Cities for Everyone
Beyond neoliberal urbanism, the future of public life and space Saturday August 29, 11AM start Saturday August 29, Borderlands Cooperative, Footscray (Bluestone Hall, 32A Pickett Street) Organised by: People’s Plan for Footscray Supported by: Footscray Community Response, Borderlands Cooperative Why this gathering Throughout Australian cities, as the housing crisis and economic divide grows, local and state governments are enacting policies and…
Public rally for a data centre moratorium
Sunday August 9, 2pm Hansen Reserve Roberts Street West Footscray Melbourne communities are gathering in West Footscray on August 9 as part of a national call for a moratorium on AI data centre developments across Australia. Borderlands Cooperative and community groups including Citizens of Tottenham are calling for a pause on new approvals and construction on existing projects until governments legislate…
Solidarity Cities Reading Group
Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation by Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Stephen Healy and Craig Borowiak. Held at the People’s Place, Borderlands Cooperative On Monday evenings August– November, 2026, 7-8:30pm (see schedule below) This reading group aims to bring together interested locals to read and think together about the alternative futures of Footscray. The book Solidarity Cities draws on research…
Call for a Moratorium on Victoria’s Data Centre Build Out
Organising Meeting, Wednesday July 1, 6.30pm at the People’s Place Borderlands Cooperative Data Centres are popping up everywhere in the Western Suburbs without anything approaching adequate public scrutiny. Our State Government has drunk the AI Kool-Aid. It is overriding local democratic controls to position Victoria at the cutting edge of a big tech dystopia. Data Centres consume vast amounts of electricity,…
St John’s Food Program
Borderlands Cooperative is grateful for the support we receive from St John’s in Footscray. It’s not only a shared physical home for us, but also a shared mission of sorts. If we were to make use of Gustavo Gutierrez’s theology of liberation, we would say we share a similar “option” for the exploited and oppressed, intentionally aligning our actions, resources, and…