Company refuses to hand over evidence about its exports of weaponry to Israel
The prosecution of arms-trade protesters who occupied a British drone engines manufacturer has been dropped at the last minute, after the company refused to hand over evidence about its exports of weaponry to Israel, The Independent can reveal.… Go to Article
“Call for Papers for the 2015 National Indigenous Conferences”
… Go to ArticleInspired by the hugely successful staging of last year’s Indigenous Conferences in Cairns, the event organizers are now calling for papers for the five exciting events being launched this month with the closing date of submitting paper on February 28, 2015.
Jarndyce and Jarndyce drones on. This scarecrow of a suit has, in course of time, become so complicated that no man alive knows what it means.… Go to Article
In Australia there is no greater rights struggle than the Aboriginal rights struggle. It is a human rights struggle where not only the First Peoples of this continent were violently and murderously dispossessed of their lands but since the advent of British colonialism onto their shores they were subjected to segregation, apartheid and the systematic destruction of their cultures and languages – more than 350 First Peoples’ nations and languages have been impacted.… Go to Article
[Publisher’s Note: Public Assets vs Private Assets – which is better – Queensland State Election …. see also Julia could, Annastacia can]… Go to Article
On New Year’s Day a little girl was born, opening her eyes to the world, but to what kind of a world?
Indigenous children now make up more than a third of children in out-of-home care. Source: News Corp Australia
ABORIGINAL children are more than 10 times as likely as non-Aboriginal children to be removed from their parents and taken into out-of-home care, and that gap is increasing, new figures reveal.
[Publisher’s Note: If you think the ALP is the party of the working class, think again. The report below shows that average number properties per Labor member is 2.8, compared to 2.2 for LNP members.… Go to Article
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On 26th January 2015 a group of non-First Nations people attempted to show people celebrating Australia Day the reality of what they’re doing: celebrating the ongoing genocide of First Nations people.
Over the past four years, the Unist’ot’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en nation have literally built a strategy to keep three proposed oil and gas pipelines from crossing their land.
… Go to ArticleSubject: Israel’s Crimes
To: lettersDear Sir,The Israeli Human Rights Group B’Tselem’s Black Flag report claims there was a deliberate policy of attacking civilian targets in the 2014 Gaza offensive formulated at the highest levels of the Israeli military and government (“Black Flag of Illegality” over 2014 Gaza Strip offensive, February 29).
Australians strongly support the use of solar energy as they know it saves them money, creates jobs and is clean. So you would think they would like to vote for a government that supports the solar industry’s continued growth.… Go to Article
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11th Floor, Braamfontein Centre
23 Jorissen Street
Braamfontein, 2017
Johannesburg
South Africa28 January 2015
Dear Friends and Comrades,
EMBARRASSING END OF YEAR AGM FOR WOOLWORTHS
BDS activists bought shares to attend the Woolworths 2014 end of year AGM.
News has come through that Tom Uren has died at the age of 93.
It may seem strange saying goodbye to a Labor politician on these pages, but Tom Uren was only one of two Labor politicians who was arrested with us regularly during the street marches in Brisbane in 1977-79.… Go to Article
The first meeting of the 17 group for 2015 will be held on Wednesday the 4th of February at 7 pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End.… Go to Article
They do not by and large like politicians – I suppose that, by and large, they do not really like anyone much – but they have a certain respect for them, the same way they might have for a horse or a gun dog.… Go to Article
REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: I want to talk with you mainly about our struggle in the United States and, before taking my seat, talk about some of the larger struggles in the whole world and some of the more difficult struggles in places like South Africa.… Go to Article
Change is in the Air Across Southern Europe
Last night (Thursday, January 22, 2015), Pablo Iglesias of Podemos spoke at a massive Syriza rally in Athens, just three days before the Greek elections that Syriza is expected to win.
If you can’t decide who to vote for in the Queensland state election, lend me your ear. Today I’m wearing my Friends of the Earth hat and this week, the week of the hastily cobbled together Queensland election, the Earth needs you more than ever.… Go to Article
[PShift friday 23 Jan 2015 4zzz fm 102.1]
Ian discusses how the modern nation state overcame aboriginal resistance and went on to colonise Australia.… Go to Article
When Aboriginal people boycott celebrations, we are told to move on. It’s like the breathtaking legacy of disadvantage we have to endure did not exist
Every year, Australia tries to wash away its hidden history with displays of overt nationalism.… Go to Article
[PN: Who can sanction this?]
None of the 58 asylum seekers who were arrested following protests have been charged yet face living in prison for an indeterminate time
Fifty-eight detainees forcibly removed from the Manus Island detention centre could be held in jail without charge until their refugee status determinations are made.
[Publisher’s Note: WBT gives its analysis of the Queensland Election 2015, and the issues raised by the extra-parliamentary opposition.… Go to Article
[PN: Suppose, in the example given, ‘Pompelonia’ is Catalonia, one of the most industrialised parts of Spain in the 1930s; and “C” is Madrid (run by Franco and his supporters).… Go to Article
… Go to ArticleLabor for Refugees demands …. CLOSE MANUS ISLAND NOW!
Labor for Refugees calls on the Leadership of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party to support the immediate closure of Manus Island.
Black Nations Rising ISSUE 1: http://is.gd/dCdOMI
This is the first edition of Black Nations Rising (BNR) magazine, a new national Aboriginal publication dedicated to informing our people about decolonization and inspiring them to take action in the anticolonial struggle.… Go to Article
Delta Compound has gone 24 hours without drinking water, after
Transfield removed the water bottles from outside the fence.
Pictures attached show Delta detainees catching rainwater to try and
relieve the water shortage on Monday 20 January.… Go to Article
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