The U.S. imported Russian heavy crude and unfinished oils for diesel production, particularly increasing after 2019 to offset lost Venezuelan supplies.… Go to Article
‘Dabke and Tatreez’ – bringing in 2026
I am afraid, oh my heart,
to grow up in this exile;
and my homeland may not recognize me.
Take me, take me —
take me back home.… Go to Article
Dundalli Day
Israel’s deadliest enemies – aid organisations
Israeli officials have accused 37 international aid organisations of indirectly channelling resources that may support the terrorist activities of Hamas. Israel has applied strict regulations requiring aid groups to provide detailed personal information about all staff, including Palestinian employees.… Go to Article
Opposition to Israel President Herzog visit
I’ve written to the Governor-General and asked for a formal invitation to be granted by the Governor-General because Head of State to Head of State is the appropriate protocol, for the President to visit Australia in early 2026 to honour and remember victims of the Bondi antisemitic terrorist attack and provide support for Jewish Australians and the Australian Jewish community at this time.… Go to Article
Review: ‘Looking from the North’
‘No boy. These mob got no love in them.’ – Macow in The Kadaitcha Sung – A novel by Sam Watson Penguin Books (1990)
Looking from the North – Australian history from the top down by Henry Reynolds.… Go to Article
Government’s genocidal denial
We recommend reading this excellent summary in the article ‘Federal Antisemitism Plan Marks the Death Knell of the Public Sphere‘ by Paul Gregoire of the government changes in denial of the genocide in Gaza.… Go to Article
Bondi: from darkness to light
On Sunday, 28th December, about 80 people came out to Jagera Hall in West End Brisbane to attend this interfaith gathering post the horrendous attack on people at Bondi Beach earlier in December 2025.… Go to Article
An angel in darkness
On 10 November 2025, an angel in darkness hung from a tripod outside weapons factory, Ferra Engineering at Tingalpa in Brisbane.… Go to Article
Western democracies ban public assemblies
Western governments are placing restriction on assemblies as opposition grows to their complicity in the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
The British government have banned assemblies organised by Palestine Action .… Go to Article
Does contract law mean nothing to the United States?
Who blew up the Nordstrom gas pipeline? Yanis Varoufakis says dramatically in this video that no one noticed China’s long-term objectives. … Go to Article
The Bondi blame game
I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.… Go to Article
Bondi: paradise now
If you live in the Global North, you will get to peer out at the horror, but slowly this horror, as the climate breaks down, will migrate home, turning most of us into Palestinians.… Go to Article
Solidarity from Justice for Palestine Magan-djin
Justice for Palestine Magan-djin’s statement of solidarity in response to the terror attack in Bondi:
We have met the news of Sunday’s attack in Sydney with shock, sadness, and anger.… Go to Article
Flying the courthouse flag at half-mast
‘The ladder of the law has no top and no bottom.‘ – Bob Dylan in Lonesome death of Hattie Caroll.… Go to Article
No means of escape – Gaza
Why hasn’t the ICJ ruled that Israel is committing genocide?
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry was established by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate alleged violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in the Occupied Palestinian and on September 16, 2025 concluded thatIsrael’s actions in Gaza amount to genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention.… Go to Article
Sudan – Ali’s list
Sudan is bleeding, El Fasher has been emptied, filled with mass graves and mass makeshift crematoriums. At the last official count, 60, 000 people dead, a further 150, 000 “missing”.… Go to Article
Cuba responds to US seizure of Venezuelan tanker
The economic warfare against Cuba is being strengthened
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba

This act of piracy and maritime terrorism is a serious violation of International Law, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation.… Go to Article
The Second Father — a Brisbane Better Book?
It is curious that a book written by a former Special Branch officer should be published by University of Queensland Press (UQP).… Go to Article
SBS, you can’t hide
Pégale duro al Fiero
Strike the beast hard
porque si no te deja el hombre;
Because if you don’t it will leave you hunger;
pégale porque te mata
Strike it because they’ll kill you
y te echan la tierra encima,
And they’ll cover you with earth,
canto tus mil canciones
Sing your thousand songs
y echo a andar con tus heridas
And set out walking with your wounds,
y juntos iremos al monte
And together we’ll go to the forest
a cantor luego a la vida.… Go to Article
No US regime change in Venezuela!
Since September 2025, the US has carried out multiple air-strikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific under the pretext that Venezuela is engaged in drug-trafficking to the US.… Go to Article
Speech is not free
After 50,000 people marched for Palestine on 24 August 2025, Brisbane City Council became concerned, so much so that it imposed fines on people speaking in the city mall.… Go to Article
Foco Nuevo in 2025
Foco Nuevo in 2025 features the song Woolloongabba that came seventh in the ARIA Music Awards! Congratulations Jumping Fences Top 10!… Go to Article
Iranian TV coverage of Palestine rally in Brisbane
Why can’t the ABC run stories like this?
Rallies held across Australia in support of Palestinians.
Sunday, 07 December 2025 5:59 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 07 December 2025 5:59 PM ]
Max Civili
Press TV, Brisbane
Nationwide rallies have been held in Australia in a show of support for the Palestinian people in Gaza.… Go to Article
Free speech and solidarity for Palestine
Remah, ‘stikin’ it to the lord mayor’ over $5,000 fines for free speech. Come to the free speech for Palestine concert:
Fundraiser @ Elements Collective
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Friday Fri, 19 Dec 2025
to defend Phil Monsour Liam and Remah Naji against council fines.… Go to Article
Books of hope in rubble
“There are moments in history when the creation of a library becomes an act of freedom itself.” – Omar Hamad.… Go to Article
Palestine Action hunger strike
Join Me In Supporting the Palestine Action Hunger Strike!
We must demand that the courageous hunger strikers with Palestine Action be released from jail on bail, and that we repeal the acts and laws that criminalize dissidence.… Go to Article
They moved the earth with their hands
“That name [Boundary Street] is written into the blood of our people.” – Sam Watson.
It should never have happened. A prefabricated wall inadequately pinned.… Go to Article
Watermelon seed market at Orleigh Park
We are delighted to have Palestine Fair Trade Australia at the Christmas Market for Palestine with a range of home decors, artisan products, books, soaps, and jewellery.… Go to Article
‘Dangerous attachment devices’ made by Ferra Engineering in Brisbane
The irony is, if there were ever dangerous attachment devices, it is the parts manufactured in Brisbane by Ferra Engineering and Heat Treatment Australia.… Go to Article