To Mr Mark Sofer, Israeli ambassador to Australia

Dear Mr Sofer,

Today I received the shocking news about the storming of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music and the Yabous Cultural Centre in East Jerusalem on July 22 (https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-yabous-edward-said-centre-east-jerusalem-stormed… Go to Article

“La Révolution urbaine first appeared in 1970, in the aftermath of the May 1968 uprising in Paris. Cities around the world from Detroit to Tokyo, Prague to Mexico City, were the scene of major revolts … and …culminated in worldwide challenges to capitalism, war, racism, patriarchy, imperialism, and the alienation of modern urban life …” ― Henri Lefebvre, The Urban Revolution

Many people accept the design of their cities as a given.… Go to Article

Friends,

75 years ago was the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

You are invited to listen and watch the online presentation of the webinar (see flyer below) exploring the impacts of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago.… Go to Article

Many of the cops who made political arrests in Queensland during the street march campaign were also corrupt.… Go to Article

I have, let’s see,
that I have learned to read,
to count,
I have that I have learned to write,
and to think,
and to laugh.… Go to Article

In you the wars and the flights accumulated.
From you the wings of the song birds rose.
You swallowed everything, like distance.… Go to Article

This week (24 July 2020) the Paradigm Shift program was about “placemaking” with David Engwicht – what does it mean to create places designed for human and community flourishing?… Go to Article

TOMORROW AT 3 PM – 6 PM

POETRY IN MOTION XVIII

Facebook Live

Public · Hosted by Lachlan Hurse and Australia—Cuba Friendship Society (Brisbane)

Facebook Live

Join us for an online presentation of music and poetry to remember the beginning of the Cuban Revolution – the 67th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks.… Go to Article

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If it was not already obvious, the Australian government is not going to change its mind about its cruel and unfair detention of refugees in Kangaroo Point Central Apartments.… Go to Article

Despite the delay in Israel’s planned annexation of as much as 30 per cent of the West Bank, the prospect of the further erosion of their rights and territories often feels to Palestinians like a side-note when compared to the horrors and hardships they face every day.… Go to Article

20 July 2020

We are deeply concerned by the Australian government’s complicity in enabling the Israeli state to suppress the aspiration of the Palestinian people to self-determination.… Go to Article

This week we speak with a couple of the refugees locked up inside the Kangaroo Point central apartments about 7 years in detention and the power of solidarity from the 24-7 vigil that has been happening there the last month.… Go to Article

Last night I went to listen to musicians playing to the refugees detained inside kangaroo point central apartments. Prior to the concert I had a long talk with Laurie from a band called Soy Division.… Go to Article

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On Sunday 50 people came together to plant our new garden in Kangaroo Point. In just under an hour all the beds were planted, fertilised, watered and mulched.… Go to Article

We post this article that appeared in today’s Guardian written by BenSmeeMon 13 Jul 2020 03.30 AEST

Toondah harbour wetlands: federal government faces legal action over secret details of donor meetings

Australian Conservation Foundation has escalated FOI battle over development at protected wetlands site near Brisbane

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Hello everyone! we are hosting a Completada! (Chilean hotdog fundraiser) to raise funds to send financial assistance for Chilean families and soup kitchens in Chile that are suffering due to the pandemic.… Go to Article

Q. Why does Israel want a team in the Tour de France?
A. Because Israelis want recognition and success – Roy Logos, Tel Aviv.… Go to Article

Today is National Aboriginal Day known as NAIDOC (The acronym stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee).

Forty-two years ago Sam Watson Jnr gave a speech in King George Square about the Queensland Acts which kept Aboriginal people under control from birth through early life and death (and even after death).… Go to Article

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The Editor

The Canberra Times

Thursday, July 9, is the 120^th anniversary of Royal Assent to The Commonwealth of Australia Act.… Go to Article

We publish a letter by Humphrey McQueen to the Canberra Times about taking the film Gone with the Wind from YouTube etc.… Go to Article

I remember going out onto country with an Arrente Auntie and two strong aboriginal women from Meanjin. One was a proud Kuku Yalanji sister whose father was taken from country and told to walk to Cherbourg.… Go to Article

A very good film about a refugee’s optimism in the face of indiscriminate bombing of his city, Aleppo . When asked by the immigration officer who did the bombing, he said I don’t know.… Go to Article

NATIONAL WEEKEND OF ACTION: STOP BLACK DEATHS IN CUSTODY
4-5 July 2020

Today kicks-off a weekend of protests around the country to Stop Black Deaths in Custody.… Go to Article

The US Murdoch media empire has a hold over Australian life in every aspect.  In particular the Murdoch media voice is upholding subservience to the US military industrial complex and the constant US wars.… Go to Article