Morrison’s proposition at the LOWY demonstrated a total ignorance of the realities of the refugee situation and Australia’s responsibility- but then what’s new.… Go to Article
Month: November 2010
Uncle Sugar – articles about the wars of terror
Some articles about the wars of terror.
Thanks to Stephen Fugate for compiling these.
Invader of Iraq gets top job at Uni (part 2)
Ciaron O’Reilly asked me to go along to the protest at St Stephens Cathedral in Brisbane last Sunday, 26 November 2010.… Go to Article
‘All that’s left: what Labor should stand for’ – book launch
Comrades and friends,
Please find attached an invitation to the launch of ‘All that’s left: what Labor should stand for’ by Dr Nick Dyrenfurth.… Go to Article
Which side are you on?
Come all of you good workers, good news to you I’ll tell
of how the good old union has come in here to dwell
Last Saturday Brisbane anti apartheid activists disrupted business at the Israeli “Seacret” Cosmetics stall at Chermside Shopping Centre, one of Brisbane’s busiest suburban centres.… Go to Article
Awesome TurnStyle Benefit Show – Friday
To all enthusiasts and their friends, family and knock-a-bouts, TurnStyle is having a giggle(s) this Friday night.
Cos all the crew, collectives and projects are gathering momentum and by coming alone you can find out whats happening, whose doing it, how/if you want to be involved.… Go to Article
Australia is Israel on refugees
IN OUR FIGHT FOR DECENCY AND COMPASSION FOR REFUGEES – we do not stand alone – good folks everywhere are fighting against the global tide of selfishness and demonisation of refugees.… Go to Article
The constitution
hoeroa, thank you my brother for your words of action and i apologise for my late reply.
your thoughts are prescient to the constitution discussion but especially your knowledge of the major pitfalls of designated parliamentary seats.… Go to Article
Aboriginal Rights Coalition ARC/ campus group meeting
Hi all,
There will be an organising meeting of the Aboriginal Rights Coalition and associated campus groups this Wed evening (1st Dec) from 6pm to 8pm in Window Bay Area 4 at the THE EDGE.… Go to Article
another lost brother at the hands of a gun happy police force.
by ray jackson
[Editors note: Ray writes regularly on matters of social justice and his comment here concern ‘Investigation into the death in custody of an Aboriginal man’.… Go to Article
Clive Palmer’s Christmas Present
Clive Palmer’s Christmas Present
Ross Gwyther, November 2010
“..The seed ye sow, another reaps;
The wealth ye find, another keeps..”
(Shelley’s Song to the Men of England)
You may have been struck by the news in November that millionaire businessman Clive Palmer bought some of his workers a Mercedes for Christmas!… Go to Article
Boycott Seacret! Boycott Apartheid Israel!
Ten activists from the Friends of Palestine WA staged an action outside the Seacret booth at Carousel shopping centre in Perth on November 27.… Go to Article
Virginia Woolf and the Nature of the Human
Farewell Comrade Max Watts
Farewell Comrade Max Watts (1928-2010)
Saturday, November 27, 2010
By Peter Boyle, Sydney
Max Watts. Photo: Vivienne Porzolt
Max Watts, a well-known personality on the left in Australia, particularly in Sydney, died on November 23.… Go to Article
Last meeting of the 17 Group for 2010 on Wed 1st of December
Next meeting of the 17 Group on this coming Wednesday the 1st of December at 7pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End, and a sort of break-up party for the 2010 series.… Go to Article
2010 Vic election: Greens lack class base
The Labor loss in the Victorian state election over the weekend (27-29 November 2010) provides a opportunity for the Left to re-think its attitudes and/or relationship with the Greens.… Go to Article
Film: Our Generation – stories of the Yolngu
Our Generation:
A rollercoaster journey into the heart of the Northern Territory Intervent, a hidden shame that is pushing the world’s oldest living culture to the edge.… Go to Article
‘No War’ meeting
Hello all
There will be an organising meeting on Sunday Dec 5, 1-3 pm in rm 4D State Library of Qld SLQ to discuss building a campaign against the US led occupation of Afghanistan.… Go to Article
‘Article 14’ – right to asylum for refugees
… Go to ArticleOn this night like any other night
Maybe raining maybe clear
In a world exploding is any heart open
Can you hear us Can you hear— from ‘Article 14’ little secrets (c) apra tony mockeridge.
Invader of Iraq gets top job at Uni
HAS THE AUSTRALIAN CHURCH HAS LOST ITS MORAL DIRECTION BY APPOINTING LEADER OF IRAQ INVASION AS CHANCELLOR OF ACU?
“The works of mercy are the opposite of the works of war, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, nursing the sick, visiting the prisoner.… Go to Article
The fighting spirit of Eureka lives today – 3 December anniversary
Support the union at UNSW and Macquarie
To all NTEU Members
Support Your Colleagues at UNSW and Macquarie
An Urgent Message from the NTEU General Secretary
Dear Friend,
Around 150 NTEU members have imposed bans on the transmission of examination results at the University of New South Wales and Macquarie University.… Go to Article
Foco Nuevo in December
Friday Dec 3
8.00 p.m.
Kurilpa Hall
174 Boundary Street
West End… Go to Article
Stop Mining Straddie
To North Stradbroke Island Vision Team
c/- Tim Ellis
Department of Environment and Resource Management
GPO Box 2454
Brisbane QLD 4001
§ straddie.vision@derm.qld.gov.au… Go to Article
Spectre of Death Haunts Land Warfare Conference
Spectre of Death Haunts Land Warfare Conference .. And Us All
Its been a tough week for the peace movement the little one in my head, anyhow.… Go to Article
Direct Action Cinema: South of the Border (Oliver Stone), November 26
This Friday!, Don’t miss out, tell your friends…….
Direct Action Cinema presents:
South of the Border
There’s a revolution underway in South America, but most of the world doesn’t know it.… Go to Article
Alistair Hulett 1951-2010: The Politics and the Poetry
Saturday 27 November 2010
Into the Music – ABC Radio National
5.00pm, repeat Friday, 3.00pm
Thanks Maggie
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“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph” Haile Selassie
(note: this quote is admirable, but not the politics of he that quoted – m)… Go to Article
ABCC law broken by mass action
Congrats ark tribe
there are too few comrades
With sufficient zeal & will
whence face to face
with an unyielding
ruling class obduracyas well as turn a challenge
on its head & upset
their all too suggestive
Fashioned status quo
Power-over fashion
— Jim Sharp
Leaving the court, Mr Tribe pumped the air with his fist and vowed to fight for other workers if they faced charges under the laws.… Go to Article
Socialist speaks out for Koori school
The struggle is long but hope is longer
Socialist candidate speaks out for
local Koori school
Premier John Brumby is undermining the future of Koori students in his own electorate, according to a Socialist Alliance candidate for this months state election.… Go to Article
Constitution Debate – this is aboriginal land
the law council of australia recently sent out the attached draft constitutional reform document to allow proper discussions to be held by the people of good will rather than just hear from the usual parrots from the right-wing think-tank’s.… Go to Article









