Socialist Worker lists APEC protest details and related events, meetings and forums. Join the main protest: Saturday 8 September, 10:00am at Sydney Town Hall.

STOP BUSH - MAKE HOWARD HISTORY
You have the right to protest

Troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan
Defend workers' rights
Stop global warming

10am SAT 8 SEPT
Sydney Town Hall

If you want more information about the protest, want to make a donation to the campaign costs, or want material to use for writing letters to the newspapers, go to www.stopbush2007. org

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Convergence meeting6pm, Friday 7 Sept
St Joseph's Crypt, Newtown.This meeting will include a briefing on the latest rally details and will make final decisions about the Saturday rally. With the police not just challenging the march route in court but declaring publicly that they will try to stop the protest getting into the "declared area" which covers most of the northern CBD, the convergence will debate whether we should defy this attempt to set up "no protest zones" throughout the city.

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Other events over the APEC weekend…
ON THE DAY OF THE DEMONSTRATION :Rally debrief
3pm Saturday 8 September
A chance to regroup and discuss the day's events
Taylors on Central, 84-86 Mary St, Surry Hills.

Protest gig
4pm, Sat 8 Sept
Taylors on Central, 84-86 Mary St, Surry Hills. Protest gig with Chaosmaths, Day of the Meerkat, Wire MC, Jakalene Xtreme (and more)

NEXT DAY:

National anti-war meeting
Activists from around the country will gather to discuss the state of the movement and national co-ordination of activity in the lead up to the federal election, including how we can make Iraq and the "war on terror" an issue in the lead up to the election and help drive out Howard.

11am Sunday September 9
Brown st Hall, Brown st, Newtown
(off King st above Newtown library)
Phone 0438 718 348 for details

All events organised by the Stop Bush Coalition

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Stop the War Coalition forum
After the APEC protests: the anti-war movement and the electionSpeakers from the Greens and the MUAThis election is shaping up to be a landslide against Howard. Iraq may not be the key issue in the campaign—but it is up to anti-war activists to ensure that a defeat for Howard is a real blow for his legacy of support for the war on terror. We also need to prepare to pressure Rudd, who is a staunch supporter of the idea of the war on terror, even if he positions Labor as opposing the Iraq war, to break with support for the wider war.

7pm Monday September 24
University of Technology Sydney Broadway
Phone 0438 718 348 for details
Organised by Stop the War Coalition

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Socialist Worker public meeting—all welcome
After APEC: Undoing Howard’s damageSpeakers: Barry Hemsworth (sacked CFMEU delegate)
Greens speaker
Tom Barnes (editor, Socialist Worker)With speculation about when John Howard might go to the polls, Australian politics has now swung firmly into election mode. The groundswell of opposition to the Howard government has given hope to the left. But Rudd’s surge towards victory creates its own problems. Labor’s industrial relations policy has sent shudders through the trade union movement. Rudd’s “me-too” policies—his attempt to look as much like Howard as possible—cannot go unchallenged. This meeting will discuss how we can ensure Howard’s defeat at the same time as put pressure on Rudd to deliver an alternative to his policies.

7pm Wednesday September 19
Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, King St, Newtown

Phone 9211 2600 for details