[Editor’s Note: The article says that the charges of murder against the miners is a bizaare twist. Not in my experience – police always blame the victims – always!… Go to Article
Category: government
1982 Commonwealth Games Land Rights Protests
A note to indigenous people, this film contains images of people who are deceased.
LeftPress would like to acknowledge the Jagera and Torrubul people on whose land this film was shot – land never ceded to the colonisers.… Go to Article
Latin America: the pink tide
Introduction
I have much to say on Ecuador and Rafael Correa. In short though, I think two things stand out about Correa:
a) Correa has a PhD in economics, speaks 7 languages and has written an excellent book attacking neoliberalism called: Ecuador – From Banana Republic to No Republic.… Go to Article
Tampa — 11 years on
Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution
— Article 14, UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
They put lives at risk.… Go to Article
don’t let lying dogs sleep
by Humphrey McQueen
[Speech outside the
British High Commission,
Canberra, 17 August 2012.]
The news that British police had entered the building containing the Embassy of Ecuador gave Melbourne’s Herald-Scum a further chance to distort the Wikileaks-Assange story.… Go to Article
Rallies against Qld Government
Qld Teacher Union rally on Tuesday 21 August
Qld Uncut rally Thursday 23rd August (Social services organisations campaign)
Combined Unions rally (will be very large!!)… Go to Article
Refugees — from Tampa (2001) to Nauru (2012)
RALLY FOR REFUGEE RIGHTS!
11 years since Tampa – we need to welcome refugees
No to Malaysia. No to Nauru. No to offshore processing!
… Go to ArticleYekaterina Samutsevich: Closing Statement at the Pussy Riot Trial
Yekaterina Samutsevich, defendant in the criminal case against the feminist punk group Pussy Riot:
“In the closing statement, the defendant is expected to repent, express regret for their deeds or enumerate attenuating circumstances.… Go to Article
Wed August 1st Meeting of the 17 Group
The August Meeting of the 17 Group will be addressed by Brian Costar, Professor of Political Science at Swinburne University in Melbourne, on the topic “Have the Young Lost Confidence in Democracy?”… Go to Article
The Rebellion in Cherán, Mexico
By Laura Woldenberg and Juan José Estrada Serafín
Deportee – a song by Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston*
Cherán, Mexico is a town of 16,000 indigenous Purepechan Mexicans set up in the western state of Michoacán about 200 miles from Mexico City.… Go to Article
Opposed to forced fluoridation ? – Please sign the Qld Parliament E-Petitions
If you are opposed to the forced fluoridation of Queensland public water supplies – please sign one, or preferably all three of these E- petitions – it is simple and takes only a few minutes.… Go to Article
Back to the Future – The Shape of Things to Come – The Queensland Labour Movement Under Conservative Governments – Then and Now!
BLHA Symposium: Call for Papers and Participants
BLHA is planning an October symposium which will deal with the Queensland labour movement’s activism, challenges and selected disputes under conservative governments.… Go to Article
YouTube Shoutout for Julian
YouTube Shout-out for Julian
After the truly excellent event
“Free Speech: Use it or Lose it!
From Joh Bjelke Petersen to Julian Assange!… Go to Article
Hush – the Silence in Bahrain is broken
In Al Daih on 14 Feb 2011 Ali Abdulhadi Mushaima, 21 years, was shot in the face at close range by police using birdshot.… Go to Article
Celebrate July 26 – the anniversary of the Cuban revolution
The Australia–Cuba Friendship Society (Brisbane)presents
Poetry in Motion X
Day of solidarity with Cuba
Celebrate the beginning of the Cuban Revolution — the 59th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks
Thursday July 26
6.30 p.m.… Go to Article
Justice for Palestine: Brisbane BDS Walking Tour
Justice for Palestine presents
The first Brisbane BDS walking tour
Boycott Divestment Sanctions against Apartheid Israel
Horrors of Apartheid exposed in Brisbane city
Saturday, August 25
Assemble 10:50am.… Go to Article
Failing Energy Policy and Climate Change – Why can’t Australia get it right?
Failing Energy Policy and Climate Change – Why can’t Australia get it right??
… Go to ArticleMy take on this is that what we are seeing in Australia is a complete failure to implement good long term energy policy to support the development of the renewable energy industry (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) industries.
The Wed. 11th of July Meeting of the 17 Group on Julian Assange
The July Meeting of the 17 Group will take place on Wednesday the 11th of July at 7 pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St West End.… Go to Article
Yes, Virginia, there are conspiracies
By Humphrey McQueen
(Text of speech at Canberra Friends of Wikileaks, Coombs Lecture Theatre, Australian National University, 27 June 2012.)
Once more, I have the honour of sharing a platform with Christine Assange.… Go to Article
Senator calls for international action to free UN worker
THE SENATE CHAMBER
Australian Parliament, Canberra
As reported in Hansard
Friday, 22 June 2012
Senator Claire Moore (Queensland):
“Two weeks ago in my office I was visited by Khalil Hamdan, an Australian citizen and a good friend of our community over many years.… Go to Article
Open Letter to Multi-Cultural Development Association (MDA)
Yesterday I attended World Refugee Day Community Festival at Annerley Soccer Oval. 
I approached Red Cross, Amnesty International , 4EB, Palestinian Arts, Culture and Science Incorporation asking if they would help me with a Petition to free Ridha!… Go to Article
Petition to free Ridha!
To the Honourable the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Bob Carr and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Australia
The petition of the undersigned citizens of Australia I (leave a comment) draws to the attention of the House to act urgently to prevent a grave injustice to the family of an Australian Citizen.… Go to Article
Sovereignty in Toomelah?
Over the weekend Corey joined members of the Brisbane Sovereign Embassy on a trip out to Moree to do some embassy business, including spreading the message of sovereignty to the township of Toomelah. … Go to Article
Protected: Who took Ridha?
Al Nakba
Salam all
There will be no meeting this week as it is Al-Nakba (the “Catastrophe”), an international commemoration of the ethnic cleansing of 750,000 Palestinians in 1948.… Go to Article
Brisbane Mayor to attend Embassy at Musgrave Park
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
The Australian prison system has failed — warehouses of illness & death.
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
Stolen Children – high noon at DoCS
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
Latest on the trial of the Max Brenner 19
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
Socialist Alternative Meeting: The Civil Rights Movement in America
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