Victor Jara was a Chilean songwriter, poet, teacher, theatre director and political activist. He was a central part of the Nueva Cancion movement, which regenerated Andean folk music in a new form of protest song in the sixties. This was an important element of social change in Chile with the election of Salvador Allende in 1970, which led to improvements to health and education for the Chilean people.… Go to Article
Category: latin america
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.
QCU Level 2
16 Peel St South Brisbane
Entry: by donation or please bring a plate.
The Trial is a documentary by Rolando Almirante, narrated by Danny Glover, telling the story of the unjust treatment of five Cubans who went to the United States to uncover planned terrorism against Cuba.… 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
Yo Vengo a Ofrecer Mi Corazón
Jumping Fences does this beautiful song Yo Vengo a Ofrecer Mi Corazon by Argentinian Fito Paez from his album ‘Giros’ where he sings “Who says all is lost; I come to offer you my heart.”
Sue Monk – vocals, guitar, hand percussion
Lachlan Hurse – electric bass
Koji Matsunobu – shakuhachi
Khin Yee Lo – violin
… Go to ArticleY hablo de países y de esperanzas,
And speaking of countries and hopes,
hablo por la vida, hablo por la nada,
speak for life, speak of nothing,
hablo de cambiar ésta, nuestra casa,
I talk about changing this, our home,
de cambiarla por cambiar, nomás.
Striking it Richer
The Evolution of Top Incomes in the United States
(Updated with 2012 preliminary estimates)
Emmanuel Saez, UC Berkeley September 3, 2013
The recent dramatic rise in income inequality in the United States is well documented. But we know less about which groups are winners and which are losers, or how this may have changed over time.
Book Launch: Chileans exiled in Australia
Following a successful launch of the book VUELO LAN CHILE NO 1131 in 2007, Marcial Parada has edited a book with personal stories of political exiles in Australia after the military coup in Chile on 11 September 1973.
Launch of ‘Chileans Exiled in Australia’ edited by Marcial Parada and translated by Paul Vellacott.… Go to Article
The Last Song of Victor Jara – Estadio Chile September 1973
Victor’s wife joan jara reports that people in the stadium learnt by heart the words of the last song of Victor and when they were released they wrote it down and smuggled the words out of the country and someone brought it to her.
here it is
There are five thousand of us here
in this small part of the city.… Go to Article
Wed 3rd July Meeting of the 17 Group
The next meeting of the 17 Group will take place on Wednesday the 3rd of July at 7 pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End. The speaker, currently visiting from Chile, will be Penny Glass. Her topic is LIFE IN CHILE UNDER NEO-LIBERALISM.
Summary: It is well-known that Chile’s military dictatorship was used by the Chicago Boys as a testing ground for neo-liberal economics.… Go to Article
The Australian Green Development Forum hosting Cuban Professor
The Australian Green Development Forum is hosting eminent Cuban Professor for their roadshow on April 1st.
Follow the hyperlink for more information and registration
Professor Fernando Martirena from Santa Clara University in Cuba will be our special guest for the 2013 AGDF Building Resilience Roadshow. Many AGDF members may remember Fernando from our 2008 “Running on Empty” National Roadshow
http://www.agdf.org.au/events/event/2013-agdf-national-roadshow… Go to Article
May the 1st Club
Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s there was a need for political culture. In West End appeared the the first coffee club in Brisbane – May the 1st Club which was a regular event organised by activists from the democratic rights struggles in the 1970s.
May 1st featured live music, readings, poetry and talks on local and international themes.… Go to Article
Foco Nuevo in November 2012
This month we feature two great guest acts, and a variation on line-up for Jumping Fences!
Tommy Leonard: A fine singer and guitarist, Tommy had been troubadouring in Australia since 1990. His repertoire covers traditional and contemporary music from the english and not-so english-speaking worlds. [website].
Steve Tyson & The Industrious Felons: Steve Tyson’s 2010 solo release “Temple Dog” has been one of the most critically acclaimed folk/roots albums of recent years.… 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. I do not know why it has not been translated into English but I suspect it soon will be.… 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. For years, illegal loggers, protected by drug cartel gunmen, have ravaged the area’s communal forests and murdered a number of townspeople.… 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!
That was Then, This is Now!”
organised by Ciaron O’Reilly and the Catholic workers, some of us old hands from the Circle A Gang thought that we really should be doing more.… 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.
Qld Council of Unions Building
16 Peel St, South Brisbane
A program of Cuban poetry readings and live music, with food and drinks available.… Go to Article
The Long War — Turnstyle hosts WikiLeakes
‘Those masters plan wars in tall towers
But do they think of the children and the flowers?
They conscript women to kill
But care not a damn
Young people’s blood
Flows out of their bodies
Now buried in the sand
Back in Afghanistan’
— Last Train to Mirabad
by Ian Curr
Slideshow/Report/Update – Ecuadorian Embassy London *Short Report Briz Gig for Julian Assange
New blog post here with an update on Julian Assange’s situation and ongoing solidarity outside the Ecuadorian Embassy: http://wp.me/p1rtyw-GT.… Go to Article
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. It will be addressed by Ciaron O’Reilly on the importance of Wikileaks and the latest developments in the apparently international pursuit of its founder Julian Assange, who has taken refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.… Go to Article
Chile Ship of Shame
CHILE TORTURE-CENTER SHIP, NOT WELCOME IN BRISBANE
We are writing to you to let you know of our intentions to carry out a peaceful demonstration at the arrival of a Chilean Navy Ship “La Esmeralda” to Brisbane between the 28th June and 1st July 2012, wherever the ship will dock. We will be there on Saturday 30th of June from 10:00 am.… Go to Article
The Battle of Chile – CONFECH-Chile representative in Australia
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
BRISBANE FILM PREMIERE: ‘Chasing Chavez’
Cine Cubano — Australia Cuba Friendship Society (Brisbane)
Australia Cuba Friendship Society (Brisbane) presents
Cine Cubano
An irregular screening of Cuban Films!
Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up?
A film by Saul Landau
Wednesday 7th September 6.30pm
CEPU Building
41 Peel Street South Brisbane
Admission $10 / $5 concession Funds raised will support a health project in Granma Province.… Go to Article
17 Group discussion in May 2011
Race politics and reading practices: two as pects of the New Australia experiment.
Wide eyed romantics and a heartbreak dream
Your motives aren’t what they seem
You’ve got your feet caked in Australian mud
And you can’t deny what’s in your blood
Under Paraguay skies and the nights so cold
You can forsake your country and lose your soul — ‘Virgin Ground’ by Red Gum
The May meeting of the 17 Group will be on Wednesday the 4th of May at 7pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End.… Go to Article
Bolivia enshrines natural world’s rights with equal status for Mother Earth
From Les Malezer
[Aboriginal News]
Law of Mother Earth expected to prompt radical new conservation and social measures in South American nation
John Vidal in La Paz
guardian.co.uk
Sunday 10 April 2011 18.17 BST
Alberto Granado es en el otro lado del río
Alas, comrade, you have left us to go to the other side of the river.
So many years after Che.
You have inspired many of us to follow your path.
I remember Che’s MotorCycle Diaries sent to me so long ago by my best friend in medical school. More recently there was the film of the same name.… Go to Article
Direct Action Cinema: South of the Border (Oliver Stone), November 26
This Friday!, Don’t miss out, tell your friends…….
Direct Action Cinema presents:
South of the Border
There’s a revolution underway in South America, but most of the world doesn’t know it.
Last meeting of the 17 Group for 2010 on Wed 1st of December
Next meeting of the 17 Group on this coming Wednesday the 1st of December at 7pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End, and a sort of break-up party for the 2010 series.
The speaker will be activist Coral Wynter, just returned after six months in Venezuela, speaking on the problems and difficulties currently facing the ongoing Bolivarian Revolution and its popular power process.… Go to Article
Ecuador: The masses defeat a right wing coup in only half a day
[Editor’s Note: Thankyou Jaime for your snapshot of the crisis unfolding in Ecuador.
Readers might also like to peruse some of the accounts of the coup at Ecuador Rising – Hatarinchej
Good effort, Jaime. I hope we see more from you on this.]
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Expecting to replicate the coup d’état in Honduras against President Manuel Zelaya in June last year, with the concealed support and collaboration of the White House, and emboldened by its success, right-wing forces in Latin America plotted last week to overthrow the democratically elected government of Rafael Correa in Ecuador.… Go to Article