The Paradigm Shift on Food
eliza, thomas and sarah
September 22nd, 2009
This week ‘The Paradigm Shift’ looked at food, production and consumption generally.… Go to Article
Month: September 2009
FOCO NUEVO in September 09
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[“Al Otro Lado Del Rio” (In The Other Side Of The River) the theme song to The Motorcycle Diaries by Jorge Drexler]
Apologies for the high sound levels on the recordings.… Go to Article
Reviews of Palestinian Days Films
The Palestinian Days film festival, Brisbane,
6pm Fri to Sunday, October 16-18, 2009
Schonell Theatre, University of QLD
Sponsored by Justice for Palestine and the Palestinian Association of QLD
Reviews
by Pam Rosengren
‘Lemonade’ , a short film which came out of a storytelling workshop for the children of a refugee camp.… Go to Article
‘Killing no Murder’
The factory-owners of the time formed a “trade union” to resist the factory legislation, the so-called “National Association for the Amendment of the Factory Laws”, based in Manchester, which collected a sum of more than £50,000 in March 1855 from contributions on the basis of 2 shillings per horse-power, to meet the legal costs of members prosecuted by the factory inspectors and conduct their cases on behalf of the Association.… Go to Article
50 Years ago: Brisbane Peace activist, Norma Chalmers, met Chairman Mao
“In Politics there is no such thing as the Centre” —visiting Guatemalan revolutionary, Walter Felix, at the TLC [QCU, sic] Brisbane in September 2009.… Go to Article
Review: Dagworth Day – the musical
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.… Go to Article
Seeing through Empire’s clothes
Dear all,
the conference �Seeing through Empire�s New Clothes: extending strategies for anticapitalist struggle against the economic crisis� is coming up on September 12-13 (next weekend), starting at 10am .… Go to Article
Protected: Support Iraqi family shot by Australian soldier!
Protest against more settlements in Palestine
Editor’s Note: It is interesting that these marches are being led
by secular groups such as The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Democratic Front.Victorian Union’s rally to demand "Best Practice" National OHS Laws
by Peter Curtis AEU
7,000 workers marched on the Victorian Parliament, and a further thousand in Geelong, calling on the Brumby ALP Government to pressure their federal counterparts to make the best Occupational Health and Safety laws possible through the national ‘harmonisation’ process.… Go to Article
East Timor: 10 years since the vote for freedom
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Direct Action public forum
East Timor: 10 years since the vote for freedom
Hear long time solidarity activist, Jon Lamb and East Timorese community member, Alfonso Corte Real speak about the significance of the 1999 independence referendum and the present situation in East Timor.
