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

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

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

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 | 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

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

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

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.

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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

Workers BushTelegraph has received this submission from Save Our Schools.

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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

Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (Brisbane)

info@acfs-brisbane.org

From Australia to Cuba with Love 2024

June 1^st to July 26^th  

Join the campaign to end the US blockade of Cuba and raise funds for the Agro Vivo agricultural project

Register here

Brisbane launch, 10 am June 1st, Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, QUT end of Palm Avenue.… Go to Article

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

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

Zionism Will Never Be a Solution to Antisemitism

Zionism has relied on strategic alliances with antisemitic ethnonationalists since its earliest days.… Go to Article

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

“They treat arabs, those that are still here, in a way that  should be enough to rally the entire world against Israel.”

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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

Media Release – April 22, 2024

The Australian Union movement is a movement of peace and respect for all races and nationalities.… Go to Article

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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

We know their dream; enough
To know they dreamed and are dead;
And what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?

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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