Book Launch of Joanne Watson’s ‘Palm Island through a long lens’
Joanne Watson’s ‘Palm Island through a long lens’
“My people don’t need no introduction, we are the people you label with white dysfunction, our beauty, our pride you just don’t mention, I gotta ask, people, what’s your intention?”… Go to Article
Pro-Choice or No Choice
Benefit Gig
Featuring:
Pear & The Awkward Orchestra
Anarchist Duck
Ofa Fanaika (from Chocolate Strings)
Girl With Cake
Eden Must Burn
The Globe Theatre
220 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley
Saturday 17th April
Doors open from 7pm
Organised by the Pro-Choice Action Collective
All funds to the pro-choice campaign
Tickets: $15/$10 concession
Pre-sale tickets available at OzTix
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APRIL 2010
On the move again! Finding a home for Foco Nuevo has been elusive and, while we enjoyed the atmosphere at Souths and appreciated the cooperation of the venue managers, it proved not to be viable for the bar.… Go to Article
Reports on the ground in Palestine sound a warning.
Amidst all the diplomacy and protests, Israeli tanks re-enter Gaza. Israeli jets blow-up tunnels that provide a lifeline from Egypt.… Go to Article
Dear friends,
Please come along to the Struggle, Solidarity, Socialism evening – this Saturday evening at Kurilpa Hall in West End.… Go to Article
Editor’s Note: This same day that we publish Les Malezer’s email is ‘Close the Gap’ day.
It is worth reflecting on the society we live in, and how after all these years we still have a the life expectancy gap of 10 to 17 years between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-indigenous Australians.… Go to Article
After only 7 hours on Australian soil Palestinian Sameh Habeeb gave his eyewitness account of what happened during the assault and the ongoing siege of Gaza since December 2007.… Go to Article
MORE HYSTERIA and selective statistics will be splashed over the tabloids today [and the broadsheets (sic)]. Here care of Refugee Council are the real facts.… Go to Article
antipodeans conscience
turner wud sting albions
genteel conscience to the core
with his masterful slave ship painting
wholl take the antipodeans racialist throat?… Go to Article
by Les Malezer
Many recipients of this email [/readers] will not need to be reminded of Chicka Dixon and his impact on Aboriginal affairs.… Go to Article
September 22 deserves to be celebrated along with the centenary of Federation. On that day in 1951, defeat of the referendum to ban the Australian Communist Party confirmed that Australias temper would remain democratic.… Go to Article
Little sense on the Middle East
[This is a response to some of the arguments put on Lavartus Prodeo where most of the articles and most of the comments assume that a two state solution is more probable in the Palestine/Israel conflict.… Go to Article
[Aboriginal News]
It is imprudent to assess the workings of the legal system from the news stories alone, and without due regard for the merits of the case from both sides.… Go to Article
Mining windfall handed to union boss
March 18, 2010
A former union boss, John Maitland, has amassed a $9.8 million stake in a controversial coalmining project, after the state government granted an exploration permit through a deal which has been slammed as a favour to union mates.… Go to Article
It is apparent that the authorities* knew that Snr Sgt Hurley killed Mulrunji.
For if they did not know why did they withhold so much information that showed that Hurley is guilty.… Go to Article
Senate Inquiry Update
As you may be aware, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has referred the Anti-People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill to Senate Inquiry.… Go to Article
Sameh Habeeb, founder-editor of the Palestine Telegraph newspaper, will be conducting a national speaking tour (“Eyewitness from Gaza”), hosted by Socialist Alternative.… Go to Article
This is one woman’s account of finding the ordinary courage to fulfil her purpose, no matter what the odds.… Go to Article
This is a response to ‘Uncommon sense on Israel/Palestine from an interesting source’ on the blog, LarvatusProdeo.
I post it here because my reply seems to have been rejected on that site [It turns out they have now accepted my comment].… Go to Article
Corazon del Tiempo: The Heart of Time
A Zapatista Love Story
First ever Brisbane screening!
Turnstyle
Friday 12th March 7pm
10 Laura street Highgate Hill
$5 and refreshments and door prize!… Go to Article
| Nuclear-Free News and Events… fun and important things to do!
1) Women begin epic walk to Canberra with message of Peace – launch March 13 2) Make your voice heard on the nuclear waste dump! |
… Go to ArticleIf you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is tied up with mine, then let us work together.
: Choe Yong Sun North Korea (DPRK) b.1958 ‘The construction site’ 2005
Linocut on paper 65.5 x 52.5cm Collection Nicholas Bonner, Beijing —One of the exhibits from Nth Korea at GOMA’s APT6
I thought the GOMA exhibit from North Korea was very good and urge people to go and see it.… Go to Article
Queensland Palestine Association and Justice for Palestine (JFP) took an exhibition Logan West library at Browns Plains and hope it will create greater understanding of the Palestinian situation and its refugees.… Go to Article
"I (Phil) traveled from Jerusalem to Ramallah and meet four members of the Palestinian Legislative Council. On the return journey the check points were closed probably because of the street fighting around the El Aqsa Mosque after the occupation authorities closed the mosque and sent in the riot squad (or maybe just because they felt like doing it).… Go to Article
[Publisher’s Note: There is a reference in the story below to an agreement between Italy and Libya in June 2008, claiming that millions were paid by Berlusconi government for Gaddafi to turn back refugees fleeing Libya to Italy and beyond.… Go to Article
[Aboriginal News]
from Ray Jackson
Most of the facts of the death of Mulrunji Doomadgee are known. We all know that Hurley was responsible for Mulrunji’s death.… Go to Article
Palm Island: Through a Long Lens by Joanne Watson –
THE shock headlines in 2004 marked the first time most non- indigenous Australians had been alerted to the existence of Australia’s largest Aboriginal community, Palm Island.… Go to Article
