‘No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.’
– Margaret Sanger
On 17 October 2018 the Queensland parliament passed a law to decriminalise abortion – 48 years since women began the modern struggle for women’s right to choose.… Go to Article
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
Police say Eunji Ban was on her way to work at the Transcontinental Hotel at 482 George Street Brisbane at about 4 am when she was attacked and killed.… Go to Article
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
“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
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Domestic violence support groups say murderer Simon Gittany’s manipulative behaviour towards his fiancée Lisa Harnum before her death is typical domestic violence behavior.… Go to Article
Public Disobedience against LNP Government proposed closure of the AIDS Medical Unity rebranded as Clinic 2.
Time: 4:30 PM on Wed 27 March 2013.… Go to Article
It is a great day for freedom.
— Sheila Washington, Scottsboro Boys Museum
Posthumous pardon in 1931 Alabama rape case – Americas – Al Jazeera English.… Go to Article
“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
Source: Thanks to The Radical Times Archive for Debra Beattie’s doco Manufacturing Dissent.
“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
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Angela Davis, a radical feminist and a leading advocate for prison abolition, works at the intersection of many issues.
Freedom Socialist Party Statement
Toward the end of 2012, two members of the British Socialist Workers Party charged a national leader with rape and sexual assault.… Go to Article
The May Day Group is hoping to contribute to the celebration of May Day by organising two events.
A Foco Nuevo gig on Friday 3rd May and a forum on Saturday the 4th.… Go to Article
Went to court and saw Garcia Lorca poem ‘Casida of the Dark Doves’ written on the wall:
"Through the laurel branches
I saw two doves of darkness.… Go to Article International Women’s Day 2013 was originally International Working Womens Day. It was started with a socialist purpose and became in some places an expression of men’s love for women like Mothers Day and Valentine’s day.… Go to Article
As soon as you're born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
Till you're so crazy you can't follow their rules
When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
Keep you doped on religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still peasants as far as I can see
There's room at the top they are telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill
If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me
— John Lennon 'Working Class Hero'
The Attorney General said today that the LNP government “ will ..… Go to Article
“Art is not a mirror held up to reality
but a hammer with which to shape it.”… Go to Article
Bahraini nurse calls on international support after police kill 16 yr old during crackdown on anniversary of democracy protests.
Hussain Al Jaziri, 16 years old, was killed by Bahraini security forces yesterday as the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters intensifies around the second anniversary of Bahrain’s ‘forgotten Arab Spring’.… Go to Article
No, that waitress isn’t flirting with you.
Neither is the barista at your local Starbucks, nor the counter server at the Pret A Manger near your office, and you might be surprised to learn that the stripper at your local club doesn’t have a deep fondness for you, either.… Go to Article
Dear friends of the Bahraini Australia Youth Movement, I hope this email finds you well. Please find below the details of BAYM’s upcoming speaking tour of Rula al Saffar, President of Bahrain Nursing Society, starting next week!… Go to Article
What the caterpillar calls
the end of the world,
the rest of the world
calls a butterfly!
—Lao-Tsé
Social Movements — Gender, race, class, sexuality, age
[Summary of PShift (4ZZZ fm 102.1 fri at noon) 18 Jan 2013]
Playlist
Vencer (Winning) by Mestre Moraes e grupo capoeira angola pelourinho
Zumbi from A Tábua de Esmeralda by Jorge Ben Jor
“Mas Que Nada” sung by Miriam Makeba
Marisa Monte sings ‘Volte Para o Seu Lar’
other songs – not played on PShift
susana baca- el mayoral
susana baca – valentin
Mistério Do Planeta from (1972) Acabou Chorare by Novos Baianos
‘I don’t want to die without seeing justice’ — Luz Mendes from Guatemala
Guest on PShift, Laura introduces herself as being from Brazil studying gender politics and social movements.… Go to Article
According to You Tube these videos are Bush Telegraph‘s all time top videos
1. 1982 Land Rights Struggle – Brisbane Cmwlth Games
2.… Go to Article
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
“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
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
I was born without a passport
I grew up
and saw my country
become prisons
without a passport
— Without a Passport by Rasheed Hussein
PShift Intro
Song for Gaza – Phil Monsour
This is part two of a series dealing with this topic – this time we are speaking of Palestine.… Go to Article
TODAY 12PM: Bahraini refugees join Sydney rally protesting Israel’s massacre in Gaza
Today the Bahraini Australian Youth Movement (BAYM) will participate in a rally organized by Palestinian Action Group Sydney (PAGS) at Town Hall at 12 pm, condemning Israel’s most recent aggression and massacre in Gaza that has killed 163 Palestinians thus far including children and women.… Go to Article