The Intervention - An Anthology : Book Launches.

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The Intervention an Anthology - Geelong book launch Invitation - 11 March 2016

Fri 14:00 · Wesley Centre, 100 Yarra Street, Geelong, 3220

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  ‎Georgina Gartland‎ to Brigid O'Carroll Walsh

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  FYI & Victorian networks.This will be a significant book launch and meeting, Consider attending & listening to both Yingiya Mark Guyula book contributor and (of the Yolŋu Nations Assembly , Arnhem land) and Terry Mason (of the the Awabakal language group and Institute of Koorie Education at Deakin University) on TREATY. If unable to attend Geelong, perhaps consider the,
  Melbourne 12th forum the following day, to hear from Yingiya Mark Guyula, Adam Frogley (Taungerong man) and Jon Altman.

  
  See also,
  1) Treaty, Yeah! The Undeniable Case For A National Settlement With Australia’s First Peoples. (5th March 2016)https://newmatilda.com/…/treaty-yeah-the-undeniable-case-f…/

  2) Indigenous leaders praise Victoria's commitment to talk about treaty, (3rd March 2015) http://www.theguardian.com/…/indigenous-leaders-praise-vict…

  3)The Yolngu people of Arnhem Land, NT, Australia, need a treaty asap. They need their law respected by governments and they need a space of their own that honours their way of life.

  If you are unable to attend one of the forums,Yingyia can be heard in brief at http://www.yingiya.net/english.html 
  Donate to help us act! www.chuffed.org/project/ymgfortreaty

  Sydney forum important : TIME FOR TREATIES Public Forum “Men speak out for Treaty” This follows last year's women speak out for treaty . More at https://www.facebook.com/events/1525090637795711/

  Other interstate forum at 
  https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/12805996_10154032452…

  
  

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  ‎Georgina Gartland‎ to Irene Bolger

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  For Victorian networks . This will be a significant book launch and meeting. Geelong 11th: Listen to both Yingiya Mark Guyula (of the Yolŋu Nations Assembly -Arnhem land) and Terry Mason (of the the Awabakal language group and Institute of Koorie Education at Deakin University). Or, consider Melbourne 12th- forum the following day- hear from Yingiya Mark Guyula, Adam Frogley (Taungerong man) and Jon Altman.
  See also,
  1) Treaty, ...

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Purchases from to-day's Jiggety-jig Market 16-01-16

Back from the Jiggety-jig!

Purchases to-day:

Waubra eggs

Sequoia potatoes

Harmony Garlic's cool smoked garlic

Beetroot. I chose small - easier for pickling in re-used jars.

Cos lettuce

For some of this quality produce, you will pay a little more.

Sometimes, though, you won't.

If growers get to know you, there's a chance

that they may give a discount.

Some items, like the garlic, fall into a specialty category, in my view.

However, growers have to find numerous uses and varieties'

for the food they have chosen to specialise in.

My regular shopping places are Coles and Aldi.

Each have their uses and their pricing systems.

I rarely enter a Woolworths and when I do,

 don't spend much money there.

The ethics of the major supermarkets are dubious at best.

Woolworths comes out bottom of my list.

For more on Australia's supermarkets,

please purchase a copy of Supermarket Monsters:

the price of Coles and Woolworths' Dominance

by Malcolm Knox.

So while I may pay a little more

for top of the range value at a growers' market,

this comes from my savings at the supermarkets,

careful budgetting, being a thoughtful consumer,

a vegetarian, and a cook.

My purchases have another purpose.

I am investing, in a small way, in Australian growers.

If we all did this, the investment could become substantial.

Do we want Australian growers to disappear?

Do we want exploited labour so that growers can stay in the game?

Do we want everything to be imported -

and, usually, from places which have subsidised agriculture

such as the United States and the European Union?

John of the Cross - a master of the mystical tradition

 Picture at left is from here

To-day is the Day of Remembrance of John of the Cross - the writer of the mystical classics, The Dark Night of the Soul and The Living Flame of Love and more.

For those who would wish to read the works of John of the Cross, please be introduced to a marvellous website for reading - for free - the riches of the Christian tradition, the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.  This site is a storehouse of great treasures available to all.  For the works of John of the Cross, please go here.

A quote for to-day from The Living Flame of Love:

... He loves thee with liberality, without self-interest, only to do thee good, showing joyfully His countenance full of grace, and saying: 

I am thine and for thee, and it is my pleasure to be what I am, that I may give Myself to thee and be thine.  

Who then  shall describe thy feeling, of blessed soul, when thus beloved, and so highly honoured?

Book launch by Professor Gillian Triggs : THE INTERVENTION - an anthology

Authors of The Intervention: an anthology

Anita Heiss, Rosie Scott, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Patricia Anderson.

Red poppies for #Remembrance. White poppies for #Peace. Let's start to wage #Peace not #War

Picture below from here

To-day is Remembrance Day in Australia. At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the nation falls silent for two minutes. Red poppies are in lapels and in the laid wreaths at shrines, cenotaphs and memorials across the country. Red poppies are massed against the names of the war dead at the Australian War Memorial in the national capital, Canberra.

There are news reports to-day that the print media reporting on Remembrance Day is muted compared to that of previous years.  Why is this so?  Is this because Australia is immersing itself in military action at this time in the Middle East?

If we mute our response to Remembrance Day and its memory of "the war to end all wars", is it time to ask the penetrating questions?

• Do we put the same financial, acquisitive, organisational, and human effort into waging peace as we do to waging war?  

• Are we prepared to stand up and say to our government that we want it to pay as much attention to training for peace, preparedness for peace, arming for peace, strengthening the ramparts of peace as we do for training for war, preparing for war, arming for war, strengthening the ramparts of war?

One of the most interesting bodies of literary work in English in the 20th century is the "Testament" series by Vera Brittain - Testament of Youth, Testament of Friendship, Testament of Experience. The experience/s that impacted Brittain's life in World War 1 made her a lifelong pacifist and fighter for peace.  Between the two world wars, she was active in the establishment and the promotion of the League of Nations. She also became a member of the Peace Pledge Union and its offshoot, the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship. The secretary of the Australian chapter of the latter, is Bishop Philip Huggins.

The Peace Pledge Union is notable for its White Poppy campaign.  Many people in Britain wear two poppies - the red for remembrance, the white for peace.

Listen to the song in honour of Vera Brittain

written by Sue Gilmurray

Dale Hess Calendar - 14-10-27

Dale Hess has produced a calendar every Monday morning for many years. Dale does give university holidays a miss. Dale is a Quaker - in fact something of an expert on Quaker history - and a member, as well, of the Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand.  Dale's calendar has an interesting flavour of peace, ethics, and environmental activism/spirituality.  The calendar will appear here each Monday except for the university holidays and the occasional day when Dale's calendar doesn't arrive in the mail box.

Tuesday 28 October, 6 pm – 8 pm: Australia Adrift: Navigating New Pathways.  Prof. Joe Camilleri at St Michael’s Church at 120 Collins Street, Melbourne. ‘I am greatly looking forward to a thoughtful conversation on the many challenges we face and possible responses in Australia and internationally.’ Cost: $15 or $50 for whole series of four lectures. Bookings can be made at:

http://www.stmichaels.org.au/programs/upcoming-events/display/3129/rethinking-the-future-lecture-series.

Tuesday 28 October, 7 pm:  Forum and Round Table: Beat the Budget and the Rest of Abbott’s Anti-Worker Program. There will be brief updates on the unacceptable budget measurers and just what is still being proposed by the Doctors Reform Society, Fair Go for Pensioners, Victorian Council of Social Services, Australian Education Union. Venue: Meeting Room 1, Trades Hall, corner of Lygon and Victoria Streets, Carlton South.

Wednesday 29 October, 6 pm: The Forgotten Palestinians of Lebanon. Olfat Mahmoud, Director of Palestinian Women’s Humanitarian Organisation of Lebanon, and university lecturer, will talk about the forgotten Palestinians of Lebanon. Victorian Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street, Carlton. RSVP: office@apheda.org.au. All welcome.

Thursday 30 October, 6.30 pm – 8 pm: Melbourne Free University: Iran. Amin Ansari, Flinders University and curator of Greens’ Art website, Linda Briskman, Swinburne University, will be interviewed for 45 minutes, then there will be 45 minutes of open discussion. The Alderman (upstairs), 134 Lygon Street, East Brunswick.

Saturday 1 November,  9.30 am till 6 pm: Borderlands Mega Book Sale.  We will be having a fund-raising mega book sale at Borderlands cooperative. There is a wide variety of genres to choose at very cheap prices: something for everyone. At The Habitat Centre, 2 Minona Street, Hawthorn.

Sunday 2 November 10 am till 5 pm: Borderlands Mega Book Sale.  We will be having a fund-raising mega book sale at Borderlands cooperative. There is a wide variety of genres to choose at very cheap prices: something for everyone. At The Habitat Centre, 2 Minona Street, Hawthorn.

Monday 3 November, 6 pm dinner, 6.30 program: Skillshare #3: Writing letters to the editor, media releases and opinion pieces with Jim Green. Friends of the Earth, 312 Smith street, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia 3070. Upstairs (entry via side-door on Perry Street). RSVP to ace@foe.org.au. Contact: 0421 955 066 (Gem).

Wednesday 5 November, 6 pm – 7 pm: Melbourne Activist Legal Support Information Night. Interested in becoming more involved in the work of Melbourne Activist Legal Support? These are many ways to contribute to our work, knowing you are helping to provide an essential support to those standing up for social and environmental justice. Come along and find out more! Venue: Trades Hall, Room TBA, 54 Lygon Street, Carlton. Registration: http://malsinfo051114.eventbrite.com.au

Thursday 6 November 7:30 pm -9 pm: Conflict over the Islamic State in Iraq & Syria: Insights from Muslim experience & social traditions. With Susan Day Dirgham, who has lived for several years in Syria, and Fr Bruce Duncan, who examines changes in Islamic just war thinking in the light of international human rights today. The Study Centre Yarra Theological Union. Best entry via 34 Bedford Street, Box Hill. Refreshments available afterwards. An entry donation is welcome. Further info: 9899 4777  |  admin@socialpolicyconnections.com.au.

Wednesday 12 November – Sunday 23 November: Tales of a City by the Sea: A Palestinian Story of love, separation and beautiful resistance. Wednesday performance at 6.30 pm, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7.30 pm, Sunday 4 pm. $25 full; $15 concession. La MaMa, 349 Drummond Street, Carlton. Tel: 9347 6142.

Tuesday 18 November, 5.30 pm – 8 pm: Victorian Election Environmental Expert Policy Review. In preparation for the 2014 Victorian Election, the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) and RMIT University are hosting a panel of renowned environmental practitioners to review the environment policies offered by the major political parties. Our Panel of experts will offer a fact-based analysis of each party’s policy based on decades of experience: Peter Nadebaum,Senior Principal - Environment, GHD Consultants; Zena Helman, Principal, Helman Consultants; Stephen Jenkins, Director, EnviroRisk; Professor Graham Currie, Chair - Public Transport, Monash University. Attendance is free but bookings are essential. Places are limited and expected to book out fast. Register by Monday, 10 November. Venue: The ground floor lecture theatre (room 007) of RMIT’s new Building 80, 80/445 Swanston St, Melbourne. Any queries, email vic-events@eianz.org.

Monday 1 December, 6 pm dinner, 6.30 program: Skillshare #4:: Non-Violent Direct Action with Nicola Paris, CounterAct. Friends of the Earth, 312 Smith street, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia 3070. Upstairs (entry via side-door on Perry Street). RSVP to ace@foe.org.au. Contact: 0421 955 066 (Gem).

Wednesday 3 December – Friday 5 December: Melbourne Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Workshop. The purpose of the DRM workshop is both to develop practical skills for risk management practitioners who are involved in initiatives across the Disaster Risk Management Cycle (DRMC) spectrum in both Australia, and the Asian-Pacific region. Venue: 277 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. Further details: http://www.torqaid.com/images/stories/melbdrmdec2014...pdf

Wednesday 10 December – Friday 12 December: Melbourne Participatory Project Management (PPM) Workshop.The purpose of the PPM workshop is to develop practical project management skills for community development (CD) practitioners or project managers, working in either Australia or overseas, who are involved in initiatives throughout the Project Management Cycle (PMC). Venue: 277 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. Further details:http://www.torqaid.com/images/stories/melbppmdec2014...pdf

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#BlessedAreTheCrazy - A Synchroblog event. Please join in.

For Advocates of social justice who blog, please consider this synchroblog which is happening NOW!  Details below.  If you wish, you can send your posts to advocacyballarat@gmail.com for publication here.

There is a synchroblog coming up. This is the facebook site which references it >>> http://goo.gl/xMzYBH The details below are copied from the site:

To commemorate the launch of Sarah Griffith Lund‘s new book — Blessed Are The Crazy: Breaking the Silence About Mental Illness, Family, and Church — and to participate in National Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct. 5-11), we invite you to join in a Synchroblog on mental illness, family, and church.

Break the silence by sharing your personal story of how you’ve been impacted by mental illness in your family and/or in your faith community.

NOTE: We are joining with another synchroblog for this event, so the posting date and instructions are a bit different. This is also coming up quickly!

First, publish your post by midnight on MONDAY, October 6th. Post the links in the comment section here as normal. We at the synchroblog will post all your links over at the Facebook event for the other group.

If you want, you may also use the hashtag ‪#‎BlessedAreTheCrazy‬ when you post your links to your blog posts on Facebook, Twitter, etc. Follow the hashtag:https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BlessedAreTheCrazy

Second, we will put up the full link list on Tuesday, October 7th for you to publish at the end on your blog post.

We hope you will participate and break the silence by sharing YOUR story!

Here is the Synchroblog post for this event:

http://synchroblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/october-synchroblog-announcement-mental-illness-awareness/

Books: For Love of Animals - Christian ethics, consistent action

For Love of Animals is an honest and thoughtful look at our responsibility as Christians with respect to animals. Many Christians misunderstand both history and their own tradition in thinking about animals. They are joined by prominent secular thinkers who blame Christianity for the Western world's failure to seriously consider the moral status of animals.

This book explains how traditional Christian ideas and principles—like nonviolence, concern for the vulnerable, respect for life, stewardship of God's creation, and rejection of consumerism—require us to treat animals morally. Though this point of view is often thought of as liberal, the book cites several conservatives who are also concerned about animals. Camosy's Christian argument transcends secular politics.

The book's starting point for a Christian position on animals—from the creation story in Genesis to Jesus' eating habits in the Gospels—rests in Scripture. It then moves to explore the views of the Church Fathers, the teachings of the Catholic Church, and current discussions in both Catholic and Protestant theology. Ultimately, however, the book is concerned not with abstract ideas, but with how we should live our everyday lives. Should Christians eat meat? Is cooperation with factory farming evil? What sort of medical research on animals is justified? Camosy also asks difficult questions about hunting and pet ownership.

This is an ideal resource for those who are interested in thinking about animals from the perspective of Christian ethics and the consistent ethic of life. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter and suggestions for further reading round out the usefulness of this important work.

Other reviews of this book:

Christian Vegetarianism? A Reflection and Review of "For Love of Animals" by Charles Camosy

By the books: Charlie Camosy's For Love of Animals: Christian Ethics, Consistent Action

Readers' comments at goodreads

 

Is it possible? A Peaceable Economy by Edward Dommen

From the World Council of Churches:

A Peaceable Economy

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Edward Dommen

Visions & Voices series

Specs: 172 pp.; 5 x 7”; paper; perfect; 4-colour cover
Topic/Shelving: Religion / Economics
ISBN: 978-2-8254-1639-6
Price: CHF 7.00; £5.00; €5.00; $7.00; Spring 2014

Order: ww.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.com, www.ISBS.com, www.gazellebookservices.co.uk and at local bookstores and online booksellers.

Rethinking the foundational elements in economics-

Edward Dommen has taken up the challenge and breaks fresh ground. His shrewd critique of conventional economics is supported by a penetrating use of biblical and Reformation teachings, and he convincingly shows that another world can be made - is - possible." --Gilbert Rist, author of The Delusions of Economics

The same dynamic drives all kinds of economy and wars: it is cumulative causation, along the lines of "Those who have will receive more and they will have more than enough; but as for those who don't have, even the little they have will be taken away from them." Violence is rooted in the workings of both economies and war. The purpose of war is to compel others to do our will, and it is the outcome of many kinds of economic activity. War and economies are intimately related. The key to an alternative vision is the injunction, "Love your neighbour as yourself.. However, while sermons are easy, there is no conclusive evidence that humanity has made moral progress over time. The struggle for a peaceable economy must be ceaseless, repeated again and again to counterbalance the inertia of cumulative causation. As William the Silent said, "One need not hope in order to undertake, nor succeed in order to persevere."

Edward Dommen is a specialist in economic ethics, a longtime economist for the UN Conference on Trade and Development, and a Quaker. He lives in Geneva.

Click here to download the table of contents, introduction and chapter 1 (pdf)