Typical of this government after 5pm, the sneaky smelly business is released
The Nauru Inquiry Report has been published and can be found here –
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Regional_processing_Nauru/Regional_processing_Nauru/Final_Report… Go to Article

“We travel like other people, but we return to nowhere ... 
we have a country of words” - Mahmoud Darwish

 Return is a memoir of what it is like to live through exile and occupation of Palestine from the perspective of a daughter, mother, sister and activist who grew up in Jerusalem prior to Al Nakba in 1948.… Go to Article

The latest streaming video on Radical Times with the permission of the videomaker, Ben Carr.

Brisbane Blacks: The Story of Mop and the Dropouts

Brisbane 1982: The Commonwealth Games were on.… Go to Article

Foco Nuevo in September
4th September, 2015
8.00 pm
Kurilpa Hall
174 Boundary Street, West End (map)

Thanks to all who made our last Foco Nuevo very enjoyable.… Go to Article

Mining giant Glencore and the NT Health Department did not act on a recommendation from the Chief Health Officer to warn people living near the McArthur River Mine to not eat fish from three locations, Northern Territory Government documents show.… Go to Article

GHESSEHA (TALES)

Winner of the Jury Grand Prize and nominated for Achievement in Directing at the 8th APSAs last December, Iranian director Rakhshan Banietemad’s Tales affirms her reputation as one of the most acute observers of her country’s malaise.… Go to Article

If the Pope and Naomi Klein have finally got you worried about the international fossil-fuel industry, come to the next meeting of the 17 Group, which will be held onWednesday the 2nd of September at 7 pm in unit 6, at 20 Drury St, West End.… Go to Article

Desire to push the world in a certain direction,
to alter other people’s idea of the kind of society 
that they should strive after."

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[Publisher’s Note: It is hard to comprehend that people who seek refuge and become subject to such torment. Nazanin story seems like a movie script if it were not true … and others like it, equally horrendous.… Go to Article

Al-Ghab Plain Battle

Pubblicato il 22 ago 2015
Offensive in Al-Ghab Plain to reach the Syrian Coast
Thousands of fanatic fighters are trying to bear dominion over Al-Ghab Plain in order to reach the Syrian coastline, which acts as a human tank for the Syrian regime, according to their sources.… Go to Article

The High Court will sit in Canberra on 7-8 October to consider the lawfulness of the Australian Government’s role in offshore detention on Nauru, in a case brought by a group of people seeking asylum.… Go to Article

Middle Eastern Dinner
with Ghada Karmi
author of Return and
In search of Fatima.

Saturday 5th Sept
A talk with Ghada at the “Suburban” in West End.

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Radiothon isn’t just about subscribing (well that’s a big part of it), as we are also putting a number of events on during those 10 days to generate funds for the station.… Go to Article

After attending the ETU campaign planning course – focus group – with brief media skillshare by Van Badham, I am excited!

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[Paradigm Shift 14 August 2015 4zzz fm 102.1 broadcast by Andy and Ian]

Know our friends, know our enemies
In 2015 global company Hutchisons sacked half their workforce (97 workers) by text message.… Go to Article

Hundreds of Palestinian supporters take part in a mass 9 day bike ride from Edinburgh to London to help bring awareness to the situation in Gaza and raise money for a Palestinian children’s charity.… Go to Article

This is extraordinary. Rattled by the Federal Court overturning approval of the Carmichael Coal Mine, the government plans to rush a bill through Parliament tomorrow to rip out the laws that allow Australians to challenge dangerous projects – like new coal mines – in court.

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Rally with the Yeronga High community to free Mojgan

When & where:

Footpath outside Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices, 1 Eagle St, Brisbane, from 4.30pm on Friday 14 August.… Go to Article

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Phil Monsour is performing tomorrow night (18 August) at Studio 188 in Ipswich along with Theresa Creed Tracey at 7pm.

Free event for the Solidarity Kulture Klub.

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Just before midnight on Thursday 6 August 2015, 97 workers at logistics operator Hutchison Ports Australia in Brisbane and Sydney were sacked suddenly without explanation by text and email.… Go to Article

While campaigners for changes to the Marriage Act are rallying behind the slogan of ‘equal love’, the media headline ‘gay marriage’.… Go to Article

Peabody selling up in Oz (again)

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has been hired by Peabody Energy to divest its entire portfolio of Australian coal assets, as one of the world’s largest miners of the commodity
plans to stage an exit from the local market.

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Publisher’s Note: As the Qld government’s involvement in the Adani fiasco has people scratching their heads, here is an alternative energy policy paper written for Sustainable Queensland by Trevor Berrill, an engineer with 30 years experience in renewables.… Go to Article

PACBI Guidelines for the International Cultural Boycott of Israel (Revised July 2014)

Being that part of the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) tasked with overseeing the academic and cultural boycott aspects of BDS, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) has advocated, since 2004, for a boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions.[1]… Go to Article