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
Month: July 2023
On the fringe at ALP National Conference in Meanjin
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
Bye Sinead O’Connor
Hiroshima Day in Canberra
Vale Hugh Hamilton
“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
Radical Australia
“I think Mussolini was a good politician. Everything he did, he did for Italy, she told the interviewer. And we haven’t had any politicians like that in the past 50 years.”… Go to Article
Protest at Enoggera Army Barracks

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
No more Hiroshimas – Australia wide
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
Vale Rosslyn
“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
Civil war in Palestine?
… Go to ArticleRamzy 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.
Misión Cumplida!
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 welcomed
“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
Call for the support of Ukraine
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
New Boy – old rope

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
The high priests of capitalism
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
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
Cuba 2023 – Pandemic, Blockade & US list of State Terrorism
Staunch support for Cuba in Meanjin (Brisbane)

Labor Foreign Policy – fear of United States?
In this podcast, Alternative News makes a strong case that ALP leadership fears US government intervention in local affairs. The program says that this underpins Labor’s foreign policy decisions.… Go to Article
Phil Monsour Live – Palestine Songs and Stories
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
Calling for a peaceful Pacific
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
Jenin Jenin
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
The quiet of the winter moon
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
International Day of Action Puts Spotlight on Thales
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
Sovereignty and Climate Justice
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
Review: The Road to War
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
Cuba – Pandemic, US Blockade and US list of State Terrorism
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
From the vault … democratic rights
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
Depleted uranium used in Iraq; tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine?
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
Bail for climate activists in Queensland
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
From Australia to Cuba with Love: Day 28
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