Category: government

Theses on the Party

‘The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles’

— Marx and Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party

Theses on the 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

Campbell Newman and Bligh – a ‘quinella’ of losers

“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

4ZZZ’s Opening Statement in 1975

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

Man on roof challenges bank sale of Community Centre in West End, Brisbane

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

‘Poultry’ pay not OK: Baiada workers on why they’re striking

‘Poultry’ pay not OK: Baiada workers on why they’re striking
By Sue Bolton
From Green Left Weekly, Saturday, November 19, 2011

The main slogan on the Baiada workers’ picket line in Melbourne’s western suburbs is “No more $10!… Go to Article

“Urban Wildlife – The good the bad and the just plain ugly” by Adrian Caneris

From: WPSQ Brisbane Branch
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 9:45 PM
To: brisbane
Subject: “Urban Wildlife – The good the bad and the just plain ugly” by Adrian Caneris

Hi,

This Tuesday night we have our last presentation for the year “Urban Wildlife – The good the bad and the just plain ugly” By Adrian Caneris, Managing Director, Biodiversity Assessment and Management, 7.30pm, at RGSQ.… Go to Article

BHP in front line as Marines take Darwin

fyi
contention & collusion
betwixt & between the imperium
& its pretender are looking more than a tad hot
jim

BHP in front line as Marines take Darwin
By John Helmer

MOSCOW – The share price of OM Holdings, one of the few pure manganese miners in the world to be listed on an international stock exchange, fell 9% the day after the Australian and United States governments signed a new military pact, inviting 2,500 US Marines to a base in Darwin, and threatening China with as yet undisclosed new military measures.… Go to Article

Remarkable scenes of nonviolent resistance to in the face pepper spraying at Occupy U.C. Davis, California

From: Ciaron OReilly
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 7:56 PM
To: ENGOXFORDCWCliveMeena ENGOXFORDCWCliveMeena
Subject: Remarkable scenes of nonviolent resistance to in the face pepper spraying at Occupy U.C.… Go to Article

Local coalition to oppose US military presence in Australia and an independent security policy for Australia?

Hi friends,

you may be interested in a new initiative which JustPeace is launching – a coalition around US military presence in Australia and an independent security policy for Australia.… Go to Article

Trifecta at 608 Brunswick Street

‘608 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley’

— a story about a share house in Brisbane
in the late 1970s and early 1980s

by Ian Curr

"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but 
a joke.
… Go to Article

LONDON – Reflections on a week of riotin’, tweetin’, lootin’, burnin’, 1500 arrested & countin’ following the police killing of Mark Duggan

by Ciaron O’Reilly

Because something is happening here
But you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?

—  ‘Ballad of a Thin Man’, by Bob Dylan

‘LONDON – Reflections on a week of riotin’, tweetin’, lootin’, burnin’, 1500 arrested & countin’ following the police killing of Mark Duggan’ by Ciaron O’Reilly, Giuseppe Conlon House, Harringey, London.… Go to Article