VR T-shirts order – see Jane modelling one at the Palm Sunday Rally

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We are taking orders for a second run of our T-shirts.  The shirts remain at $30 each for activists, $35 others. If you have not already, please join us on this website. Meeting notices and events are posted here.

We need a minimum of 20 T-shirts to place an order. We need to collect the money before we place the order.

Send orders to: vintagereds.canberra@gmail.com

Please be careful with selecting your size. Some members have found the shirts to be a bit smaller than they expected.

Best to use the guides to the sizing, below.

Report on Vintage Reds March Lunch

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Fifteen stalwart comrades enjoyed a very pleasant lunch at the RUC in Turner on Monday the 30th.  This was an outstanding result with a few having to pull out in the last few days.

Also hearteningly 10 VRs used the website to RSVP!  A significant number of the others gave personal confirmation of attendances (due to the huge activist requirements over the last week, meant that we have seen one another often!).  This was fantastic and has shown that VRs are happy to use the website to ease coordination workload for promotions etc.

A real winner

Margaret Ryan was the lucky luncher to win a Dendy Premium movie voucher.  Margaret had RSVPed via the web site and so was given 2 tickets in the draw.  Future social lunch functions are expected to be exclusively via the website.

For info about the next lunch > Read more  Continue reading →

New useful information websites

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Vintage Reds have long been concerned that the concentration of media ownership in Australia leads to overly conservative press.

Some time ago we started collecting websites that we found to be useful for gaining a more balanced view of issues of interest in Australia and the world in general.

A couple of good new sites have just been added to our list –

http://www.aldaily.com/  
http://www.jubileeaustralia.org/ 

A L Daily (Arts & Letters Daily) is a cornucopia of ideas, criticism, culture, history, disputes etc.  Short descriptions of a huge range of articles, opinion pieces and publications.  This site is gold (even if it can consume your entire day!).

Jubilee Australia began as a movement of ordinary people speaking out against the injustice of ‘third world’ debt. More than a decade later it remains a critical voice in Australia, and a dynamic member of the international movement for global justice.  They seem most active in relation to their ‘Voices of Bougainville’ report.

To see the consolidated list of suggested websites, sign up.

February 2015 Speakers

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The Vintage Reds welcomed Libby Hay (CPSU), Naomi Brooks (UnionsACT) and Chris Cooper (Fair Go for Canberra) to the meeting.

Between them the speakers outlined the campaigns currently running and planned for the rest of the year. These involved volunteer teams to run stalls, phone bank calls, and kitchen table conversations.Fair_Go_for_Canberra_logo_2015.jpeg

Libby spoke about the Save Medicare campaign, and how privatisation of Medicare and Veterans’ Affairs systems was the first stage towards privatisation of both agencies. What are the possible consequences of so much public data being handed over to private contractors?

Naomi and Chris spoke on the Fair Go for Canberra campaign.  Many of the issues being covered arose from the 2014 Budget.

Report on Vintage Reds Lunch Thursday 26th @ the RUC Turner

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What a fantastic time!  I think the Penster said it best > “It was very pleasant – good food and company and a very pleasant setting.”

Eleven intrepid VRs enjoyed a very pleasant lunch & the RUC got 2 new members!

Saturday arvo was also interesting at the RUC.  It was pumping with the Canberra City Pipe & Drum Band performing & some strange function with some dressed to the 9’s, & some to the 0’s (we think ‘Pretty in Pink’ may have been a theme for some & the young bearded wonders looked a bit strange in the pink dresses!).  There also seemed to be a group sporting green attire!

Almost a bit  too interesting!

We hear that there are going to be a few changes to the menu, so we may consider the RUC again for March’s lunch.

Stay tuned for future details . . .

Dennis Gazlay