The first Queensland Uncut Community Alliance rally was held last night, 23 Aug 2012.
The following account of the rally and march was written by journo, bridie jabour who works for Brisbane Times (FairFax).… Go to Article
Category: Protest
Rallies against Qld Government
Qld Teacher Union rally on Tuesday 21 August
Qld Uncut rally Thursday 23rd August (Social services organisations campaign)
Combined Unions rally (will be very large!!)… Go to Article
Yekaterina Samutsevich: Closing Statement at the Pussy Riot Trial
Yekaterina Samutsevich, defendant in the criminal case against the feminist punk group Pussy Riot:
“In the closing statement, the defendant is expected to repent, express regret for their deeds or enumerate attenuating circumstances.… Go to Article
Celebrate Community by Resisting War – Peter Cosgrove in Brisbane
Last Monday night a group of about 15 Catholic workers and friends continued the resistance to General Peter Cosgrove’s appointment as Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University.… Go to Article
Back to the Future – The Shape of Things to Come – The Queensland Labour Movement Under Conservative Governments – Then and Now!
BLHA Symposium: Call for Papers and Participants
BLHA is planning an October symposium which will deal with the Queensland labour movement’s activism, challenges and selected disputes under conservative governments.… Go to Article
Hush – the Silence in Bahrain is broken
In Al Daih on 14 Feb 2011 Ali Abdulhadi Mushaima, 21 years, was shot in the face at close range by police using birdshot.… Go to Article
Rallies on Vic. building industry code and jobs in the mining industry
YouTube of Kevin Bracken’s (MUA, state secretary) speech on 4th July outside Parliament House in Melbourne during the building workers stop work and rally.… Go to Article
The Wed. 11th of July Meeting of the 17 Group on Julian Assange
The July Meeting of the 17 Group will take place on Wednesday the 11th of July at 7 pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St West End.… Go to Article
Yes, Virginia, there are conspiracies
By Humphrey McQueen
(Text of speech at Canberra Friends of Wikileaks, Coombs Lecture Theatre, Australian National University, 27 June 2012.)
Once more, I have the honour of sharing a platform with Christine Assange.… Go to Article
Open Letter to Multi-Cultural Development Association (MDA)
Yesterday I attended World Refugee Day Community Festival at Annerley Soccer Oval. 
I approached Red Cross, Amnesty International , 4EB, Palestinian Arts, Culture and Science Incorporation asking if they would help me with a Petition to free Ridha!… Go to Article
Double Standard – plane down, leaders shot
Two contrasting events occurred yesterday – a plane fell from the skies over Syria and a leader of the main Bahraini opposition party was shot in the street.… Go to Article
Chile Ship of Shame
CHILE TORTURE-CENTER SHIP, NOT WELCOME IN BRISBANE
We are writing to you to let you know of our intentions to carry out a peaceful demonstration at the arrival of a Chilean Navy Ship “La Esmeralda” to Brisbane between the 28th June and 1st July 2012, wherever the ship will dock.… Go to Article
Stolen Children – high noon at DoCS
Video of rally and march in Brisbane (Wednesday 2 May). People describe how their children were taken away by authorities — removing Aboriginal children from their families and their culture.… Go to Article
Socialist Alternative Meeting: The Civil Rights Movement in America
Today, despite America’s first Black president, there has been little change and there is now little hope for African Americans. They are bearing the brunt of the economic crisis, with unemployment among Blacks at almost 16 per cent, and with the highly publicised murder of Trayvon Martin it is apparent racism is alive and killing in the States.… Go to Article
NSW police are way too deadly
on tuesday 24 april at 1.30pm we will be holding a rally outside the nsw parliament house to protest the violence and abuse of the nsw police as ably exampled by the circumstances at kings cross and 5 police-related deaths in custody so far this year already.… Go to Article
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
‘Two sides of every story’? Related to this title is the the death of the man who ‘inspired’ the song by Bob Dylan.Compare… Go to Article
Public Forum — Being smuggled to freedom: Behind the anti-people smuggling rhetoric
On this night like any other night
Maybe raining maybe clear
In a world exploding is any heart open?
Can you hear us, Can you hear?… Go to Article
The Tall Man
[Editor’s Note: Ray Jackson continues his good work here analysing the ‘The Tall Man’ that was shown on SBS this week.… Go to Article
Anti-racist coalition organising meeting
So as you’ve probably heard there’s a racist music festival called the Hammered music festival being organised in Brisbane.
A group is trying organise against it.… Go to Article
#OccupyBrisbane Rally today! 12 noon
ya estan matando a Chilenos
and now they are killing Chileans
in the Greek sports stadiums
too
they are showing
how they define
spoils
justice
live to fight
fight to live
‘To the Victor belongs the Spoils‘ by Daniel del Solar
As the #Occupy Movement grows around Australia and throughout the world, a number of obstacles have been put in our path.We… Go to Article
Qaddafi in Defeat
"We came. We saw. He died"
- Hilary Clinton, Secretary of State,
when Muamma Qaddafi was murdered.**
The indigenous people of North Africa are the Berbers.… Go to Article
The Arab Revolution: uprisings in Iraq, Yemen and now Oman
By Ray Bergmann
A lot of information to get out about the revolutions in Iraq and Yemen that started three weeks ago.… Go to Article
Assange’s likely fate
By Ciaron O’Reilly
On Thursday 24 Feb 2011 it is likely Assange will be taken from Woolwich court. This was purpose built for the Provisional IRA.… 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
1967/1977 street marches in Queensland — reasons for revolt?
… Go to Article“Here is a historically important film, recently rediscovered, that few people will ever have seen, and that commemorates an event that a lot of you will remember.
Regime change in Egypt – a US conspiracy?
The Bush administration brought about the fall of Saddam Hussein by invading Iraq with millions of lives lost.
Eight years later millions of Egyptians brought about regime change by protesting on the streets.… Go to Article
By what right do we gather here today?
by Humphrey McQueen
Wikileaks rally, Garema Place, Canberra, 16 December 2010
By what right are we here today? Why are we confident that we can protest and not be shot at by the political police on the fringes of this crowd?… 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 60th anniversary of the victory.… Go to Article
The Queensland police: with honour we serve?
Media Release, Peter Pyke: 13 October 2010
In 1994 I told then-Queensland Premier Wayne Goss that ‘politicians thought they were pretty powerful but – in our system – it was the police who had all the power’.… 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