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.… Go to Article

Alan Doesn’t Get Arrested Again

By Ted Reithmuller

“It was the time Jimmy Beatson was going to burn his draftcard”, Alan said. “It was in 1965 or 66.… Go to Article

Garners Eureka Australia Day Medal presentation

Comrades and friends,

The previously notified presentation of the Eureka Australia Day Medal award to the Garners was postponed due to the recent floods crisis.… Go to Article

Eureka 2010: Stations of the Southern Cross

Stations of the Southern Cross – 156^th anniversary of the Eureka Rebellion

On one level the Eureka stockade was a dispute over mining licences at Ballarat gold diggings in 1854.… Go to Article

2010 Vic election: Greens lack class base

The Labor loss in the Victorian state election over the weekend (27-29 November 2010) provides a opportunity for the Left to re-think its attitudes and/or relationship with the Greens.… Go to Article

Rejection of the Communist Party Dissolution Act at the Referendum on 22 September 1951

Rejection of the Communist Party Dissolution Act at the Referendum on 22 September 1951

Following an informal discussion in Brisbane on Sunday 31 October, I offered to provide some background materials for activities around the 60^th anniversary of the victory.… Go to Article

The ‘day of the political street march’ — struggle for democratic rights in Queensland

Democratic Rights Struggle 1977 – 1979

On 4 September 1977 Joh Bjelke Petersen, the Premier of Queensland, said the day of the political street march is over.… Go to Article

Vale Robert Francis Walker

This story I’m about to tell,
About a bloke, you all know well.
A Union Rep. here on the job
And known by all of us as Bob.… Go to Article

The Best Hated Man in Australia

‘In life, as in the manner of death, Brookfield made personal sacrifice the measure of his political commitment. Morally and physically fearless, his probity withstood parliament.

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Labor loses in Queensland

From where the nearest suburb and the city proper meet
 My window sill is level with the faces in the street
 Drifting past
 To the beat of weary feet
 while I sorrow for the owners of those faces in the street
 - Henry Lawson Faces in the Street

Labor will lose many seats in Qld in the 2010 Federal Election because of the failure of the Bligh State Labor government.… Go to Article

Notes on Tibet in the Contemporary World

Professor Colin Mackerras spoke at a lunch organised by the Australia-China friendship Society at Adam’s Oriental Restaurant South Brisbane on Sunday 1st August 2010.… Go to Article

Predictions on Parliamentary Politics

Sancho Panzas and Don Quixotes
And, alas, some Lots from Sodom
Are sampling the deadly juice.
Aphrodites rise from the foam,
Helens shimmer in the mirrors,
And the time of madness nears
— Anna Akhmatova

Socialists should not get too caught up in parliamentary politics.… Go to Article

Far from Freedom

Investigation into Iraqi refugees living in Jordan. For two months, freelance video and photo journalist Ed Giles lived and worked among the refugees.… Go to Article

Protected: Queensland 1977 — how we got here from there

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20th Anniversary of Melbourne Tramways dispute

by Peter Riley and Margaret Creagh

On the night (Saturday 30th January 2010) I brought along some memorabilia: photos, documents, clippings from news media from the time (of the dispute).… Go to Article

Who will save Yungaba — ‘the land of the sun’?

by Ian Curr

“Job and me and Jesus sittin’
Underneath the Indooroopilly bridge
Watchin’ that blazin’ sun go down
Behind the tall tree’d mountain ridge
The land’s our heritage and spirit
Here the rightful culture’s Black
and we sittin’ here just wonderin’
When we get the land back”

— Kev Carmody ‘Thou shalt not steal’

If you walk underneath the Storey bridge you can see what has happened.… Go to Article

Reviews of Palestinian Days Films

The Palestinian Days film festival, Brisbane,

6pm Fri to Sunday, October 16-18, 2009
Schonell Theatre, University of QLD
Sponsored by Justice for Palestine and the Palestinian Association of QLD

Reviews

by Pam Rosengren

‘Lemonade’ , a short film which came out of a storytelling workshop for the children of a refugee camp.… Go to Article

50 Years ago: Brisbane Peace activist, Norma Chalmers, met Chairman Mao

“In Politics there is no such thing as the Centre” —visiting Guatemalan revolutionary, Walter Felix, at the TLC [QCU, sic] Brisbane in September 2009.… Go to Article

The Queens’ Land — Dark Princess of Power

Just like watching the detectives,
C
Don’t get cute
G
Watching the detectives,
Am                                         G
I get so angry when the teardrops start
F                                         C
But he can’t be wounded cos he’s got no heart
G                         C
Watching the detectives,
Watching the detectives — Elvis Costello “Watching the Detectives” [with chords].… Go to Article

No free lunch for Kevin Rudd?

by Lachlan Hurse
from Hainanese Chicken
and its place
in World History

It has been suggested that the Ipswich car dealer at the centre of the row in Federal Parliament between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, Mr John Grant wined and dined staff of the Prime Minister at a exclusive Chinese restaurant in Ipswich.… Go to Article

Detention as a means to Political Silencing: the case of theatre artist Samieh Jabbarin

The house-arrest for an indefinite period of time of Jaffa-based theatre artist Samieh Jabbarin signals a sharp escalation in the harassment of citizens engaged democratically and legally in expressing their political views.… Go to Article

Veterans Group reflects on brutality of war

Veterans Group reflects on brutality of war and question how politicians use our armed forces on ANZAC Day

By Hamish Chitts
23 April 2009

The Australian-based veterans group Stand Fast, comprised of veterans and former military personnel who oppose the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, today called on people to reject blind patriotism and flag waving this ANZAC Day.… Go to Article

Union & Community renewal

May Forum: Collective Resistance, what will it mean?

6pm for 6:30pm start

Friday,
22 May 2009

Keynote Speaker: Humphrey McQueen (historian).… Go to Article

Life and Times of a Middle Class Leftie

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The Bubble – an Israeli movie

By Emad Sinan

Write it down!
I am an Arab.
Card number, fifty thousand.
I have eight children
and the ninth is due after summer.… Go to Article

Dilbert got me a pink slip

By Bernie Dowling and Ian Curr

A DILBERT cartoon started the process which ended with the firing of an Australian public servant with 22 years employment behind him.… Go to Article

The Bligh Era – ‘we are all economic rationalists now!’

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” — Muhammad Ali

In Queensland, a state with the first elected woman premier, the government does not have a women’s honour roll but does acknowledge women in hard hats.… Go to Article