I live in the seat of Griffith, which is a federal government electorate in the inner city area of Brisbane’s East.… Go to Article
The Shoah after Gaza
In 1977, a year before he killed himself, the Austrian writer Jean Améry came across press reports of the systematic torture of Arab prisoners in Israeli prisons.… Go to Article
Be Wary of Nations
In the end we will not remember the words of our enemies but we will
remember the silence of our friends” – Mazin Qumsiyeh
This year, I attended the United Nations Peacekeepers annual commemoration in Anzac Square.… Go to Article
Free Assange – end the war
Behind these prison walls, a tribute to Julian Assange by Mark Cronin:
Thanks to Ciaron O’Reilly and all the musicians that made this event possible.… Go to Article
Battleground West Papua
BATTLEGROUND WEST PAPUA | 4 June 6:30 for 7pm
Lavalla Centre, Paddington
6:30 for 7pm start
58 Fernberg Rd, Paddington, Qld 4064
Presented by Magda Productions P/L, with the co-operation of the 17 Group and Leon.… Go to Article
No fixed address
Hey friends,
I thought I’d rush out an email update today in response to the very exciting news that the State Government is proposing to introduce a 6-month statewide trial (starting this August) of reducing all public transport fares to just 50 cents!… Go to Article
Beyond genocide
The always interesting Adam Tooze has a detailed look at Israel’s economic interest in a conquered Gaza in his latest blog post.… Go to Article
Foco Nuevo in winter
Shrabani Choudhury / Jumping Fences Friday, 7 June 31 Arras Street, Yeronga Doors open 6.00 p.m. Music starts 6.30 p.m.$15 admission (Eftpos available) We are pleased to be able to reschedule distinguished sitar player, Shrabani Choudhury for our upcoming Foco Nuevo backyard concert on June 7th. |
The Day that never Comes
The news should have stopped us in our tracks. Astonishingly, however, it was scarcely reported here. The latest map of mental wellbeing published by the Global Mind Project reveals that, out of the 71 countries it assessed, the United Kingdom, alongside South Africa, has the highest proportion of people in mental distress – and the second worst overall measure of mental health (we beat only Uzbekistan). … Go to Article
The state of school funding
Workers BushTelegraph has received this submission from Save Our Schools.
… Go to ArticleBreaking the Silence
Hello darkness my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
– Simon and Garfunkel, The Sound of Silence
Educating the educators
There has been only one pro-Palestine encampment in Queensland, and that began seven months into the genocide.… Go to Article
From Australia to Cuba with Love 2024
Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (Brisbane)
info@acfs-brisbane.org
From Australia to Cuba with Love 2024
June 1st to July 26th
Join the campaign to end the US blockade of Cuba and raise funds for the Agro Vivo agricultural project
Brisbane launch, 10 am June 1st, Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, QUT end of Palm Avenue.… Go to Article
Is the ICC trying to outlaw Palestinian resistance to occupation?
Pity the nation whose breath is money
and sleeps the sleep of the too well fed.
Pity the nation — oh, pity the people who allow their rights to erode
and their freedoms to be washed away.… Go to Article
Support Israeli Conscientious Objectors
Over the last few weeks, there’s been a noticeable shift in Israeli public sentiment and we’ve received signs indicating the emergence of a new wave of refusal. … Go to Article
In the City of Slaughter
Zionism Will Never Be a Solution to Antisemitism
Zionism has relied on strategic alliances with antisemitic ethnonationalists since its earliest days.… Go to Article
US State Dept. Acknowledges Lie but Leaves Cuba on Sponsors of Terrorism List
In a tacit acknowledgement that the lie is unsustainable, the U.S. State Department announced today that Cuba is not included in its 2023 report on countries that do not fully cooperate in the fight against terrorism.… Go to Article
Palestinian karma
As Ghassan Abu-Sittah was denied entry to Germany to speak at the Palestine Congress, the Progressive International Wire published his speech at Glasgow University in full.… Go to Article
The way they treat arabs
… Go to Article“They treat arabs, those that are still here, in a way that should be enough to rally the entire world against Israel.”
The Palestine Laboratory
Israel has fully embraced the “war on terror,” and richly profited from it. One of the most successful though bloody counterinsurgency battles of the early 21st century was the Sri Lankan government’s destruction of the Tamil Tigers militant group.… Go to Article
ACTU Statement on Gaza
Media Release – April 22, 2024
The Australian Union movement is a movement of peace and respect for all races and nationalities.… Go to Article
Medicide in Gaza: the Killing of Dr. Adnan al-Bursh
More than two weeks after Israel announced his death, it still has not released the body of one of Gaza’s most celebrated doctors, Adnan al-Bursh.… Go to Article
Medical industrial complex in Australia supports genocide
Doctors protest Zionist Professor at medical conference in Brisbane on 5 May 2024
Dr Sayed calls out Australian College of Anaesthetist’s platforming of Carolyn Weinger, a zionist anaesthesiologist and gynaecologist.… Go to Article
While Rafah burns, International Solidarity under attack on May Day in Brisbane (Magandjin).
Figs do not grow on barren trees
Ernie Lane in Dawn to Dusk
- reminiscences of a rebel
On Monday, 6 May 2024 I attended the annual May Day celebrations in the Royal National Association showgrounds.… Go to Article
Justice for Palestine 🇵🇸 in May
US blockade of Cuba causes more strife
The island of Cuba is going through its worst economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. A few weeks ago, the government in Havana officially requested powdered milk for children under the age of 7 from the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP).… Go to Article
Events for Palestine
https://www.facebook.com/share/E5odwKcA3vnqmKGT/?mibextid=xfxF2i
Unionists for Palestine Public Meeting @ Thu May 2, 2024 5:30pm – 6:30pm (AEST) (jfpbrisbane@gmail.com)
ETU, 1/41 Peel St, South Brisbane QLD 4101, Australia
Vale Hatem al-Ghamri
The Mayor is Dead – Why Israel Killed the Beloved Engineer of Maghazi
Hatem al-Ghamri, the mayor of the Maghazi refugee camp, was killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza.… Go to Article
Easter uprising, a terrible beauty is born
We know their dream; enough… Go to Article
To know they dreamed and are dead;
And what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?
Workers sanction Israel
On Being Doppelgangered
What it’s like becoming the target of a political smear campaign
Jonathan Sriranganathan’s account of the 2024 Brisbane City Council election campaign is a true reflection of the weakness of Australian democracy.… Go to Article