incredible! and appalling!
the survival instinct.
again an example of misuse of a taser because common sense clearly shows that it was not necessary by any normal standard to employ the taser for compliance purposes.… Go to Article
Griffith by-election 2014
This by-election was made necessary by the resignation of former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd from the federal parliament and his seat of Griffith.… Go to Article
Vulture Capitalism
I’ve just returned from Haiti and America where I’ve been filming my vulture capitalism documentary with New York film-maker Thor Neureiter (Papua New Guinea was visited late last year and Afghanistan is next on the list).… Go to Article
DOCS Rally & March in Brisbane
DOCS Rally in Brisbane
10.30 am Roma Street Forum (under the big tree opposite Court Buildings)
Thursday 13 Feb 2014
March to DOCS*
11:30 am
111 George Street, CBD
In recent weeks people have come to tent embassy meetings in Musgrave Park speaking of DOCS taking their children away.… Go to Article
tj rally march final notice
herewith the final notice of the friday 14th. february rally and march for the 10th anniversary of the death of tj hickey arising from a redfern police pursuit.… Go to Article
Grandmothers demand apology
Grandmothers demand DOCS return stolen children on anniversary of apology
Grandmothers and families from Gunnedah will rally outside NSW Parliament House today at 12.30pm to demand an end to what they say is a new Stolen Generation of Aboriginal children.… Go to Article
Demand Justice for Sheila Oakley!
A life flows like a river Darling,
Down goes another Murri
Wise men say only fools rush in
So how do we respond to this
Especially if, only one fella’s left
from ‘Two Train Singers‘ by ian curr
Rally 11 am Saturday
15 Feb 2014
26 Jacaranda Avenue, Woodridge
March on Logan Police Station!… Go to Article
Israel moves on child justice
… Go to ArticleThe Editor
The AustralianSir
Your editorial of 11 February says of Israel’s illegal midnight abduction, detention and torture of Palestinian children: “To understand the problem in context, it needs to be acknowledged that the Israeli army faces constant and often dangerous provocation in the area, with children in the vanguard of stone-throwing and violence.”
Film Screening: the Gatekeepers
Believing Women for a Culture of Peace
and Just Peace for Palestine present
FILM SCREENING 
A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets.… Go to Article
More lies: Israel in U-turn on child justice?
The Australian has teamed up with Four Corners to investigate the Israeli military’s treatment of Palestinian children in the West Bank.… Go to Article
The town that was murdered
[Broadcast on PShift, 4zzz, fm 102.1, at noon on friday 7 feb 2014]
We drove up to a small park in Acland to meet the town’s sole surviving citizen Glen.… Go to Article
‘Parliament, Government and Reform in Queensland, 2001-2013’
THE ACCOUNTABILITY ROUNDTABLE
‘Parliament, Government and Reform in Queensland, 2001-2013’
Public Forum -Parliament House, Brisbane 10 February 2014 10:00 am – 12:00 noon The Premiers Room
The Accountability Round Table is a non-partisan group of citizens with diverse backgrounds (academics, lawyers, politicians, journalists, authors) who are gravely concerned by the current erosion of honesty and integrity in our democracy.… Go to Article
Refugee Boat Timeline to February 6th
Refugee Boat Timeline to February 6th
TWO TURNBACKS TODAY
6th FEB
No arrivals reported today.
LATE NEWS
Again, thanks to Marg Hutton
Migrants stranded in Sukabumi, rejected by Australia
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | World | Thu, February 06 2014, 11:40 AM
Dozens of migrants from the Middle East have bcome stranded in Sukabumi 
after being refused entry by Australia at the immigration detention center in Cisarua, Bogor, West Java.… Go to Article
Sri Lanka war report ‘shows rights abuses’
Dear Friends
This report joins a library of human rights concerns about the situation in Sri Lanka.
What makes it so relevant to us is that the Australian Government is complicit in placing lives at risk by deporting Sri Lankan asylum seekers without a proper refugee determination process.… Go to Article
Suicide crisis – from tragic to catastrophic
Israel and Natalia are entitled to equality – Photo, Gerry Georgatos
Australia is facing a suicide crisis that is not abating, it is continuing and getting worse.… Go to Article
Foco Nuevo in February
| FOCO NUEVO IN FEBRUARY
Friday, 7 February 2014, 8.00 p.m. Kurilpa Hall TwoCrows / Jumping Fences / Para Você As always Maggie’s delicious cakes tea and coffee will be on sale. | ||
You’ve got to be Jo(h)king: History, the Left and Queensland
(This is a guest post from a friend of The Word From Struggle Street Jon)
It was the 40th anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising recently.… Go to Article
Manus camp report on Minister Bishop’s visit
Minister Bishop visited the Manus camp today. One man from each nationality and compound group was chosen to attend a briefing.… Go to Article
Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (“TPP”) is a free trade agreement currently being negotiated by twelve nations; the US, Japan, Australia, Peru, Malaysia, Vietnam, New Zealand, Chile, Singapore, Canada, Mexico, and Brunei Darussalam
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a secretive, multi-national trade agreement that threatens to extend restrictive intellectual property (IP) laws across the globe and rewrite international rules on its enforcement.… Go to Article
Protected: Magistrate refuses to listen to submission on the Sacred Fire in Musgrave Park
17 Group on Anti-Bikies Legislation
The first of the 17 Group Meetings for 2014 will be held on Wednesday the 5th of February in the usual location at the usual time, unit 6 at 20 Drury St West End at 7 pm.… Go to Article
Statement From Gomeroi Elders
Gomeroi culture and heritage pays the price for bungling and cultural management failure. Gomeroi people implore Minister Hunt to declare an emergency stay of works to protect and investigate Whitehaven’s actions.
Songs of resistance – tribute to pete seeger
Songs of Struggle & Resistance
Places of Sanctuary
This is a discussion we have to have- there is now no alternative.
I have taken names off the stream of contributions for obvious reasons.… Go to Article
Construction capital – a crock of crooks
The press hounds are baying again about union corruption. The Coalition can spare its budget the expense of another Royal Commission.… Go to Article
Protected: Coal
Foco Nuevo in February 2014!
… Go to Article
FOCO NUEVO IN FEBRUARY Welcome to another year of Foco Nuevo! As we head towards our 6th birthday, we’re really pleased to be starting 2014 with guest acts new to Foco Nuevo; TwoCrows and Para Você.
Response to “WikiLeaks, Drought and Syria”
Later on the same day that Thomas Friedman published the op-ed in the New York Times entitled “WikiLeaks, Drought and Syria” Jeffery Grossman wrote a response to it in his article ‘Thomas Friedman.… Go to Article
New Petition for Palestine
… Go to Article[Attachment(s) from Fay Waddington included below]
Just Peace has drawn up the attached petition in response to comments made by the Foreign Minister during a January 2014 official visit to Israel which questioned the illegality of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.