Songs for Gaza and Palestine

[Attachment(s) from
Mervyn Langford included below]

At the friday night celebration for Khalil we sang a couple of my songs.… Go to Article

Khalil’s return

In February 2011, Khalil is returning to Palestine.

As part of his trip, he is going to visit a refugee camp in Nablus where his family and many of the people from his village, Al Jammasin, fled in 1948.… Go to Article

Khalil’s Send-off

Dear Friends,

In February 2011, Khalil Hamden is going to Palestine.

As part of his trip, he is going to visit a refugee camp in Nablus where his family and many of the people from his village fled in 1948.… Go to Article

Not Quite White – a review

“The day was changed, which once had been flat as a pastry board. Now it was full of talk, and laughing, and the whining of the Syrian’s mangy dog, and the jingled harness of his old blue horse.

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Australian BDS Movement Begins to Emerge

From www.bdsmovement.net

By Phil Monsour

2010 may yet prove to be a turning point in the Palestine solidarity movement in Australia.… Go to Article

Free Palestine: organising opposition to Israel’s apartheid

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Which side are you on?

Come all of you good workers, good news to you I’ll tell
of how the good old union has come in here to dwell

Last Saturday Brisbane anti apartheid activists disrupted business at the Israeli “Seacret” Cosmetics stall at Chermside Shopping Centre, one of Brisbane’s busiest suburban centres.… Go to Article

Invader of Iraq gets top job at Uni

HAS THE AUSTRALIAN CHURCH HAS LOST ITS MORAL DIRECTION BY APPOINTING LEADER OF IRAQ INVASION AS CHANCELLOR OF ACU?

“The works of mercy are the opposite of the works of war, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, nursing the sick, visiting the prisoner.… Go to Article

Queensland Council of Unions supports Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Campaign

Dear all

Also attached, Queensland Council of Unions motion on Palestine Israel and BDS. Feel free to forward to your networks.… Go to Article

Phil Monsour News and Information

Hi
Last show for 2010
I am trying a bit of an experiment on November 27 at the Inspire Gallery Bar West End Brisbane at 3pm.… Go to Article

BDS in Australia

MEDIA RELEASE

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign in Support of Palestinian Human Rights Moves Forward in Australia After Landmark Conference

4 November, 2010

From October 29-31 more than 150 Palestine solidarity activists and supporters of human rights gathered in Melbourne for Australia’s first national Boycott, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS) conference.… Go to Article

Federal Ministers go to Palestine

Dear all

Attached are answers that have been provided to me by a former Australian Ambassador to Israel in response to questions that have been put to him by a third party.… Go to Article

Malalai Joya: ‘Raising My Voice’ against mandatory detention in Australia

STOP PRESS: Malalai Joya from Afghanistan will speak at Melbourne protest against Mandatory Detention today at 2 pm State Library. She will join Senator Hanson Young and Brian Walters in speaking out against current detention policy.… Go to Article

Anna in the Middle East

THIS THURSDAY ANNA BALTZER IN MELBOURNE
www.australiansforpalestine.com

Anna Baltzer is a young Jewish American who went to the West Bank to discover the realities of daily life for Palestinians under the occupation.… Go to Article

Why are we in Afghanistan?

‘Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed.… Go to Article

Veterans group says hidden casualties must be considered in war debate.

On Tuesday, 19^th October the Australian Parliament will debate Australian military involvement in the war and occupation of Afghanistan. Stand Fast, a group of veterans and former military personnel opposed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is calling on the debate to openly consider and recognise the hidden casualties of this war and the long term cost this has on communities.… Go to Article

Phil Monsour News and Information

October 30th Melbourne
The band will travel to Melbourne for the Concert for Palestine Saturday 30th of October MUA Hall 54 Ireland Street West Melbourne.… Go to Article

There Comes A Time When Change Is Possible -That Time Is Now- We Need Your Help

THERE COMES A TIME WHEN CHANGE IS POSSIBLE –THAT TIME IS NOW– WE NEED YOUR HELP

http://www.asrc.org.au/campaigns/1-get-kids-out-detention/

Get Children out of Detention

Detention is no place for a Child

“Children in detention exhibited symptoms including bed wetting, sleep walking and night terrors.

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Palestine: What We Are Not Hearing & How is Peace Possible?

Palestine: What We Are Not Hearing & How is Peace Possible?When: Wednesday October 27 2010 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Where: Undumbi Room, Parliamentary Annexe, Queensland Parliament, Cnr of George and Alice Streets, Brisbane, QLD, 4000

RSVP: 20th October 2010

Contact: Jodie

Anna Baltzer is coming to Brisbane with her acclaimed presentation about the conflict and what can be done to bring peace and justice to Israel/Palestine.

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Afghanistan War Speak Out

A parliamentary debate on Afghanistan began on Tuesday October 19.

That evening a ‘speak out’ was held from in King George Square to support those politicians in federal parliament arguing to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.… Go to Article

The Nightmare – The Iraq Invasion’s Atrocities, Unearthing the Unthinkable

Felicity Arbuthnot’s article, ‘The Nightmare: The Iraq Invasion’s Atrocities, Unearthing the Unthinkable’, refers to ‘this first documentable U.S., U.K., genocide of the 21st century’.… Go to Article

Gaza: To Shoot an Elephant

Synopsis

“…afterwards, of course, there were endless discussions about the shooting of the elephant. The owner was furious, but he was only an Indian and could do nothing.

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‘Boycott Israel’ (BDS) protest shuts down Israeli cosmetics stall in Brisbane

Brisbane anti apartheid activists closed down the Seacret Cosmetic stall in Garden City in suburban Brisbane as part of the global BDS movement to Boycott Israeli goods

Brisbane BDS Action 2 October 2010

What kind of business is Seacret’s

It may be that Palestinians work in Seacret’s factory on the West Bank.… Go to Article

Protected: To Minister for Immigration and Citizenship – guidelines of persecution?

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Building Solidarity, Combating Occupation and Apartheid

Building Solidarity, Combating Occupation and Apartheid

National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference

Melbourne, 29 – 31 October 2010

– activism in support of Palestine –

Dear friends and supporters,

We are very pleased to announce the participation of American Jewish activist and author, Anna Baltzer in the upcoming Australian national Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Conference.… Go to Article

Labor 4A Just Palestine weekly report beginning 20 September including FSU QLD motion

Dear all

Also attached Finance Sector Union (Queensland) motion.

Regards

David Forde

Labor 4A Just Palestine

[Editors Note: See also A Shift in Palestine?… Go to Article

Film: Hope in a Slingshot

Justice for Palestine Brisbane presents

the documentary the ABC withdrew from broadcast . ..

Hope in a Slingshot

a film by Inka Strafrace

An Australian Journeys through the underbelly of the Israeli Occupation an important document of Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine ..… Go to Article

A Shift in Palestine?

The War Works Hard

How magnificent the war is!
How eager
and efficient!
Early in the morning,
it wakes up the sirens
and dispatches ambulances
to various places,
swings corpses through the air,
rolls stretchers to the wounded,
summons rain
from the eyes of mothers,
digs into the earth
dislodging many things
from under the ruins .

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Sabra-Shatilla – the years that followed

SABRA-SHATILA THE DAY & YEARS AFTER
18 September 1982 2010
Munirs Story by Franklin Lamb

Editors Note: No dont skip this story thinking you have read all you care to read about Sabra-Shatila.

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