Join us for a range of speakers talking on issues of vital importance to women’s liberation.
*Blowing the whistle on women’s sport
*There is no such thing as Homogenderality: “gender identity” and lesbian erasure
*The sex industry: Making connections, recognising harm
*Self Identity legislation Panel
*Why “sex work” is NOT work
Followed by group discussions.… Go to Article
The next meeting of the 17 Group will take place on Wednesday the 4th of March at 7 pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End. … Go to Article
It is easier to extradite a person from Britain to the US than the other way round. The US requires evidence from the Brits that a crime has been committed.… Go to Article
“Native title is not Land Rights and Reconciliation is not Justice” – Gary Foley at Sam Watson’s funeral 6 December 2019.… Go to Article
Julian Assange took on the US Wikileak'd ten years war in Afghanistan Julian roams downstairs in Woolwich Court ... Waiting to be taken through tunnel to Belmarsh Prison ...… Go to Article
In Brisbane King George Square on 22 Feb 2020, Wangan & Jagalingou traditional owner, Adrian Burragubba, makes a call to stop the Adani ‘Carbon Bomb’ on his land in Central Queensland [at -9:16].… Go to Article
MONDAY 24 FEBRUARY – 12 noon – 2pm
GLOBAL PROTEST AT BRITISH CONSULATE BRISBANE
100 Eagle Street Brisbane
As Julian Assange goes to a US extradition hearing in London on Monday.… Go to Article
“Opportunism will always produce Opportunists. Once you allow the politician to boss the show, he will give away everything to save himself, because he believes himself indispensable to the show, and in fact ends by becoming the show himself, and making a holy show of the rest of us.… Go to Article
The following statement was released by various organisations calling for a national day of action to demand climate action on February 22, 2020.… Go to Article
The revelatory work tracks seven individual, real-life journeys from the experience of fleeing homelands, to seeking refuge and creating, fostering and discovering a new community (or neighbourhood) in Australia.… Go to Article
The Timor Sea Justice Forum is launching #Drop the Prosecutions today! (Why today? See below **)
Please read the Statement below and pass it on to your networks. … Go to Article
Dr John Sinclair AO, founder of the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) died on 3rd February 2019.
FIDO is honoring the outstanding contribution John made to conservation generally, and Fraser Island (K’Gari) in particular, by establishing the John Sinclair Memorial Lecture.… Go to Article
WBT posts this message from Ciaron O’Reilly from the local Bring Julian Home Campaign.
*This week we continue with a Mon – Fri/ 9am – 1pm Solidarity Vigil for Julian Assange outside the UK consul 100 Eagle St Brisbane.… Go to Article
Clock strikes the hour
trains roar down the line
children are playing their games
road workers dig
mother pleads with her son
board meeting counts out the gain
– Sounds of Our Town by Jumping Fences
Paradigm Shift on community radio 4zzz (fm 102.1 Fridays at noon) is covering Queensland local government elections.… Go to Article
Thanks Andy for your essay on statistics.
During the industrial revolution in the 19th century, people were concentrated in towns often near factories.… Go to Article
It’s a short 800m walk from the Minerals Council office to Parliament House in Canberra. The well-worn path between the coal lobby and our elected representatives was lined with bushfire debris yesterday as bushfire survivors, Pacific Climate Warriors and activists highlighted the coal lobby’s 20 years of blocking government action on climate change. … Go to Article
Monsters exist, but they are few in number to be truly dangerous – Primo Levy
In 1977 Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser announced “Australia’s Uranium Decision” and embarked on uranium mining and export from this country.… Go to Article
Paradigm Shift 4ZZZ FM 102.1 Fridays at noon is covering of the 2020 local government elections. Emphasis is being placed on independent candidates.… Go to Article
When discussing the Climate Crisis with others, you need good reliable information – here are my recommended websites
Drawdown – give the solutions in order of environmental, economic and social prior for addressing climate crisis by drawing down CO2 and other greenhouse gases to safe levels https://www.drawdown.org/solutions… Go to Article
 Feb 6: After winning the yellow jersey in the first stage of the 2020 Herald Sun Tour, being held in regional Victoria, Cuban cyclist Arlenis Sierra, riding with the Astana team has finished third overall in the race. |
| General Meeting – All Welcome 2020 National Consultation Cuba sends message of support to the Australian people Cuban cyclist, Arlenis Sierra performs well in Australia Punishing travel, a constant goal in Trump’s policy against Cuba |
| General Meeting – All Welcome Tuesday 11th February 6.30 pm |
 Qld Council of Unions Building Level 2 16 Peel Street South Brisbane The Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (Brisbane branch) invites you to help build solidarity with the Cuban revolution. |
So reads the headline for Bagehot’ s column for The Economist on January 18, 2020.
A sub-head warns that ‘Brand Sussex represents the biggest threat to the monarchy so far.’… Go to Article
Far away from Tesla HQ in California, Nigerian student Segun Oyeyiola converted a Volkswagen Beetle into a wind- and solar-powered car.… Go to Article
Toowoomba is second largest city in the Murray Darling Basin. It is probably Queensland’s most conservative population centre (in the south-east, at least).… Go to Article
“These are dangerous days
To say what you feel is to dig your own grave” – Sinead O’Connor
Paradigm Shift on community radio 4zzz (fm 102.1 Fridays at noon) – Friday 7 Feb – is covering Queensland local government elections.… Go to Article
*Make phone contact (preferably text) if you can join me at any stage over the next three weeks in a solidarity vigil with Julian outside the U.K.… Go to Article
