Poem: “My Cry is Lost in a Name”

Propelled in giving me damned names
They gave me unknowing roots
White with jewels of nakedness
Sights-silenced then demanded to catch shadows travelling aware in innocence
But as mixed up in trickery of my free roots
I found myself sucked by seed
I felt dressed in native trees
Then having urgency to wipe away white values I drunk healthyness
I learned more about my ended Shakespeare name coming back the snakes began attacking
Spears came travelling in my thighs leaving me
Rejuvenated  
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Hello Readers,

Workers BushTelegraph (WBT) has run from 2011-2023. It was briefly in recess in 2016. WBT has tried to address three topics:

1. Who owns the land?

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Dear Friends,

I left Kurdistan last year in time for an Australian Christmas. It was sad to leave my team and my friends but I was glad to get away from the cold and wet.… Go to Article

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Brisbane: 11am King George Square Sat 25 Jan 2020

Speakers: 

Habib Jamal – Islamic Council of Qld
Frederika Steen – Human Rights advocate
Michael McNally – Qld Secretary National Tertiary Education Union
Jonathan Sri – Greens Councillor for the Gabba Ward

Media contact – Annette Brownlie 0431597256

Australia joined with the US and UK in a coalition to wage war on Iraq 17 years ago.… Go to Article

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According to Willie Mackenzie, an Aboriginal man born in Kilcoy in 1875, there were three tribal subdivisions which frequented the Ipswich area.… Go to Article

Vote in 2020 local government elections!

A few people have asked me lately what my chances are of getting re-elected in the council election on 28 March.… Go to Article

Write of life / the pious said
forget the past / the past is dead.… Go to Article

“Mass protest is the way you change the world” – Priya De, Uni Students for Climate Justice

About 1200 people attended a rally in King George Square on Friday 17th of January 2020 at 5pm calling for the sacking of Prime Minister Scott Morrison over the climate change crisis.… Go to Article

Paradigm Shift 4ZZZ fm 102.1 Friday at Noon 17 Jan 2020

Ian hosts a program talking with Dr John Jiggens and Adlin about the campaign to bring Julian Assange home.… Go to Article

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1917 is the greatest load of codswallop I can recall in a lifetime of movie going. The script is improbable when it is not impossible.… Go to Article

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“Because we want the peace with half a heart and half a life and will, the war, of course, continues, because the waging of war, by its nature, is total — but the waging of peace, by our own cowardice, is partial.”… Go to Article

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As bushfires rage in the south east and Queensland suffers through a crippling drought, Adani are preparing to drain precious groundwater on the site of their climate wrecking Carmichael coal mine. … Go to Article

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NO WAR ON IRAN

IPAN is calling national rallies to demonstrate opposition to Australia joining any new war on Iran or Iraq

This is call to all Brisbane groups to send reps along to an organising meeting:

This coming Thursday 16th January
6:00pm at QCU 2nd Floor
Help organise a rally for the following Saturday 25th January on the theme “No War on Iran” This will be a global day of protests against war on Iran.… Go to Article

Workers 4 Climate Justice are hosting their next public forum on Monday 3rd February 2020. The forum is called Health Issues in a time of crisis and is a public forum.… Go to Article

As a result of the bushfires, First Nations people have suffered an huge loss of songlines, bushland and native wildlife. The ‘Sack ScoMo’ campaign needs to engage more deeply with First Nations knowledge, experience, and leadership on country …

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“The individuals and corporations who are responsible for climate change are the ones who should pay … this rally is not about just replacing Scott Morrison … this is about the need for a system change.… Go to Article

How can the life of such a man
Be in the palm of some fool’s hand?
To see him obviously framed
Couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
Where justice is a game – Dylan

Infiltration and entrapment at the Hilton Bombing?… Go to Article

You don’t hear the four shots fired out – echoing along the ridge. Or the heavy thuds of three horses collapsing, one taking that second bullet to fold down: ‘An act of kindness,’ she’ll tell you later, try to explain to anyone who’ll listen.… Go to Article

Listen in to Paradigm Shift Friday at noon – its about events of the past decade 2010-2020: Waiting for a great leap forward.… Go to Article

This is a crucial time in the campaign to #StopAdani, so we have organised a coach from Byron to the frontlines camp – and we NEED YOU!… Go to Article