In 1980 or 1981, Bjelke-Petersen went to University of Queensland guarded by Qld Special Branch. Joh’s visit was controversial as the questions from the news media suggest.… Go to Article
Category: Uranium
No to Newman. No to uranium mining.
In 1977 Bjelke-Petersen tried to stop the anti-uranium movement by banning
street marches. Unionists and students launched a defiant campaign which
gained community support.… Go to Article
“Taking to the Streets” Exhibition
“Taking to the Streets – two decades that changed Brisbane 1965 – 1985” – Museum of Brisbane Exhibition 2006.
The exhibition was opened on 6 April 2006.… Go to Article
Lost film of the street marches
History is an angel being blown backwards into the future
History is a pile of debris
And the angel wants to go back and fix things
To repair the things that have been broken
But there is a storm blowing from Paradise
And the storm keeps blowing the angel backwards into the future
And this storm, this storm is called Progress.… Go to Article
Qld Nuke-free Campaigner & Action Monday
Hello nuclear-free and peace friends,
As this week marks the anniversary of the Newman government backflip on uranium on uranium, I just wanted to share some good news with you and send a quick reminder about Monday’s action!… Go to Article
Historic film: If U Don’t Fight U Lose
The video you see was put together after the Queensland state election in 1977.
The video you see was shot and edited under difficult circumstances over 35 years ago, after the Queensland state election in 1977.… 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
… Go to Article 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.
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
PShift: the story of coal and land rights
“Whose land is this land is it for you and me who knows, who knows this land better than you and me.… Go to Article
Return to Idinthakarai
Publisher’s Note: Recently (2012) David Bradbury and Treena Lenthall visited a village in Southern India where the people are being persecuted for their nonviolent resistance to nuclear power plants.… Go to Article
May the 1st Club
Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s there was a need for political culture. In West End appeared the the first coffee club in Brisbane – May the 1st Club which was a regular event organised by activists from the democratic rights struggles in the 1970s.… Go to Article
Uranium Again
Image: Anti-uranium picket at Hamilton No 4 in Brisbane 1977
[Editor’s Note: This was broadcast on the Paradigm Shift (4ZZZ fm 102.1 12 noon on Fridays) on 26 October 2012.… Go to Article
Politics of Repression
We Have Survived by NO FIXED ADDRESS

Politics of Repression was broadcast on Paradigm Shift on 4ZZZ fm 102.1 Friday at noon on 12 October 2012
“If you fly with the crows, you’ll get shot with the crows.”… Go to Article
1982 Commonwealth Games Land Rights Protests
A note to indigenous people, this film contains images of people who are deceased.
LeftPress would like to acknowledge the Jagera and Torrubul people on whose land this film was shot – land never ceded to the colonisers.… Go to Article
URGENT: Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy supporters needed at Musgrave Park
Brisbane City Council to try to forcibly remove Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy supporters urgently needed at Musgrave Park
14 May 2012
Brisbane City Council has turned its back on negotiations with the Brisbane Sovereign Embassy over its right to exist in Musgrave Park, South Brisbane.… Go to Article
Anti Uranium Rally
… 4ZZZ’s Opening Statement in 1975
And something is happening here
But you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones ?
— ‘ballard of a thin man’ by bob dylan
Editor’s Note: Thanks to the efforts of Peter Gray we now have the transcript and sound track of 4ZZZ’s initial broadcast on 8 December 1975.… Go to Article
Vale Bryan Law
"Can't add my name into the fight while I'm gone So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here And I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm gone And I can't question how or when or why when I'm gone" -'when i'm gone' by phil ochs
Ciaron O’Reilly has penned a eulogy to Bryan Law who passed away this week.… Go to Article