Celebrate the International Day of the Worker in song!
FOCO NUEVO: May Day Special
Friday, 1 May 2015, 8.00 p.m.
Kurilpa Hall
174 Boundary Street West End
Combined Unions Choir / Rebecca Wright/ Something to Sing About / Jumping Fences
(Unfortunately Sue Wighton has had to cancel owing to illness, so Rebecca will be performing solo)
Cakes, tea and coffee available.… Go to Article
Municipal and state authorities are moving against Sovereign Tent Embassies again … they started in Perth in March 2012, they moved against the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy in Musgrave Park in May 2012.… Go to Article
Union members call for his immediate release.
On 15 October 2014, at the order of the Public Guardian and Public Trustee, Ross 
Taylor was abducted from his family home at Sunnybank.… Go to Article
Sacked for tweeting remarks about Anzacs that are considered “inappropriate” and “disrespectful”? Let me try and put SBS sports journalist Scott McIntyre’s tweets in historical perspective.… Go to Article
Aboriginal protesters are angry after being prevented from following the Anzac Day parade in Canberra.
Police stopped a group of more than 50 indigenous people and supporters joining marchers at the national service while waving flags, beating sticks and chanting “shame”.… Go to Article
The next meeting of the 17 Group will be held on Wednesday the 6th of May at 7 pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End.… Go to Article
Public sector workers fight for job security http://www.cpaml.org/posting1.php?id=174
Balikatan: US leads ‘allies’ in war preparations http://www.cpaml.org/posting1.php?id=175
When wharfies said no to fascism http://www.cpaml.org/posting1.php?id=176… Go to Article
The principle of ‘academic freedom’ and the obligations of higher learning
institutions: An examination of the arguments surrounding the academic boycott
of Israel
Abstract: Inspired by the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, the Palestinian campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) issued a call in 2004 urging academics and cultural workers around the world to boycott ‘all Israeli academic and cultural institutions’ in support of the Palestinian people’s struggle ‘to end Israel‘s occupation, colonization and system of apartheid’ (PACBI 2009).… Go to Article
Brisbane Labour Day March & Family Fun Day 2015
Come celebrate the achievements of working people past and present by marching with your union this Labour Day – Sunday May 3 2015.… Go to Article
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Am I a spy in the land of the living, that I should deliver men to Death? Brother, the password and the plans of our city are safe with me; never through me Shall you be overcome.… Go to Article
by Gerry Georgatos
April 24th, 2015
Image – Desiré Mallet
One in 13 of Western Australia’s Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander adult males are in prison today.… Go to Article
Several Aboriginal communities in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) took a stand against the police-military takeover of their towns last month as the Labor opposition joined with the Howard government in ramming the legislation through the Senate.… Go to Article
[Publisher’s Note: In reading the article below be mindful that all aspects of this history are disputed … here are Australians celebrating their version of Gallipoli to the exclusion of others.… Go to Article
Shape without form, shade without colour,
Paralysed force, gesture without motion
-TS Elliot
On the 12th May Treasurer Joe Hockey will present his second budget.… Go to Article
May 15th 1948 marks the day over 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes and made refugees.
In 1948, the establishment of the Israeli state in Palestine through violent ethnic cleansing not only forced Palestinians from their homes, but also led to massacres of indigenous populations and the destruction of villages.… Go to Article
Lest we forget: All victims of all wars: We remember especially the only wars fought on Australian soil: the Frontier Wars
Lest we forget the human cost of war and the $1.7 trillion spent on military activity each year.… Go to Article
Lest We Forget the Frontier Wars
Anzac Day March 2015 assembling from 11 am 25 April 2015
cnr Anzac Parade and Constitution Avenue
Reid, Australian Capital Territory
The Anzac Day Frontier Wars March will be the culmination of a week of storytelling at a Frontier Wars Storytelling Camp at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy starting 20 April.… Go to Article
“(The US) has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good. It’s a brilliant, even witty, highly successful act of hypnosis.”… Go to Article
Presented by Professor Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society at the Melbourne Law School
When: Tuesday 19 May, 6:00-7:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Where: Cinema B, Gallery of Modern Art, Stanley Place, South Bank
There may not be two neighbouring countries that have such significant 
differences of language, culture, history, ethnicity and religion as Australia and Indonesia.… Go to Article
Another thoughtful article from Andy about war …… Go to Article
[Publisher’s Note: The people of Gaza have lived under siege for 8 years. While government and corporations are glorifying the ANZAC myth, Israeli & Egyptian governments are waging a silent war against the people or Gaza.
it says: ISIS is the only authorised agent of the CIA in the Middle East…. For contract contact CIA and payment in US $
ISIS: Hello… Alliance… there is a target (Iraqi Forces) approaching us… would you strike it ((by accident)).… Go to Article
[PN: This article slipped through the reactionary filter of the
Australian’s editorial team.]
Hypocrites deny Billy Gordon redemption
How
we react to issues surrounding Queensland MP Billy Gordon will demonstrate our collective maturity.… Go to Article
