It is a great day for freedom.
— Sheila Washington, Scottsboro Boys Museum
Posthumous pardon in 1931 Alabama rape case – Americas – Al Jazeera English.… Go to Article
Category: democratic rights
Kuranda and the Federal Election
Over the course of this last year, Kuranda district residents have been the victims of a vicious political deal by the Liberal National Party (LNP) State Government led by Campbell Newman.… Go to Article
US spies in Australian Parliament?
A senior official has left open the prospect that parliamentary communications in Australia could be monitored by US intelligence through a “back door” provided by Microsoft operating systems.… Go to Article
Keep Calm and Enjoy Retirement
… Go to ArticleIt’s a bit like putting Scott Driscoll forward as integrity commissioner, or making Nathan Rees your families spokesperson, or giving Eddie Obeid the job as treasurer.
Barwick and Kerr
A revival of interest in the dismissal of the Whitlam government on 11 November 1975 is focusing on who advised the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr.… Go to Article
Peace, tourism and political games in Kashmir
While praise is heaped on tourism, its actual contribution to Kashmir’s economy is unknown [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera – Opinion – Al Jazeera English]
For a second summer in a row, the Indian establishment and media are agog with Kashmir’s bumper tourism season.… Go to Article
Invitation to Pilliga Protection Camp Culture Week
Here is the information regarding the Pilliga Protection Culture Week.
Attached is the flyer and map of location for the culture ceremony to be held at the Pilliga Protection Camp this Saturday the 16th of November.… Go to Article
CFMEU: Discrimination not acceptable
THE first sitting of the new federal parliament will see the Abbott government move to reinstate the Australian Building and Construction Commission.
Race in the dock
herewith are two alice springs narratives. the first is relative to the tommy mission and santa teresa whilst the second deals with an article from inside story written by kieran finnane who writes of a court case arising from the death of a white man by two aboriginal young men.… Go to Article
Gamilaraay means “No” to Santos!
Yarma (hello),
The name ”Gamilaraay” means ”gamil”-having, ”gamil” being the word for “no” (from Wikipedia).
Santos should heed this call (details below) from the Kamilaroi people.… Go to Article
No to Newman. No to uranium mining.
In 1977 Bjelke-Petersen tried to stop the anti-uranium movement by banning
street marches. Unionists and students launched a defiant campaign which
gained community support.… Go to Article
“Taking to the Streets” Exhibition
“Taking to the Streets – two decades that changed Brisbane 1965 – 1985” – Museum of Brisbane Exhibition 2006.
The exhibition was opened on 6 April 2006.… Go to Article
Film: Manufacturing Dissent
Source: Thanks to The Radical Times Archive for Debra Beattie’s doco Manufacturing Dissent.
“History is an angel being blown backwards into the future
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
Rally for Rights
… Are we there yet?
Are we there yet
Now how we gonna get there, we don’t even have boats
And how we gonna get there when we’re not winning votes
We will never get there while the pollys speak their spokes
Garden party circus clowns wooing kids with their jokes
Another death in custody to a suicide fatality
This is how it’s supposed to be, in a capitalist society
People on the top and people on the bottom
And people in the middle who don’t wanna know what happened
– The Last Kinection – ‘Are We There Yet’ featuring Simone Stacey
by Julian Burnside
It is a great privilege to be giving a talk in honour of Barry Jones.… Go to Article
Lost film of the street marches
History is an angel being blown backwards into the future
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
Vlad laws – know your friends, know your enemies
PShift (4ZZZ fm 102.1 Noon on Fridays) interviewed the attorney general, Jarrod Bleijie, about the rise to power of Vlad’s gang and his attempt to put its leader in jail for 400 years.… Go to Article
Qld Nuke-free Campaigner & Action Monday
Hello nuclear-free and peace friends,
As this week marks the anniversary of the Newman government backflip on uranium on uranium, I just wanted to share some good news with you and send a quick reminder about Monday’s action!… Go to Article
Who will bring the good news after the sale of Australia Post?
I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he;
I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three;
‘Good speed!’ cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew;
‘Speed!’… Go to Article
Workcover StopWork – what now?
Under camouflage of anti-bikie (accepted by the Labor party) and sexual offenders legislation, Qld Attorney General, Jarrod Blejie, took away workers rights to a safe work environment and took away rights to privacy of their health history and cover.… Go to Article
Saving old growth forests in Tasmania
Excerpts from ‘Explorers of Western Tasmania‘ by C.J. Binks
In April 1825, Edward Curr (a former settlor) had by this time accepted temporary appointment as secretary of the new company (VDL Pty Ltd).… Go to Article
Historic film: If U Don’t Fight U Lose
The video you see was put together after the Queensland state election in 1977.
The video you see was shot and edited under difficult circumstances over 35 years ago, after the Queensland state election in 1977.… Go to Article
Question of Law YES, Politics NO
[Many years ago, under the Bjeleke-Petersen street march ban, Frank Brennan wrote a book, Too much Order, Too little Law; Andrew Boe takes up the theme again, liberal ideas don’t change much].… Go to Article
G20: dissent, police powers and international reviews of security implement
[Editor’s Note: This forum was put on by Caxton Legal Centre Inc, Queensland University of Technology, Griffith University and The University of Queensland]
Thursday, 26 September 2013 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Banco Court
415 George Street
#Ground floor
Brisbane, QLD 4000
Australia
G20: dissent, police powers and international reviews of security implementation – You need to register at http://g20.eventbrite.com.au/… Go to Article
Cuba Friendship Video night – The Trial: The Untold Story
The Australia–Cuba Friendship Society (Brisbane) invites you to a video showing:
The Trial: The Untold Story
Wednesday 25 September 2013
6.30 p.m.… Go to Article
Refugees, sea shepherds, and bankers…
Hi folks,
Greetings from France, where the European leg of my world tour has begun… Next is Germany, Denmark, Norway and Belgium, then North America. … Go to Article
RoadMap to Apartheid
[PShift (4zzz fm 102.1 Fridays at noon) broadcast on 20 Sept 2013 – ‘Roadmap to Apartheid’]
Six years ago, almost to the day, a Palestinian citizen was killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday morning in Al-’Ayn refugee camp, west of Nablus, during an Israeli incursion into the refugee camp which began on Tuesday 18 September 2007.… Go to Article
Resurrection of powerful building regulator under examination
by Steve Riggall,
Reporter & Co-ordinator
4ZZZ News fm 102.1 Brisbane
Fri, Sep 20, 2013 – 12:51pm
After striding into office after a comfortable election victory, Mr Abbott and his team are invoking that magical political word much beloved by many politicians: mandate.
Feminism and the crisis in the British Socialist Workers Party
Freedom Socialist Party Statement
Toward the end of 2012, two members of the British Socialist Workers Party charged a national leader with rape and sexual assault.… Go to Article
Refugees shot trying to leave
WILL THIS BE AUSTRALIA NEXT WEEK?
Two Palestinian refugees killed in emigration attempt from Egypt
Two Syrian-Palestinian refugees killed attempting illegal passage from Alexandria to Europe
Zeinab El Gundy, Wednesday 18 Sep 2013
Two Palestinian refugees, formerly detained at El-Gomrok police station in Alexandria (Photo: refugeesmovement Facebook page)
Egyptian security forces on Tuesday foiled an attempt by Syrian and Palestinian refugees to emigrate from Alexandria to Italy by sea, killing two of the refugees.… Go to Article