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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6><FONT size=+0>Dear Members</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left>On Wednesday there will be two meetings happening in Perth on
workers rights and workers control in Venezuela with
John Cleary. <FONT size=6><FONT size=+0>John Cleary is a former
organiser with the Victorian branch of the Electrical Trades Union, and is
currently the National Trade Union Coordinator of the Australian Venezuela
Solidarity Network (AVSN). John is orgainisng the ACTU and AVSN
brigades to Venezuela that are occuring during May. Last year John addressed the
one million strong May Day rally in Caracas. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left>John will be speaking at Club Murdoch at 2.30pm on workers
rights in Venezuela. From 6.30pm he will also be facilitating a discussion based
around the documentary Five Factories which examines the experiences of workers'
control in five of the more than 100 Venezuelan factories that have been
occupied by workers since 2003. The film screening is being held at the Maritime
Union of Australia Hall in North Fremantle. Details of the film screening are
below. </DIV>
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<DIV>On the 28th of March, <STRONG>The Australia Venezuela Solidarity
Network</STRONG> is showing a film called "<STRONG>5 factories"</STRONG> about
workers control in Venezuela. This meeting beginning at 6.30 with informal chats
over wine and cheese is being held at the Maritime Union of Australia Hall.
<SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><STRONG>John Cleary</STRONG>, former organiser with
the Victorian branch of the Electrical Trades Union Coordinator of the AVSN,
will introduce the film presenting his own experiences of the worker control in
Venezuela. </DIV>
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<DIV>Since the 1998 the Bolivarian Revolution has empowered workers and the poor
to challenge poverty and US domination. In 2002 thousands of workers were locked
out of the oil industry by the bosses to cripple the government's social
programs funded by oil wealth. In response workers fought back to retake their
jobs and kick out the corrupt management. They succeeded with the full support
of Chavez, the socialist president of Venezuela, leading to occupied factories
run by workers and community. This film looks at the experience of 5 such
factories in Venezuela. </DIV>
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<DIV align=center>Those details again:</DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="" size=4>7pm Wednesday March
28th</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="" size=4><FONT
color=#333399>M</FONT>aritime <FONT color=#6666cc>U</FONT>nion of <FONT
color=#6600cc>A</FONT>ustralia Hall</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="" size=4>2-4 Kwong Alley, North
Fremantle.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="" size=4>Wine and Cheese from
6.30pm</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="" size=4>Entry $10/7
concession</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=center>For more information feel free to contact Trent on 0407 070
841</DIV>
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