Category: Popular Culture

‘Poultry’ pay not OK: Baiada workers on why they’re striking

‘Poultry’ pay not OK: Baiada workers on why they’re striking
By Sue Bolton
From Green Left Weekly, Saturday, November 19, 2011

The main slogan on the Baiada workers’ picket line in Melbourne’s western suburbs is “No more $10!… Go to Article

Trifecta at 608 Brunswick Street

‘608 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley’

— a story about a share house in Brisbane
in the late 1970s and early 1980s

by Ian Curr

"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but 
a joke.
… Go to Article

40,000 years and a handful of sand


Tony Mockeridge has asked that this song be dedicated to Lex Wotton. Accordingly this song goes out to Lex Wotton and his family for their courage in standing up for justice on Palms for the Bwgcolman people and for all the people of Queensland.… Go to Article

Last Days on the Trams

“They lie, the men who tell us, for reasons of their own,
That want is here a stranger, and that misery’s unknown;
For where the nearest suburb and the city proper meet
My windowsill is level with the faces in the street”

— ‘Faces In The Street’ by Henry Lawson

In 1969, Labor Mayor of Brisbane, Clem Jones, declared that the Brisbane City Council (BCC) was going to shut down the trams.… 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

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

ETU campaign for Aboriginal electrician and community leader in Bamaga sacked by Ergon Energy

Hi Everyone,

Here’s a short video by the ETU, on behalf of Tommy Sebasio.

Tommy, an Aboriginal electrician and key figure in his community of Bamaga, worked for Ergon Energy for 20 years, running the power and electricy network for the whole Northern Peninsula.… Go to Article

A VICTORY FOR ALL HUMANITY – Vietnam 1965-75

Seminar – Poster exhibition – Film festival

Melbourne Exhibition launch Wed 6.30pm September 1; Seminar, Sat September 4, 2pm
… International Bookshop, Trades Hall, Lygon St, Carlton

Brisbane Sat September 18, 1pm
CEPU, 41 Peel St, South Brisbane

Sydney Sat September 25, 1pm
Suite 72/65 Myrtle St, Chippendale

Perth Sat October 2, 2pm
MUA Hall, 2-4 Kwong Alley, North Fremantle

2010 is an important anniversary year for many events in Vietnam’s history – the 35th anniversary of the final liberation and reunification of the country; the 65th anniversary of Vietnamese independence; the 80th anniversary of the foundation of the Indochinese Communist Party.… Go to Article

Radical singer/songwriter David Rovics plays for Justice in Palestine

Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and what fills it resound;
let the plains be joyful and all that is in them;
Then let all the trees of the forest rejoice before no Lord who comes,
for workers to govern and protect the earth
For a world with justice and for people with hope.… Go to Article