Month: March 2013

Occupied Palestinian Territories and Byron Council’s Draconian Rules

Dear Mr Hill (Byron Shire compliance officer),

Council’s requirements for us (Byron Friends of Palestine) to use Railway Park are extremely draconian and seem designed to thwart any spontaneous community action; fortunately we do not live in the Occupied Palestinian Territories but it is increasingly beginning to feel as though we do.… Go to Article

Antonio Gramsci: Marxist ideas for difficult times

Sound recording of ‘Antonio Gramsci – marxist ideas for difficult times’ Antonio Gramsci: Marxist ideas for difficult times.

Antonio Gramsci: Marxist ideas for difficult times

Meeting with Martin Thomas, editor of the book “Antonio Gramsci: working-class revolutionary”

2.30pm, Saturday 23 March, at the State Library of Queensland, Stanley Place, L4: Meeting Room 4.A… Go to Article

Brisbane Sovereign Tent Embassy – upcoming events

community safety

And don’t forget the anniversary of
the establishment  of the Brisbane Sovereign Tent Embassy in Musgrave Park

Corroboree
12 noon, 24 March 2013
Musgrave Park

program
 12 noon up the top on jagera deed-of-grant-in-trust (dogit)
welcome to country
minute silence
 tree planting  by the families on the ridge on the way down to the bora ring
honouring the old people
planting paper bark trees to commemorate old warriors, men & women
walk down
 1.30pm down the bottom near the bora ring
corroboree
smoking ceremony
speeches
dances
contemporary stuff – music – bands
yarning circles
people running activities for the kids
close

fund raising… Go to Article

Sacred fire burns in Musgrave Park!

A question arises from the ‘not guilty’ verdict handed down in Brisbane Magistrate Court today:

How does this verdict affect the question that Jagera land in the southern end of Musgrave Park should be used ‘for aboriginal purpose’ as specified on the title deed and the deed-of-grant-in-trust?… Go to Article

Eatock v Bolt 2011 FCA 1103 (28 September 2011)

heartiest congradulations to pat, mick and all the others who decided to take the bolt vomit on by their action they have proved that our people are not just here to be abused by the likes of bolt and the others of his ilk

i have nothing else to say except job well done Federal Court of Australia

fkj

Eatock v Bolt [2011] FCA 1103 (28 September 2011)

Last Updated: 28 September 2011

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Eatock v Bolt [2011] FCA 1103

SUMMARY

BROMBERG J
28 SEPTEMBER 2011
MELBOURNE

SUMMARY

  1. In accordance with the practice of the Federal Court in some cases of public interest, importance or complexity, the following summary has been prepared to accompany the publication of the Court’s reasons for judgment.
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Campbell Newman sets up his own union watchdog

 As soon as you're born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
Till you're so crazy you can't follow their rules
When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
Keep you doped on religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still peasants as far as I can see
There's room at the top they are telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill
If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me
— John Lennon 'Working Class Hero'

The Attorney General said today that the LNP government “ will ..… Go to Article

Face to Face with Fukushima

Face to Face with Fukushima: Brisbane
Public Forum
March 12, 2013 11am
The Premier’s Hall -Qld Parliament House
Alice St @ George St, Brisbane

As the Qld government makes motions to open a uranium mining industry in this state, the anniversary of the ongoing disaster at Fukushima serves as a timely reminder of the dangers of the nuclear industry…

The Fukushima Delegation will share firsthand accounts and experiences of the Fukushima nuclear disaster that occurred following the Tsunami that devastated East Japan on March 11, 2011.

… Go to Article