The Age of Stupid film screening this week

Did you miss the environmental film of the year?

The Age of Stupid, directed by Franny Armstrong (McLibel, Drowned Out) starring Oscar-nominated actor, Pete Postlethwaite is returning to Melbourne. The year is 2055, a man (played by Pete Postlethwaite) reflects on why, in 2008 we didn't do enough to stop runaway climate change, when we still had the chance. Filmed in the United States, Britain, India, Nigeria, Iraq, Jordan and the Swiss Alps.

Green Left Weekly and Socialist Alliance invites you to see the film with us:

>>>> Melbourne University
Thursday 12 Nov, 7pm, Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building, Parkville (behind the Ian Potter Museum of Art, near the corner of Elgin and Swanston Streets). Presented in conjunction with the Resistance Melbourne Uni Club.

>>>> Northcote
Wednesday 18 Nov, 6.30pm sharp, 303 High St, Northcote.

Entry by donations to cover film licence and to keep Australia's progressive paper on the streets:
www.greenleft.org.au.

For information or bookings, call Vannessa 0407 023 672 or Resistance Centre 9639 8622.

Catch what Paul Byrnes from the Sydney Morning Heralds dubs "an engaging and urgent attempt to make us all see sense about climate change". www.theageofstupid.net

Yarraville Anti -Nuclear film and discussion with Dr Jim Green

Film screening and discussion with Dr Jim Green

The ‘nuclear comeback’– what do climate activists say about nuclear energy and tackling climate change?

Screening of new documentary Uranium: Is it a Country?
Uranium: Is it a Country? is a new documentary that traces the journey of Australian uranium from the outback to the European nuclear plants. the film will be followed by discussion with anti nuclear activists.

With debates about energy sources and how to tackle climate change, there has been a push for Australia to take up the nuclear option. Ziggy Switkowski, head of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation says, Australia is ‘out of step’ in rejecting nuclear energy.


Guest speaker: Dr Jim Green, Friends of the Earth -national nuclear campaigner



Thursday November 19 , 6.30pm (film starts 7pm)
Yarraville community Centre,114 Blackwood st, Yarraville (5 min walk from train station)

Entry by donation, Organised by Socialist Alliance and Green Left Weekly
for more information contact 9 639 8622 or 0438 869 790

Save Solar Systems Rally

Build the Mildura solar power plant

The federal government must guarantee Australia's first large-scale solar power plant.

The building of the first large-scale solar power plant in Australia is in doubt after the company Solar Systems went into administration, making 100 workers redundant. Construction of the plant would have provided 1000 renewable energy jobs and powereed 45,000 houses.

Join a rally on the last day of the administration process.

Friday 30 October
5.30pm
Parliament House, Bourke St, city

Visit: http://savesolaresystems.wordpress.com
Email: savesolarsystems@grmail.com Ph: Chris 0403-013-183

Preview screening: Rethink Afghanistan

Rethink Afghanistan is a new documentary by director Robert Greenwald, who also directed the films Outfoxed and Iraq for Sale

Eight years after the initial invasion of Afghanistn, Rethink Afghanistan looks at the human and financial cost of the war. It questions the assumption that the war can liberate Afghan women and bring democracy.

Tuesday 27 October
7pm

Victoria University City Campus

Room 11.01, 11th floor, 300 Flinders St, Melbourne
(opposite Flinders St station)

Recommended donation: $10/5 (concession)
To book or for information: Phone 9639-8622

Organised by Green Left Weekly.
Supported by Victoria University Community Development Students' Association & Socialist Alliance.