Upcoming Aboriginal Rights Coalition Events

Fundraiser to Support Lex Wotton Friday October 3rd
7:30pm for 8pm start
Ahimsa House
26 Horan St, West End
Day of Action 1pm
Saturday October 4th
Parliament House
George St, City
Peoples Review of the Northern Territory Intervention12:30pm
Kurilpa Hall
174 Boundary St, West End
Saturday October 11th

Ciaron O’Reilly — the Irish essays

Correspondence from Ciaron

N16 08 – Approx 50 folks gathered at Dublin’s Teachers Club for a Sunday evening of reflection on the Catholic Worker movement.… Go to Article

Afghanistan – Taliban Country

Documentary screening……..

Winner of the Walkley Award &
IF Glenfiddich “Independent Spirit Awards” Finalist

Carmela Baranowska’s “Taliban Country” is a rare and damning insight into what U.S.

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On the wane

by Jim Sharp

but in the meantime
the earth trembles beneath
the foundations stones
tearing at the charter laid down
by the empires founding fathers

spectral ancestors & decadent descendants
screech & howl & squeal like terrified
stuck pigs at slaughter as the bare bones
edifice along with all their dreams of a
worldwide imperium disintegrate painfully

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WorkLife Forum: trade unions in 21st century

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‘On the Crisis’ — Humphrey McQueen

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows

— Leonard Cohen

Publisher’s Note

Published below are a series of articles about the current crisis in capitalism by Humphrey McQueen ‘to remind people of what used to be obvious’.… Go to Article

Forum – Fighting for Union Rights under Labor

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NUCLEAR FREE QUEENSLAND WORKSHOP & STRATEGY WEEKEND

Queensland Nuclear Free Alliance

PO Box 5829 West End Q 4101

Mobile 0411 118 737

www.nuclearfreequeensland.org

WHAT: NUCLEAR FREE QUEENSLAND WORKSHOP & STRATEGY WEEKEND

WHEN: Saturday November 1st and Sunday November 2nd from 9.00am to 4.45pm each day.… Go to Article

Cuba Needs Your Help — HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORTS

Dear Australia-Cuba Friendship Society members and supporters,

Australia-Cuba Friendship Society UPDATE

HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORTS

At our last meeting we resolved to send money from our account to contribute to Hurricane relief in Cuba, once a suitable avenue was established.… Go to Article

Group of 17 — New Feminism: hindsights and futures

This month’s topic is New Feminism: hindsights and futures .

Maria O”Neill and Jim Prentice will lead discussion around the impact of new feminism on Australian life and lives over the past 40 years and its potential use in making futures we might want to be in.… Go to Article

Direct Action at Raytheon in Brisbane

EXORCISING RAYTHEON —

[Editor’s Note: Raytheon actually has offices in one of Brisbane’e oldest suburbs at Murrarie!]

The Raytheon Corporation is the world’s larger producer of guided missiles including the infamous cruise missile, which was used heavily in the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.… Go to Article

Myths of War and Liberation

GOMA screens Paisà [Paisan] by Rossellini

Roberto Rossellini’s film, Paisà , exposes myths of war in this case during the American Army’s ‘liberation’ of Italy in 1944 and 1945.… Go to Article

Trade Unionism in Australia: A History from Flood to Ebb Tide

BLHA members and friends,
You are cordially invited to attend the launch of BLHA member Tom Bramble’s book, Trade Unionism in Australia: A History from Flood to Ebb Tide:

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The Rise and then the Fall

The Rise and then the Fall by Ian Curr — Print friendly PDF

This year, 2008, everyone has been talking about the fall of the stock markets around the world — “more than a third wiped off the market” says the ABC’s finance pundit, Alan Kohler.… Go to Article

Bert & Norma Nord — two of the old comrades

Norma Nord struggled for many years in the peace movement, more particularly in the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom.… Go to Article

Iraqi people hit by targeted killing

The US military and their political supporters in the Australian government and defence forces are claiming that it is the surge in troop numbers that has ‘pacified’ the country.… Go to Article

Hypersonic Weapons being made at UQ!

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities” -Voltaire… Go to Article

FOCO NUEVO in September ’08

Jumping Fences invites you to Foco Nuevo where we continue to present a mix of musical styles that extends the folk tradition.… Go to Article

Resisting War / Creating Peace

Resisting War / Creating Peace – Organise against the Land War Conference

Between 27 and 31 October, 2008 the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre will be playing host to Land Warfare Conference 2008. … Go to Article

Frameworks of Flesh – Builders’ Labourers Battle for Health and Safety

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New industral laws under the ALP

BT’s podcast of ABC report of Julia Gillard’s IR speech at the National Press Club 17 Sept 2008

Fair Work Australia — The following comment(s) from Julia Gillard on Unfair Dismissal:

“In the past small business operators have raised genuine concerns about the impact of unfair dismissal laws on their business activities.

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Call for Royal Commission on Refugees

4 Corners Program confirms need for Royal Commission

Monday night’s 4 Corners report demonstrates that Australia’s refugee policy cannot be swept under the carpet with a few cosmetic changes.… Go to Article

Exhibition: Last Indigenous Maya Lenca of El Salvador

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The Struggle for Palestine: an eyewitness account

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Songs of Work and Protest — inspired by Martin Luther King

The Promised Land

Phil Monsour sings “The Promised Land” which is based on Martin Luther King’s speech about Civil Rights in America (‘I had a dream’) which you can view below.… Go to Article

Aboriginal Land Rights — short films

Gary Foley on Land Rights

YouTube – Alex Bond interviews Gary Foley.… Go to Article

Federal Government wants climate change with no change

Prof Ross Garnaut told about 1000 people assembled in the Brisbane City Hall on 11 July 2008 that the ‘centrepiece of our [the federal government] response to climate change is an Emissions Trading Scheme [ETS].… Go to Article