Next meeting of the 17 Group: Wednesday the 5th of October at 7pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End.… Go to Article
Month: September 2011
Cost of War, Price of Peace – Kathy Kelly
Migrants and the Australian Working Class
Socialist Alternative presents
MIGRANTS AND THE AUSTRALIAN WORKING CLASS
“Workers, united, will never be defeated!”
Australia today has one of the most cosmopolitan working classes in the world.… Go to Article
Dawn to Dusk — Reminiscences of a Rebel
By E. H. LANE (“JACK CADE”)
First Published by William Brooks & Co. (Qld) 1939
Republished by SHAPE1993
I wish to make it clear that my criticism of Labour men in these pages is not to be taken as a reflection upon their private lives and conduct.… Go to Article
50 YEARS OF AGENT ORANGE CRIME.. JUSTICE WHEN?
Tuesday September 27, 6.30pm
CEPU building
41 Peel St. South Brisbane
(Cheap meal available from 6pm)
The Vietnamese Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) hosted the Second International Conference of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin in Hanoi August 8-9.… Go to Article
10 YEARS AND THE WAR GOES ON!
Ten years ago the Howard Government fell in behind George Bush in the invasion of Afghanistan. This was in reaction to the events of 9-11 although all but one of the highjackers were Saudi.… Go to Article
Sovereignty, treaty, social justice
it is good to see that chris graham and his unique political style is back with us once again and i thank the nsw land council for allowing this to happen.… Go to Article
Asylum seekers and our, now, one nation
some years ago, i and many others, fought and demonstrated against the toxic verbal bile that was mouthed then by what was seen to be by most australians, as a fringe party.… Go to Article
Urgent: Black Deaths in Custody speak-out
Burragubba on ‘Being Human’
RALLY AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE
Thurs 15th Sept 2011 at 11am outside of Parliament House
NO MORE DEATHS IN CUSTODY
Burragubba on ‘Deaths in Custody’
Lyji Vaggs inquest continues in Townsville today —
More deaths in custody — man who begged for help dies
See report by Ray Jackson last year —
… Go to Articlemore on the recent death of our brother, lyji vaggs, who died in the townsville hospital on 14 april 2010…
lyji was distressed and traumatised enough without the cops being called in.
BDS – one day symposium
CALLING FOR REGISTRATIONS NOW
ONE DAY AUSTRALIAN BDS SYMPOSIUM
Saturday 24 September 2011,
11.30am till 6.30pm
Treacy Centre, The Avenue, Parkville, 3km from Melbourne city
with international speakers RAFEEF ZIADAH, Palestinian Boycott National Committee secretariat member, and MIKO PELED, Israeli peace activist.… Go to Article
Whose side are you on?
The mundane decline of labour history
by Humphrey McQueen
Fifty-one years ago, a grouping of communists and ex-communists in Canberra set up a Society for the Study of Labour History and prepared a journal, Labour History.… Go to Article
Palestinian civil society welcomes Agrexco liquidation, calls for celebration of this BDS victory
Press Releases, Statements
Palestinian civil society welcomes Agrexco liquidation, calls for celebration of this BDS victory
Posted on September 12, 2011 by Palestinian BDS National Committee
For Immediate Release – September 12, 2011
– Supporters of Palestinian rights claim victory as target Agrexco ordered into liquidation
– Court papers warn that company is Israeli symbol whose downfall will have ‘wider implications’
– Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions National Committee (BNC) calls on the movement internationally to celebrate this victory and to intensify BDS campaigns
Campaigners for Palestinian rights are celebrating after the primary Israeli agricultural produce export company Agrexco, which has been a key target of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement in support of Palestinian rights, has been ordered into liquidation after being unable to pay its creditors.… Go to Article
Better Services Campaign Rally
Better Services Campaign Rally – ABC News – YouTube.
Uploaded by MaritimeUnion on 8 Sep 2011
Unions have vowed to hit the streets again after more than 45,000 NSW public-sector workers demonstrated against what they say is an attack on their jobs and wages.
September Presentation – Bats in the Burbs
Hi,
Our next presentation for September is Bats in the burbs: a look at urban flying-foxes by Joanne Towsey, 27 September, 7.30pm.… Go to Article
People’s Revolutions in Venezuela and Bolivia: An Eyewitness Report
Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network presents:
THE PEOPLE’S REVOLUTIONS
IN VENEZUELA AND BOLIVIA:
An eyewitness report
Guest speaker: John Cleary,
AVSN Brigade co-ordinator, and
former ETU organiser, recently returned
from Venezuela and Bolivia.… Go to Article
In Tottenham and New York: are the Chickens Coming Home?
by Jim Dowling
Some people may remember the drama around a certain minister whose church Barack Obama attended before his election as President of the United States.… Go to Article
Family Violence, Income Management and Commonwealth Laws – request for input from Law Reform Commission
… Go to Article“My people don’t need no introduction, we are the people you label with white dysfunction, our beauty, our pride you just don’t mention, I gotta ask, people, what’s your intention?”
Free the Cuban Five Campaign Wrap Up!
Re: Signature campaign Freeing the Cuban Five.
The Campaign is to collect 1 Million Signatures to Free the Cuban Five.… Go to Article
LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL Sept 16-18, Brisbane
Baby Milk Action Nestlé-free Zone
Baby Milk Action Nestlé-free Zone.
To hear more – listen to the Paradigm Shift 4ZZZ FM 102.1 Brisbane and surrounds 12 Noon Friday 9 September 2011
You may not know, I support the boycott of Nestlé products.… Go to Article
Public lecture: Moving towards a democracy in Israel/Palestine
Public lecture
Moving towards a democracy in Israel/PalestineFriday
23 September 2011
6:30pm for 7:00pm
VENUE:
Level 2, TLC Building
16 Peel St South Brisbane
Entry via gold coin donation RSVPs essential
Email: lindyb@qcu.asn.au… Go to Article
We Built This Country – Builders’ Labourers and their Unions
Humphrey McQueen read this inspiring poem below at the launch of the book:
“Our liberties had not been won by mining magnates or stock-exchange jobbers, but by genuine men of the working-class movement who had died on the gallows and rotted in dungeons and were buried in nameless graves.… Go to Article
Guardian Newspaper Initiates WikiLeaks Ass Kicking Party while Circling the Wagons to Protect its own Butt!
by Ciaron O’Reilly
We are ten years into a war on Aghanistan, 20 years into a war on Iraq and
250+ daze into the confinement without charge of WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange who has done so much to expose the true nature of these wars.… Go to Article
Orchestrated campaign against Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions hits snag
The following comments were taken from a news item from Workplace Express, daily news updates for the Union/HR/IR mob.
Union protests not a secondary boycott, says ACCC
Protests by the MUA and Geelong Trades Hall outside Max Brenner chocolate shops as part of a campaign to boycott businesses with links to Israel were not secondary boycotts, according to the ACCC.… Go to Article
Why Libya & why Afghanistan?
Russ Baker: Now That Were Celebrating Qaddafis End, Can We Get A Little Truth?
September 1, 2011
A hard look at why the west is really involved in Libya.… Go to Article
Public meeting: Palestine today & the BDS campaign explained
Justice for Palestine public meeting:
Palestine today & the BDS campaign explained
Come along to this meeting to hear updates about the situation in Palestine and the background to the campaign for boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against apartheid Israel.… Go to Article
Public rally for free Education in Chile Sat Sept 3, 11am, KGSq
| Movement for Peace and Justice – Brisbane Due to the current and ongoing student protests across Chile, the Chilean community in Brisbane would like to add our voices to those of the Chilean students movement, this which is in response to the ongoing struggle for free and quality education for all as well as demanding justice and democracy amongst other demands.We |
New International Book Shop Bulletin
NIBS Bulletin 31st August 2011
Talk this Saturday: Ann Pettifor
‘Financing the transformation to a zero
carbon economy: Why we can afford more jobs and a better
life’
On Saturday, 3rd September, renowned economist, author and
activist Ann Pettifor will speak at NIBS on the economics of climate change and
why a tax on carbon can only be the beginning of a governmental response to the
crisis.