Dust tiptoes in a standing ovation
after the explosion
Edward Said is out of place,
again:
His books fall from my shelves
Onto the broken window glass.… Go to Article

Who built the seven gates of Thebes?
The books are filled with names of kings.
Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?… Go to Article

The Brisbane City Council election is coming up on Saturday, 16 March, with prepolling opening on Monday, 4 March 2024.

In the upcoming local government elections in Brisbane, WBT recommends a vote for Jonathan Sriranganathan because he is the best local councillor we have ever had.… Go to Article

When it created its nation-state, the Zionist movement did not wage a war that ‘tragically but inevitably’ led to the expulsion of ‘parts of’ the indigenous population, but the other way round: the main goal was the ethnic cleansing of all of Palestine, which the movement coveted for its new state.… Go to Article

The Australian Parliament passed a motion in support of Julian Assange, 21 years after Iraq, and its people were destroyed based on a lie by the US, UK, and Australian governments.… Go to Article

This is an analysis of false claims made by the Jerusalem Post questioning that Palestinians are indigenous to the region presently under occupation by Israel.… Go to Article

This is a speech given by Sam Waiburra Watson outside Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers office in Logan Central on 9 February 2024.… Go to Article

On 29 April 1956 a former Israeli soldier turned farmer, Ro’i Rothberg, was caught in a prepared ambush near the border with Gaza, then under Egyptian mandate. … Go to Article

“The Last Waltz at Julian Assange’s Last Chance Saloon”

*Saturday * February 17th *7pm *FREE/Donations appreciated!

* “The Old Gun Pit” pub Woolwhich (100 metres from Woolwhich tube station)

*Featuring Dublin’s Joe Black

*Aotearoa/NZ Blues John McClean

*Belmarsh Graduate Leroy *Northern Soul Caroline Knott

* Camden’s Matt & Ollie

*Cork’s Paul!… Go to Article

Save the cost of a new Olympics stadium by making the athletics track smaller so it will fit into the existing Gabba?… Go to Article

“They lie, the men who tell us, for reasons of their own,
That want is here a stranger, and that misery’s unknown;
For where the nearest suburb and the city proper meet
My windowsill is level with the faces in the street”

— ‘Faces In The Street’ by Henry Lawson

In 1969, Labor Mayor of Brisbane, Clem Jones, declared that the Brisbane City Council (BCC) was going to shut down the trams.… Go to Article

My friend, you would not tell with such high zest / To children ardent for some desperate glory, / The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est / Pro patria mori.… Go to Article

In the 15 weeks that I have done the sound for the Justice for Palestine 🇵🇸 mass rallies in Magandjin (Brisbane), I cannot remember Hamas being mentioned on a single occasion.… Go to Article

The Chicago motion calls for a release of the hostages. Why? To appease the war criminals? Release of Israeli captives would be a serious mistake.… Go to Article

Day 120 of the genocide in Gaza

@jfpmagandjin We will not stop turning up, five months into the genocide and Magan-djin (Brisbane) are still standing in solidarity with Gaza, with the West Bank, with Palestine.

… Go to Article

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, 
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, 
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum 
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

… Go to Article

@jfpmagandjin

We will not stop turning up, five months into the genocide and Magan-djin (Brisbane) are still standing in solidarity with Gaza, with the West Bank, with Palestine.

… Go to Article

We’ve read a lot about this in the Arab press, but nowhere else … reminding us of how long it took the My Lai massacre to be exposed.… Go to Article

I carried my blood in my palm
I never lowered my flags
I guarded the green grass
over my ancestor’s graves ….… Go to Article

Ferra Engineering provides weapons parts to arms dealers in and outside Australia: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, EADS, Raytheon, Parker, BAE, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics and Pratt & Whitney.… Go to Article

On 16 January 2024 Australian government Ministers Penny Wong and Pat Conroy announced that they were increasing the funding to UNWRA by about $21 million.… Go to Article

“We came and turned the native Arabs into tragic refugees. And still we have to slander and malign them, to besmirch their name.… Go to Article

In 1971, I went on strike with 3,000 other students and staff at the University of Queensland. The strike was against the government’s support for apartheid South Africa. … Go to Article

“We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” – Nelson Mandela

Analysis – the International Court of Justice in The Hague would not be drawn into dispute with the UN security council and so intentionally left out of its orders South Africa’s request for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.… Go to Article

Ferra Engineering at Tingalpa makes a crucial part for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter aircraft that enables Israel to drop bunker buster bombs on Gaza.… Go to Article

It is true that mass demonstrations worldwide did not stop the devastation of Iraq in March 2003 with over a million lives lost and a rich secular country destroyed by the Coalition of the Willing (US, UK, Australia etc).… Go to Article