence
s to
war
d th
e ce
ntre
. We
coul
d no
t see
our
man
and
all
we
coul
d do
was
shou
t and
mak
e noi
se. W
hile
it’s
ha
rd tr
ying
to ge
t a m
essa
ge ac
ross
in so
met
hing
th
at c
an b
e co
ncis
ely
yelle
d, w
e w
ere
able
to
conv
ey th
at w
e w
ere
ther
e in
sup
port.
Peo
ple
insi
de sh
oute
d ba
ck, w
aved
and
flash
ed li
ghts
.
Afte
r abo
ut h
alf a
n ho
ur th
e po
lice
cam
e an
d or
dere
d us
to m
ove o
n. W
e wav
ed g
oodb
ye an
d he
aded
back
hom
e. I’
ve be
en to
lots
of de
tent
ion
cent
re p
rote
sts
and
that
’s w
hat’s
alw
ays
hard
: at
the e
nd, I
leav
e. A
nd th
e peo
ple s
tuck
insi
de
– th
e peo
ple w
hose
pro
test
s cau
sed
us to
com
e ou
t in
sol
idar
ity i
n th
e fir
st p
lace
– h
ave
to
stay
. It’
s pr
obab
ly r
eally
im
porta
nt t
o sh
ow
supp
ort l
ike
this
, but
it n
ever
see
ms
enou
gh.
Som
e peo
ple a
lso
did
wha
t the
y co
uld
in te
rms
of th
e leg
al an
d po
litic
al m
achi
natio
ns th
at ca
n he
lp p
eopl
e sta
y. T
hey
tried
to g
et h
is st
ory
into
th
e med
ia. I
t was
budg
et ni
ght h
owev
er, s
o the
re
was
n’t m
uch
chan
ce o
f get
ting
new
s atte
ntio
n.
The
man
pro
test
ing
the
thre
at o
f de
porta
tion
stay
ed o
n th
e fe
nce
over
nigh
t an
d th
e ne
xt
day.
Pol
ice
wer
e ca
lled
to V
illaw
ood
at a
bout
m
idni
ght t
he n
ext n
ight
to g
et h
im d
own
with
a
cher
ry p
icke
r. A
ccor
ding
to
repo
rts o
ther
de
tain
ees
thre
w r
ocks
at
polic
e an
d se
curit
y st
aff
and
lit fi
res.
Last
I h
eard
he
was
stil
l in
Vill
awoo
d. I
mm
igra
tion
had
let
him
sta
y lo
ng e
noug
h to
get
mar
ried.
He
is s
till l
ikel
y to
be
sent
bac
k to
Nig
eria
but
mig
ht b
e ab
le t
o ap
ply
for
a sp
ousa
l vi
sa f
rom
the
re.
The
whi
te A
ustra
lian
para
noia
abo
ut in
vasi
on
by b
oat
– a
para
noia
tha
t ha
s se
en t
his
coun
try b
ecom
e a
wor
ld le
ader
in in
nova
tive
way
s to
den
y pe
ople
ent
ry a
nd s
helte
r –
was
re
awak
ened
re
cent
ly
whe
n pe
ople
be
gan
com
ing
in b
oats
from
Indo
nesi
a in
Sep
tem
ber.
Bla
ck R
ose
Op
en C
om
mu
nit
y M
eeti
ng
2pm
Sun
day,
Jun
e 21
st
@ 2
2 E
nmor
e R
d,
New
town
a ‘te
rror
plo
t’ ev
er.
This
is h
ow it
wor
ks fo
r a w
hole
lot o
f peo
ple
and
thos
e of
us h
ere
who
hav
en’t
yet b
een
pers
onal
ly h
it w
ith it
nee
d to
und
erst
and
that
this
affe
cts u
s too
. Thi
s is w
hy so
lidar
ity is
cru
cial
. Th
e tria
l of t
he re
mai
ning
G20
arre
stee
s is p
oten
tially
a ke
y m
omen
t in
deve
lopi
ng a
cultu
re o
f pol
itica
l so
lidar
ity in
Aus
tralia
. Bei
ng in
volv
ed in
sol
idar
ity m
ay n
ot a
lway
s be
the
mos
t exc
iting
thin
g to
be
doin
g, b
ut a
s re
volu
tiona
ries
who
will
con
tinue
to fa
ce s
tate
repr
essi
on, i
t is
cruc
ial t
o su
ppor
t and
su
stai
n pe
ople
who
are
stru
gglin
g to
dea
l with
the
prac
tical
and
men
tal d
ifficu
lties
of g
oing
thro
ugh
a lo
ng le
gal p
roce
ss, s
o th
at w
e al
l fee
l we
are
able
to c
ontin
ue to
par
ticip
ate
in lo
nger
-term
stru
ggle
s an
d pr
ojec
ts.
Als
o, a
part
from
don
atin
g m
oney
to h
elp
with
lega
l and
oth
er c
osts
, con
side
r com
ing
to M
elbo
urne
if
you
can
whi
le th
e tri
al’s
on.
Man
y of
us
man
age
to tr
avel
dis
tanc
es fo
r pol
itica
l con
fere
nces
and
pr
otes
ts a
nd it
wou
ld s
eem
at t
his
time
that
bei
ng in
Mel
bour
ne fo
r thi
s tri
al is
as
impo
rtant
as
any
of th
ose.
In b
etw
een
sitti
ng a
roun
d co
urt t
here
’s g
oing
to b
e po
litic
al d
iscu
ssio
ns a
bout
how
we
do
supp
ort a
nd so
lidar
ity in
the
futu
re.
This
is th
e te
xt o
f a sp
eech
by
the
G20
Sol
idar
ity C
olle
ctiv
e, S
ydne
y w
ith a
dditi
ons b
y So
urD
ough
.
To d
onat
e to
the
solid
arity
fund
:M
elbo
urne
Uni
vers
ity C
redi
t Uni
on L
imite
dA
ccou
nt n
ame:
G20
Arr
este
e So
lidar
ity N
etw
ork
cusc
au2s
xxx
(onl
y if
tran
sfer
ring
from
ove
rsea
s)B
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umbe
r: 1
3291
(all
tran
sfer
s)
Wha
t’s
the
poin
t of
havi
ng a
n an
arch
ist l
ibra
ry?
How
sho
uld
Bla
ck R
ose
rela
te t
o ot
her
polit
ical
act
ivit
y in
Syd
ney
? W
hat
do w
e n
eed
to d
o to
m
ake
the
spac
e m
ore
exci
tin
g an
d ac
cess
ible
? Pl
ease
com
e al
ong
and
disc
uss
thes
e qu
esti
ons
and
mor
e; a
nd
help
Bla
ck R
ose
beco
me
even
m
ore
fabu
lous
an
d re
leva
nt!
Follo
wed
by a
scr
eeni
ng o
f Dr
Stra
ngel
ove
at 6
:30
pm.
Bef
ore
we
talk
abo
ut th
e G
20 c
ase,
I w
ant t
o ac
know
ledg
e th
at w
e’re
stan
ding
on
Abo
rigin
al la
nd: o
n th
e la
nd o
f the
Eor
a pe
ople
of t
he G
adig
al n
atio
n. A
nd I
wan
t to
say
that
not
just
bec
ause
it’s
true
, but
al
so b
ecau
se w
hen
we’
re ta
lkin
g ab
out s
tate
vio
lenc
e an
d re
sist
ance
to st
ate
viol
ence
it’s
impo
rtant
to
rem
embe
r tha
t it b
egan
her
e in
178
8 an
d ha
s con
tinue
d ev
er si
nce.
In N
ovem
ber 2
006
the
G20
(the
fina
nce
min
iste
rs fr
om th
e 20
rich
est c
ount
ries)
met
in M
elbo
urne
an
d pr
otes
ts b
egan
on
Frid
ay w
ith ‘c
orpo
rate
eng
agem
ent d
ay’.
As p
art o
f tha
t the
offi
ces o
f def
ence
fo
rce r
ecru
iting
, of a
com
pany
calle
d Te
nix,
whi
ch is
a m
ilita
ry co
ntra
ctor
, and
bra
nche
s of A
NZ
bank
, w
hich
is p
rofit
eerin
g fr
om th
e occ
upat
ion
of Ir
aq, w
ere t
arge
ted.
The
se v
isits
did
man
age t
o sh
ut d
own
ever
y br
anch
of t
he b
ank
in th
e C
BD
.Th
e ne
xt d
ay, a
s is
sta
ndar
d fo
r any
mee
ting
of th
e po
wer
ful,
the
city
was
blo
cked
off
with
cop
s an
d ba
rric
ades
. Tho
usan
ds o
f peo
ple
defie
d th
is in
timid
atio
n to
pro
test
in th
e st
reet
s of c
entra
l Mel
bour
ne
and
a fe
w h
undr
ed p
eopl
e –
som
e of
them
dis
guis
ed –
div
erge
d fr
om th
e ra
lly, r
an a
roun
d a
bit,
dism
antle
d so
me
barr
icad
es a
nd s
mas
hed
the
win
dow
s of
a p
olic
e va
n. N
ow, a
ccor
ding
to th
e st
ate,
th
e co
rpor
ate
med
ia a
nd s
ome
sect
ions
of t
he le
ft, th
ese
actio
ns w
ere
pret
ty m
uch
The
Wor
st T
hing
Ev
er. W
e th
ink
ther
e ar
e pl
enty
of g
ood
reas
ons f
or p
eopl
e to
be
angr
y un
der c
apita
lism
and
abo
ut n
ot
havi
ng m
uch
say
in h
ow th
ings
wor
k.
Arr
ests
beg
an th
e ne
xt d
ay. T
he n
ewsp
aper
s pub
lishe
d ‘d
ob in
a th
ug’ p
hoto
shee
ts. T
he p
olic
e fo
rmed
a
task
forc
e th
at ra
ided
hou
ses a
nd h
ung
arou
nd p
ubs t
ryin
g to
get
info
rmat
ion.
The
y ca
rrie
d ou
t daw
n ra
ids
in S
ydne
y in
coo
pera
tion
with
the
APE
C ta
skfo
rce
and
the
coun
ter-t
erro
rism
squ
ad. P
art o
f the
ca
mpa
ign
of fe
ar w
as th
at p
eopl
e w
ere
give
n un
usua
lly se
rious
cha
rges
and
lots
of t
hem
. Thi
ngs l
ike
riot,
cond
uct e
ndan
gerin
g lif
e, ag
grav
ated
bur
glar
y. T
his w
as al
l par
t of t
ryin
g to
intim
idat
e and
isol
ate
peop
le.
All
up 2
8 pe
ople
wer
e cha
rged
. One
per
son,
Aki
n Sa
ri, is
curr
ently
in ja
il se
rvin
g a 2
8-m
onth
sent
ence
. M
ost o
f the
oth
er a
rres
tees
ple
aded
gui
lty to
redu
ced
char
ges a
nd g
ot fi
nes,
susp
ende
d se
nten
ces
and/
or c
omm
unity
bas
ed o
rder
s. H
owev
er, t
hree
peo
ple
are
to g
o to
tria
l in
Mel
bour
ne C
ount
y C
ourt
star
ting
June
30.
Ther
e’s o
ne w
oman
from
Mel
bour
ne –
all
they
’re
sayi
ng sh
e di
d w
as w
ave
a fla
g an
d ye
ll, a
nd sh
e’s
fight
ing
riot c
harg
es. T
here
are
als
o tw
o pe
ople
from
Syd
ney
faci
ng c
harg
es o
f agg
rava
ted
burg
lary
, w
hich
can
carr
y a 2
5 ye
ar ja
il te
rm, f
or al
lege
dly
wal
king
into
thos
e offi
ces o
n ‘C
orpo
rate
Eng
agem
ent
Day
’ with
not
hing
mor
e th
an g
litte
r and
wat
er p
isto
ls.
Thes
e pe
ople
hav
e be
en th
roug
h th
ree
year
s of w
orry
, of t
rave
lling
to c
ourt,
of r
epor
ting
to th
e po
lice
stat
ion
on b
ail.
They
nee
d ou
r sup
port
so th
at in
divi
dual
s und
er at
tack
aren
’t le
ft is
olat
ed. C
lear
ly th
ese
case
s ar
e ab
out f
ar m
ore
than
the
fate
of t
he in
divi
dual
s ca
ught
up
in th
em. A
s po
litic
al p
rose
cutio
ns
they
’re
part
of a
muc
h br
oade
r atta
ck –
and
thei
r out
com
es, a
nd h
ow w
e de
al w
ith th
em, w
ill a
ffect
all
of o
ur a
bilit
ies t
o ac
t on
our o
ppos
ition
, wha
teve
r tac
tics w
e us
e.In
man
y w
ays
polic
e at
tack
s an
d th
e cr
imin
alis
atio
n of
dis
sent
are
n’t n
ew. T
here
’s a
man
in ja
il in
Q
ueen
slan
d rig
ht n
ow c
alle
d Le
x W
otto
n: h
is c
rime
was
taki
ng p
art i
n pr
otes
ts a
gain
st th
e po
lice
afte
r a c
op b
eat M
ulrin
gi D
omad
gee
to d
eath
in a
cel
l on
Palm
Isla
nd. T
he o
nly
reas
on th
is p
artic
ular
A
borig
inal
dea
th in
cus
tody
real
ly m
ade
the
new
s was
bec
ause
the
com
mun
ity re
spon
ded
by b
urni
ng
the
polic
e st
atio
n do
wn.
The
cop
was
still
foun
d no
t gui
lty, g
ot a
pro
mot
ion
and
com
pens
atio
n.N
SW p
olic
e ha
ve n
ew s
ecre
t sea
rch
pow
ers
and
the
new
bik
ie la
ws
can
send
peo
ple
to ja
il so
lely
be
caus
e of
who
they
han
g ou
t with
. We
had
APE
C w
ith it
s sec
ret b
lack
list a
nd th
e th
ousa
nds o
f cop
s on
the
stre
ets.
A b
unch
of M
uslim
men
are
in m
axim
um se
curit
y ja
il fo
r the
mos
t bul
lshi
t exc
use
for
the
impo
rtan
ce o
fPO
LITI
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