Brisbane City Council to try to forcibly remove Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy supporters urgently needed at Musgrave Park
14 May 2012
Brisbane City Council has turned its back on negotiations with the Brisbane Sovereign Embassy over its right to exist in Musgrave Park, South Brisbane.… Go to Article
The Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Alderman Graham Quirk, has done his council and the people of this city a disservice by his failure to seek a genuine accommodation with the traditional owners of Musgrave Park over the Tent Embassy.… Go to Article
URGENT
THE LORD MAYOR ( CR. GRAHAM QUIRK ) IS ATTENDING THE GENERAL MEETING AT THE EMBASSY (Musgrave Park, South Brisbane) ON SATURDAY 12TH.… Go to Article
Bring on Bastoy for starters
by Gerry Georgatos
PhD researcher Australian Deaths in Custody, Masters Social Justice Advocacy, Masters Human Rights Education
If you want to know the hearts and minds of a nation, of its consciousness, of its legislators, then day and night look into our prisons.… Go to Article
Video of rally and march in Brisbane (Wednesday 2 May). People describe how their children were taken away by authorities — removing Aboriginal children from their families and their culture.… Go to Article
Dear Palestine supporters.
Some messages of support for and news about the Max Brenner 19 who are currently on trial in Melbourne for standing up for Palestine:
This video clip from the Australian Jewish News.… Go to Article
Today, despite America’s first Black president, there has been little change and there is now little hope for African Americans. They are bearing the brunt of the economic crisis, with unemployment among Blacks at almost 16 per cent, and with the highly publicised murder of Trayvon Martin it is apparent racism is alive and killing in the States.… Go to Article
Since the shooting of 6 unarmed Aboriginal occupants of a stolen car by police officers at Kings Cross we have witnessed a major push by the police, the O’Farrell Government and the (mostly right-wing) media to turn our attention away from the dangerous and possible lethal attack by the police to bring to bear upon the Families of the 6 aboriginal youth involved in the event.… Go to Article
on tuesday 24 april at 1.30pm we will be holding a rally outside the nsw parliament house to protest the violence and abuse of the nsw police as ably exampled by the circumstances at kings cross and 5 police-related deaths in custody so far this year already.… Go to Article
‘Two sides of every story’? Related to this title is the the death of the man who ‘inspired’ the song by Bob Dylan.Compare… Go to Article
‘The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles’
— Marx and Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party
by Dave Eden
I would like to thank comrades for inviting me to speak at this meeting and the comradely attitude it displays.… Go to Article
[Editor’s Note: After the once-in-a-generation result in the 2012 Queensland state elections, it is timely to reprint Queensland: a state of mind by Humphrey McQueen.… Go to Article
Welcoming to Australia, Tuesday April 3rd, 2012, 7pm Trades Hall Basement (corner of Lygon and Victoria Streets in Carlton South)
Saturday April 7, 2pm, Marxist conference, Melbourne University – Melbourne
Wednesday April 11, 6:30 pm to start at 7pm, OPEN FORUM – The Battle of Chile for public and quality education and its relevance to Australia, Including last updates on Aysen Struggles, at LHMU(Miscellaneous workers Union) ground floor meeting room, 117-131 Capel St.… Go to Article
Hi there folks, another update for the ‘Bring Julian Home’ Brisbane rally.
WikiLeaks has announced that they expect a decision to be handed down from the UK Supreme Court just after Easter.… Go to Article
There is a prevailing belief in the ALP that they can spin their way out of any situation. This sometimes works with people without ideology or class consciousness.… Go to Article
Hi everyone,
We are all still waiting for a verdict on Julian’s extradition case from the UK Supreme Court. For those that don’t know, we were recently contacted by the UK Supreme Court and have been advised, that we will be told the date the judgement will be made prior to it being handed down.… Go to Article
“In the courtroom of honor, the judge pounded his gavel
To show that all’s equal and that the courts are on the level
And that the strings in the books ain’t pulled and persuaded
And that even the nobles get properly handled”
In horse racing, when you pick two winners in any order it is called a ‘quinella’.… Go to Article
In light of the current alarm about dredging and dumping in the Reef, it is worth recalling how it was saved by union action which is now illegal under Fair Work Australia.… Go to Article
In January 2010 a Mossad assassination squad murdered Hamas’ Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai. The killers carried identities and passports belonging to innocent others, five of whom were Australian.… Go to Article
The March 2012 Meeting of the 17 Group will take place on Wednesday the 7th of March at 7pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St in West End on the topic of energy policy in relation to the Queensland State Election.… Go to Article
By Humphrey McQueen
More than 400 people crowded into a lecture theatre at the University of Technology Sydney on February 17 (2012) a public forum, “Don’t shoot the messenger: WikiLeaks, Assange and Democracy”.… Go to Article
8 YEARS OF COVER-UP AND LIES DEMAND JUSTICE NOW!
TJ died in Sydney in February 2004. His bike was rammed by a police vehicle driven by a Redfern police officer
There has been a Coronial Inquest, Redfern police and a NSW Government cover up, and continuous protests, but 8 years later still no justice for the young Aboriginal man and his Family.… Go to Article
And something is happening here
But you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones ?
— ‘ballard of a thin man’ by bob dylan
Editor’s Note: Thanks to the efforts of Peter Gray we now have the transcript and sound track of 4ZZZ’s initial broadcast on 8 December 1975.… Go to Article
[Editor’s Note: Ray Jackson continues his good work here analysing the ‘The Tall Man’ that was shown on SBS this week.… Go to Article
WikiLeaks, a free press publishing and media organisation, has revealed human rights abuses, war crimes and corruption in governments across the world.… Go to Article
Election
Qld State elections just announced for 24 March 2012 — ALP to lose government, Bligh and Campbell Newman to tear each other apart, perhaps neither to win a seat — Bob Katter party to be beneficiary of the failure of Labor and Nationals.… Go to Article
So as you’ve probably heard there’s a racist music festival called the Hammered music festival being organised in Brisbane.
A group is trying organise against it.… Go to Article
WE NEED YOUR HELP.
We urgently need you to write in support of the SBS series “The Promise”
I am sure that most of you watched the SBS series “The Promise” shown just before Christmas and found it a refreshing change to see the Palestinian predicament given fair treatment in this political thriller.… Go to Article
Friends of Ahimsa House Press Release
At 10am on the morning of Wednesday 14th December, a Friend of AHIMSA House, Bernie Neville, will climb onto the roof of the building at 26 Horan Street, West End and hang a banner in opposition to the impending sale of this community space, slated to be finalised this Thursday the 15th December 2011.… Go to Article
The next meeting of the 17 Group will be the rather festive break-up meeting for the year 2011 and will be held on Wednesday the 7th of December at 7pm.… Go to Article
