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Why peace activists must work with climate change protesters and refugee advocates to prevent future wars ? Welcome to this edition of CICD’s Alternative News on Melbourne’s Community Radio station 3CR. My name’s Andrew and I have with me Bevan … Continue reading →

1       Night strike…. rubble at dawn (oh no)          Day light…. horror for home          In any god’s name take a long hard look          Where is it hidden in your sacred book? Ch     Why see the world through those … Continue reading →

Warning this video contains images of a person who has passed. Ross Watson was a Dawson River murri where Warabinda Mission stood for many years. His grandmother lived on the Dawson river prior to the mission being set up. His … Continue reading →

Paradigm Shift 4ZZZ FM 102.1 Fridays at noon … listen on demand at http://ondemand.4zzzfm.org.au/paradigm-shift The student strike for climate justice on 15 March 2019 demonstrated that there needs to be more contemporary issues discussed as part of public education. Political … Continue reading →

Mining Energy and Transport companies are the big tax dodgers. Banks pay tax. The worst offenders are the companies that state and federal governments privatised. These former public assets are used to make big profits and yet pay no tax. … Continue reading →

Dutch PM likens Theresa May to Monty Python’s limbless knight: ‘She goes on and on‘ Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte used a Monty Python movie reference to describe Theresa May’s tenacity on Brexit despite repeated defeats. “I have a lot … Continue reading →

The Maori community performing a traditional Haka at the end of the service at the Islamic College Karawatha, paying respects for their fallen sisters and brothers from Christchurch. Muslims all around the world have been struck a deep blow following … Continue reading →

On 15 March 2019 thousands of school kids marched down George Street Brisbane to demand Climate Action. These are the placards and chants that they made. Thanks to Lachlan Hurse (NTEU) for the excellent photos of people and placards. I … Continue reading →

Principal Petitioner Gary Duffy from EAST IPSWICH has called for a Commission of Inquiry into Deebing Creek Mission sale to developers. Please sign this petition and support the traditional owners at Deebing Creek; they can win this dispute and stop … Continue reading →

‘We’re not going to beat Big Money with more Big Money’ – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. What political system does AOC propose we organise towards? It was the centre that put the world in its current mess. The Great Society was built … Continue reading →

Chelsea Manning has been returned to jail for refusing to co-operate with US Grand Jury pursuing WikiLeaks+Julian Assange – who US/UK plan to Bury alive! Only 10 people gathered with Chelsea in solidarity as she returned to jail. Chelsea’s GrandDad … Continue reading →

Editor’s Note: Jim Beatson was a founding member of 4ZZZ, Australia’s first FM community radio station. Jim is out their still doing the business nearly 50 years later. It would be interesting to hear what his questions of the Premier … Continue reading →

Hard words rang across the factory floor Juan heard the sound of hate bitter words to injure a shout that sent the signal for the war to come– ‘Brisbane Barrio’ by Jumping Fences Disparity between rich and poor is growing. … Continue reading →

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold … – WB Yeats We have just heard that the UK parliament has rejected the Brexit compromise introduced by Prime … Continue reading →

Review: No Country for Revolutionaries: Italian Communists in Sydney 1971-1991: Their Activities, Policies and Liaison with the Italian and Australian Communist Parties. By Gianfranco Cresciani (Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2018), pp.ix- 185, AU$39.95 (pb). In his latest book, Gianfranco Cresciani, … Continue reading →

Cuba has become the latest country to enshrine the fight against climate change in its constitution — provoking a mixed response from the scientific community. In late February voters approved a new constitution that included amendmentsdirecting Cuba to “promote the … Continue reading →

Gila learned about the Nakba long before she was ever introduced to her own history with Israel. “I learned more about the Nakba from Israeli liberals than what they were willing to tell me about what Jews did to Jews, … Continue reading →

Women from the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society marched in solidarity with the women of Cuba in the Brisbane International Women’s Day Rally and March, held on Saturday 9th March. The rally celebrated the decriminalising of abortion in Queensland in late 2018, … Continue reading →

Thanks to Lachlan Hurse (NTEU) for capturing International Women’s Day 2019 in Brisbane/Meanjin in pictures.

LISTEN NOWThe fight for the future of union seafaring in Australia: Part 1The shipping industry and conservative governments have been systematically manipulating laws so that bosses can fire their MUA seafarers, and directly employ non-union seafarers from south-east Asia.  These … Continue reading →

The 2019 International Working Women’s Day throws a powerful spotlight on working women’s lives and struggles in a period of global resistance to the increasing burdens and exploitation of capitalism and US imperialist interventions, invasions and coups. International Working Women’s … Continue reading →

JUSTICE FOR REFUGEESPEACE NOT WARBRING THEM HERE Speakers include:Aran Mylvaganam, co-founded Tamil Council of AustraliaProfessor Susan Harris-Rimmer, Griffith UniversitySenator Larissa Waters, Australian Greens Join us on Palm Sunday to stand up for refugees. In the run up to the federal … Continue reading →

Maryborough like the rest of regional Queensland is in recession. Yet Minister Cameron Dick said today ‘The economy (is) on the march with all guns blazing’. I’m sure the pun was intended but the decision is mad. A $7.5 million … Continue reading →