Friday 2 March 6.30 for 7pm
Resistance centre
472 Hunter St Newcastle

$5 or $10 solidarity price

A Green Left Weekly fundraiser

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Sunday Marxism  with special guest

Dave Kerin

(Earthworker renewable energy cooperative "100,000 Australians")

"“We are going to grow Australian manufacturing jobs which produce the renewable energy goods and work our way out of the climate emergency,” says Dave Kerin, national coordinator of the 100,000 Australians Campaign.

Sunday March 11 2pm-4pm
Resistance Centre
472 Hunter St
Newcastle
49265328

Further Sunday Marxism sessions:
April 1: Feminism and Socialism
May 6: the State: reform or revolution?
June 3: Marxist economics

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We are resuming our regular series of Marxism discussions on afternoon of the first Sunday on the month.

Sunday 5 February 2-4pm
Resistance Centre 472 Hunter St, Newcastle

Marxism and War
• Why is Australia fighting a pointless war in Afghanistan?
• Will Australia get involved in an attack on Iran?
• Why is Gillard inviting US marines to set up base in the Northern Territory?

Come along for open and lively discussion. Info: 49265328

Readings: It will help the discussion if you have a look at the following readings.

• Lenin Socialism and War http://www.marxists.de/war/lenin-war/ch1.htm

• Trotsky Pacifism as the servant of imperialism http://marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1917/xx/pacifism.htm

• Lenin Bourgeois Pacifism and Socialist Pacifism http://marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/jan/01.htm

• Lenin War and Revolution http://marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/may/14.htm

• Go to Wikipedia for War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War

• Go to various governmental Military websites for their doctrines. http://www.history.com/topics/origins-of-war

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Lagos, Nigeria, Jan. 3, 2012

The next meeting of SA in Newcastle is next Tuesday 17 January - 6.30 at the Resistance Centre, 472 Hunter St, Newcastle.

On the agenda:
• proposal for Resistance Radio
• Discussion on Draft resolution of the Socialist Alliance: Towards a socialist Australia and Second draft of Socialist Alliance Perspectives Resolution
• Election of conference delegates

The national conference is on at our Sydney central office Friday 20 to Sun 22 at the Sydney office you can look at the documents at http://alliancevoices.blogspot.com/

See the agenda at http://www.socialist-alliance.org/page.php?page=1154
SA meetings this year be on the second Tuesday of the month at 6.30pm (except for January).

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The next meeting of SA in Newcastle is next Tuesday 17 January - 6.30 at the Resistance Centre, 472 Hunter St, Newcastle.

On the agenda:
• proposal for Resistance Radio
• Discussion on Draft resolution of the Socialist Alliance: Towards a socialist Australia and Second draft of Socialist Alliance Perspectives Resolution
• Election of conference delegates

The national conference is on at our Sydney central office Friday 20 to Sun 22 at the Sydney office you can look at the documents at http://alliancevoices.blogspot.com/

See the agenda at http://www.socialist-alliance.org/page.php?page=1154
SA meetings this year be on the second Tuesday of the month at 6.30pm (except for January).

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