A good call from Unionists for Palestine
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From Australia to Cuba with Love 2024
Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (Brisbane)
info@acfs-brisbane.org
From Australia to Cuba with Love 2024
June 1st to July 26th
Join the campaign to end the US blockade of Cuba and raise funds for the Agro Vivo agricultural project
Brisbane launch, 10 am June 1st, Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, QUT end of Palm Avenue.… Go to Article
Is the ICC trying to outlaw Palestinian resistance to occupation?
Pity the nation whose breath is money
and sleeps the sleep of the too well fed.
Pity the nation — oh, pity the people who allow their rights to erode
and their freedoms to be washed away.… Go to Article
Support Israeli Conscientious Objectors
Over the last few weeks, there’s been a noticeable shift in Israeli public sentiment and we’ve received signs indicating the emergence of a new wave of refusal. … Go to Article
In the City of Slaughter
Zionism Will Never Be a Solution to Antisemitism
Zionism has relied on strategic alliances with antisemitic ethnonationalists since its earliest days.… Go to Article
US State Dept. Acknowledges Lie but Leaves Cuba on Sponsors of Terrorism List
In a tacit acknowledgement that the lie is unsustainable, the U.S. State Department announced today that Cuba is not included in its 2023 report on countries that do not fully cooperate in the fight against terrorism.… Go to Article
Palestinian karma
As Ghassan Abu-Sittah was denied entry to Germany to speak at the Palestine Congress, the Progressive International Wire published his speech at Glasgow University in full.… Go to Article
The way they treat arabs
… Go to Article“They treat arabs, those that are still here, in a way that should be enough to rally the entire world against Israel.”
The Palestine Laboratory
Israel has fully embraced the “war on terror,” and richly profited from it. One of the most successful though bloody counterinsurgency battles of the early 21st century was the Sri Lankan government’s destruction of the Tamil Tigers militant group.… Go to Article
ACTU Statement on Gaza
Media Release – April 22, 2024
The Australian Union movement is a movement of peace and respect for all races and nationalities.… Go to Article
Medicide in Gaza: the Killing of Dr. Adnan al-Bursh
More than two weeks after Israel announced his death, it still has not released the body of one of Gaza’s most celebrated doctors, Adnan al-Bursh.… Go to Article
Medical industrial complex in Australia supports genocide
Doctors protest Zionist Professor at medical conference in Brisbane on 5 May 2024
Dr Sayed calls out Australian College of Anaesthetist’s platforming of Carolyn Weinger, a zionist anaesthesiologist and gynaecologist.… Go to Article
International Solidarity under attack on May Day in Brisbane (Meanjin).
Figs do not grow on barren trees
Ernie Lane in Dawn to Dusk
- reminiscences of a rebel
On Monday, 6 May 2024 I attended the annual May Day celebrations in the Royal National Association showgrounds.… Go to Article
Justice for Palestine 🇵🇸 in May
US blockade of Cuba causes more strife
The island of Cuba is going through its worst economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. A few weeks ago, the government in Havana officially requested powdered milk for children under the age of 7 from the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP).… Go to Article
Events for Palestine
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Unionists for Palestine Public Meeting @ Thu May 2, 2024 5:30pm – 6:30pm (AEST) (jfpbrisbane@gmail.com)
ETU, 1/41 Peel St, South Brisbane QLD 4101, Australia
Vale Hatem al-Ghamri
The Mayor is Dead – Why Israel Killed the Beloved Engineer of Maghazi
Hatem al-Ghamri, the mayor of the Maghazi refugee camp, was killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza.… Go to Article
Easter uprising, a terrible beauty is born
We know their dream; enough… Go to Article
To know they dreamed and are dead;
And what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?
On Being Doppelgangered
What it’s like becoming the target of a political smear campaign
Jonathan Sriranganathan’s account of the 2024 Brisbane City Council election campaign is a true reflection of the weakness of Australian democracy.… Go to Article
Shutting down Ferra Engineering
I dedicate this podcast to Sam’s grandfather, who is sorely missed.
Sam Waibura Watson speaking at Shutdown Ferra picket at Ferra Engineering in Tingalpa in Brisbane.… Go to Article
Greens call for ban on weapons trade with Israel
Federal Member for Griffith, Max Chandler-Mather, speaking outside weapons manufacturer, Ferra Engineering at Tingalpa in Brisbane on 15 April 2024.
Photo by Studio 9001 @ Facebook.com/studio9001
Shut down Ferra
Media blackout
Australian actor Hugo Weaving is right. Australian institutions and mainstream media have been cowed into not speaking out about Israel’s genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza.… Go to Article
US prepares for war in the South China sea.
US Air Force issues $409 million award for long-sought Pacific airfield Tinian
This is the island the bombers travelled from to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The U.S.… Go to Article
Al Khalil
Al Khalil is the largest city in the West Bank located about 19 miles (30 kilometers) south of Al-Quds (“Jerusalem”) and sits at 3,050 feet (930 meters) above sea level, nestled in Tilal Al Khalil mountain range.… Go to Article
Why did Biden call for ceasefire after the WCK murders by the IDF?
After supporting Israeli genocide of Palestinians, Biden has finally called a halt after the IDF murdered aid organization workers. There are already hundreds of murdered journos, aid, and health professionals in Gaza.… Go to Article
Criminalising Dissent
The following is a speech given to members of Vintage Reds at their monthly meeting at the Queensland Council of unions on 4 April 2024 under the aforesaid topic.… Go to Article
Massacre at Al-Shifa Hospital
Al-Shifa Medical Complex witnesses one of the largest massacres in Palestinian history By Euro Monitor Apr 3, 2024
A general view as Palestinians inspect the damage at and near Al-Shifa Hospital after the Israeli army withdrew from it following a two-week military operation, in Gaza City, 01 April 2024.… Go to Article
Vale Treena Lenthall
I first met Treena Lenthall when she came to my house with Jim Dowling in the early 2000s. Treena was helping those charged with breaking into United States spy base at Pine Gap in Central Australia.… Go to Article
Fixing the Housing Crisis
The next meeting of the 17 Group will occur on Wednesday the 3rd of April at 7 pm in the Lavalla Centre, 58 Fernberg Rd, that is, at the corner of Fernberg Rd and Given Terrace, Paddington. … Go to Article