The people under the armaments: our hope and power in a dark time.

History is an angel being blown backwards into the future
He said: History is a pile of debris
And the angel wants to go back and fix things
To repair the things that have been broken
But there is a storm blowing from Paradise
And the storm keeps blowing the angel backwards into the 
future
And this storm, this storm is called Progress.

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Los Chicago Boys

[Publisher’s Note: good review of a documentary on the origins of neo-liberalism in Chile. The role of Opus Dei is especially intriguing.… Go to Article

Teachers at Brisbane school to strike over student’s immigration detention

12244385_699719653461122_7227548070334389728_o There has never been a more important time for you to show your support for the #FreeMojgan campaign – if you have not had opportunity to come along to a rally or march, this is THE moment to demonstrate your support!… Go to Article

Corporate stranglehold of farmland a risk to world food security, study says

Publishers note: The Nile Delta was once a most fertile farming area and could support a rich agricultural civilisation by the use of manual labour.… Go to Article

The mourning after Paris

The mourning after (in Australia):

I met this morning at the Glebe Fair a Lebanese-Australian I’ve known for years. He used to work as a maintenance staff at Sydney University when I worked there.… Go to Article

Paris: Your Wars – Our Dead

Responses: “Your Wars – Our Dead”

Many of us are fearful tonight of the reaction upon reaction which our rulers will unleash.… Go to Article

The Wretched of the Earth

[Publisher’s Note: Given events in Lebanon, Mali, Nigeria, Libya Iraq and Syria since the year 2000, I think it wise to look back to the 1950s and 1960s when France was in the thick of colonial wars in Indo-China and Algeria.… Go to Article

Guiding principles for strengthening the participation of local Aboriginal community in child protection decision making

Yaama Ganu,

Please find attached the following document “Guiding Principles for Strengthening the Participation of Local Aboriginal Commmunity in Child Protection Decision Making” [GMAR FACS Guiding Principles FINAL Nov 2015.pdf… Go to Article

Police deny Wicked Pickets’ complaints of harassment

On 25 July 2015 police attempted to prevent a march of people from Reddacliff Place to Parliament House under the pretext that they had insufficient resources to regulate traffic.… Go to Article

Free the Refugees – Benefit Concert and Dinner

The Refugee Action Collective end of year Benefit Concert.

Join us to mark a year of struggle and help us continue the fight for Refugee rights.… Go to Article

So why are they bombing Syria, thousands ask?

'Our fight will be merciless' 
                 - Francois Hollande, 
                   President of Fifth Republic 
                   of France

Someone threw down their bedsheets to cover the bodies.… Go to Article

Community Radio training for people from non-English speaking background

Thanks to a grant from the Community Broadcasting Foundation Ltd, 4ZZZ is offering a special one day workshop for people who are non-English native speakers aged 18 to 40 years and open to everyone (subscribers and non 4ZZZ subscribers alike)

“MAKING RADIO”
Learn The Basics of Creating Colourful Content

SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 11:00 – 17:30
OR
SUNDAY 29 NOVEMBER 11:00 – 17:30
(Applicants to choose one session only – each session covers the same material)

A MAXIMUM OF TEN (10) APPLICANTS PER SESSION WILL BE ACCEPTED

The session covers:
A brief history of community radio in Australia, including 4ZZZ’s specific milestones

Broadcasting laws and responsibilities focusing on the role of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia and the Australian Communication & Media Authority

Hands on skills taught in interviewing, writing for radio & on-air broadcasting/presentation

COST: FREE!

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Civil Disobedience

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Intimidation on Jonson Street

On Wednesday Byron Friends of Palestine held a stall on Jonson Street outside Fundies supporting the non-violent Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against the apartheid Israeli state.… Go to Article

The Rise of the Post-New Left Political Vocabulary

Not sure this article applies to the Australian context, the language that is.

Also I doubt the problems of the Left are down to language and generational differences.… Go to Article

Turkey G20 solidarity event

[Some folks are getting together for a G20 solidarity with Turkey event Nov 18-Nov 20, 2015. Thnx RT – IC 13 Nov 2015]

TALKING TURKEY – Solidarity Against G20 Support for Oppressed Minorities.… Go to Article

Australia & the Fascist Idea of Greater Britain

An interesting article on Australia and the British Fascist movement – They liked us! [Thnx to GMacL, aye – I.C.]

An alternative vision to the ‘million farms campaign’ of the 1920s, this weekend, from November 13th – 15th, the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy will be hosting a community conference and camp-out at Musgrave Park to discuss treaty and de-colonisation.… Go to Article

BASE (2011-2015): Treaties Conference

This weekend, from November 13th – 15th, the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy will be hosting a community conference and camp-out at Musgrave Park.… Go to Article

Jewish Women unfurl “Boycott Israel” banner at Jewish Holy Site in Jerusalem

Yesterday (Tuesday 10 November) two Jewish-American women displayed a controversial “Boycott Israel” banner at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. For Jews, the Wailing Wall, otherwise known as the Kotel or Western Wall, is one of the most sacred holy sites in the world.… Go to Article

Peace Advocate Climbs U.S. Navy Satellite Dish in Sicily

On the morning of Armistice Day, November 11, 2015, longtime peace activist Turi Vaccaro climbed to where you see him in the photo above.… Go to Article

Why revolution is no longer possible

[Publisher’s Note: Despite claims being made in the article below by Byung-Chul Han that revolution is not possible, there is ongoing resistance to austerity in many places, in Asia, in Southern Europe, and even now in Great Britain with the election of Jeremy Corbin to the leadership of the Labour Party.… Go to Article

People power for Abyan shows how to stop refugee cruelty

More than 1000 health professionals and medical workers rallied outside hospitals in Brisbane, Sydney, Darwin, Adelaide and Newcastle on 30 October to demand the release of children from detention.

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Griffith EcoCentre Forum: Avoiding the Black Hole

There’s an international transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy and energy efficiency, being led by Denmark, Germany, China (by air pollution necessity), and some states of the US.… Go to Article

How did the first world war actully end?

If you read nothing else from emails this week, make SURE you read this piece by Paul Mason!
We need to make this as much part of our consciousness as Simpson, his donkey and his working class passion
sent on by Howard Guille.… Go to Article

God’s Law, Or Man’s? – civil disobedience and the bible (a zine)

[Publisher’s Note: Andy Paine has written a zine that looks at civil disobedience from a Christian perspective.

Unfortunately such action assumes that the government has a conscience which, given Peter Dutton’s sermons in the last few days, I think we can safely assume it does not.… Go to Article