The Chess Olympiad is one of the biggest sporting events in the world, with over 200 countries competing this year.
Letting Israel participate in major sports events allows them to engage in sportswashing of their reputation and to project an image of normality to the world while they commit genocide and apartheid.… Go to Article
Big Ride for Palestine Australia: A Photographic Archive
The Big Ride for Palestine began in the United Kingdom in 2015. One of the participants returned to Australia and, inspired by the experience, helped establish the Big Ride for Palestine Australia in 2017.… Go to Article
Wilkerson alleges Saudi complicity in September 11 attacks
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson has alleged that senior Saudi figures were complicit in the September 11 attacks and that successive United States administrations concealed relevant evidence.… Go to Article
The crucial thing about Australia’s population is that the decisive factor has not been migration. It has been the White Australia policy, colonisation, wars, pandemics and global financial shocks — from the Great Depression to the Global Financial Crisis of 2008.… Go to Article
In a 19 September 2026 interview with Glenn Diesen, Professor Richard Wolf said that “Elon Musk turned to space exploration to avoid being stymied by the fossil-fuel automobile industry impeding the development and adoption of electric vehicles in the USA.”.… Go to Article
I would describe myself as a feminist,
The “I Am Anna” refers to the Anna Stewart Memorial Project, a union leadership and training program organised in Queensland by the Queensland Council of Unions.… Go to Article
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”… Go to Article
A summary of Sachs’s historical account in his interview with Glenn Diesen
In his interview with Glenn Diesen, economist Jeffrey Sachs offers a broad historical narrative extending from approximately 1750 to the present.… Go to Article
The communist delegates walked out of the Socialist Party Congress at the Teatro Goldoni and made their way through the rain to this abandoned theatre (pictured below) .… Go to Article
In my lifetime, there have been three or four major struggles relating to democratic rights in Australia.
The first and most important has been the struggle in Queensland for Aboriginal people to no longer be governed under the Acts that forced them onto concentration camps.… Go to Article
Justice for Palestine Magan-djin
Total signatures: 4,678 at close on 15 September 2026
Eligibility: Residents of the State of Queensland
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.… Go to Article
PART 1
This photographic archive documents Palestine and Lebanon solidarity activity in Brisbane/Meanjin.… Go to Article
Very positive vibe at Kurilpa Derby yesterday. Cafes, people and info stalls all took the leaflets about the Justice for Palestine Magan-djin 🇵🇸 Not Our Laws campaign.… Go to Article
I met some members of Ananda Marga at the Kurilpa Derby today and at the West End markets yesterday, and they told me about a great fundraising event they’ve organised through AMURT — the Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team — in support of Gaza.… Go to Article
12 September 2026
There is a growing question for Coles customers and workers at the Coorparoo Coles: what surveillance technology is operating inside the store, what information is being collected, and who has access to it?… Go to Article
Khalil’s story
Mr Justice Tom Sullivan has ruled this week that the Brisbane City Council’s Ethics Committee misread the ethics provisions of the relevant legislation when it ruled against Greens Councillor for the Gabba Ward, Trina Massey.… Go to Article
“(Foco Nuevo) is about keeping the connections of community and friendship alive” and “hope knocking at our door” – Sue Monk, Jumping Fences at September Foco Nuevo.… Go to Article
Here are some news items during the month of September 2026 of the United States and Israel’s war on West Asia.… Go to Article
‘The uprising (1936-39) itself arose only after non-violent resistance through petitions, protests, strikes, and boycotts was met with violent punishments.’… Go to Article
Robert E. Stripling, HUAC’s chief investigator, asked Lawson:
“Mr. Lawson, are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist Party of the United States?”… Go to Article
In January 2025, Chris Hedges interviewed MIT PhD students Prahlad Lyengar and Richard Solomon about MIT’s documented links to Israeli military research, including work involving mathematical compression algorithms, artificial intelligence and Elbit Systems.… Go to Article
Australian Government provides military support for US ”act of war” against Iran
The United States has insisted that the UAE impose sanctions on Iran.… Go to Article
“Australia is a long way from anywhere” – Adjunct Professor Warwick Powell speaking at AUKUS Inquiry on 25 August 2026.… Go to Article
When the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) was formed in 1971, I was working on Fraser Island (K’gari) as a yardman at the Orchid Beach Resort.… Go to Article
Today I completed the Brisbane to Gold Coast bike ride with around 3,500 other riders.
I finished the ride in 3 hours and 13 minutes, averaging 31 kilometres an hour, with around 900 metres of climbing over the course of the ride.… Go to Article
A big thank you to ICRR in Read Street, Woolloongabba, for putting on the film Ningla A-Na La — Hungry for Our Land.… Go to Article
Enclosed here is a respectful but quite pointed letter, particularly because it’s recipient, Councillor Howard, is the Chair of Council’s Community and Arts Committee.… Go to Article
“….Though these women may never see Palestine, to embroider is to understand that in the world of cloth, and perhaps in reality, Ramallah and Hebron have different cyprus trees, Bethlehem and Jerusalem have different roses.… Go to Article
