In the page below we attempt to pay tribute to Betty Hounslow who was a political activist in Brisbane (Meanjin) in the early 1970s.… Go to Article

One of the programs at the ALP National conference is called The Fringe. The Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) is putting on an event on the first day of the conference.… Go to Article

Magical performances by Sinead O’Connor.

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“Eulogies are about writing with respect for the deceased and for the grieving family and friends.” – Joanne Watson, Hugh Ross Hamilton, Queensland Journal of Labour history edition 37 p72.… Go to Article

Enoggera Army Barracks 300 Samford Road, Enoggera (Closest Train Station Gaythorne)

Largest ever Exercise Talisman Sabre to be held in Australia with about 30 000 military personnel to participate, almost double the number involved in 2021.… Go to Article

Remembrance day

Nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 1945.
On 6 and 9 of August, 1945, the US detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively.… Go to Article

“Lamed Wufniks are, without knowing it, the secret pillars of the universe. Were it not for them, God would annihilate the whole of mankind.… Go to Article

Ramzy Baroud from the Palestine Chronicle presents a pretty convincing analysis of the situation in Palestine. While the West arms Ukraine, they ignore the plight of the Palestinian people.

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Our wonderful band of participants have collectively travelled more than 14,886 km over the past 49 days, the distance between Canberra and Havana.… Go to Article

“India’s withdrawal from the Talisman Sabre war exercises is a very welcome announcement”, according to Ms Annette Brownlie, spokesperson for the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN).… Go to Article

We publish this letter from M. sent via Martin Arnold ψ о. Мартин.

Responses may be made in the comments section below or emailed to tincur@riseup.net… Go to Article

I came out of the preview saying that I could not remember a worse film and that having wasted three hours of my life getting there and sitting through it, I was not going to waste more in explaining why.… Go to Article

Here’s a report from the ABC about “How the big four accounting firms infiltrated governments …”, thirty (30) years after the horse has bolted.… Go to Article

Brisbane hosts Pacific Peace Conference July 29th 2023
Speaking tour follows Sydney Canberra Darwin

Independent and Peaceful Australia Network

Jul 10, 2023 — https://ipan.org.au/regional-peace-initiatives-and-network/… Go to Article

After May Day this year, Phil Monsour gave a benefit concert for Union Aid Abroad (APHEDA) at the Electrical Trades Union Hall in South Brisbane (Meanjin).… Go to Article

The conference is now only 2 and a bit weeks away. Your support would be greatly appreciated. As you can see AUKUS is a focus of this conference.… Go to Article

We post this article from Counterpunch The Meaning of Jenin by Jeffrey St. Clair sent in by a WBT reader. As long ago as 2009, Justice for Palestine in Brisbane showed a film Jenin Jenin by Mohammed Bakri about Israeli devastation of the Jenin refugee camp on the West Bank in Palestine.… Go to Article

People don’t know what they’re missing, except for about 70 or 80 people who turn up at Foco Nuevo on the first Friday of each month.… Go to Article

Offices and facilities of global weapons giant Thales were disrupted across the continent today as activists observed the 25th anniversary of the Biak massacre in West Papua. … Go to Article

Earlier this year I attended one of the events organised by this group (ICRR) in conjunction with Justice for Palestine (Meanjin); it was the Black/Palestine solidarity night … This event is organised in the Kev Hooper Memorial Park named after a Labor politician whose exposed corruption in government in the 1970s and 80s..… Go to Article

The Road to War is a film montage showing general concern among defence analysts, a medical expert and journalists (Richard Tanter, Hugh White, Sue Wareham, Brian Toohey) that Australia is being set up to be the US proxy in a war with China.… Go to Article

Hear from two Cuban experts about the current situation in Cuba.

Iván Barreto López is a International relations specialist from the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the People.… Go to Article

Once upon a time an academic said to me: ‘In thirty years people will wonder what happened in Queensland in the seventies.… Go to Article

We post this article by Caitlin Johnstone posted in the Information Clearing House. George W Bush used depleted uranium in Iraq; will Putin use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine?… Go to Article

Erase all the maps
Forget my name
Forget my face
Forget my name
Because it’s going to rain (it’s going to rain)
And it never ends
‘Paris in Flames’ by Thursday

Thanks to the defiant street marches (1977 to 1979), Queensland has the most liberal protest laws in Australia.… Go to Article

Four weeks into the campaign and we’re going strong! Tonight we’ve completed 8316 km, leaving 6570 km to go. It’s looking entirely feasible, so again congratulations to all our participants for your formidable efforts.… Go to Article