Living in the Colonies, What’s Left – Paradigm Shift Part II 12 Sept 2012
[Editor’s Note – Emerging from the Nueva Trova movement in Cuba comes some songs that were played at a concert in West End in the 1980s.… Go to Article
Month: September 2012
Corruption at UQ – LNP rigs student election
First section mostly detailed explanation of how things got to this point.
Abe introduces himself – 0 to 15 sec.
17 sec – ‘I was going to run as the president.… Go to Article
Voluntary Euthanasia Seminar Wednesday 19th of September
Less is more if light on your feet
American ballerina Gillian Murphy
is part of an allegory for independent authors
I LIKE this story because I see it as an analogy of how to make a success of independent writing.
… Go to Article Supreme Court hearing: ‘You Cannot Trust the Public Trustee’
This is to let you know that there is a hearing in the new Brisbane Supreme Court tomorrow (Wednesday, 12 Sept 2012) at 10 am about the Public Trustee’s handling of financial affairs at AHIMSA house.… Go to Article
So U Wanna Write Sumthun
Albert Jarry author of the short story
The Passion Considered as an Uphill Bicycle Race.
IF there is an author’s grand plan for successful writing practice we would fail to have the rich diversity which makes literature a thing of beauty.
… Go to Article QLD UNCUT Set-up and helpers needed for this Weds!!!
Are you going to the Queensland Council of Unions rally at 12.15 this Wednesday Sept 12 at Queens Park?
Can you help out on the day?… Go to Article
The story of the original “jackey jackey”
Thanks to the National Library Trove for publishing this amazing tale from the original article in the Sydney Morning Herald 1849 – it is a wonder no film has been made about it?.
Support the Workers at the Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH) Site
Queensland Children’s Hospital Dispute Leader Bob Carnegie will be Speaking at the Socialist Alternative Public Meeting on Tuesday (11 Sept 2012)
The community protest at the Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH) site has lasted for 38 days.… Go to Article
‘Look on my works and despair’: Monte Carlo Caravan Park Debate
… Go to ArticleI met a traveller from an antique land Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert.
Foco Nuevo in September: Reminder
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A PLEA from Christmas Island
See below this poignant plea in not perfect English but with a perfect understanding of the politics of their situation.
The full four pages including ” The Story of Boat 411″ are in the pdf.… Go to Article
Students for Sensible Drug Policy Benefit and news
Sunday Sept 9, 2012, 3.30pm to 7.00pm
A beguiling mix of history, politics, electronica, psychedelia, world music and reggae will celebrate the formation of the UQ chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy at the Joynt on Sunday September 9 from 3.30 to 7pm.… Go to Article
Combined union and community rally next Wed
Dear members, fellow delegates and friends
As you may be aware, the Government will announce the budget next Tuesday 11 September.… Go to Article
Tent Embassy Movie
TJ is a hard-edged Aboriginal man who’s sick of scraping out an existence in the city. He travels to the tiny frontier town of Five Rivers in search of his son.… Go to Article
Orango – Murdoch
In 2004, a substantial cache of Shostakovich autographs, sketches, and rejected drafts was discovered in a Moscow archive by the scholar Olga Digonskaya.… Go to Article
Using a Cuban literacy program in an Indigenous Australian community
The Australia–Cuba Friendship Society (Brisbane)
invites you to a very special event,
Using the Cuban Literacy Program “Yo, Si Puedo” in an Indigenous community at Wilcannia.… Go to Article
QLD UNCUT Volunteers needed!
Wednesday September 12 is the big Queensland Council of Unions-sponsored rally against cuts.
Queensland Uncut is fully in support of this action and is organising a contingent to attend.… Go to Article
Trolling for good grammar part 1
A leisurely stroll with trolls
Trolling for blue fish, a1866 lithograph by Currier and Ives
THE heritage media in Australia is hunting for trolls after a celebrity was hospitalised with a breakdown following Twitter exchanges.
… Go to Article The 5th September Meeting of the 17 Group
The next meeting of the 17 Group will take place on Wednesday the 5th of September in unit 6 at 20 Drury St.… Go to Article
In South Africa, Striking Miners Charged with Murder of Those Shot By Police
[Editor’s Note: The article says that the charges of murder against the miners is a bizaare twist. Not in my experience – police always blame the victims – always!… Go to Article
AFOPA NOTICE: Adelaide Palestine Solidarity Weekend, 21-23 September 2012 – Second Notice 2 Attachments
[Attachment(s) from Phil
Monsour included below]
Adelaide Palestine Solidarity Weekend, 21-23 September 2012 – Second Notice
Dear Friend of Palestine
We let you know in June that the Australian Friends of Palestine Association (AFOPA) and the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) have collaborated to organise the Adelaide Palestine Solidarity Weekend for 21-23 September 2012.… Go to Article