| The Australia–Cuba Friendship Society (Brisbane) presents |
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| Poetry in Motion XI
Day of solidarity with Cuba Celebrate the beginning of the Cuban Revolution — the 60th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks |
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| Friday July 26 6.30 p.m. |
Month: July 2013
War that never ends
[PShift on 4ZZZ fm 102.1 at noon on Friday 19 July 2013]
On 5th July 2013 a forum was held at Trades Hall in Melbourne discussing opposition to the war and the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder experienced by veterans.… Go to Article
Brisbane peace action update
Hi folks,
We will still be doing our weekly rally/vigil in King Georges Square this Thursday (18 July 2013) at 4-5:30 pm.… Go to Article
Photographic Exhibit – “Manuwangku — Under a Nuclear Cloud”
Photographic Exhibit is currently showing at Qld Centre of Photography (cnr Russell and Cordelia St, South Brisbane – opp. Musgrave Park.… Go to Article
Refugees: Report on human rights in Iran
Relationship between political events and the death penalty trends in Iran – Iran Human Rights demonstrating the brutal link between Executions in Iran and elections.… Go to Article
Talisman Sabre begins with Tiger Ploughshare activist in court
… Go to ArticleMedia Release 14 July 2013
Talisman Sabre begins with Tiger Ploughshare activist in court
Graeme Dunstan, the friend of the late Bryan Law who was charged for helping Law access the Rockhampton Airport during Talisman Sabre 2011so that he could disable a Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (AHR), will be in Rockhampton District Court for a bail mention
10 am Monday 15 July 2013.
Struggle against nuclear waste dump at Mukaty
Mukaty (Manuwangku) in the Barkly Tablelands in central Australia is where traditional owner Diane Stokes is waging a struggle against a nuclear waste dump – this is her story:
PShift (4zzz fm 102.1 at noon on fridays) interview with Diane Stokes about her opposition to the proposed nuclear waste dump on her land.
Iraq – forgotten war, endless occupation.
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows – Leonard Cohen
[Includes broadcast of interview with US war veteran, Vince Emanuele, on PShift 4ZZZ at Noon Friday 12 July 2013]
In 2004 and 2005, not far from the Syrian border near a railway station in an western province of Iraq US marines fired indiscriminate rounds into passing trains containing Iraqi people travelling with cargo.… Go to Article
MARCH for the BIRTHRIGHTS of ALL FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE!
… Targeting Hezbollah: Who is Behind the Dahiyeh Bombing?
Sooner or later, the party behind the Dahiyeh car bomb on Tuesday, July 9, will be discovered – whether it chooses to declare its responsibility openly or is discovered by the authorities investigating the incident.… Go to Article
We will run our country again
[Editors Note: Thanks to Callum Clayton-Dixon for this excellent video]
Half a century ago, the Yolngu people in the Northern Territory pushed for recognition of the rights of First Nations peoples – recognition of their inherent right to land ownership and to block/veto mining.
“What do these blacks want? An education? Send them back to the bush where they belong .”
by Gerry Georgatos
June 30th, 2013
… Go to Article… one high level university official once said to me, “Gerry, what do these blacks want?
Lessons from the Iraq War
INQUEST CONTINUES – Boat Tragedy
… Go to ArticleNotes from a boat tragedy inquest
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Tony Kevin | 01 July 2013
Last week I attended the first two days of the WA Coroner’s inquest into the sinking of SIEV 358 on 21 June 2012.
Democratic Rights under fire in Musgrave Park
Bail condition prohibiting participation in Cultural Ceremony, and in Social and Political activities in Musgrave Park .
Introduction
Since May 2012 police have been using their move-on powers to interfere with and (on occasion) arrest people engaged in social, political and cultural business in Musgrave Park.… Go to Article
Egypt army detains deposed president Mursi, aides
Egypt’s army overthrew and detained Mohammed Mursi in an abrupt end to the Islamist’s first year in office following days of bloodshed and protests demanding his resignation, as the head of Egypt’s Constitutional Court, Adli Mansour, was sworn in as interim president Thursday.… Go to Article
First meeting to plan coordinated action at G20
[Editor’s Note: WBT received the following notice of meeting from Green Left Weekly]
Meeting to plan coordinated action at G20 (in November 2014)
6pm Thurs 18 July 2013
TLC Building, 16 Peel St, South Brisbane
As many of you know, in 2014 Brisbane will host the G20 Leaders’ Summit at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Southbank.… Go to Article
Wed 3rd July Meeting of the 17 Group
The next meeting of the 17 Group will take place on Wednesday the 3rd of July at 7 pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End.… Go to Article