A rally of 500 people came out in Brisbane Magan-djin yesterday to hear about Global solidarity with Palestine. How much longer must the genocide continue?… Go to Article

Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (Brisbane)

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From Australia to Cuba with Love 2024

June 1^st to July 26^th 

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Week 2 wrap

Dear Ian

We are two weeks into the campaign and registrations numbers are building.… Go to Article

As part of the from Australia to Cuba with Love campaign currently under way in Australia and in Cuba, Sue, Lachlan and I had some interesting conversations on a 60 kms ride to Nudgee Beach and back.… Go to Article

The unknowns

Firstly, let me tell you what I don’t know. How does an obscure engineering firm in Tingala in Brisbane get to be part of the global arms trade with Israel.… Go to Article

For a number of months a group of us has held a weekly vigil outside Boeing in Brisbane city to highlight their complicity in the genocide in Palestine.… Go to Article

First week wrap

From Australia to Cuba with Love 2024

June 1^st to July 26^th 

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We have had a great start to our campaign.… Go to Article

Sadly , Israel’s unlawful detention and torture of Palestinians has been going on for as long as I can remember.

Over the years, WBT has recorded the complicity of Australian governments that have ignored written complaints and petitions taken up by Australian friends and families of these prisoners.… Go to Article

From the red line banner that thousands held around the White House in Washington to the millions that marched in Sana, the capital of Yemen, Palestine solidarity is now a global phenomenon.… Go to Article

This is our third Brissie to the Bay ride that takes in amazing vistas of Moreton Bay from Wynnum to Redland Bay.… Go to Article

The University of Queensland has been underpaying its workers. This is what the National Tertiary Education Union has to say on the matter in its Media Release on 28 May 2024 :

University of Queensland staff suffer ‘staggering’ $8m wage theft
“The scale of the wage theft at UQ is staggering.… Go to Article

In the north, not a house still stands, nor a tree under which to seek shade – quote from a Palestinian in Raffah.… Go to Article

Alternative News Radio program – Government lies, spying and war provocations.

(Music fades in and out)

Andrew 1. Good morning listeners.… Go to Article

We thank Lee Duffield, the graduate representative in the University of Queensland senate, for his report about the Gaza student encampment at that university, the only one in Queensland to have a tents set up during the genocide in Gaza. … Go to Article

In the immigration debate, toxic politics on both sides – stirring hate and fear of “others” is a last resort for politicians devoid of ideas, imagination and humanity.… Go to Article

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“The United States will never start a war” – US President John F Kennedy’s ‘peace speech’ in 1963.

“A fish rots from the head down” – Ancient proverb.… Go to Article

“Ce souffle venu des ancêtres”
[This breath came from ancestors]
— Jean-Marie Tjibaou

In August 1975, I visited an island in the Pacific called Ouvea which is part of the Loyalty Islands group to the east of New Caledonia.… Go to Article

What’s on this Week

1 Vintage Reds Monthly Meeting – 

·       Climate Denial, Union Busting and the Atlas Network

·       Hear the latest from the Unionists for Palestine Activists Group

2 Foco Nuevo – Friday night music, politics and friendship

3 Suggested Reading – Kanaky and Independence

1 Vintage Reds Meeting

Thursday 6^th June at 10am @ the QCU,

16 Peel Street, South Brisbane

‘Climate Denial, Union Busting and the Atlas Network’?… Go to Article

US President Joe Biden urged Hamas to accept the latest Israeli ceasefire and hostage-release proposal. The proposal includes three phases to end the war, release Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and begin reconstruction in the Gaza Strip.  … Go to Article

Building Solidarity with Cuba

Solidarity on the Move  31 May 2024

Australia to Cuba with Love 2024 Our annual campaign starts tomorrow (1st June) with a launch at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens at 10 am.

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Lots of people have been asking so here is a step-by-step guide on how to find information on the direct export and import of weapons between Israel and Australia

https://x.com/davidshoebridge/status/1795686180111187983?s=46&t=psps5jXeHvNaD5ruc_AYBw… Go to Article

I live in the seat of Griffith, which is a federal government electorate in the inner city area of Brisbane’s East.… Go to Article

In​ 1977, a year before he killed himself, the Austrian writer Jean Améry came across press reports of the systematic torture of Arab prisoners in Israeli prisons.… Go to Article

In the end we will not remember the words of our enemies but we will
remember the silence of our friends” – Mazin Qumsiyeh

This year, I attended the United Nations Peacekeepers annual commemoration in Anzac Square.… Go to Article

Behind these prison walls, a tribute to Julian Assange by Mark Cronin:

Thanks to Ciaron O’Reilly and all the musicians that made this event possible.… Go to Article

BATTLEGROUND WEST PAPUA | 4 June 6:30 for 7pm

Lavalla Centre, Paddington
6:30 for 7pm start
58 Fernberg Rd, Paddington, Qld 4064

Presented by Magda Productions P/L, with the co-operation of the 17 Group and Leon.… Go to Article

Hey friends,

I thought I’d rush out an email update today in response to the very exciting news that the State Government is proposing to introduce a 6-month statewide trial (starting this August) of reducing all public transport fares to just 50 cents!… Go to Article

The always interesting Adam Tooze has a detailed look at Israel’s economic interest in a conquered Gaza in his latest blog post.… Go to Article

Shrabani Choudhury  / Jumping Fences Friday, 7 June 31 Arras Street, Yeronga Doors open 6.00 p.m. Music starts 6.30 p.m.$15 admission (Eftpos available) We are pleased to be able to reschedule distinguished sitar player, Shrabani Choudhury for our upcoming Foco Nuevo backyard concert on June 7th.

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