Month: October 2014
G20: friends and enemies
[Publisher’s Note: The ABC focus in the 7.30 report last night was on the violence and not what people are saying they want, what concerns them – stolen lands, stolen children, first nations sovereignty, low wages, bad jobs, decolonisation before profit, poverty in developing countries, austerity in advanced countries.… Go to Article
Murder in Custody: mark mason rally and march
find attached the leaflet advertising the 4th anniversary of the killing of mark mason by nsw police at collarenebri on the 11th of november, 2010.… Go to Article
Call for indigenous sovereignty, climate action, more jobs and better jobs
Rally to call for indigenous sovereignty, climate action, more jobs and better jobs, and justice for working families.
… Go to Article11am Saturday Nov 15 @ Roma Street Forum
Please share with friends and colleagues.
Foco Nuevo in November
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Protected: Bring Ross Home!
Nauru-A tragedy awaits
… Go to ArticleThis morning a 16 year old boy from Nauru rang. He said I am not safe. I am in danger here.
Upcoming Conference: “Voices for Peace and Justice in the” Middle East
[Editor’s note: I publish this here to indicate the level of understanding in the US of the conflict in the middle east.]… Go to Article
G20: we are all excluded
Here we are … again
Killing in custody of ms. dhu
Brisbane Rally in support of justice for Ms Dhu 23 Oct 2014
All these years after the murder of John Pat by police Ms Dhu is killed in custody for failure to pay a $1,000 transit fine… Paul Spearim spoke at the rally outside Parliament House:
Here we are again
Here we are ...
… Go to Article Fight for cubba cubba
isja has been an avid supporter of the fight to save middle head, or cubba cubba to give it its aboriginal name, since we were made aware that this historical, but public, area had two projects vying for its space.… Go to Article
Strangers in paradise – 101 East
MANUS EXPOSED
“It’s like a prison, like Guantanamo Bay, the one America built in Cuba,” says Faisal. As he sits in a refugee detention centre on an island in the middle of the Pacific, his dream of starting a new life in Australia is fading.… Go to Article
G20 People’s Summit
“Visioning another World”: The G20 Peoples Summit will be a three-day festival of symposiums, idea-sharing, art, creative activities, education and action bringing together local and international thinkers on economics, environment, climate change, social justice, colonisation, rights, politics and peace.
Over 300 times we have died in their custody
FOCO lives
It is on the Radical Times Historical Archive under the FOCO thumbnail which is at position 2C in the grid.
Click on: “A shorter, précis version of the above article designed for publication (5000 words) illustrated with 18 images.”… Go to Article
Bill to expand immigration minister’s border powers hangs in the balance
Its success depends on the support of crossbenchers, with Labor signalling it will reject it in its current form
Sister Brigid Arthur says ‘the powers of the minister under this bill are being drastically increased’.… Go to Article
CIVIL LIBERTIES and OTHER CASUALTIES of Abbott’s War in Iraq
… Go to ArticlePUBLIC MEETING this SATURDAY in Brisbane
CIVIL LIBERTIES and OTHER CASUALTIES of Abbott’s War in Iraq
Speakers:
Dr Peter Slezak – University of NSW
Salam El Merebi – AMARAH
Andrew Bartlett – Qld GreensMeeting details:
3:30pm Saturday October 25thLavalla Centre
58 Fernberg Rd, Paddington
The purpose of the forum is to support the Muslim community, defend civil liberties and promote peace.
We are all excluded
… Go to ArticleThe Cloudland Collective is helping to promote a rally and march that is coinciding with the G20 leaders summit.
We are leafleting at the Woodridge Train Station Markets this Sunday (26 October).
Black is
Vale Gough
Gough Whitlam is remembered more for the agony of the dismissal than for the many great achievements his government wrought in a mere three years, writes Mungo MacCallum.
Keep Uranium in the Ground!
On this day, 37 years ago (22 October 1977) the largest mass arrests in Australian history occurred in an attempt to stop the mining and export of Uranium, a radio-active metal that has caused countless deaths, most recently at Fukushima in Japan.… Go to Article
Decision on the sacred fire
“It is a basic principle that all people should stand equal before the law.” – Chief Justice Mason in Walker v New South Wales
Sacred Fire
Magistrate Chris Callaghan handed down his decision in the Brisbane Magistrates Courts today, 22 Oct 2014, concerning the sacred fire.… Go to Article
A Whitlam trifecta
By Humphrey McQueen
[HMcQ: Following are three pieces written for the Bulletin in 1999-2000. The Bulletin commissioned and paid for this obituary in 2,000 but it died first (sic).]… Go to Article
BrisCommunity Action G20 – general meeting
… Go to ArticleNext Brisbane Community Action Network (BrisCAN) G20 Meeting
Date: Sunday October 26
Time: 9:30 for cuppa – 10:00am -12pm (space available longer if required)
Place: Justice Place: 5 Abingdon St.
Unemployed Workers Union formed
We are an organisation formed in 2014 by a group of people who were fed up with being pushed around by Centrelink and the Employment Services providers.… Go to Article
nda for death in custody of ms. dhu
STOP PRESS +++ STOP BLACK DEATHS in CUSTODY +++ Brisbane Rally 11 am Parliament House George Street Brisbane Thursday 23 October 2014
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find below the news article setting out the call for the national day of action that the family of ms.… Go to Article
G20 threat to community services
BrisCAN spokesperson, Mr Adrian Skerritt, said “This November the G20 will be discussing further cuts to community services, including public education and health care.”… Go to Article
Ross is locked up! Please sign the petition
Somewhere between 7am and 10 am on Thursday 15 October 2014 they came for Ross at his home in Sunnybank.
His carer had just left for work.… Go to Article
Protected: Public Trustee Qld and associate of former ALP Premiers
Eyes for Peace
Veteran activist of the Iraq war will tour the Spanish state against the warmongering policies of USA / Spain
Eyes for Peace
Very interesting tour of this veteran activist of the Iraq war, and the ability to tie all the knots of the frames of military policies with imperialism and with the exclusion of various kinds: sexist, racist, classist … living in your flesh (as explained in the press).… Go to Article