Ridha had been in administrative detention in Israel for over 600 days when he was released — He faced no charges, he had not been brought before a court.
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Wrong city, wrong country
Before all the others to come, there were some unexceptional flowers hand-wrapped in white tissue paper. A breeze whispered up Albert Street.… Go to Article
Strengthened Pride
“It was a pretty brutal place, but there was no slavery in Australia”
– Prime Minister Scott Morrison
“This is about Aunty Dawn Daylight’s experiences as a child slave at the All Hallows’ convent in Brisbane in the 1950’s and 60’s.… Go to Article
The Door to the Sun
Story and Drawings by Nyree Divitini
This book was written by Nyree who was then aged six years.
It is published here to encourage other young imaginations.… Go to Article
PShift: Anarchist Summer School – what, where and when?
This discussion with organisers of the Brisbane Anarchist Summer School (BASS) was broadcast on the Paradigm Shift [Fridays at noon on 4ZZZ fm 102.1] on 21 Dec 2012.… Go to Article
“New Questions about Recent Wars”: Wed 3 October meeting of the 17 Group
The October meeting of the 17 Group will take place on Wednesday the 3rd of October at 7 pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St West End.… 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
Public servant sackings: never forget, never forgive
Queensland public sector unions say up to 20,000 workers employed by state government are losing their jobs as a result of the government cuts.… Go to Article
“Bahrain is burning and the world is silent!”
Bahraini refugees call for ”understanding” as they rally against mandatory detention in Sydney today
Bahraini Australian Youth Movement joins World Refugee Day Rally in Sydney
Three audio interviews with Bahraini refugees are attached and permissible for use
Refugee rights supporters gathering in Sydney today to mark World Refugee Day will be joined by the Bahraini Australian Youth Movement who are calling for more ‘’understanding’’ from the Australian people about the plight of refugees in this country.… Go to Article
Workers under siege in Nablus – they have no country
… Go to Article“People of Jenin, all the citizens of Jenin and the refugee camp, this is Jenin-grad. Your battle has paved the way to the liberation of the occupied territories”.
Sir Joseph Banks and the Question of Hemp Book Launch
Drew Hutton, Green historian and activist, will launch Sir Joseph Banks and the Question of Hemp by Dr John Jiggens at Avid Reader, Boundary Street, West End, on Tuesday April 24 at 6pm.… Go to Article
Man on roof challenges bank sale of Community Centre in West End, Brisbane
Friends of Ahimsa House Press Release
At 10am on the morning of Wednesday 14th December, a Friend of AHIMSA House, Bernie Neville, will climb onto the roof of the building at 26 Horan Street, West End and hang a banner in opposition to the impending sale of this community space, slated to be finalised this Thursday the 15th December 2011.… Go to Article
Rally at Labor conference: not in malaysia – not in nauru – end mandatory detention – refugees are welcome
Hi all,
The rally for refugees at the national Labor Party conference is now just over a week away. We are pleased to be able to announce that Ged Kearney, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions has now confirmed to speak.… Go to Article
*Solidarity Vigil for Julian Assange, High Court, The Strand, London
| MONDAY DEC 5th. *from 8.30 a.m. *Solidarity Vigil for Julian Assange, High Court, The Strand, London
An anti-war solidarity vigil will be held outside the High Court, The Strand, London on Monday Dec 5th against the extradition of Julian Assange. |
45th anniversary of wave hill walk-off and strike.
the 45th anniversary of the wave hill walk-off and 9 year strike, the longest in australia i believe.
back in 1966 we were into the 17th year of the menzies (pig iron bob) federal government and there was no government sympathy for aborigines and land claims nor workers on strike.… Go to Article
Australia shatters its party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
by Gerry Georgatos
It is indeed now common knowledge that Australian adult prisons are incarcerating children as young as 13. The human rights struggle to free these children from our adult prisons has been an arduous one, with the major obstacle the Australian government and the horrific prejudices and stereotypes they have shoved down throats so as to perceptually modify views.… Go to Article
Human rights day forum in support of Tamil asylum seekers
The international celebration of UN Human Rights Day, observed annually on 10th December to mark the anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.… Go to Article
Petition to Save AHIMSA house
We call on people who support community organisation to help defend AHIMSA house at 26 Horan Street West End from unconscionable sale by Challenger Bank, now owned by National Australia bank by signing the petition below.… 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
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
Something remarkable is happening in Indian country
Editor’s Note.
Les Malezer has sent this interesting article around and so I reprint it here. I hope the National Geographic Society do not mind, I notify the editor of that magazine and credit the author (Charles Bowden) and photographer (Jack Dykinga) here.… Go to Article
The Hollow Men
Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow
Yesterday, Sunday 15 August 2010, I went to a rally and march against global warming in Brisbane’s King George Square (KGSq).… Go to Article
Questions to the candidates in the Federal election 2010
Development
Why do none of the political parties support ‘ecologically sustainable development’?
Energy
If the ALP and the federal Labor government support clean energy why is coal going gangbusters here in Queensland?… Go to Article
The Paradigm Shift on the Intervention
The Paradigm Shift on the Intervention (NTER)
By the paradigmshift on August 8th, 2010
… Go to ArticleIn early July there was a Defending Indigenous Rights Conference in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, so this week we spoke to two people from Brisbane who participated: Ewan and Tanya of the Aboriginal Rights Coalition.