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Noam Chomsky: Speculation of course, but I’ll indulge in a bad dream — which could become reality if we are not on guard, and if we fail to recognize that elections should be a brief interlude in a life of … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Refugee Solidarity Meanjin, Refugee Action Collective and Unions for Refugees in Brisbane for their sustained campaign to achieve the release of Medevac refugees. Please see reports below from Refugee Solidarity (Meanjin) and the ABC. – Ed., WBT. __oOo__ … Continue reading →

It is well over 30 years since LeftPress printed leaflets that cautioned people against food irradiation. The campaign to stamp it out continues. Why is it taking so long for food companies and governments to get the message provided by … Continue reading →

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6 years on: Remembering the Paniai massacre 11am 08 December 2020  Australian Federal Police offices MELBOURNE and BRISBANE 383 La Trobe St, Melbourne   |   45 Commercial Rd, Newstead, Brisbane West Papuan community rally / funeral rites   Media contacts: … Continue reading →

Politics of Forgetting: New Zealand, Greece and Britain at War Greece was a poor country in turmoil and pain during the 1940s. A military dictatorship was followed by invasion and terrifying occupation by Germany and its allies, starvation, civil war, … Continue reading →

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The maritime museum looks in a bad way. The old Forceful can no longer go to sea. One member of the museum says: “No doubt the museum has been run by enthusiasts who did pretty well and worked selflessly – … Continue reading →

Welcome to the Paradigm Shift on FM 102.1 4ZZZ Fridays at noon. We challenge the assumptions of our current society, to resist oppression … DECEMBER 4, 2020 Following the release of the Brereton report into war crimes committed by the … Continue reading →

Various anti-uranium groups like CANP applied for and were denied march permits by police from 1977 till 1979. At the same time opposition to uranium mining and export was so strong that groups that challenged the march ban and the … Continue reading →

I am doing a Zoom book event for A Book of Doors with Avid Reader on Monday 7 Dec, 6.30-7.30pm. My editor Edwina Shaw who also edited Bjelke Blues will be interviewing me online. There will be an introduction and welcome to … Continue reading →

On Wednesday December 9, Julian Assange’s father John Shipton, will talk at a webinar in Brisbane about the Assange along with Assange supporter Ciaron O’Reilly and Greg Barns SC, Adviser Assange Campaign.  You can join the webinar here NO EXTRADITION: BRING … Continue reading →

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No chance had he to win the cross of honourNo mighty empire echoed with his nameHe did not leave a record, kindly, helpful,A pure untarnished name– Poem on gravestone of Gnr. L. M. Juster who died of wounds in France … Continue reading →

In 2014, our friends Greg Rolles, Tim Webb. Sam Quinlan, and Dave Sprigg were brutally assaulted by SAS soldiers on Swan Island, a highly secretive training base off the coast of Victoria. They were hooded, stripped naked, threatened with rape … Continue reading →

This morning I delivered my maiden speech to the Queensland Parliament. And I focussed on a topic that is too often ignored in this chamber – why in a state where mining billionaires and big banks have such obscene wealth, … Continue reading →

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In the early 1970s I worked, for a short time, on Fraser Island (K’gari) as a yardman. My duties included watering and tending the grass on the airstrip at Orchid Beach. This enabled the rich to fly in on Friday … Continue reading →

“Between the gunpoint border and the spiritual violence of our identity“, “Beyond the daily war, beyond the days I wonder if the sound of my voice isn’t mine“ – by punk band Strike Anywhere – in their 2021 release Dress … Continue reading →

“A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household” – Epitaph on Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant’s gravestone (Matthew 10 : 36) “It is utterly outrageous and cannot be justified on any basis whatsoever, the Chinese Government should be totally … Continue reading →

Studying Marx’s Grundrisse Following several other successful study groups since lockdown, from Thursday 10 December, 8-9pm Workers’ Liberty will start a weekly Zoom study group on Marx’s Grundrisse. That is Marx’s rough draft of his economic theories – of much of what was later rewritten … Continue reading →

Last Train to Mirabad Julian Assange took on the US Wikileak’d ten years war in Afghanistan … No Wikileaks today about Sapper Jamie Larcombe No mention of his Afghan mate Both dead in Mirabad – Ian Curr Report from John … Continue reading →

We post this important study of Quandamooka (Moreton Bay). Please find below the preface and link to the electronic record. WBT hope that some resolution will be found to prevent the proposed development at Toondah Harbour, a truly beautiful gateway … Continue reading →

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Save Griffith University College of Art The Queensland College of Art (GCA) has a long history in Queensland. Over the years it has been housed in George Street, Brisbane, Seven Hills, and South Bank. It has been part of the … Continue reading →