Workers Bush Telegraph

The right to strike, strikes and workers’ control

Workers BushTelegraph — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:38:15 +0000

‘The right to strike, strikes and workers’ control’. Speech by Chris White at ACTU Congress fringe event 2012. Unionists need to organise for the right to strike, for the effective strike and for workers’ control. 1. Unions’ … Continue reading →

Justice4Palestine—photos of Nakba action/next meeting

Workers BushTelegraph — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:32:27 +0000

Hi everyone, Here’s a link to some great photos of yesterday’s action to commemorate Al Nakba: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.360619227336411.85261.100001650097091&type=1 The next Justice for Palestine meeting is next Wednesday (May 23), 6:30pm at 8 Gillingham St, Woolloongabba. solidarity, KC Filed under: Aboriginal Struggle, … Continue reading →

From little things, big things grow

Workers BushTelegraph — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:43:03 +0000

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Al Nakba

Workers BushTelegraph — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:17:54 +0000

Salam all There will be no meeting this week as it is Al-Nakba (the “Catastrophe”), an international commemoration of the ethnic cleansing of 750,000 Palestinians in 1948. Most of us will be attending a remembrance rally in the city this … Continue reading →

Musgrave Park — Sovereignty!

Workers BushTelegraph — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:41:34 +0000

In 1998 the Qld government handed over a section of land at Musgrave Park to the Yaggera people. FOLLOWING a struggle that lasted more than 20 years, the Musgrave Park Aboriginal Corporation (MPAC) secured a portion of Musgrave Park in … Continue reading →

PUBLIC FORUM: 20 years too long: why mandatory detention must end

Workers BushTelegraph — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:28:18 +0000

Dear supporters of refugee rights, You may be aware that the 20th anniversary of the introduction of mandatory detention passed about a week ago. The Refugee Action Collective is marking this doleful occasion with a public meeting on Saturday 19th … Continue reading →

Greece 15-40% pay cut

Workers BushTelegraph — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:11:47 +0000

Collective agreement continuance expires today; hundreds of thousands of private sector workers face 15-40% wage decrease As mainstream national and international media occupy themselves with the forming of a coalition government, an extremely significant story has received little coverage in … Continue reading →

URGENT: Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy supporters needed at Musgrave Park

Workers BushTelegraph — Mon, 14 May 2012 08:51:02 +0000

Brisbane City Council to try to forcibly remove Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy supporters urgently needed at Musgrave Park 14 May 2012 Brisbane City Council has turned its back on negotiations with the Brisbane Sovereign Embassy over its right to exist in … Continue reading →

Police amass at James Price in the Kimberley after Mothers Day protest by 600 outside Broome Police Station – Save the pristine Kimberley

Workers BushTelegraph — Mon, 14 May 2012 08:32:44 +0000

by Gerry Georgatos Today, Monday May 14, after yesterday’s peaceful protest by 600 folk outside Broome Police Station, police are amassing in large numbers at Blacktank camp access route – to ensure Woodside Petroleum geophysical site work for the proposed … Continue reading →

Driven by competition with China, US escalates military presence in Australia

Workers BushTelegraph — Sun, 13 May 2012 06:35:23 +0000

by Alison Thorne U.S. President Obama and Australian Prime Minister Gillard shake hands and cement an alliance to boost the U.S. military presence in Asia. Plans include a new military base in Darwin, and joint military exercises in Australian waters. … Continue reading →

Recognise the traditional owners of Musgrave Park

Workers BushTelegraph — Sun, 13 May 2012 02:32:21 +0000

The Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Alderman Graham Quirk, has done his council and the people of this city a disservice by his failure to seek a genuine accommodation with the traditional owners of Musgrave Park over the Tent Embassy. In … Continue reading →

IWW – then and now

Workers BushTelegraph — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:11:10 +0000

By Humphrey McQueen Given the parlous condition of the organised labour movement, it is hardly surprising that attempts are underway to revive the IWW (Wobblies – Industrial Workers of the World). My impulse is to send off the annual dues … Continue reading →

Brisbane Mayor to attend Embassy at Musgrave Park

Workers BushTelegraph — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:20:50 +0000

URGENT THE LORD MAYOR ( CR. GRAHAM QUIRK ) IS ATTENDING THE GENERAL MEETING AT THE EMBASSY (Musgrave Park, South Brisbane) ON SATURDAY 12TH. AT 10AM TO TALK TO THE EMBASSY STAFF & COMMITTEE ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE OF THE … Continue reading →

LONDON – Solidarity with Nonviolent Resistance to Military Base Construction on Je Ju Island, South Korea

Workers BushTelegraph — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:36:01 +0000

LONDON – Wed May 9th 2pm-5pm *Gather outside the South Korean Embassy in Solidarity with Nonviolent Resistance to Military Base Construction on Je Ju Island, South Korea Wed May 9th 2pm-5pm Peace activists, Catholic Workers & Veterans for Peace UK, … Continue reading →

What’s the plan, comrades?

Workers BushTelegraph — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:58:31 +0000

I got a call from a friend this week asking if I had seen the front page of Wednesday’s Australian. It was covering the 2012 Federal Budget. His wife had rung him from work saying have a look at the … Continue reading →

Radical Memory Collective

Workers BushTelegraph — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:51:23 +0000

PRESENTS FREE FILMS At Brisbane City Council Library, Brisbane Square Saturday, 19th May Community Room, Ground Floor 1:30—2:30 p. m FREE VOICE OF LABOUR Tells the history of the Jewish Anarchist workers’ newspaper that was published for 87 years in … Continue reading →

The Australian prison system has failed — warehouses of illness & death.

Workers BushTelegraph — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:21:49 +0000

Bring on Bastoy for starters by Gerry Georgatos PhD researcher Australian Deaths in Custody, Masters Social Justice Advocacy, Masters Human Rights Education If you want to know the hearts and minds of a nation, of its consciousness, of its legislators, … Continue reading →

Swimming Free Palestine!

Workers BushTelegraph — Wed, 09 May 2012 03:56:18 +0000

http://youtu.be/PoxogaYsDDs

Swimming Palestine Emad, Gareth and I walked to the starting line at Wategos beach, near the Byron Bay lighthouse. As we entered the water with the other swimmers, the race organisers called off the race because of treacherous conditions. Loud speakers announced that we would be 'swimming at your own risk'. We swam anyway. Many other swimmers did the same. As we rounded the point at Wategos, Emad was dumped by a two metre wave and had to be rescued. We wish to thank the selfless swimmers who kept Emad afloat until the Surf Life savers arrived in their Zodiac. Gareth and I continued swimming wide of the big breaking waves. I came across Gareth at one point yelling out to him above the sound of the waves and a nearby surf boat - as Gareth took each breath in mid-stroke he replied 'Free Palestine, Free, Free Palestine'. About one kilometre further on we arrived near main beach at Byron Bay where we were both hammered by big breaking waves. Gareth's googles were wiped off his face and my swimming cap with the Palestinian Flag emblem was lost in the cauldron along with one of my flippers. Gareth and I walked up the beach alongside others swimmers saying how their legs had cramped up as they came into the beach. We returned to the stall where Maxine had spent the last hour engaging with people asking questions about Palestine and the campaign by MECA to provide clean drinking water to children in the West Bank. We were happy to be re-united with Emad who told the story of the bravery of the swimmers who saved him in the big swell. In his words he said 'I drowned'. But he was saved! Some time later two young girls in swimming costumes came up to the stall holding my Palestinian flagged swimming cap lost in the sea about 20 minutes earlier. Maxine yelled out 'Ian, these girls found your cap!" I turned and asked how they knew the cap was mine. The 11 year old girl with braces on her teeth said she and her friend saw the flag flying high on the foreshore and looked at the flag on the cap and put two-and-two together. Gareth said: 'What are the chances of that happening!" and Maxine rewarded the girls with a sumptuous home made cake. Thanks girls! We are swimming to raise money for the Middle East Childrens’ Alliance so Palestinian kids can have clean drinking water despite Israel’s best efforts to desiccate them. You can sponsor us by making donations at MECA to help meet the basic needs of Palestinian children and give them opportunities to learn, play, and envision a better future. Go to https://www.mecaforpeace.org A special thank you to Gareth and Maxine for making this small contribution to Palestinian kids lives possible. Free Palestine!

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Proposal to start a Brisbane University Staff & Students Assembly

Workers BushTelegraph — Wed, 09 May 2012 02:14:21 +0000

To our friends We are writing to you to announce the formation of, and invite you to participate in, the Brisbane University Staff & Students Assembly. BUSSA plans to be a city-wide organisation where workers and students from all universities … Continue reading →

“Al Nakba” – 15th May

Workers BushTelegraph — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:09:46 +0000

“Al Nakba” is the name for the day that marks the start of the dispossession, ethnic cleansing, apartheid… for the Palestinian people, officially commencing in 1948. It’s commemorated each year on the 15th May. Al Nakba is the Pealestinian equivalent … Continue reading →