Rally for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament — Hiroshima Day

SATURDAY 6TH AUGUST 2011

1 pm RALLY
2.15 pm PEACE MARCH

REDDACLIFFE PLACE BRISBANE SQUARE
Opposite Treasury Casino

THREE MILE ISLAND (5) CHERNOBYL (7) FUKUSHIMA (7)

3 NUCLEAR DISASTERS – out there are uncounted hundreds of other nuclear incidents/accidents graded (1) to (7) each will leave a legacy, toxic to humans, animals and every other thing

That’s 3 too many: we must KEEP AUSTRALIA NUCLEAR FREE

Rally Program

Welcome to country –

Combined Unions Choir

Dermot Dorgan –Satirical Singer, Songwriter :

“They said it couldn’t happen”

Dr Sue Wareham : Immediate Past President of the Medical Assoc for Prevention of War – is on the Management Cttee in Australia for ICAN the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons:

“The Fukushima disaster reinforces some of the perils of nuclear power.… Go to Article

Exploding Dunny on Runway STORY makes front page of the NT NEWS!!!!!

The exploding dunny story made front page in the Northern Territory. (Portaloo exploded on runway during Talisman Sabre exercises in Rock, Qld, Australia after a member of RAAF unwisely lights cigarette while using facility!!!)…the… Go to Article

Boycott apartheid Israel! Boycott Max Brenner!

Max Brenner Chocolates is a 100% Israeli-owned company belonging to the Strauss Group, the second largest Israeli food and beverage company.… Go to Article

Malaysia Refugee Solution Protest today

PROTEST – Malaysia refugee swap deal inhumane and must be stopped

Friday 29 July, 12.30-1.30pm

Outside Dept of Immigration, Casselden Place, cnr Lonsdale Street & Spring St, city

Inhumane Malaysia refugee deal needs to be stopped

Refugee supporters intend to protest against the Malaysia refugee swap deal outside the Immigration department offices on Friday 29 July, 12.30-1.30pm.… Go to Article

Foco Nuevo in August

Yet another night of warm performances to cure you of the winter chill – this month our guest artist are Little Secrets and Paul Bonetti.… Go to Article

Sale of coal, rail, forests, roads and ports is an industrial issue

Sale of Queensland’s coal, rail, forests, roads and ports is an industrial issue.

It determines who will be in control of the workplace.… Go to Article

Malaysian Solution: ‘hanging points’ in detention centres

A friend, Mervyn, tells me that the Malaysian solution involves putting refugees in detention centres with bars.

Mervyn says that all the refugee centres he has seen in Malaysia seem to be equipped with bars on the windows (sic).

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Marxism and the Parliamentary Road — 17 Group Talk

The 17 Group is the longest running discussion group of its type in Brisbane. It is convened by Dan O’Neill who, onetime, was heard imploring 5,000 workers and students in King George Square to make the movement (for democratic rights) ”systematic, organised, and absolutely massive.”… Go to Article

‘Our leaders are murderers and warmongers’

Publisher’s Note: It is timely to remember the war crimes that were committed in Iraq in the name of democracy. Especially now that the putative leader of the British Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn wants to put former leader Tony Blair on trial for war crimes for his decision to invade Iraq in 2003.… Go to Article

Arab Film Fest Finale in Brisbane

We’re heading to Queensland this weekend to celebrate the conclusion of the fabulous 2011 Arab Film Festival national tour.

Throughout July we’ve brought cinematic diversity to Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide.… Go to Article

Poetry in Motion

Poetry in Motion VIII – Day of solidarity with Cuba

Time 26 July · 18:00 – 20:30

Location Qld Council of Unions Building, Level 2 16 Peel St South Brisbane, Australia

The Australia–Cuba Friendship Society (Brisbane) presents:

Celebrate the beginning of the Cuban Revolution — the 58th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks.

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Message from Scherger Hunger Strikers

Press Release

In the Name of Merciful God’

This HUNGER STRIKE is a response to the continued pressure exercised by the Australian Immigration Department on us.… Go to Article

Public lecture “Why Berlusconi?” by David Moss; Friday 29 July

Invitation to public lecture

The School of Languages and Linguistics is very pleased to welcome Professor David Moss back to Griffith University, for a public lecture entitled “Why Berlusconi?”… Go to Article

Postcard from a north Qld detention centre

by Pamela Curr, campaign co-ordinator at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

On the flight from Cairns to Weipa, a burly young bloke boarded wearing his “WE BUST OURS so WE CAN BUST YOURS” T-shirt with attitude.

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Apartheid = separateness

Paradigm Shift on 4ZZZ 102.1FM Brisbane (goes to air 12 Noon Fridays)- a show hosted by Thomas & Eliza

Listening to ABC News radio this evening.… Go to Article

Defence of Poetry group 22 July at 2.30pm, now in room E219

Anyone intending to come to the first session of the reading of Shelley’s Defence of Poetry on Friday the 22nd of July at 2.30pm should note that there has been a change in the location.… Go to Article

Bent Banana Books — online books coming soon

A publisher of e-books

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A Week in Rockhampton

After a bad start ( a wheel fell off our van about 1k from home), Ross, Culley and I made it to Rocky in the early hours of Sunday 3rd July to resist the US/Australian war preparations The biennial “Operation Talisman Sabre” exercises are the largest US war games in the world with 20,000 US and 7,000 Aussie troops involved.… Go to Article

Ts11-Peace Convergence Announcements BRISBANE CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL-SAY NO TO TALISMAN SABRE

BRISBANE EVENT TO OPPOSE TALISMAN SABRE… Go to Article

Cuba’s Energy Revolution – what can we learn?

Interview by Ian Curr for the Paradigm Shift on 4ZZZ

Energy use in Cuba by Mario Alberto Arrista Avila

Public transport in cuba and energy use

Cuba’s energy revolution

A speaking tour by Cuba’s Principle Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Educator, Mario Alberto Arrastía Avila to tour Eastern Australia in July/August, 2011.… Go to Article

Talisman Sabre

FROM OZ – It’s big, it’s ignorant, it’s dangerous … the U.S. military – “never heard of Bradley Manning”

Below is an email from an OZ friend Rod arrested non-violently resisting the huge ”Operation Talisman Sabre” exercises underway presently in central Queensland (near Rockhampton), Australia.… Go to Article

Red Cinema — “The End of Poverty”

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URGENT ACTION YOU can take to stop Malaysian solution

UNHCR is the deal maker and deal breaker in the Malaysia Solution-

The decision will be made in days-

EMAIL the High Commissioner Antonio Guterres at guterres@unhcr.org… Go to Article

Hadi Kurniawan – one of 100 children in Australian adult prisons

by Gerry Georgatos

An impoverished Indonesian mother, in front of an Australian journalist, lies on a cement floor clutching a photograph of her 16 year old son who is now in an Australian adult prison and whom she hasn’t seen since he was fourteen.… Go to Article

Tear down the apartheid wall

Brisbane BDS rally, outside Myer centre. 09 July 2011 [Photos by: Owain Jones]

Media release, 7 July 2011

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against apartheid Israel to hit the streets of Brisbane.

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Meeting of 17 Group on East Timor

The next meeting of the 17 Group will be held on Wednesday the 13th of July at 7pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St West End.… Go to Article

Day of Celebration or Sadness for Quandamooka People?

Quandamooka first nation spokesperson, Dale Ruska, talks with Eliza and Ian on the Paradigm Shift (4ZZZ 102.1 FM Brisbane Fridays 12 Noon) about the recent native Title declaration over Minjerribah (Nth Stradbroke Island).… Go to Article