Write of life
the pious said 
forget the past
the past is dead. 
But all I see
in front of me 
is a concrete floor
a cell door
and John Pat 
- by Jack Davis

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‘It’s time for this to stop’: Aboriginal woman dies in custody 20 years after her father.… Go to Article

CHECK OUT THE Intersection of Sword st and Maynard st. The road will be closed from 6.30 am to 1pm, but if local residents need to slide out, we should be able to let them in.… Go to Article

We will be loud against the silence
Angry at the greed
We will not beg
We are defiant
Tell it like it is
– Phil Monsour and the crisis actors, ‘Our House is on fire‘

It was Anna Bligh’s Queensland Labor government that sold Queensland Rail to QR National for $15B.… Go to Article

The first public campaign challenging the destruction of public housing through the building of freeways throughout Brisbane under the Wilbur Smith scheme was waged by a small group of activists and residents.… Go to Article

I was lying in a burned out basement
with the full moon in my eyes
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst thru the sky
– Neil Young

I recorded my own narration for the State Government’s Gabba Station promo video.… Go to Article

Future Hostilities? Scenarios for the Asia-Pacific Region A warning from a well-placed source in a mainstream media outlet that Australia may get drawn into a regional conflict between the United States and China, has to be taken seriously.

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We gave her everything we owned just to sit at her table
Just a smile would lighten everything*
– John Lennon

In 2009 Prime Minister Rudd sent Office of National Assessments (ONA) chief, Peter Varghese, on a sensitive mission.… Go to Article

This year marks 50 years since the launch of one of Australia’s first major conservation battles, waged against Queensland’s ultra-conservative, pro-development premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen.… Go to Article

Queensland governments have a bad history – support for the Vietnam war, rigged electoral boundaries, censorship, suppression of democratic rights, apartheid-style segregation and control of first nations people, persecution of gays, criminalisation of women seeking abortion, corrupt and politicised police, destruction of the Great barrier reef and mining fossil fuels to name some.… Go to Article

No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.… Go to Article

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This year’s conference, titled ‘Australia at the crossroads: Time for an independent foreign policy’ is being held in Darwin as it is the centre for the most recent establishment of a foreign military presence in Australia.… Go to Article

If God’s on our side
He’ll stop the next war
– Bob Dylan ‘With God on our Side‘

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk together with former Federal Attorney General George Brandis were in the front row at St Stephens in Brisbane last Sunday surrounded by fully armed soldiers showing off their weaponry.… Go to Article

WEALTHY University of Queensland alumni are being urged to stop giving donations until UQ management drops plans to demolish the landmark Schonell Theatre.… Go to Article

MThe heritage campaign to try and protect the student space at University of Queensland including the Schonell Theatre is appealing to graduates to suspend giving donations to the university.… Go to Article

The next meeting of the 17 Group will take place on Wednesday the 3^rd of April at 7 pm in Unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End. … Go to Article

Political power comes from the barrell of a gun – Mao

When talking up regime change in Venezuela Trump and his deputy, Pence, are happy to invoke the Munroe Doctrine.… Go to Article

Wednesday 3rd of April Breaking Ground – Frontline Truths (Brisbane6.30pm-9pm20 Brennan St, Slacks Creek FB event Join us for a special night of storytelling, song & traditional dance as we share #FrontlineTruths.

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50th Anniversiary:
WHEN UNION POWER FREED CLARRIE O’SHEA

Burkes Room, Red Brick Hotel, 83 Annerley Road, Woolloongabba
Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 2 PM – 4 PM

Speakers:

Michael Clifford: Assistant General Secretary, Queensland Council of Unions
Phil Griffiths: Labour historian

In May 1969, Clarrie O’Shea, the Victorian State Secretary of the Tramways Union, was jailed for refusing to pay fines arising from strike action in defiance of the Penal Powers.… Go to Article

When: Thursday 28 March 2019 7:15pm for 7:30pm start Where: Albion Peace Centre, 102 McDonald Rd, Windsor (underneath the Albion Overpass, near Blackmore St; UBD 140 Ref.

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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.”… Go to Article

Porque esta vez no se trata
de cambiar un presidente,
será el pueblo quien construya
un Chile bien diferente.
– El Pueblo Unido

In 1973 we hosted Inti-Illimani, a Chilean folk music group stranded outside of their country after the Pinochet coup.… Go to Article

Letter to the Byron Echo which probably will not get printed because of howls of protest from the large Israeli community living in the shire.… Go to Article

After the shooting and murders in Christchurch, the question remains, why? In an attempt to find answers to the massacre, Ian plays speeches by Uncle Sam Watson and Basil from ‘Muslim Lives Matter’.… Go to Article

Hanson: I am fed up with being told, ‘This is our land’ by Aboriginals. Well, where the hell do I go?… Go to Article

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“When you talk about destruction, don’t you know that you can count me out” – John Lennon

We publish these excerpts of the book “You Say You Want A Revolution SDS, PL, and Adventures in Building a Worker-Student Alliance in the hope that future activists will learn from it.… Go to Article

“We are stardust…billion year old carbon, caught in the devil’s bargain…. and we got to get ourselves back to the garden” – Joni Mitchell

Why peace activists must work with climate change protesters and refugee advocates to prevent future wars ?… Go to Article

1       Night strike…. rubble at dawn (oh no)

         Day light…. horror for home

         In any god’s name take a long hard look

         Where is it hidden in your sacred book?… Go to Article