Category: democratic rights

Public forum – ‘Queensland’s War on Civil Liberties’

You are welcome to attend an upcoming meeting on civil liberties in Queensland.

Title: Queensland’s war on Civil Liberties.
7pm Tuesday 28 January
Jagera Arts Centre
121 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane

Three prominent activists, central to the 1970’s civil liberties campaign in Queensland, speak about the resistance to Bjelke-Petersen’s authoritarism.… Go to Article

Gomeroi community demands protection

Gomeroi community demands Federal Environment Minister Hunt protect family graves from Whitehaven mine

Gomeroi community demands Federal Environment Minister Hunt protect family graves from Whitehaven mine

Gomeroi Elders and community members have issued a statement today (attached) imploring Federal Environment Minister Hunt to protect their ancestor’s graves at the Maules Creek mine operated by Whitehaven in regional NSW.… Go to Article

Gomeroi elders pull no punches on Whitehaven coal

From Gomeroi Traditional Owners

Gomeroi people protest at Whitehaven Coal office

Gomeroi Traditional Owners will this morning hold a protest at the Whitehaven Coal office in Boggabri after what the Elders describe as Whitehaven’s failure to respect burial sites and allow them to salvage cultural heritage artefacts at the controversial Maules Creek coal mine project.… Go to Article

PShift Retrospective 2013

History is an angel being blown backwards into the future
He said: History is a pile of debris
And the angel wants to go back and fix things
To repair the things that have been broken
But there is a storm blowing from Paradise
And the storm keeps blowing the angel backwards into the future
And this storm, this storm is called Progress.… Go to Article

Aboriginal shareholders ‘driven off land’ by rising rents in remote Lake Tyers community

By Jeff Waters

Aboriginal shareholder-owners of Victoria’s remote Lake Tyers community say they are being driven off their land, because even though they collectively own the freehold property, they are being charged what they say are ever-increasing rents.… Go to Article

Towards Peace — a worker’s journey

Towards Peace – A workers Journey (PDF) by Phil O’Brien and Bernie Dowling [SHAPE – Social History Publishing Enterprise with LeftPress]

 Tunnelling through the night, the trains pass
in a splendour of power, with a sound like thunder
shaking the orchards, waking
the young from a dream, scattering like glass
the old men's sleep; laying
a black trail over the still bloom of the orchards.
… Go to Article

4ZZZ – 2013 AGM

I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around me
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
-we won’t get fooled again – The Who*

2013 4ZZZ Annual General Meeting

The 2013 AGM was well attended and the main item on the agenda was the removal of board member and chairperson, Kath Bates.… Go to Article