Important upcoming political events

Sun 20
World Refugee Day

Refugee and Asylum Seeker’s Festival
12.00pm — 8.30pm@The Fitzroy Town Hall 201 Napier Street , Fitzroy. Melbourne
Drop in between 12pm and 5pm to enjoy a stun­ning show­case of tra­di­tional and con­tem­por­ary music and dance per­form­ances by the dif­fer­ent communities.

Amnesty Inter­na­tional: Day­break in Detention
Bar­bukka, 279 Smith St, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2pm – 7pm
Addi­tional information:
* Per­form­ance from Actors for Refugees
* Learn about refugee issues in Aus­tralia from our speak­ers: Yahya, a Tem­por­ary Pro­tec­tion Visa holder and author Arnold Zable.
* East­ern-inspired dance music from Ju Ju
* Screen­ing of new film, ‘Pun­ished Not Protected’

There’s also a Sufi dances for peace thing on in the even­ing some­where but I’ll be at kitling’s Sol­stice gathering.

Mon 28
Vic­torian Peace Network
Tariq Ali : Bush, Bagh­dad and Beyond
Public Meet­ing 7.30pm: “, Mel­bourne Town Hall. Tick­ets $15 / $8. Tick­ets avail­able at: Hasta La Vic­toria Book­shop, 360 Vic­toria St, North Mel­bourne; New Inter­na­tional Book­shop, 54 Vic­toria St, Carlton South; Read­ers’ Feast City; Tele­phone book­ings 9662 3744. Tariq Ali is the author of The Clash of Fun­da­ment­al­isms and Bush in Babylon: The Recol­on­isa­tion of Iraq