The leaders of the 2014 anti-government protests in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela are the same US-supported mainstream Venezuelan opposition leaders who supported and collaborated in the 2002 coup in coordination with the US Embassy in Caracas.… Go to Article
Month: May 2014
Boko Haram vs Nigeria’s Crooks
In a truly heartwarming gesture, China says it will send “specialists” to aid the hunt for the missing girls. This is really about China’s race for Africa’s resources and its growing competition there with the US and Europe.… Go to Article
Wars of Myths: ancient and new
Dear friends, a group of people from all over the East coast gathered in Canberra for the week between Easter Sunday and Anzac Day, for an annual Peace Convergence.… Go to Article
Aboriginal Land: more ‘bucket loads of extinguishment’ …
Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Andrew Cripps, announced on 9 May 2014 further amendments to the Land Act 1994 to make way for the wholesale privatisation of communal land held by Aboriginal Trustees in remote communities like Yarrabah and Cape York.… Go to Article
Thatcherism in Queensland Housing
… Go to Article“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.”
March in May against Hockey’s Budget
The 2014 Federal budget will be significant for its brutality. As Australia’s first austerity budget, the grounds for the budget are political rather than economic.… Go to Article
National Action Group formed to combat child removals
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Today, Thursday 8 May 2014, people who have experience of continuing stolen generations from Perth, Brisbane, Gunnedah, Alice Springs, Sydney, South Coast, Melbourne and Bundaberg formed a National Action Group to fight aboriginal child removals from their guardians by DOCS in each state.… Go to Article
Renewable Energy Target Review – This review is designed to hurt solar
As you have probably heard, the Renewable Energy Target – the program that has helped you and 2 million other Australian families go solar – is under review.… Go to Article
Award Modernisation: WorkChoices revisited
… Go to ArticleIndustrial Relations Laws enacted by the Queensland LNP government have been described as “WorkChoices for Queensland”. The laws strip back Awards, contain significant attacks on public sector and local government employees and allow the employer to take away the right to protected industrial action.
Asylum seeker mother and baby separated again.
Great Barrier Reef: Mega Ports or Marine Park?
Great Barrier Reef: Mega Ports or Marine Park?Dear Norma
At a time when the reef needs stronger protection, the Queensland Government is fast tracking port developments and giving special treatment to the mining industry.… Go to Article
The Second Stolen Generation
The inaugural meeting of the Brisbane Sovereign Grannies group was held at Jagera Hall on 27 Mar 2014. Jagera Hall is at Musgrave Park, 121 Cordelia Street South Brisbane.… Go to Article
Wed 7th of May meeting of the 17 Group
The next meeting of the 17 Group will be held on Wednesday the 7th of May at 7 pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End.… Go to Article
Photos from Foco Nuevo tribute to Pete Seeger
FOCO NUEVO: May Day Special Tribute to Pete Seeger
We celebrate this May Day with a tribute to Pete Seeger, who sadly passed away earlier this year.… Go to Article
Commemorating al Nakba: Celebrating Palestine – May 17th 2014
Commemorating al Nakba: Celebrating Palestine 2014
Featuring Phil Monsour – Songs of exile and return
Phil will perform a selection of songs and share stories and videos about Palestinian refugees and the right of return.… Go to Article
Commission of Audit wrong on costs of asylum seekers
… Go to ArticleASRC spokesperson, Pamela Curr said today:
According to the C of A report it currently costs $239,000 a year to keep one asylum seeker detained in Australia and more than $400,000 to detain an asylum seeker in offshore detention.
A fitting codicil to a century of war
Military spending and mythology in Australia have taken on a life of their own. We need an Iraq War inquiry and a more realistic view of the last century of war, writes Jake Lynch
A large chunk of humanity tumbled into World War I just over a hundred years ago.… Go to Article
May Day Special – Tribute to Pete Seeger
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FOCO NUEVO: May Day Special
Tribute to Pete Seeger
Friday, 2 May 2014, 8.00 p.m.
Kurilpa Hall
174 Boundary Street West EndCombined Unions Choir / Ian Dearden / Fox Hat / Mark Dalton / Jumping Fences
Cakes, tea and coffee available.
