[Editor’s Note: BDS = Campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights]
by Sonja Karkar
Australians for Palestine
1 April 2011
“Extreme” seems to be the catchword of the day as federal politicians from both major parties weigh into the Marrickville saga in the aftermath of the New South Wales elections, egged on by Israel’s apologists. … Go to Article
THE BATTLE FOR BOWEN HILLS by Peter Gray
Starting in 1972, inner-city residents of the city of Brisbane in Australia struggled against the Queensland Government’s plan to build a freeway that would destroy their community.… Go to Article
There are not many films about Australian strikes. This documentary is one of the very few. It tells the story of the Latrobe Valley Power Workers’ Strike in Victoria in 1977.… Go to Article
SUBMISSION by the to the ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT
[Aboriginal News] 31 March 2011
Consultation Process on UPR Recommendations
ABOUT FAIRA
The Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA) was created in 1977 to pursue rights for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia.… Go to Article
“Australian Documentary: History, Practices and Genres”.
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Avid Reader
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Free event, but RSVP essential
Call 3846 3422, email events@avidreader.com.au… Go to Article
THIS MODERN WORLD – Obama on Bradley Manning and Guantanamo
Ciaron O’Reilly “The poor tell us who we are, |
From: Daniel O’Neill
Subject: The next two 17 group meetings, Wed 2 March and Wed 6 April
The next 17 Group meeting will be held on Wednesday the 6th of April in unit 6 at 20 Drury St West End at 7pm.… Go to Article
They survived rape and torture … will they survive Australian detention?
30 March 2011
[Editor’s Note – there have been 269 black deaths in custody since the Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was handed down 20 years ago (15 April 1991)]
How has it come to this?… Go to Article
Two grandmothers, two priests and a nun were sentenced in federal court in Tacoma, WA Monday March 28, 2011, for confronting hundreds of US nuclear weapons stockpiled for use by the deadly Trident submarines.… Go to Article
The Human Rights Alliance is calling for a Senate Inquiry into Australian Deaths in Custody. April 15 shall mark 20 years since the release of the Final Report and the 339 recommendations from the 1987-1991 Royal Commission into Australian Deaths in Custody.… Go to Article
Sad News from Curtin tonight
A nineteen year old Hazara boy has killed himself today. His name is Mohammad Asif Atay- Boat number PRI 18.… Go to Article
[Aboriginal News]
International community steps in to stop violence against the Rapa Nui Nation
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Escalating violence between the Rapa Nui indigenous communities and the Chilean government on Rapa Nui Island, also known as “Easter Island,” has led to action by an international human rights body.… Go to Article
The Human Rights Alliance facilitates the Asylum Seekers & Refugees Public Forum – East Perth
The local newspaper, The PERTH VOICE, shall pose to the panel their readers’ 3 most popular questions
The audience will have adequate opportunity to pose questions to the panel
This is the second Asylum Seekers & Refugees Public Forum in the HRA’s 2011 schedule for WA
MONDAY, March 28th,
6pm for a 6:30pm start
at the HELLENIC CLUB,
1st level, 75 Stirling St.,… Go to Article
“We are the black people of the middle east” — Arab youth in film “Sling Shot Hip Hop”
“if you don’t leash that mad dog, it will bite everyone” – Omar Baghouti, founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.… Go to Article
Recently a student leader (Christiano) from Chile toured Australia.
Christiano attended and spoke at some functions in Brisbane including ‘Foco Nuevo’.… Go to Article
After our third birthday celebrations Foco Nuevo continues with some special guests – we welcome for the first time the Meeanjin Choir, the Toni Pollard Band, and Maureen O’Brien.… Go to Article
by Humphrey McQueen
(originally published in The Australian, 18-19 July 1992, p. 22.)
John Hewson’s* plan for a $3-an-hour minimum wage for teenagers is yet another of his betrayals of economic rationalism.… Go to Article
There was a call made at parliament house protest to organise a large rally at Queen’s Park on the 20th anniversary of the Royal Commission findings into black deaths in custody.… Go to Article
PREFACE
This pamphlet appeared in 1973 in Victoria, under the guidance of E F Hill, Chairman of the Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist).… Go to Article
A (n Irish Australian based in London) Catholic Worker Reflection on M20 for Bradley Manning !
by Ciaron O’Reilly, Giuseppe Conlon House, London
The Catholic Worker (CW) in England primarily consists of three live in communities and extended communities around these efforts with “acts of mercy” to the homeless and nonviolent resistance resistance to the warmakng state.… Go to Article
By Ray Jackson
the cmc and qld. police actions have again brought about an unjust outcome for the doomadgee family, the palm island community and justice supporters around australia and the world.… Go to Article
MEDIA ALERT
Vigil to mourn for asylum seekers who have died in detention
Refugee advocacy Network members have organized an emergency vigil today to mourn the passing of a young Hazara man found dead at Scherger Detention Centre last week, and also to protest against the continuing practice of offshore detention, and the absurdity and secrecy surrounding security clearances.… Go to Article
by Ciaron O’Reilly
Last night I went to see Ken Loach/ Paul Lavety’s latest effort, the film “Route Irish”. I was invited along by a friend, Ben Griffin, who is an Iraq S.A.S.… Go to Article
UNION VOICES AGAINST THE N.T. INTERVENTION
JOHN LEEMANS A spokesperson for the Gurindji people of Kalkaringi and Daguragu and member of Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union
LARA WATSON Part of the ACTU’s Intervention fact finding tour of prescribed communities and an official with Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (speaking in personal capacity)
6.30pm Wednesday March 23rd,
2nd Floor, TLC Building,
16 Peel Street, South Brisbane… Go to Article
There won’t be mass protests on the streets of Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne as there were in March 2003 prior to the Iraq war.… Go to Article
It happened on Thursday night up at the Camp at NW POINT where all the tears gas and flash bangs were in operation.… Go to Article
“Will Libya become like Iraq — a land of broken wings?”
I wish to make an important distinction about boat people described in the reports that have been circulated on refugee email lists.… Go to Article
Public Meeting
The Australian, Afghan Memorandum of Understanding
What will it mean for refugees?
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was recently signed between the Australian Government, the Government of Afghanistan and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, permitting forcible deportation of refugees from Australia back to Afghanistan.… Go to Article
Reports on ‘Bakken Oil’ discovery in North Dakota, USA
151 million barrels — United States Geological Survey (USGS) assessment 1995
2 Trillion barrels — Stansberry Report Online – 4/20/2006
3.65 billion barrels — United States Geological Survey (USGS) April 10, 2008
271 to 503 billion barrels — Leigh Price, Energy Information Administration (EIA) August 2000.… Go to Article
Prof. Tim Jackson’s Report “Prosperity without Growth” – a review and critique
By Trevor Berrill
Sustainable Energy Systems Consultant and Environmental Educator
Editor’s note: Just in case, this slide is a cartoon by Leunig,
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