How Suharto Won Power

On October 1, 1965, Major-General Suharto made the decisive moves that allowed him 18 months later to displace President Sukarno and take supreme power in Indonesia.… Go to Article

Did you know that when King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain gave the Spanish Jews 3 months to leave or be killed, most of them were rescued by the Ottoman fleet and taken to Izmir and elsewhere to live in peace and prosperity there for the next several hundred years?… Go to Article

The October meeting of the 17 Group will take place onWednesday the 7th of October at 7 pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End.… Go to Article

Today’s news is the ALP State Government is considering back-flipping on its promise to stop mining companies getting free and unlimited, precious groundwater: http://www.lockthegate.org.au/state_government_wants_to_give_miners_unlimited_rights_to_take_precious_groundwater

… Go to Article

Ships are loading at Hutchison’s Port Botany in Sydney, as the lockout of key unionists continues. Each day at breaks, and after shifts, workers join the community assembly.… Go to Article

 'And to the victor, the spoils'
     -- Sir Jack Egerton as he went to serve on 
     the board of QANTAS (then publicly owned) in 1972    
                 Egerton was a former Qld Trades & Labour 
                 Council President & Federal ALP 
                 vice-President

[Publisher’s Note:  In the early 1990s the Goss Labor government ‘corporatised’ public assets including ports, power generation and rail.… Go to Article

8pm
Friday 2 Oct
Kurilpa Hall, West End
174 Boundary Street, West End, Brisbane, Australia 4101

The monthly concert hosted by Jumping Fences

BAERG-ROESELI | INNES CAMPBELL | JUMPING FENCES

$10/$7 BYO Cakes Tea and Coffee available

Start the long weekend with a night of live music!… Go to Article

You are invited to attend: Lessons from Greece: Workers’ Liberty London Forum Thursday, October 15, 2015 from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Lucas Arms Pub, Grays Inn Road, WX1C8QY 0207 394 8923 // awl The election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader has electrified working-class, socialist politics in Britain.

… Go to Article

Why so many are signing the petition- please consider

https://www.change.org/p/prime-minister-malcolm-turnbull-the-hon-bill-shorten-an-open-letter-from-the-women-of-australia-to-prime-minister-malcolm-turnbull/share?utm_medium=email&utm_source=notification&utm_campaign=new_petition_recruit

Dear All,

The 7.30 report will be doing a harrowing report about sexual assaults
on Nauru women tonight.

… Go to Article

[Latest News: Professor Frazer says he is not attending the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch … he will be in Canberra on this day.… Go to Article

Foco Nuevo in October
2nd October, 2015
8.00 pm
Kurilpa Hall
174 Boundary Street, West End (map)

Start the long weekend with a night of live music at Foco Nuevo!… Go to Article

Radio CAAMA interviews Nicole Watson about the Intervention

Date: This Thursday, September 24th
Time: 11.30am -1pm,
Venue: Arena Publications 2 Kerr St.… Go to Article

It is amazing – over 4000 in as many days

Can we make it 5 or more

Please ask your friends family

Just yesterday a woman from Nauru said to me “we gave our life to save our life”- it took me hours to see exactly what she meant.… Go to Article

Industry insider warns taxpayers may foot bill for mine rehabilitation unless government, industry step up

An environmental scientist who works with the mining industry has broken ranks to warn that Australian taxpayers will be left with a bill running into tens of billions of dollars unless government and industry start taking mine rehabilitation seriously.… Go to Article

… Go to Article

I remember sometime in the 1977/8 there was a showing of Ken Loach’s Days of Hope … it was at Kelvin Grove teachers college (now QUT).… Go to Article

A CONVERSATION WITH FARKHANDA CHAUDHRY (MBE), International Woman of the Year 2005, Switzerland.


Speaking on Religious Diversity and a Culture of Peace

Date: Monday 5TH October 2015- (This is a Public Holiday)

4-6PM 80 BOUNDARY RD.… Go to Article

The Bloodhouse in the February 1978 edition of Film News

Publisher’s Note: The plight of the migrants in Wollongong depicted in Garry Lane’s film ‘The Bloodhouse’ (shown below) makes me think of refugees fleeing Syria today with the prospect of ending up as cheap labour somewhere in Europe … when they are not being tear gassed at borders, that is.… Go to Article

Serpent swimming in shark sea
looking for memory in pink early light
between devil deep and wide blue sea
And so fatal can be its bite!

… Go to Article

Peace and Nuclear-Free Friends: important upcoming events…

Action today: Stop bombing Syria!

Join me in lamentation and hope for the people of Syria.… Go to Article

COAL COMFORT:

How Big Coal bought a government
& trashed the environment

Guest speakers:
Kristen Lyons
Drew Hutton,
Murrawah Johnson
Anthony Esposito

THURSDAY 17 SEPT 7PM @ ETU 41 Peel St, South Brisbane

Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin, Queensland, is experiencing divestment from big banks, a strong message of caution from the Australian Federal Court and concerted pressure from environmental groups and traditional owners to stop its development.

… Go to Article

An Analysis (14 September 2015) by Lawrence Davidson

Part I – Varying Goals
Back on 1 May 2015 I wrote an analysis on “Changing Alliances and the National Interest in the Middle East.”… Go to Article

Today, Monday 14 Sep 2015
at 12:00pm
Parliament House, Brisbane
George St, Brisbane, Australia 4000

Hello and Mauri,

We (QLD Kiribati Community Youth) are organising a demonstration in front of QLD parliament on Monday Sept 14 not just for us I-Kiribati but also for our brothers and sisters of the pacific islands.… Go to Article

[Publisher’s Note: For a couple of years i was a volunteer in a local food program organised by the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy (the tent embassy).… Go to Article