These are just some of the organisations represented by our collection.

 

A

 

Australian Tibet Council (ATC)

 

The Australia Tibet Council is an independent, non-profit Australian organisation working to promote the human rights and democratic freedoms of the Tibetan people.

 

 

 

Architects For Peace (AFP)

 

Forum for architects and related professions seeking urban development based on social justice, solidarity, respect and peace.

 

 

 

Australian Venezuala Solidarity Network (AVSN)

 

The Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network joins with all those voices for democracy and peace to call for an immediate end to the opposition-initiated violence now occurring in Venezuela

 

 

 

Melbourne Palestine Solidarity Network (MPSN)

 

The Melbourne Palestine Solidarity Network (MPSN) are a grouping of individuals, community groups and activists based in Melbourne, Australia. They oppose what they see as Israeli aggression towards not just Palestinians but neighboring countries such as Lebanon.

 

 

 

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)

 

Australia's largest asylum seeker advocacy, aid and health organization promoting and protecting the human rights of asylum seekers.

 

 

 

Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation (ANMF)

 

The ANMF is the national union for nurses, midwives and assistants in nursing and the largest professional nursing organisation in Australia.

 

 

 

 

 

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C

 

Caritas

 

Caritas Internationalis is a confederation of 164 Roman Catholic relief, development and social service organisations operating in over 200 countries and territories worldwide.

 

Collectively and individually their mission is to work to build a better world, especially for the poor and oppressed.

 

 

 

D

 

Dennis Fisher

 

Port Melbourne Aboriginal personality Dennis Fisher is a voice for reconciliation.

 

Den the Fish - Embracing us All. An album of hardhitting spoken word/poetry. Backed by acoustic guitar, string trio, percussion and didge.

 

 

 

E

 

Environment Victoria

 

Environment Victoria, formerly the Conservation Council of Victoria, is an Australian not-for-profit, charitable group and Victoria's peak non-government environment organisation.

 

We're one of Australia's leading environment groups working to safeguard our environment and the future.

 

 

 

F

 

Friends of the Earth –FOE

 

Friends of the Earth International is an international network of environmental organizations in 74 countries.

 

Friends of the Earth (FoE) Australia is a federation of independent local groups working for a socially equitable and environmentally sustainable future.

 

 

 

Free David Hicks

 

An Australian who was convicted by the United States Guantanamo military commission under the Military Commissions Act of 2006, on charges of providing material support for terrorism. Hicks was detained by the United States in Guantanamo Bay detention camp from 2001 until 2007 following earlier para-military training at Al Farouq training camp in Afghanistan during 2001.

 

 

 

G

 

Greenpeace

 

Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

 

 

 

Green Left Weekly

 

Green Left Weekly is an Australian socialist newspaper, written by progressive activists to "present the views excluded by the big business media".

 

 

 

 

 

Gene Ethics

 

Gene Ethics is a non-profit educational network of citizens and kindred groups. We want the precautionary principle, scientific evidence and the law rigorously applied to all proposed uses of genetic manipulation (GM) technologies and their products.

 

 

 

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I

 

International Women's Day (IWD)

 

"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about humanity."

 

 

International Women's Peace Service (IWPS)

 

A group of international women working in the West Bank, to provide support, care, and help non-violent resistance to those living under Israeli rule in Palestine.

 

J

 

Jeff Sparrow

 

An Australian leftwing writer, editor and former socialist activist based in Melbourne, Victoria. He is the co-author of Radical Melbourne: A Secret History and Radical Melbourne : The Enemy Within (both with sister, Jill Sparrow). He is also the author of Communism: A Love Story and Killing: Misadventures in Violence.

 

 

 

John Pilger

 

Is an Australian journalist based in London since 1962.

 

renowned investigative journalist and documentary film-maker, is one of only two to have twice won British journalism's top award.

 

K

 

Koorie Heritage Trust

 

The Koorie Heritage Trust Cultural Centre is one of Melbourne's most iconic cultural hubs, hosting more than 20000 artefacts, artworks and photographs.

 

 

 

L

 

Uncle Larry Walsh

 

Uncle Larry Walsh is a local Aboriginal storyteller. He particularly loves working with the younger generation as as he sees them as the torchbearers of the future.

 

 

 

M

 

Maritime Union of Australia (MUA)

 

MUA represents 10000 Australian stevedoring workers, seafarers and, as a key affiliate of the International Transport Workers' Federation.

 

 

 

Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW)

 

The Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia) works for the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction and the prevention of armed conflict.

 

 

 

N

 

New International Bookshop (NIBS)

 

The New International Bookshop is a co-operative, comprising a bookshop and café, on the first floor of the magnificent Trades Hall building.

 

 

 

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P

 

Peace Brigades International (PBI)

 

PBI works to protect Human Rights Defenders, ordinary people and groups who face death threats, intimidation, detention and harassment. Peace Brigades International (PBI) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1981 which "protects human rights and promotes nonviolent transformation of conflicts". PBI also facilitates other peace-building initiatives within conflict countries. They are a “nonpartisan” organisation that does not interfere with the affairs of those they accompany.

 

 

 

Q

 

 

R

 

Resistance Centre

 

Resistance is an Australia-wide organisation of young people. We aim to build a mass radical youth organisation. We organise young people in struggles against sexism, racism, environmental destruction, attacks on workers' rights, attacks on students' rights, and every aspect of capitalist oppression. Through this process we help build a mass socialist party that can unite all these struggles.

 

 

 

Radical Women

 

A trailblazing socialist feminist organization, Radical Women is the revolutionary wing of the women's movement and a strong feminist voice within the Left. Immersed in the daily fight against racism, sexism, homophobia and labour exploitation.

 

 

 

Refugee Action Collective (RAC)

 

RAC is an open democratic activist collective, representing a broad cross section of the community. We are fighting for humane refugee policy.

 

 

 

Richard Frankland

 

An Australian playwright, scriptwriter and musician. He is an Aboriginal Australian of Gunditjmara origin from Victoria. He has worked significantly for the Aboriginal Australian cause.

 

 

 

Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV)

 

A professional association for real estate agents in the state; has links to agents and general information.

 

 

 

S

 

Socialist Alliance

 

Socialist Alliance in fighting for a socialist Australia! The Socialist Alliance is an anti-capitalist party, formed in 2001

 

 

 

Socialist Alternative

 

Socialist Alternative is a revolutionary socialist organisation in Australia, identifying with Trotskyism and the Marxist tradition of "socialism from below".

 

 

 

Socialist Party

 

The Socialist Party (SP) is a small Trotskyist political party in Australia affiliated with the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI).

 

 

 

Sustainable Living Festival  (SLF)

 

Community based, not-for-profit organisation committed to promoting and practicing the principles of sustainable living.

 

 

 

Sea Shepherd

 

Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization.

 

 

 

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U

 

United Nations Association Australia (UNAA)

 

The United Nations Association of Australia is a non-profit, non-government, membership-based, community organization working to promote the aims and ideals of the United Nations, and seek support for the UN, its programs and agencies.

 

 

 

USA Iraq Veterans Against War (IVAW)

 

Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) is an advocacy group of active-duty United States military personnel, Iraq War veterans, Afghanistan War veterans, and other veterans who have served since the September 11, 2001 attacks who were opposed to U.S. military in Iraq from 2003-2011.

 

 

 

Unite - Young Unionists

 

Unite is a trade union established in Melbourne, Australia. The union is not registered under the Fair Work Act 2009. Its secretary is Anthony Main, a Socialist Party member. Its inspiration is the Unite Union in New Zealand.

 

Unite has stated its goal is to organise young workers in fast food and retail in Victoria

 

 

V

 

Victorian Public Transport Users Association

 

Founded in 1976, the Public Transport Users Association is the recognised consumer organisation representing passengers of all forms of public transport. We are a non-profit, voluntary organisation, with no political affiliations.

 

 

 

Voyages Cultural Infusion

 

 

 

VCA Students Union

 

The Victorian College of the Arts Student Union (VCASU) was the student union of the former Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), now known as the Faculty of VCA and Music (VCAM) in Melbourne, Australia. It was a separately incorporated organisation which represented the VCA student body. It had a strong history of creative student activism and successful political campaigns.

 

 

 

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X

 

YWAM -YOUTH WITH A MISSION

YWAM ships help overcome the challenge by accessing isolated communities with medical specialists, supplies, health services and mentoring and support for rural health workers by volunteers.

 

 

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