Inter-faith Memorial Service for Peace in Gaza

‘I Have a Million Nightingales’
Text adapted from the poetry of Palestinian writer Mahmoud Darwish, tune by Linda Hirschhorn
I Have a million nightingales on the branches of my heart,
I Have a million nightingales on the branches of my heart,
Singing freedom, freedom, freedom,
Singing freedom, freedom, freedom!… Go to Article

Foco Nuevo 30th January 2009

JUMPING FENCES

NOEL GARDENER
& ALEX BRIDGES

SUE WIGHTON & WAYNE JENNINGS

AHIMSA HOUSE
26 Horan Street, West End
Friday 30th January
8.00 p.m.… Go to Article

Invasion Day 2010

Click below for the Invasion Day podcast from the Paradigm Shift (thanks to Eliza and the makers of that program broadcast on 4ZZZ] It includes speeches and interviews of Murri activists in Brisbane who, each year since 1972 in Brisbane, celebrate their survival of colonial invasion and settlement in Australia in 1788.… Go to Article

Brisbane people Rally for Justice in Palestine

by Ray Bergmann

A rally was held at Queens Park in Brisbane on Saturday 17^th January 2009 to protest the Israeli attacks on Gaza following a six month siege, which is part of a century-long continuing Zionist colonial project of ethnic cleansing and politicide of the Palestinian people in collaboration with Great Britain and the United States.… Go to Article

No Australian support for Israel! Protest at Rudd’s office

UmmahMedia put together these videos of the protest at Rudd’s office on Thursday Jan 15, 12 noon, Morningside in Brisbane.… Go to Article

Free Palestine Rallies and Marches, January 2009, Brisbane

Here are the speeches at the Rally on 10 Jan 2009:

Here are the chants and speeches during the march:

ummahmedia has put together this excellent coverage of the Brisbane Gaza Rally and March on 10 Jan 2009

Part 1… Go to Article

‘Justice for Palestine’ speaks

Brisbane to continue to protest attacks on Gaza

Press Release, Friday 9^th January 2009

People from all walks of life including members of Brisbane’s Palestinian community along with supporters of Palestinian freedom and social justice will gather in Queens Park in the city on Saturday
10^th January 2009 at 12.30 pm to protest Israel’s invasion of Gaza and to highlight the shocking humanitarian crisis that is a result of Israel’s continued murderous attacks on the people of Gaza.… Go to Article

Celebrate 50 years of the Cuban Revolution

The Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (Brisbane) invites you to

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Israel lies about assault on Gaza

Israel is only targeting legitimate military sites and is seeking to protect innocent lives. Israel never targets civilians.

The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated pieces of property in the world.… Go to Article

Free Free Palestine – Queens Park Rally, 3 Jan 2009, Brisbane

A rally of about 400 people (one person for every life lost in Gaza) gathered in Queens Park to protest the human rights abuses by the Israeli government in Palestine.… Go to Article