The following is a brief report
from the Grass Roots Gathering, held on the 23rd March 2003.
The second Grass Roots Gathering, following on from
the previous Two Minutes of Infamy series, was held on the 23rd
March at Irene Community Warehouse. There were about 40 people there,
which though less than expected, was pretty good considering it was
the first weekend of the war. Lots of groups and people came along to
share info and ideas, with the aim of building grassroots non-authoritarian
resistance to capitalism. There was also a good discussion on responses
to the war.
The list below is a brief summary of some of the
many projects going on around Melbourne
Barricade Books — Anarchist Bookshop
Now based at Irene Warehouse>meeting
Weds at 6.30pm, new collective members welcome — come to a meeting
Melbourne Indymedia
The collective are in the middle of a
major overhaul of the site — new geek and non geek crew welcome.
Meets 7.30pm Mondays at Irene
www.melbourne.indymedia.org
Tin Rant
Collective
household who have an open gig/benefit space + also have sound and video
editing facilities, and will provide assistance to people with linux
(non-corporate) software — contact thru Irene Warehouse
Mineral Policy Institute
Ben from Mineral Policy Institute spoke
about the proposed Douglas Mine and plans for mineral sand mining in
the Murray Darling Basin and community education program that is going
on
http://www.mpi.org.au/campaigns/campaigns.html
Taring Padi Women’s Resource Centre
Social Centre being set up in Indonesia
for Women — they are looking for resources like books/computers/zines/films/donations,
which will be taken over to the centre by a local person
http://www.taringpadi.org/
contact taring99@hotmail.com
or bunga_liara@grafitti.net
Irene Warehouse
Brunswick warehouse space hosting community
based activism/arts/studios/video production and community building
projects. Open for new spaces and for people to help manage the space
http://www.irene.org.au/
Black Rose Collective
Bike
building and remaking; trailer building — located downstairs at
Irene Community Warehouse
Health and Freedom Network
HnF network is a broad network of health
care workers who have an interest in health care from a radical perspective
http://www.antimedia.net/hfn/
Ixpress
Communication courier service on bikes
for rallies and actions
http://www.ixpress.org/
No One is Illegal
No
One Is Illegal is a Melbourne-based collective acting to question borders
in all their forms - meets fortnightly on Mondays at Irene http://www.antimedia.net/nooneisillegal/
HMS Melbourne
First
aid training + first aid at actions — on the look out for more
people with basic first aid training — contact via healthandfreedomforall@yahoo.com
The Paper
Locally
produced free newspaper - aims to be a forum for news and critical thought,
where content and presentation of ideas remain unaffected by corporate
and governmental influence or control. CONTRIBUTE http://www.thepaper.org.au/
DNA research
Person researching use and misuse of DNA tests —
needs help with writing
http://www.cute.com.au/dna/
DISC — Diversity in Safe Communities
Brunswick based group in opposition to
‘the Blackshirts’ — Men’s group campaigning against
single mothers and same sex relationship parents through the courts
and through intimidation at their homes. Spoke of upcoming rally; also
have a phone tree to counter blackshirt intimidation of people.
Rebelflags@hotmail.com
Food not Bombs
Cooking Mon and Tues nights at Irene
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/7729/fnbpage.htm
contact
foodnotbombs-melb@yahoogroups.com
Black Cross Prisoner Support
Class struggle prisoner support group
http://www.anarki.net/abc/
PO Box 300
Brunswick
East
SUWA show on 3CR
Happy to help promote grassroots events
on their show
http://www.3cr.org.au/suwa.htm
Brisbane Anarchist and Autonomist Conference
Up — coming conference in Brisbane,
following on from last years conference in Sydney
May 3-4, 2003
http://www.anarcon.cjb.net/
The next Grass Roots Gathering is planned for the
depths of the Melbourne winter. Kudos to all those who came along and
made it a success.
Please email us if any of this info needs to be
updated or corrected
headchefs@rescueteam.com
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