There is no discussion of class in the Stop Adani campaign. It is the people contributing least to climate change that bear the burden; for example, poor and the working class people bordering the Bay of Bengal in Mumbai, people on the disappearing Islands of Kiribati who lack resources to move to higher ground.… Go to Article

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See https://westendfilmfestival.com.au/?fbclid=IwAR1LEzI5sLQJYDvvhLvPdU65av0lgEv6vGduBiIjVnjFNRjDtXnTD1NgKB8… Go to Article

There are plenty of sculptures and plaques in Post Office Square in Brisbane. The most famous one is of Major-General Glasgow which is the last sculpture made by Daphne Mayo, a well-known Brisbane sculptor.… Go to Article

Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven – John Milton, Paradise Lost

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Ten Commandments for Passing the Ball

1. Like all his people, Folau is the victim of cultural colonization.

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https://brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/2019/08/15/woody-guthrie/

Woody Guthrie: Songs of Freedom… Go to Article

Big numbers at the Stop Adani rally blocking the car lanes leading out of the CBD to South Bank…

Key messages:
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There will be a People’s Sleepout in Brisbane Post Office Square at 3pm on Friday, 21 June 2019 to help draw attention to the issues raised in Jonno’s speech below and pressure all levels of government to do more to address the root causes of homelessness.… Go to Article

Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA works in the West Bank and Gaza with three local organisations to support small-scale farmers get quality produce to market, increase household incomes and help establish sustainable cooperative businesses.… Go to Article

“The USA marines in Darwin could drag Australia into war.”

Freedom for whom? Freedom from whom? Freedom against whom?

Freedoms are questions of class power.

Can there be too much freedom of the press?… Go to Article

This week we talk with Diego Sequera from Mision Verdad in Venezuela about the attempt by the United States government to orchestrate a coup in his country.… Go to Article

The ladder of law has
no top and no bottom
               - Bob Dylan
               'The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll'

Peter (Carne) and I have long been associated through the Queensland Community Foundation Board.… Go to Article

Review of You can go now, a film by Larissa Berendt

For anyone who is interested in living in contemporary Australia they should visit this film.… Go to Article

The state government announced approval for the Adani mine today.

So state and federal governments have won the trifecta, on climate change at least.… Go to Article

20 years ago Australians rejected a republic in a national referendum. The model proposed was to substitute an Australian President for the Queen.… Go to Article

Here is an excellent summary of  new ‘anti-terrorism’ laws in Australia by Bevan Ramsden (APAN). Recently a regular WBT correspondent claimed that:

“Manning & Assange were sold out by the anti-war movement that incited & abandoned them.… Go to Article