Veterans group says hidden casualties must be considered in war debate.

On Tuesday, 19^th October the Australian Parliament will debate Australian military involvement in the war and occupation of Afghanistan. Stand Fast, a group of veterans and former military personnel opposed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is calling on the debate to openly consider and recognise the hidden casualties of this war and the long term cost this has on communities.… Go to Article

China-Australia Union Liaison Visit- A Work Force Perspective

China-Australia Union Liaison Visit- A Work Force Perspective
Presented by Mr David Matters,Secretary of the Rail Tram and Bus Driving Union Bus Division.… Go to Article

Phil Monsour News and Information

October 30th Melbourne
The band will travel to Melbourne for the Concert for Palestine Saturday 30th of October MUA Hall 54 Ireland Street West Melbourne.… Go to Article

Guterres on Refugees and Afghan Unaccompanied Minors

This important speech was given by Antonio Guterres- Un High Commissioner for Refugees at Oxford.

The link below gives you complete speech during which he discusses the terrible treatment meted out to young Afghan unaccompanied minors UAMS fleeing for their lives.… Go to Article

Mapuche call for support

This call is from a comrade in Chile.

My friend has posted information to me about the Mapuche people which I include below.… Go to Article

Next ARC organising meeting 6.30pm Monday 18 October

Hi all

A reminder that the next ARC meeting will be 6.30pm Monday 18 October at the Trades and Labour Council, 16 Peel Street South Brisbane.… Go to Article

Australian unions call on ACTU to support BDS campaign

Dear all

Please forward to your contacts

Regards

David Forde

Labor 4A Just Palestine

Weekly update for week beginning 11/10/10

This week’s articles

· UN Protection of Civilians Weekly Report 6 October – 12 October

· Ma’an – Netanyahu `chose settlements over peace`

· Australian – Unions want ACTU to endorse protest plan against Israeli settlements

· New York Times – Smothered by Settlements

· Asharq – PA President Presents Four Alternatives to Arab Follow-Up Committee

· Washington Post – Palestinians counter Israeli offer on settlements

· Haaretz – Top 10 worst errors Israel is about to make

· Economist – Cheap gimmickry

· Haaretz – French, Spanish FMs: Lieberman violated every rule of diplomacy

· Haaretz – PA adopts textbook, banned in Israel, offering both sides’ narratives

· APHEDA Middle East Study Tour – Occupied Palestinian Territories, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan.… Go to Article

The Killer Cop and the murder of Donald Mackay

adforbook4.pdf… Go to Article

Organising Meeting – National Day of Action against Racist Kops

URGENT COMMUNITY NOTICE

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION

AGAINST RACIST KOPS

11AM

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH.

QUEENS PARK, BRISBANE CITY

RALLY AND MARCH

TO PARLIAMENT HOUSE

STOP DEATHS IN CUSTODY

NOW!!!… Go to Article

There Comes A Time When Change Is Possible -That Time Is Now- We Need Your Help

THERE COMES A TIME WHEN CHANGE IS POSSIBLE –THAT TIME IS NOW– WE NEED YOUR HELP

http://www.asrc.org.au/campaigns/1-get-kids-out-detention/

Get Children out of Detention

Detention is no place for a Child

“Children in detention exhibited symptoms including bed wetting, sleep walking and night terrors.

… Go to Article

“Taking on EDO with Octogenarian Quaker John and the New Kids on the Black Bloc” by Ciaron O’Reilly

***Slideshow from “Hammertime” EDO/ITT Brighton
http://www.demotix.com/news/473932/smash-edo-protest-ends-mass-arrests-brighton

“Taking on EDO with Octogenarian Quaker John and the New Kids on the Black Bloc”
by Ciaron O’Reilly (thanx to various websites!)

… Go to Article

Police instruct Tamils in Colombo to register their presence

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32787

Police instructs Tamils in Colombo to register their presence [TamilNet, Thursday, 14 October 2010, 05:08 GMT]

Sri Lanka police conducting a search in Narahenpitiya Flats in Colombo instructed the Tamil residents to register their presence anew with the police.… Go to Article

Refugee Man Dies During Deportation UK

Police investigate as man dies while being deported from UK

Angolan man, who was in custody of private security company, ‘taken ill’ on board plane at Heathrow

Paul Lewis and Matthew Taylor, guardian.co.uk,… Go to Article

Palestine: What We Are Not Hearing & How is Peace Possible?

Palestine: What We Are Not Hearing & How is Peace Possible?When: Wednesday October 27 2010 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Where: Undumbi Room, Parliamentary Annexe, Queensland Parliament, Cnr of George and Alice Streets, Brisbane, QLD, 4000

RSVP: 20th October 2010

Contact: Jodie

Anna Baltzer is coming to Brisbane with her acclaimed presentation about the conflict and what can be done to bring peace and justice to Israel/Palestine.

… Go to Article

Will Ms Moneypenny Wong reign in the madness?

Since 1975 Australian governments began the charge to sell off publicly owned and run enterprises.

They had accepted the dogma of the economic rationalists that enterprises should be privately run.… Go to Article

Afghanistan War Speak Out

A parliamentary debate on Afghanistan began on Tuesday October 19.

That evening a ‘speak out’ was held from in King George Square to support those politicians in federal parliament arguing to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.… Go to Article

A new place to explore Labor’s History

The Chifley Research Centre has launched http://www.laborhistory.org.au – a new resource to allow all interested Australians to take a fresh look at Labor’s History at a national level.… Go to Article

Pro-choice activists condemn Cairns abortion trial

Media release: 12 October 2010

Pro-choice activists have condemned the trial of a Cairns couple under Queensland’s anti-abortion laws. Pro-Choice Action Collective activist, Kathy Newnam who has attended the first morning of the trial said “this trial is an absolute disgrace.… Go to Article

The Queensland police: with honour we serve?

Media Release, Peter Pyke: 13 October 2010

In 1994 I told then-Queensland Premier Wayne Goss that ‘politicians thought they were pretty powerful but – in our system – it was the police who had all the power’.… Go to Article

The Nightmare – The Iraq Invasion’s Atrocities, Unearthing the Unthinkable

Felicity Arbuthnot’s article, ‘The Nightmare: The Iraq Invasion’s Atrocities, Unearthing the Unthinkable’, refers to ‘this first documentable U.S., U.K., genocide of the 21st century’.… Go to Article

QR National – where science meets spin

Queensland produces the largest amount of metallurgical or coking coal in the world.

Queensland Rail (QR) is the last publicly owned commercially viable freight rail system in Australian.… Go to Article

Gaza: To Shoot an Elephant

Synopsis

“…afterwards, of course, there were endless discussions about the shooting of the elephant. The owner was furious, but he was only an Indian and could do nothing.

… Go to Article

Queensland Rail — in the Public Debt

Even England, the home of the 1980s Thatcherite ideas on public policy has come to realise the folly of many of those policies.… Go to Article

Unions sign landmark deal with Aboriginal land council

Unions sign landmark deal with Aboriginal land council

Some of Australia’s biggest trade unions will sign a historic agreement tomorrow (October 8) in north Queensland that extends formal recognition of social and cultural factors in wage negotiations for agreements relating to developments on Aboriginal land.… Go to Article

Vigil 9th anniversary of Afghanistan war

Thursday Oct 7th 2010 is the 9th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan.

Can we PLEASE get some of you to come to vigil with Meryvn and myself (the only definites so far).… Go to Article

Verse from R. Kelly, Union Number 3492

To the Master Builders

From R. Kelly, Union Number 3492.

Mr Martin, sirs and gentlemen, I trust that you are well,

And disposed I hope to reading this story that I tell.… Go to Article

LEST WE FORGET – 105 LIVES LOST this day 2009

In the first week of October 2009, a tired, rotting boat chugged into the ocean along the south of Indonesia, heading for a piece of Australian soil.… Go to Article

National day of protest – Stop black deaths in custody

URGENT

COMMUNITY NOTICE

THERE WILL BE

A NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST

SATURDAY, 13TH. NOVEMBER

STOP

BLACK DEATHS IN CUSTODY

STOP

POLICE TASER MURDERS

BRISBANE CITY

QUEENS PARK

11AM – 12NOON

SPEAKERS

AND THEN

MARCH TO PARLIAMENT HOUSE

Next organising meeting at Justice Place, Abingdon Street, Woolloongabba.… Go to Article

‘Boycott Israel’ (BDS) protest shuts down Israeli cosmetics stall in Brisbane

Brisbane anti apartheid activists closed down the Seacret Cosmetic stall in Garden City in suburban Brisbane as part of the global BDS movement to Boycott Israeli goods

Brisbane BDS Action 2 October 2010

What kind of business is Seacret’s

It may be that Palestinians work in Seacret’s factory on the West Bank.… Go to Article