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Welcome to the Paradigm Shift on FM 102.1 4ZZZ Fridays at noon. We challenge the assumptions of our current society, to resist oppression … November 27, 2020. Following on from allegations of war crimes by Australian troops in Afghanistan Ian … Continue reading →

“Worst of all is that institutionalised sadism has proved to be electorally popular and oppositions are hesitant to attack it, so there is community acquiescence” – Barry Jones, former Minister in Hawke Government. Jones was National President of the ALP … Continue reading →

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Both Brisbane Mayors Quirk and Schrinner lied about resuming all those houses to reduce traffic congestion along Lytton road at East Brisbane. There may be marginal improvement for inbound traffic but there is even more congestion for inbound traffic. They … Continue reading →

In 2014, four Christian anti-war activists were assaulted and threatened by Australian SAS soldiers on Swan Island. Margaret Pestorious’s report is below. – Ed. WBT. SAS Soldiers Threatened and Assaulted Australian Citizens TooIn October that year, eight Australian peace activists … Continue reading →

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“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.” ― Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa , The Leopard On Paradigm Shift we discuss the Brereton report (released 19 Nov 2020) into war crimes committed by Australian … Continue reading →

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swimming in shark sealooking for memoryin pink early lightbetween devil deepand wide blue sea — from Strange Fruit by ian curr Point Lookout on Minjerriba is a poem of wind, of rain, of beautiful rocky outcrops, of whales in winter going … Continue reading →

For the second time in the last month there is video evidence of police making serious unprovoked attacks on refugee activists. The refugee solidarity activists are seeking to free people medivac’d to Australia from offshore detention by Christmas. Both activists … Continue reading →

Replacing a nursery and cafe with a petrol station. Really? Cr Fiona Cunningham is councillor for the ward and head of the Chair of the Environment, Parks and Sustainability Committee. Five easy questions that Cr Cunningham should be able to … Continue reading →

they are showinghow they definespoilsjusticelive to fightfight to live       – Daniel del Solar Yesterday I was speaking with an activist who was arrested at a picket outside the Aurizon (a coal carrier) building trying to block the export of coal … Continue reading →

November 13, 2020 John Jiggens, Greg Chipp (Drug Law Reform), James Baldwin (Essayist), and Barack Obama speak about the American Dream. This week’s Paradigm Shift features a 1965 speech by James Baldwin at the Oxford University Union where he presages … Continue reading →

Graeme, Lachlan and I climbed Mt Glorious yesterday. One thousand metres of climbing (elevation) and 33 kilometres distance (from Jolly’s Lookout). Only it was not so jolly for me! I had left my battery at home. So I did the … Continue reading →

“The whole country was trapped in a lie … We were the only truthtellers, as far as we could see. It seldom occurred to us to be afraid. We were sheathed in the fact of our position. It was partly … Continue reading →

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“His memory and beauty, we carry beyondHow long, how long will these killings go on?”– Kev Carmody Daniel Yock would still be in his prime if he had lived. Under the old tree on the corner of Russell and Edmonstone … Continue reading →

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I have received this letter about the 2020 constitutional changes from a Chilean comrade. He also sent these beautiful images of a Mapuche march in Santiago in 2004. The translation of the original Spanish to English appears in the table … Continue reading →

The Hiroshima Day Rally held on Tuesday 8 August 1967 began in the Old Brisbane Markets in Roma Street just below the Dental Hospital. Children played in puddles as a throng of 200 or so people gathered holding placards and … Continue reading →

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WBT looks forward to reading Robert Austin’s account of Cuba & Palestine titled “Cuba, Palestine and Israel: Forgotten Histories“. Just how can we forget the ongoing story of the Cuban revolution and the Palestinian struggle for a right of return … Continue reading →

NEWS FROM THE FRONTLINE OCTOBER 2020 It’s been another big month here on the climate frontlines. October began with another action disrupting work on Adani’s rail corridor – writer Ben Winch locking himself to a cattle grid on the road … Continue reading →

Why aren’t we making our own electric cars at the old Ford and GM plants that brought Australia into the the long boom in the 50s and 60s? We even had a big car plant at Eagle Farm that could have been re-tooled to make electric vehicles. The major parties would not heed the warning to shift to an economy based on sustainable manufacture in a land awash with solar and wind energy. Why not? Continue reading →