A statement has been issued by the Shabaan Thuwaar Al-Iraq (= ‘Young Rebels’ but it includes people of all ages and different occupations).… Go to Article
Month: February 2011
“No way with current growth”
The next 17 Group meeting might well be called No way with current growth.
Described more fully below, it will be led by Trevor Berrill who has given a previous highly successful talk to this group on sustainable energy.… Go to Article
The Arab Revolution: uprisings in Iraq, Yemen and now Oman
By Ray Bergmann
A lot of information to get out about the revolutions in Iraq and Yemen that started three weeks ago.… Go to Article
Truth in advertising
You may recall the Grapefruit being sold at Coles Coorparoo last week.
Coles Coorparoo have changed the Price Tag on the same Grapefruit from ‘Product of Israel’ to ‘Product of USA’.… Go to Article
PFLP condemns Gaddafi regime’s massacres against the Libyan people | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine demanded an immediate end to the bombardment and massacres against the heroic Libyan people, condemning the killing of demonstrators committed by the Gaddafi regime.… Go to Article
I make but one promise – self-determination for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
[Aboriginal News]
Here is my official statement as candidate for the National Co-Chair
of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples.… Go to Article
Return to Gaza
Brisbane Premiere screening of Return to Gaza
Thursday March 31, 2011
7pm at The Schonell Cinema, University of Queensland
Featuring discussion with director Michael Weatherhead and Samah Sabawi – Australian-Palestinian writer, co-author of Journey to Peace in Palestine and a former executive director of the National Council on Canada Arab Relations.… Go to Article
Call for sea rise defences in Torres Strait Islands
[Aboriginal News]
SBS Radio – Call for sea rise defences in Torres Strait Islands
The mayor of the Torres Strait Island Regional Council has called for
the state and federal governments to finally fund sea defences for his
community.… Go to Article
Protest for Libya: Friday 5pm, King George Square
Solidarity protest with Libya
Friday February 25
5pm, King George Square
In a brutal attempt to hold on to power, Gaddafi has slaughtered over 400 people.… Go to Article
The next two 17 group meetings
The next 17 Group meeting might well be called “No way with current growth“.
Described more fully below, it will be led by Trevor Berrill who has given a previous highly successful talk to this group on sustainable energy.… Go to Article
The Bligh Era: new cabinet, same policies
February 2011 brings a new lease of life for the Bligh government due a mix of floods, cyclones and more than a little jingoism by Bligh herself — “I know in my bones that Queenslanders are up to this, and that we can take it” – HC Magazine
There are many examples of systemic failure of government and its departments.… Go to Article
Of Giants, Poets and Nightingales
Assange’s likely fate
By Ciaron O’Reilly
On Thursday 24 Feb 2011 it is likely Assange will be taken from Woolwich court. This was purpose built for the Provisional IRA.… Go to Article
Alan Doesn’t Get Arrested Again
By Ted Reithmuller
“It was the time Jimmy Beatson was going to burn his draftcard”, Alan said. “It was in 1965 or 66.… Go to Article
Eureka: Garner awards, Jiggens doco
Dear Friends
Eureka Australia Day Medals are awarded each year on December 4 (the anniversary of the Eureka stockade) by the Anarchist Media Institute to people who, through their activities, have embodied the ideas expressed in the Eureka Oath first sworn on the 29th November 1854.… Go to Article
Climate change and wild weather – forum
Why the coal companies should clean up Queensland
Community forum
March 20
Yeronga Bowls Club 2pm
Libby Connors from the Qld Greens and a speaker from the Solidarity magazine will lead a discussion about the connection between carbon emissions, climate change and wild weather.… Go to Article
Will unions support refugees?
In Paid protester irritates teachers federation | The Australian went after the guy near Morrison (holding the ‘Let the Refugee Boats in’ placard).… Go to Article
Special organising meeting: Israeli Apartheid Week
Time
23 February · 18:30 – 20:00
Location
Avid Reader Cafe
193 Boundary St
Created by:
Justice for Palestine Brisbane, Kathy Newnam
More info To all supporters of Palestine!… Go to Article
1967/1977 street marches in Queensland — reasons for revolt?
… Go to Article“Here is a historically important film, recently rediscovered, that few people will ever have seen, and that commemorates an event that a lot of you will remember.
UN Indigenous mechanisms come under question
For your information and consideration.
Please be aware that the UN Human Rights Council is undergoing a review of its structure and effectiveness.… Go to Article
Gaza medical supplies centre bombed
[Editors Note: Published
below is an informative letter to the Byron Bay Echo about the Israeli blockade
of Gaza.
Readers may wish to know that there will be another flotilla attempting to break the blockade of Gaza in May 2011 marking the anniversary of the Mavi Mamara flotilla.… Go to Article
Edge of Darkness: damned walls, floods and landslides
Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of articles under the heading ‘Edge of Darkness’ authored by Trevor Berrill (Sustainable Energy Systems Consultant & Educator) and Ian Curr (BSc UQ Grad Dip ATAX).… Go to Article
SIEV 221 — poor fellow, my country
At 9 am the survivors will be loaded in a bus and taken to the airport unless there is a change of heart.… Go to Article
Independence for New Caledonia?
[Aboriginal News]
Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya, upon concluding his visit to New Caledonia
4 to 13 February 2011
Noumea, 13 February 2011… Go to Article
Regime change in Egypt – a US conspiracy?
The Bush administration brought about the fall of Saddam Hussein by invading Iraq with millions of lives lost.
Eight years later millions of Egyptians brought about regime change by protesting on the streets.… Go to Article
Respect, the Census and unfair dismissal
… Go to ArticleAli G: R.E.S.T.E.C.P! Do ya even know wha it spellz?
Cabinet M.P.: Restecp?
Ali G: Yes, Restecp.
‘Owz anyone out there meant to restecp each otha?
Celebrate Green Left Weekly’s 20th birthday
[Editor’s Note: Over the next 20 years will GLW be able to take up the Al-Jazeera approach [Egypt’s Facebook revolution] and begin organising via the internet’s social media.… Go to Article
Demands for Inquiry as Bodies of Christmas Island Boat Tragedy Decompose- the TRUTH
On this night like any other night
Maybe raining maybe clear
In a world exploding is any heart open?
Can you hear us?… Go to Article
By what right do we gather here today?
by Humphrey McQueen
Wikileaks rally, Garema Place, Canberra, 16 December 2010
By what right are we here today? Why are we confident that we can protest and not be shot at by the political police on the fringes of this crowd?… Go to Article
Israel — a fruitless lie
Jaffa oranges are the world-wide variety of citrus grown in many countries. Its origin however wsa in the Jaffa precinct of historic Palestine.… Go to Article