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Protected: Court and police failed authorised assembly protesting genocide in Palestine
Tag: No War
The anti-war coordinating committee stands against imperialism, striving for peace, justice and socialism. This was the main slogan in the movement against the Iraq War in 2003-2011 (not yet over).
The world watches Gaza again
How much longer must the Palestinian “Shoah” (שואה) continue?
ALREADY SUBJECT TO 18 months of ruthless Israeli bombardment and facing cold, calculated starvation, thirst, and disease, the world waits watching but refuses to intervene. … Go to Article
Protected: Political activists targeted for supporting Palestine
Foreign Minister misled Palestinian families trapped in Gaza
Get on the road to ground the Drones
Get Ready, Get Set, Get On the Road to Ground the Drones
May 21, 2014Walk with us part of the 165 miles from the Boeing corporate headquarters in Chicago (where the manufacture of drones and conventional war planes are managed and designed) to the Michigan Air National Guard Facility at Battle Creek, control site of armed drones.… Go to Article
Australian Government double standard over Israel
MEDIA RELEASE
Australian Government demonstrates double standards over Israel
FOREIGN minister Bob Carr recently expelled Syrian diplomats because of human rights abuses in their country.… Go to Article
“No crocodile tears for the dead, bring the troops home now!”
Editor’s Note: Please find below a press release from StandFast. To my surprise I opened the Australian to find that war monger and US ally Greg Sheridan, Foreign editor AUSTRALIA says that he is in favour of a withdrawal of Australian Troops form Afghanistan.… Go to Article
Report from Ciaron O’Reilly in “Royal Visit Security Clampdown Dublin”
Report from Ciaron O’Reilly in “Royal Visit Security Clampdown Dublin”
Dublin is in the middle of a 20+ million euro security clampdown for the Royal Visit (first in a hundred years), daily bomb hoaxes (so far!),… Go to Article
A Report from the streets of Dublin Pre- QE2/U.S. Prez B.O Visits
*** by Ciaron O’Reilly
As the U.S. Grand Jury on WikiLeaks/ Julian Assange breaks cover and the Guardian newspaper settles into its dual role of the “Pravda of the Brit liberal left” and attack dog of the U.S.… Go to Article
Brisbane BDS Flash Mob – join in!
We will boycott Israel!
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Flash Mob
The words of the Queen song “We Will Rock You” have been re-written to take the message of the BDS campaign to the people of Brisbane with a Flash Mob performance.… Go to Article
End of hope
On this night like any other night
Maybe raining maybe clear
In a world exploding is any heart open
Can you hear us
Can you hear—‘article 14’ words and music by tony mockeridge
The 4 am ABC news just announced an Iraqi man has taken his own life.… Go to Article
Pine Gap 4 have won their Appeal!
by Donna Mulhearn
Dear friends
Today [22 February 2008] Bryan, Jim, Adele and Donna were acquitted of t
heir convictions under the Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952.… Go to Article
Where now for Palestine?
… Go to ArticleAfter US president Bush’s visit to Palestine in in January 2008 Israel cut power and fuel in its siege of the Gaza strip yet again .
‘Liberating Pine Gap’ Book Launch
A wide cross-section of the peace movement and supporters attended the launch of ‘Liberating Pine Gap’.About 60 people turned up at AHIMSA (meaning Peace) house to hear speeches from PG4 activists Adele Goldie and Jim Dowling with supporting comment from Ann Rampa and Sean O’Reilly among others.… Go to Article
BOOK LAUNCH: Iraqi Icicle by Bernie Dowling
BOOK LAUNCH
Thursday, 4 – 6 PM
28 February 2008
West End Library
Address:
178-180 Boundary Street
West End Q 4101
[Just next to the Pensioners League Building]
“QUEENSLAND journalist Bernie Dowling launches his first novel, the detective thriller Iraqi Icicle at West End Library on 28 February 2008.… Go to Article
‘A cage lined with silk is still a cage’ – detained Iranian refugee
Villawood Death in Custody Demands Ministerial Action
… Go to Article“The tragic death of a 62 year old Iranian immigration detainee is yet another disgraceful and entirely preventable cost of the ongoing mandatory detention policy” said Pamela Curr, of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC).
Vale Bryan Law
"Can't add my name into the fight while I'm gone So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here And I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm gone And I can't question how or when or why when I'm gone" -'when i'm gone' by phil ochs
Ciaron O’Reilly has penned a eulogy to Bryan Law who passed away this week.… Go to Article
Hard Times for economic refugees
As people are already aware, the main focus of the 2007 election campaign is interest rates on housing mortgages. This is underlined by the number of times the shadow treasurer, Wayne Swan, mentioned interest rates in the debate with Treasurer Costello on 30 October 2007.… Go to Article
DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS — lest we forget
A lunchtime rally organised by the Stop The War Collective was held today (Thursday July 19) in support of Dr Haneef at the Department of Immigration Offices in Adelaide St, Brisbane to condemn the federal government’s use of the Migration Act to detain Dr Haneef, and the undemocratic nature of the recently introduced “terror” laws.… Go to Article
Pine Gap 4: Crime and Punishment
US Base at Pine Gap
Crown Appeal sentence in Pine Gap Case
… Go to ArticleWhy are the missiles called peacekeepers, when they’re aimed to kill?
Pine Gap: Crime and Punishment
*warning – this article contains information that has been withheld from the jury in the trial of the Pine Gap Four in Alice Springs in June 2007.
… Go to ArticleWhere to, the anti-war movement?
US election poll on Iraq war
The day before the recent mid-term elections in the US, I asked two American graduate students studying at the University of Queensland in Brisbane what their view of that election was, would they vote, and if so, how?… Go to Article
Rally for Peace in the Middle East
A
bout 100 people attended this rally to hear speakers like Les Thomas, Ian Rintoul (Solidarity), Halim Rane (Fair Go for Palestine) and the Greens candidate in Mount Cootha, Juanita Wheeler, who polled well in the recent state elections.… Go to Article
Pine Gap Four reach Ground Zero
“This is a true story, it may not be your story, but it is a good story nonetheless” [from the film Anti-War Coordinating Committee Meeting
Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006,
Time: 6:30 pm — 8:30pm
Place: AHIMSA House, 26 Horan Street,
West End (near State School)
… Go to ArticleA resolution was passed by the Anti-War Coordinating Committee to organise a rally on 23 September 2006.
Benefit Dinner and Concert raises over $12,000 for relief to Lebanon and Palestine
Last night (26 Aug 2006) in Brisbane there was a benefit dinner and concert held to raise money for relief efforts for the Lebanese and Palestinian people after the July/August 2006 war.… Go to Article
Rally and March for Justice for Aboriginal people
Sam Watson is the Senate candidate for the Socialist Alliance in the 2007 Senate election.
He is the chairperson of regular community meetings and rallies in support of aboriginal democratic rights.… Go to Article
Boycott the war machine!
Economic Sanctions against Israel
Israel has imposed military blockades on both Palestine and Lebanon. These blockades prevent aid, food, water, medicines, and electricity getting to the people most affected by Israeli attacks.… Go to Article
ANTI-WAR COORDINATING MEETING
6:30 pm — 8:30pm
Wednesday, 16 August 2006
Ahimsa House (see map by clicking on AHIMSA House)
26 Horan Street, West End Qld 4101
The meeting will be held in the library on the second floor.… Go to Article
Rally against War on Lebanon and Palestine
Stop the war on Lebanon and Palestine
Israel out NOW!
12 noon, Saturday 12 August, 2006
Rally Queens Park,
Corner of George and
Elizabeth Sts, Brisbane
March through city
Various speakers from Lebanese, Palestinian and community organisations, including:
Phil Monsour, Lebanese-Australian musician
Nora Amath, Fair Go for Palestine
Greg Jenks, Anglican priest & Friends of Sabeel
Anas Abdalla, Palestinian activist
Sam Watson, Murri leader + Socialist Alliance
Supported by Queensland Palestinian Solidarity Committee, Fair Go for Palestine, Rally for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, Stop the War Collective, Palestinian and Jewish Unity, Socialist Alliance, Socialist Alternative, Resistance.… Go to Article