Abigroup sends in agent provocateur

Mr Carnegie is being charged with breaching a court order made by construction company AbiGroup on September 5 2012 which purportedly prohibited him from coming within 100m of a construction site.… Go to Article

Speech to 1000 Warrior March from Musgrave Park

Speech to 1000 Warrior March from Musgrave Park to Suncorp Stadium All Stars Game, 9 February 2013.… Go to Article

AMAZING! – But when will the Pollies Act?

Dear Friends

Some incredible footage of a Glacier calving away and falling into the ocean – it is both amazing and scarey as it is a result of global warming.… Go to Article

Give the Word, the greatest gift of all

TOMORROW, February 14, is International Book Giving Day and there you thought it was St Val’s Day.

Book Giving Day is dedicated to putting new and used books into the hands of as many of the world’s children as possible.

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Hands off Bob! Defend the right to organise!

'I Called Him A Worship, Your Bastard!' 
Denis Kevans (Poet Lorrikeet)

The poet lorrikeet would have enjoyed court yesterday with obscene language featuring in the original 54 charges of criminal contempt against union man, Bob Carnegie.… Go to Article

The Life of D: a bleak novel

: Possible cover for my work-in-progress The Life of D

I wish I could write a life-affirming novel like The Life of Pi.… Go to Article

Breaking Israel/Palestine Silence

This ad is in the London Review of Books, 24/1/13, p.42Best wishes,

Gareth

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TJ HICKEY: NINE LONG YEARS….TIME FOR JUSTICE?

TJ Hickey was an Aboriginal young man, just 17 years old. On February 14, 2004, St. Valentines Day, TJ died as a consequence of a Redfern police pursuit.… Go to Article

Rudd rolls up at Coorparoo Bowls Club

Kulpurum place of the mosquito and peaceful dove
Say the word Coor – pa – roo and tell me it is not a pigeon‘s call.… Go to Article

Help me make it through the write

THE Richard Stephenson debut novel, the dystopian Collapse, is going gang busters.

Richard has kindly accepted an offer to present one of his blog posts of my choosing…

…We know it takes two to tango and three to trio but surely a competent author can produce a decent novel by themselves.

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Flood and Climate Change

PShift Broadcast (4ZZZ) & 4PR Podcast on 8 Feb 2013

This land is mine
Yeah I signed on the dotted line
Campfires on the creek bed
Bank breathing down my neck
They won't take it away
They won't take it away
They won't take it away from me
by kev carmody

This is an interview with Trevor Berrill about the effects of 2013 floods on mines and energy infrastructure in Queensland.… Go to Article

PShift: ‘Nowhere man’ widens the gap

Interview with Kevin Rudd on ‘Closing the Gap’ on 6 Feb 2013
[PShift Broadcast 8 Feb 2013 4zzz fm 102.1 noon on friday]

Rumours have been flying about this week.… Go to Article

Rally at PNG Consulate! Close Manus Island

Close Manus Island! Rally at Papua-New Guinea Consulate.

When: 12 noon – 1pm, Tuesday, 12th February.
Where: Footpath outside Papua-New-Guinea Consulate, 320 Adelaide St, Brisbane (near Wharf St).… Go to Article

Protected:

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Recognition Bill to be forced on Aboriginal people against their will

Monday 4 February, 2013

On February 7 the Australian Senate will vote on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Recognition Bill 2012 despite overwhelming opposition to constitutional inclusion by the majority of Aboriginal people and the government’s own acknowledgement that the proposed changes to the constitution would be rejected by a referendum.… Go to Article

Grin and Abhor It: The Truth Behind ‘Service with a Smile’ – Working In These Times

No, that waitress isn’t flirting with you.

Neither is the barista at your local Starbucks, nor the counter server at the Pret A Manger near your office, and you might be surprised to learn that the stripper at your local club doesn’t have a deep fondness for you, either.… Go to Article

Start reading groovy

Do you want this man rampaging through your house?

ARE readers actually reading books these days? It is a fair question.

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People Power- a forum 10 years on from the big marches

In February 2003 one million people took to the streets across Australia saying NO to a war in Iraq.

The people of the world knew this war was wrong.… Go to Article

Tortured for Giving Care – Rula al Saffar Speaking Tour

Dear friends of the Bahraini Australia Youth Movement, I hope this email finds you well. Please find below the details of BAYM’s upcoming speaking tour of Rula al Saffar, President of Bahrain Nursing Society, starting next week!… Go to Article

UN urges halt to Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory

Please find attached information on the report of the International Fact finding Mission on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.… Go to Article

Idle No More, Invasion Day – the mixtape

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Musgrave Park – ‘that is where we yarn, dance, sing, teach & learn’.

My land tells me all I need to know
And has done for forty thousand years
So I ask
What have you brought to this land
That would make me change my mind
Or
My Aboriginal purpose
     by Paul Buttigieg

[Editor’s Note: BCC put out the sacred fire in Musgrave Park on 2 Feb 2013.… Go to Article