Although I wasn’t invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn’t invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either – Jesse Owens

Where support for racist apartheid was strongest in Australia — in Queensland — the resistance was strongest too.… Go to Article

Gazelles like to die among their people. Falcons don’t care where they die. – Ghassan Kanafani, Men in the Sun : A novel: Three men die in a strange way.… Go to Article

“The day of the political street march is over. Anybody who holds a street march, spontaneous or otherwise, will know they are acting illegally … don’t bother applying for a march permit.… Go to Article

This is the second major government attack on Aboriginal sovereignty in Brisbane Magan-djin in the past 15 years. The first came in 2012, when hundreds of police moved on the Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy at Musgrave Park.… Go to Article

Friday, 29 May 2026
The Goori Embassy at Barambin / Victoria Park is under attack by Queensland Police. Brisbane City council are clearing the camp that has been resisting the destruction of land to be used for the 2032 Olympic Games.… Go to Article

After bad weather forced us to cancel our May Foco Nuevo, we’re really pleased to reschedule the Combined Unions Choir for our June Foco Nuevo, along with Rebecca Wright, joining Jumping Fences (in duo format!).… Go to Article

“But right now, the Greens are stagnating, and there’s no evidence that’s suddenly going to change unless the party shakes up its approach.… Go to Article

This is a review of Trump’s deal leaves Iran in the driver’s seat by Laura Tingle, ABC 7.30 25 May 26

Firstly, we should not conceive of what is happening in the Middle East as a matter of winners and losers.… Go to Article

Sam Watson welcome home to Magan-djin after Global Sumud Flotilla aid mission to Gaza.

Sam Watson was welcomed home to Magan-djin by around 70 supporters at Brisbane Domestic Airport yesterday after a terrible ordeal on the high seas and in detention at the hands of genocidal Israeli soldiers.… Go to Article

While the Queensland Council of Unions has announced its latest industrial campaign around wages, it seems seriously out of touch with the mood of the broader struggle unfolding across Australia.… Go to Article

My preferred option is for nothing to change – the impacts outweigh any benefits in my opinion! – Trevor Berrill, renewables engineer and wind surfer, May 2026

We post this report on a planned boat harbour at Wellington Point.… Go to Article

I stood in an olive grove in Beita,
And witnessed a killing at close range.
I returned carrying that memory with me,
And nothing I’ve known has been quite the same.… Go to Article

The Global Sumud Flotilla has held a press conference in Türkiye following the release and deportation of international activists kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces on the high seas while attempting to sail humanitarian aid to Gaza.… Go to Article

Supporters of the Sumud flotilla gathered outside the office of the federal Member for Moreton, on Quandamooka land, on Thursday morning demanding action over the detention of Aboriginal activist Sam Watson by Israeli forces during a humanitarian mission to Gaza.… Go to Article

Background

The seat of Stafford was held by my chemistry teacher’s son, Terry Gygar. He was what you might have called a “Menzies Catholic” — that is, someone aligned with the Liberal Party because Menzies provided subsidies to help Catholics educate their children.… Go to Article

NSW police commissioner recants on violent arrests

Following Police Commissioner Lanyon’s recantation on public radio, the lawyer of Palestinian Australian man Eyad Shadid, Nick Hanna, was informed that the police prosecutor had told Downing Centre Local Court that it was dropping the charges pressed against his client in respect of his actions during the Herzog protest, and this was due to the review finding the charges had been laid under an unconstitutional law.… Go to Article

From the river (redacted under Queensland government directive), run with us until Palestine is free!

26 people have been arrested in QLD so far publicly supporting Palestine, charged under Crisafulli’s prohibited expressions laws.… Go to Article

This short summary arose out of a discussion with a renewable energy expert, Trevor Berrill, about the SEQEB disoute of 1985.… Go to Article

Key info for saving our biggest irreplaceable inner city heritage park! 🌳✊🏽🌳
It’s not too late to save it from LNP destruction and sale.… Go to Article

An initiative of BDS youth Magan-djin

Sam Watson is a First-Nations Flotilla Participant from so-called Australia, sailing out of deep solidarity with the Palestinian people and the shared struggle for self-determination.… Go to Article

The 15th of May marks the forced expulsion and displacement of 700,000 thousand Palestinians during the conflict that created the State of Israel in 1948.… Go to Article

Here is a sample police set of facts for an arrest on 18 April of a defendant under the new anti-semitism laws in Queensland.… Go to Article

the very first Australians around
the very first people to be down
and why we fight, is to be recognised
only to be failed by your blind eyes
yes, only to be failed by your blind eyes
– Brisbane Blacks by Mop and the Dropouts

I do not like to hear how backward Queensland is politically.… Go to Article

We have to grasp, as Marx and Adam Smith did, that corporations are not concerned with the common good. They exploit, pollute, impoverish, repress, kill, and lie to make money.… Go to Article

“An anti–Semite used to be a person who disliked Jews. Now it is a person who Jews dislike.”… Go to Article