Sale of Queensland Rail finished Labor in Queensland

There is a prevailing belief in the ALP that they can spin their way out of any situation. This sometimes works with people without ideology or class consciousness.… Go to Article

Witness for Palestine at Mosh Ben Ari concert

Last night at the Mullumbimby Civic Hall about 8 of us bore witness before a large crowd attending Israeli singer Mosh Ben Ari’s concert.… Go to Article

Update for Julian Assange Brisbane Rally

Hi everyone,

We are all still waiting for a verdict on Julian’s extradition case from the UK Supreme Court. For those that don’t know, we were recently contacted by the UK Supreme Court and have been advised, that we will be told the date the judgement will be made prior to it being handed down.… Go to Article

April 4th Meeting of the 17 Group

The next meeting of the 17 group will be held on Wednesday the 4th of April at 7 pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End.… Go to Article

Palm Sunday Rally- Keep Australia Nuclear-Free & Independent

BRISBANE! Unite! Now is the time to get back out on the streets together!!! Palm Sunday Rally for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament – this Sunday!… Go to Article

Queensland State Election 2012 — build extra-parliamentary opposition

In the 1970s, workers were denied democratic rights in the workplace and on the streets. Back then, electoral gerrymander prevented parliamentary opposition.… Go to Article

Supprt Aboriginal Embassy at Musgrave Park

“People enjoy their food,
take pleasure in being with their families,
spend weekends working in their gardens,
delight in the doings of the neighborhood.… Go to Article

Anti Uranium Rally

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Irish woman interned by British – protest in Brisbane – please spread the word

British Consulate, 1 Eagle St, Brisbane
Brisbane Speakout: Free Marian Price
Thursday March 22, 12:30pm
Outside British Consulate
1 Eagle St, Brisbane

Since May 15, 2011, Marian Price has been illegally incarcerated by the British in the north of Ireland.… Go to Article

Upcoming Event: Brisbane Detention Centre Rally. Help spread the word

Protest in solidarity with detainees at Brisbane’s detention centre
Come to Brisbane’s very own detention centre and demand freedom and justice for refugees.… Go to Article

7 Aussie sayings in 7 Shouts

I THOUGHT everyone loved rhyming slang but I was wrong.

During a bout of immersion in Aussie slang through my weekly column 7 Shouts, a reader wrote in to protest.

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Reigniting the Struggle- For a Brisbane Workers Assembly(Draft)

a meeting has been organised to discuss this proposal on 15^th March at 5.30pm at Freedom House 69 Thomas St West End 4101

The accumulation of capital is Australia remains much stronger than that in much of the world – especially the global North.… Go to Article

Campbell Newman and Bligh – a ‘quinella’ of losers

“In the courtroom of honor, the judge pounded his gavel
To show that all’s equal and that the courts are on the level
And that the strings in the books ain’t pulled and persuaded
And that even the nobles get properly handled”

In horse racing, when you pick two winners in any order it is called a ‘quinella’.… Go to Article

Aboriginal Sovereignty Agenda

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Magda and St Patti get together, Mervyn & Clan invite you …..

Magda’s Community Artz
80 Boundary Road Bardon
Saturday 17th March
Bar.B.Qu starts 5.00 pm
Bring the Kids,food + cutlery. Alcohol available.… Go to Article

Enoggera Five go to Court

On 5 March five Christian activists-Cully, Jim, Christel, Andy and Sean, appeared in Brisbane Magistrate Court to face charges of “causing a public nuisance” and “disobeying a police direction without a reasonable excuse.”… Go to Article

Bread and Roses — International Women’s Day 2012

US Troops confront women textile workers in Lawrence Massachusetts in 1912

One hundred years ago women organised a textile strike in the American city of Lawrence, Massachusetts.… Go to Article

A coalition of deaths

will a coalition of deaths in custody equate to a coalition of activists to fight for them?

that question has been much on my mind since last monday.… Go to Article

Union Action to Save the Reef now Illegal

In light of the current alarm about dredging and dumping in the Reef, it is worth recalling how it was saved by union action which is now illegal under Fair Work Australia.… Go to Article

Film Night to remember Palestinian Land Day

30 March is Palestinian Land Day.

Over 300 people attended the remembrance and commemoration at a film night organised by the Palestinian Arts Culture & Sport Inc (“PACSI”).… Go to Article

Israeli Propaganda Machine Nets Australian Companies

In January 2010 a Mossad assassination squad murdered Hamas’ Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai. The killers carried identities and passports belonging to innocent others, five of whom were Australian.… Go to Article