Free Speech Fund Appeal

In early March the police attacked a peaceful pro-choice protest in Brisbane as we spoke out against the anti-abortion bigots.… Go to Article

This decision is as outrageous as the cowardly decision taken by the queensland dpp in the mulrunji doomadgee death on palm island in 2004.… Go to Article

As Venezuela’s neighbour it is important for those interested in solidarity with Venezuela to understand what is happening in Colombia as well.… Go to Article

[Aboriginal News]
I have just sent the following message to GetUp through the online contact email at http://www.getup.org.au:

“I have a deep objection to one of the Forestry principles in your current campaign.… Go to Article

The Trouble With Alice

{Editors note: Please see below excerpts from an excellent article by Jennifer Mills 8 June 2010 in The New Matilda.… Go to Article

Dear friends,

Please find attached a campaign newsletter from the Pro-Choice Action Collective – featuring reports about the growing national support for the campaign against the abortion charges in Cairns.… Go to Article

How I was summoned to the Knesset

by Ram Cohen
Ynet Hebrew, June 18 2010
http://www.mynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3907144,00.html
Translation Adam Keller

On Monday, June 21, I am to appear before the Knesset Education Committee and the Minister of Education, Mr.… Go to Article

Hi friends and comrades,

A message from Merv Langford who was closely involved in organising the community vigils in Brisbane during the Israeli assault on Gaza last year.… Go to Article

You are invited to a meeting on Wednesday the 23rd of June at 7pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St, to be addressed by two visiting left scholars who are briefly in Brisbane, Peter Thomas, recently the author of The Gramscian Moment and well-known to many of those who were familiar with Brisbane radical politics in the nineties, and Sara Farris, who is well-known for her work on Weber and on Italian political theorists.… Go to Article

Solidarity forum:

THE ROOTS OF AUSTRALIAN RACISM

Guest Speaker: Phil Griffiths, Academic and Historian

The recent hysteria around refugee boats has brought back some of the worst bigotry of the Howard years.… Go to Article

Veteran Group disgusted by patronising rhetoric about soldiers’ deaths

The Australian-based veterans group Stand Fast today rejected recent statements made by Defence Minister John Faulkner regarding the recent tragic deaths in Afghanistan of Australian soldiers.… Go to Article

WORLD REFUGEE DAY

Rally and march for refugee rights

End the freeze on asylum seeker claims.

End mandatory detention.

Say no to another Tampa election.… Go to Article

hello,

there is a Winter Solstice festival being held at the Northey Street City Farm (in Windsor) tomorrow, Sat June 19.… Go to Article

Let’s Boycott the State of Origin

Wait a minute… listen to what I am saying.

Timana Tahu should be in the State of Origin NSW team.… Go to Article