TRIPLE TROUBLE: Three events celebrating past and present peace protests

TRIPLE TROUBLE
Three events celebrating past and present peace protests

THURSDAY OCTOBER 16
FROM 6PM
BELLA UNION BAR
TRADES HALL
(Corner of Lygon and Victoria Streets, Carlton)

FILM PREMIERE: PINE GAP 2002
A screening of Box 4’s documentary about the 2002 anti-US base protest.

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Protest the Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane

Please pass on

The Land Warfare Conference Welcoming Committee invites you to………

Protest the Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane

“River city to host conference on the best ways to make a killing”

Brisbane will be hosting the 2008 Land Warfare Conference from Oct 27-31, 2008. … Go to Article

Upcoming Aboriginal Rights Coalition Events

Fundraiser to Support Lex Wotton Friday October 3rd
7:30pm for 8pm start
Ahimsa House
26 Horan St, West End
Day of Action 1pm
Saturday October 4th
Parliament House
George St, City
Peoples Review of the Northern Territory Intervention12:30pm
Kurilpa Hall
174 Boundary St, West End
Saturday October 11th

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Afghanistan – Taliban Country

Documentary screening……..

Winner of the Walkley Award &
IF Glenfiddich “Independent Spirit Awards” Finalist

Carmela Baranowska’s “Taliban Country” is a rare and damning insight into what U.S.

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On the wane

by Jim Sharp

but in the meantime
the earth trembles beneath
the foundations stones
tearing at the charter laid down
by the empires founding fathers

spectral ancestors & decadent descendants
screech & howl & squeal like terrified
stuck pigs at slaughter as the bare bones
edifice along with all their dreams of a
worldwide imperium disintegrate painfully

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Forum – Fighting for Union Rights under Labor

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NUCLEAR FREE QUEENSLAND WORKSHOP & STRATEGY WEEKEND

Queensland Nuclear Free Alliance

PO Box 5829 West End Q 4101

Mobile 0411 118 737

www.nuclearfreequeensland.org

WHAT: NUCLEAR FREE QUEENSLAND WORKSHOP & STRATEGY WEEKEND

WHEN: Saturday November 1st and Sunday November 2nd from 9.00am to 4.45pm each day.… Go to Article

Cuba Needs Your Help — HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORTS

Dear Australia-Cuba Friendship Society members and supporters,

Australia-Cuba Friendship Society UPDATE

HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORTS

At our last meeting we resolved to send money from our account to contribute to Hurricane relief in Cuba, once a suitable avenue was established.… Go to Article

Group of 17 — New Feminism: hindsights and futures

This month’s topic is New Feminism: hindsights and futures .

Maria O”Neill and Jim Prentice will lead discussion around the impact of new feminism on Australian life and lives over the past 40 years and its potential use in making futures we might want to be in.… Go to Article

Direct Action at Raytheon in Brisbane

EXORCISING RAYTHEON —

[Editor’s Note: Raytheon actually has offices in one of Brisbane’e oldest suburbs at Murrarie!]

The Raytheon Corporation is the world’s larger producer of guided missiles including the infamous cruise missile, which was used heavily in the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.… Go to Article

Trade Unionism in Australia: A History from Flood to Ebb Tide

BLHA members and friends,
You are cordially invited to attend the launch of BLHA member Tom Bramble’s book, Trade Unionism in Australia: A History from Flood to Ebb Tide:

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The Rise and then the Fall

The Rise and then the Fall by Ian Curr — Print friendly PDF

This year, 2008, everyone has been talking about the fall of the stock markets around the world — “more than a third wiped off the market” says the ABC’s finance pundit, Alan Kohler.… Go to Article

Hypersonic Weapons being made at UQ!

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities” -Voltaire… Go to Article

FOCO NUEVO in September ’08

Jumping Fences invites you to Foco Nuevo where we continue to present a mix of musical styles that extends the folk tradition.… Go to Article

Resisting War / Creating Peace

Resisting War / Creating Peace – Organise against the Land War Conference

Between 27 and 31 October, 2008 the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre will be playing host to Land Warfare Conference 2008. … Go to Article

Frameworks of Flesh – Builders’ Labourers Battle for Health and Safety

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Call for Royal Commission on Refugees

4 Corners Program confirms need for Royal Commission

Monday night’s 4 Corners report demonstrates that Australia’s refugee policy cannot be swept under the carpet with a few cosmetic changes.… Go to Article

Exhibition: Last Indigenous Maya Lenca of El Salvador

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The Struggle for Palestine: an eyewitness account

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Raytheon 2 found ‘Not Guilty’

Raytheon goes to Water on Wilful Damage Charges

by Jim Dowling

An hour after a Wynnum magistrate found Lisa Bridle and I not guilty of “disobeying a police direction”, police rang my home to let me know that Raytheon did not wish to proceed with willful damages charges resulting form another (our third) exorcism at their Brisbane offices.… Go to Article

National Day of Action for Aboriginal Rights!

” Revolutionary movement and opposition to state power, in the defence of truth is at the heart of anti-imperial struggle.

Frantz Fanon wrote:
“You do not show proof of your nation from its culture….you

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Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission reveals its “Double Blind” investigation

by Jim Dowling

Dear friends,

For those of you with a long memory, on Sept 30th 2005 I had my face ground into a concrete floor by police for merely attending a public meeting, a debate between my local member, Peter Dutton and civil liberties lawyer Terry O’Gorman.… Go to Article

Public Meeting: Cuba after Elections 2008

7pm, Tuesday, 8 April 2008

TLC Building, 16 Peel Street South Brisbane.

Recently there has been a lot of discussion about the Cuban economy — especially in the Murdoch press — mainly negative comment about agricultural production.… Go to Article

Pine Gap 4 have won their Appeal!

by Donna Mulhearn

Dear friends

Today [22 February 2008] Bryan, Jim, Adele and Donna were acquitted of their convictions under the Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952.… Go to Article

What do we want — Land Rights!

This article arises out of the discussion on Workers BushTelegraph about the Democratic Rights struggles in Queensland in the 1970s and 1980s.… Go to Article