Category: No War

Iraq – forgotten war, endless occupation.

Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows – Leonard Cohen

[Includes broadcast of interview with US war veteran, Vince Emanuele, on PShift 4ZZZ at Noon Friday 12 July 2013]

In 2004 and 2005, not far from the Syrian border near a railway station in an western province of Iraq US marines fired indiscriminate rounds into passing trains containing Iraqi people travelling with cargo.… Go to Article

Face to Face with Fukushima

Face to Face with Fukushima: Brisbane
Public Forum
March 12, 2013 11am
The Premier’s Hall -Qld Parliament House
Alice St @ George St, Brisbane

As the Qld government makes motions to open a uranium mining industry in this state, the anniversary of the ongoing disaster at Fukushima serves as a timely reminder of the dangers of the nuclear industry…

The Fukushima Delegation will share firsthand accounts and experiences of the Fukushima nuclear disaster that occurred following the Tsunami that devastated East Japan on March 11, 2011.

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‘I don’t want to die without seeing justice’

What the caterpillar calls
the end of the world,
the rest of the world
calls a butterfly!
—Lao-Tsé

Social Movements — Gender, race, class, sexuality, age
[Summary of PShift (4ZZZ fm 102.1 fri at noon) 18 Jan 2013]
Playlist
Vencer (Winning) by Mestre Moraes e grupo capoeira angola pelourinho
Zumbi from A Tábua de Esmeralda by Jorge Ben Jor
“Mas Que Nada” sung by Miriam Makeba
Marisa Monte sings ‘Volte Para o Seu Lar’
other songs – not played on PShift
susana baca- el mayoral
susana baca – valentin
Mistério Do Planeta from (1972) Acabou Chorare by Novos Baianos

‘I don’t want to die without seeing justice’ — Luz Mendes from Guatemala

Guest on PShift, Laura introduces herself as being from Brazil studying gender politics and social movements.… Go to Article