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Visions Of Freedom
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Friday January 20 - Sunday January 22nd, 1995 - Sydney, Australia.
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Draft Conference/Festival program
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(we want your feedback, criticisms, suggestions, additions, etc --
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21st nov, 94)
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Friday 20th
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7.30pm
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* Noam Chomsky talk on East Timor, Sydney town hall
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10pm
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* visions of freedom party
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Saturday 21st
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9.30am - 1pm plenary:
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Looking at life and society, how did we get here, wheree do we want
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to go?
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Critical appraisal of anarchy, possibilities for change in oz.
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(each speaker gets 10 minutes to present, + 10 minutes discussion)
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9.30 - 10.50am
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* Fabian Loschiavio (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence):
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Welcome/blessings: non-heterosexuality
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* Brian Martin: hierarchy vs demarchy
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* ?: feminism
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* Mark Mcguire: anarcho-syndicalism
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(10.30 - 11.10: morning tea break)
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11.10 - 12.10pm
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* Ariel Saleh: ecology
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* Gary Foley(?): racism/ethnicity
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* Brian Laver: utopian thought
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12.10 - 1pm
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Open discussion
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1 - 2pm
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Lunch (courtesy Alfalfa House) -- performances, music (Barbara Hart
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et al - freeform Jazz), screenings... (art exhibition- Brenton &
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Violet)
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Sat afternoon (parallel sessions)
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How do we get where we want to go? Ideas for changing the world and
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cultivating anarchy
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2 - 3.15pm
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* Anarcho syndicalism andd privatization (Communications and Telecom
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- Nev Littler, ASF)
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* Anarchism or barbarism: structure, hierarchy & chaos (talk - Joe
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Toscano & LWSS)
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* Anarchy and feminism (workshop - Suzanne, Kathy etc)
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* Self determination and anti-imperialism (panel - East Timor,
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Bougainville, West Papua, indigenous australians)
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(3.15 - 3.45 afternoon tea break, music etc)
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3.45 - 5pm
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* Anarcho syndicalism (contd.) (Australia Post - Sid Parissi)
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* Anarchism or barbarism (continued)
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* Intellectuality, free speech & postmodernism (panel - Jim Baker(?)
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(Sydney libertarians), ? (Free speech committee), Isla Macgregor &
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Brian Martin (USERP) & ?....)
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* Anarchist political programs: workplace vs community/ecology vs
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lifestyle vs alternative institutions (panel - Brian Laver et al)
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* Anarchy & ecology (workshop - Chuck, Jamie P (?), Kathy Squires
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(?), Kathii Fielden (?))
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5pm
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Launch of 2 books by Graham Purchase
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5.30 - 7pm
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socialise, meal (courtesy of Alfalfa House), cultural stuff, etc.
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7.30 - 10pm
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Anarchy and visions of freedom
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* Talk by Noam Chomsky + questions & discussion
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10pm
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* gig - rave... (vibe tribe (?) etc) &/or Cabaret Goldman/Zapata...
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performers (music, poetry, comedy, etc wanted)
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Sunday 22nd
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parallel sessions
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9.30 - 11am
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* Alternative education (workshop - Paul Walters et al)
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* Anarcho syndicalism and privatization (Governement bus - Charlie
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Richardson (ASF) + videos on Victorian tram dispute (1990) and
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Nurses dispute (1986)
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* Anarchist organization (workshop - 4 hours - LWSS)
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* Policing, crime and social control (Tim Anderson, Justice Action,
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Haron, Sean K, Stella S, Shannon E, Nick: Coalition Against Police
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Violence, Anarchist Black Cross)
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* Providing tools and training for self reliance; networking and
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sustaining ourselves (workshop - Lillian Geddes, Chuck etc)
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11 - 11.30am
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morning tea
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11.30 - 1pm
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* A-S (contd) (privatization internationally - Dick Curlewis))
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* A-O (contd)
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* Non-violence and social defence (workshop Brian Martin, Brian Laver
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etc)
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* Victorian tramways dispute (workshop - Leigh Kendall)
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* Bookshops/stalls/info distribution (workshop)
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1 - 2pm
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* lunch (courtesy Alfalfa House) - music etc
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1.15pm
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* book launch: 'Emperor wears no clothes: hemp & the marihuana
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conspiracy' by J Herer
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2 - 3pm
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* a-s contd
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* a-o continued
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* Anarchist media - magazines, radio tv, computer networks etc
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(workshop - Kathy etc)
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* HEMP campaign (workshop - Tony K, Bob Hopkins, Redfern Legal Aid)
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* Building networks for common campaigns + confederation of
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anarchist groups (workshop - Chuck, Brian Laver etc)
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3 - 3.15pm
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* afternoon tea
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3.15 - 5pm
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plenary:
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what's the conference/festival been like & where do we go from here?
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Evening
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* party
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