Month: December 2018
‘Betrayal’ in Algiers
‘No, but I like him even less as a foe.‘ – French Paratrooper commander in Algeria, Colonel Phillippe Mathieu on Sartre
There is another Algiers and a different Casbah than that depicted in John Cromwell’s ‘Algiers’.… Go to Article
Bejam Denis Walker
Assange, product of the anti-war movement?
VID INTERVIEW – Ciaron O’Reilly 30th Day “24/7 Solidarity with Julian Assange Vigil” outside Ecuadorian embassy London.
Rivermouth
I had plans to save the planet
but they got washed down a stormwater drain
it’s all too big, it’s all too hard
dropped my guard, and i missed the last train
compass needle spinning
now i’m lost inside my head
– Rivermouth
For the first time in almost three years, Rivermouth is very excited to be releasing a new single!… Go to Article
The Far Left in Australia since 1945
Aussie progressives choose long hard roads
Seventy years of Left activism in Australia
Far Left In Australia Since 1945, editors Jon Piccini, Evan Smith and Matthew Worley, Routledge, London and New York, 2019. … Go to Article
Climbing Mt Glorious
My climbing partner says not many people climb Mt Glorious. So on my 68th birthday we began the ascent from Jolly’s Lookout.… Go to Article
From My Lai to Helmand Province
We publish Base Culture – this land is Helmand by Lyle Jeremy Rubin, a former US Marine. The article that appeared first in n+1 magazine.… Go to Article
Bonds
My bond. I will have my bond.
– Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, Act 3, sc. 3.
Holidays are coming up – a time to venture into the new and the demanding.… Go to Article
Vale Jon Baird
Jon Baird arrested during street march campaign 1977-79
Jon Baird was a fighter.
He came out of the Democratic Rights movement in the late 1970s.… Go to Article
Defending Democratic Space
Please sign the petition to stop ‘Proposed demolition of The University of Queensland Union Complex’ @ https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/petitions/petition-details?id=3052… Go to Article
No Principle in East Timor Oil
“I am recommending a pragmatic rather than a principled stand but this is what national interest and foreign policy is all about …” – cable from Richard Woolcott to Gough Whitlam in 1975 when Indonesia invaded East Timor.… Go to Article
Saving UQ Union complex
UQ Union Complex 1965
The 4ZZZ event held yesterday at the Schonell to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the station’s eviction from UQ was a success.… Go to Article
Tales of corrupt times past
Queensland political activist relives the 1970-80s
Book Review: Iraqi Icicle and The Second Father
WITH the current surge of audiobooks here are two unlikely bedfellows in popular writing.… Go to Article
Mandela: long walk to freedom
Recently I visited an exhibition at Melbourne’s Museum of the struggle against apartheid through the eyes of Nelson Mandela. For those that can’t see the exhibit see below for some of the images I saw.… Go to Article
4ZZZ remembers eviction from University
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes – Mark Twain
4ZZZ held a forum at the old Schonell Theatre 15 Dec 2018 to commemorate its eviction from University of Queensland 30 years ago.… Go to Article
4ZZZ Eviction
Vale Robert Wharton
Book Reviews: ‘Iraqi Icicle’ and ‘The Second Father’
With the current surge of audiobooks here are two unlikely bedfellows in popular writing. Both books are set in Brisbane during the bad years of the Bjelke-Petersen government.… Go to Article
Foco tonight
| Foco Nuevo in December Friday, 7th December, 2018 NOTE EVEN NEWER STARTING TIME!! Doors Open 7.00 pm — Music starts 7.30 pm Kurilpa Hall 174 Boundary Street, West End (map) The people have spoken! |
Save Mowbray Park
Brisbane is a river city but you wouldn’t know it from what Brisbane City Council is doing in East Brisbane.
Council has been increasing private access to the Brisbane River and to a large part of Norman Creek near Mowbray Park in East Brisbane.… Go to Article
Assange – speed bump before extradition
I am merely at risk, consequent of providing a speed bump to the war-making-state as they attempt to extract Julian from his sanctuary.… Go to Article
Roma – massacre in Mexico
Roma is a 2018 drama film written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón.
Cuarón also produced, co-edited and photographed the film.… Go to Article
Students and teachers unite against coal
Thursday 29th November 2018 by Andy Paine
It’s heating up in the schools and universities of Queensland, and not just because we’re set for another record-breaking summer of temperatures.… Go to Article
First nations – a ‘war between two worlds’
Pablo plays Mapuche horn while supporters hold up first nations flags – Mapuche, West Papuan & Aboriginal flags
On 1 December 2018 in Brisbane activists, musicians and supporters conducted a solidarity action for first nations people of Chile, West Papua and Australia, protesting the assassination of Camilo Catrillanca by Chilean Jungle Commandoes on 14 November 2018.… Go to Article