I was born without a passport
I grew up
and saw my country
become prisons
without a passport
— Without a Passport by Rasheed Hussein
PShift Intro
Song for Gaza – Phil Monsour
This is part two of a series dealing with this topic – this time we are speaking of Palestine.… Go to Article
Dear friends of the refugee rights campaign,
Please take note of the events coming up in the next few days. I do feel it’s most important, as the public discourse represented in the mainstream media and politics, descends into complete insanity, that those of us who have insight and knowledge of the situation about asylum seekers and refugees, should not hide ourselves, but rather make what we know to be the case, more generally known.… Go to Article
The Patient
He sat there in the shadows just inside the entrance to the prison block,
Thin and black, he was hard to make out in the dark.… Go to Article
2012 Sovereignty & Land Rights conference
|||URGENT||| sovereignty & land rights rally tomorrow morning at 8am sharp, don’t be late! meet outside Parliament House (George St, Brisbane) with as many Aboriginal flags, banners etc.… Go to Article
TODAY 12PM: Bahraini refugees join Sydney rally protesting Israel’s massacre in Gaza
Today the Bahraini Australian Youth Movement (BAYM) will participate in a rally organized by Palestinian Action Group Sydney (PAGS) at Town Hall at 12 pm, condemning Israel’s most recent aggression and massacre in Gaza that has killed 163 Palestinians thus far including children and women.… Go to Article
Palestinian Arts Culture & Sports Inc (PACSI) is proud to be partnering with Sydney based Cultural Media to bring the national Palestinian Film Festival Australia (2012) to Brisbane.… Go to Article
On this sad morning there is no justice in the dawn
So many years of dying where does hope get born
Not over the broken and bloodied bodies of sleeping children
Or the fork tongued lies of the criminals and their defenders
— Phil Monsour
Song for Gaza 2012
No More Lies No More Silence
This was broadcast on the Paradigm Shift on 4ZZZ fm 102.1 on Friday 23 Nov 2012.… Go to Article
I AM sitting here writing this article 39 years to the minute from that moment when the sirens started screaming, announcing the beginning of the war.… Go to Article
I had applied for a meeting with Bob Carr (Foreign Minister) prior to the community cabinet meeting last Wednesday (14 November) in my suburb of Kippa-Ring, to raise questions about West Papua, Afghanistan and Palestine.… Go to Article
hi Folks,
We’ve got a wonderful gig coming up on Sat Dec 1 in Eumundi at a place called the House With No Walls, near Eumundi.… Go to Article
“Israel is doing all it can with precision bombing to minimise civilian casualties” — Israeli Propaganda [quote by ‘Shirl in Oz‘]
GAZA (IRIN) – The nurses at al-Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip have seen bombing casualties before, but never on this scale.… Go to Article
REFUGEE ACTION COLLECTIVE, QLD
Not Nauru, Not Manus Island, Not Malaysia.… Go to Article
I was born without a passport
I grew up
and saw my country
become prisons
without a passport
— Without a Passport by Rasheed Hussein
In Washington, D.C.… Go to Article
On 14 November 2012, Israeli occupation forces began a campaign of bombing Gaza starting with the killing of the leader of the military wing of Hamas.… Go to Article
… Go to ArticleIn Washington, D.C. In 2010 an expert at a seminar said of the 2009 Israeli attack on Gaza " It's unfortunate, but every once in a while you have to mow the lawn.
TO WHOME IT MAY CONCERN
The Government of Australia, Human Right Commissions, Amnesty International and the Communities for the oppressed people.… Go to Article
Hello
PACSI [Palestinian Arts Culture & Sports Inc] is proud to be partnering with Sydney based Cultural Media to bring the national Palestinian Film Festival Australia (2012) to Brisbane.… Go to Article
The Bahrain Australia Youth Movement (BAYM) will join NSW teachers today who are rallying statewide against cuts to education by the O’Farrell government in the latest budget.… Go to Article
She reminded me of my daughter with her dark intelligent eyes And her brown hair bunching in lazy curls about her shoulders.… Go to Article
I am against my country's fighters hurting a single ear of corn
I am against a child- any child having to carry a gun
I am against my sister learning weapons drill
I am against what you will ...Emergency protest for Gaza
A state of emergency has been declared in the Gaza strip after a round of drones and shelling from Israel.… Go to Article
On Sunday 25 November from 1 – 10 p.m. the friendly folk from Laura Street, Highgate Hill are opening their doors for a FREE festival; a celebration of
music, arts, culture, community and life.… Go to Article
Hi friends,
Next Saturday 24th November the Australia China Friendship Society is running a seminar and reception (free) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Whitlam Government recognition of China.… Go to Article
For those of you in Brisbane and able to attend, I look forward to seeing you at this free public forum tomorrow evening.… Go to Article
Why is Abigroup bringing charges against Bob Carnegie?
Abigroup got court orders during the Qld Children’s Hospital dispute to ban Bob Carnegie from the site, and is now pushing charges of contempt of court.… Go to Article
The tiny Pacific nation of Nauru has — for the first time — voiced its frustrations over the Australian government’s decision to re-open the controversial asylum seeker processing camp on the island.… Go to Article
The poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ by Canadian soldier, John McCrae, was used to recruit people to war.
Government advertised war bonds using its lyrics to raise funds for war.… Go to Article
Makes you want to be there! Thnx to Mila for her wonderful photos
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