People gathered in King George Square in Brisbane's CBD on Saturday calling for a price on pollution and in support of the Gillard Government's proposed carbon tax. The protest was organised by Getup! and follows similar protests in Melbourne and Sydney.
The Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA)calls for expressions of interest from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and individuals interested in participation in a workshop on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
This workshop will be of interest to participants in the Indigenous Peoples Organisations meetings and others who have an interest in, and knowledge of, the relevant human rights or indigenous rights structures at the national and international levels.
National Day of Action for the 20th Anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
NO MORE DEATHS IN CUSTODY!
NO MORE MURDERS AT THE HANDS OF POLICE!
ohn Pilger's new film THE WAR YOU DON'T SEE
FRIDAY APRIL 1, SATURDAY APRIL 2, SUNDAY APRIL 3
SCREENINGS COMMENCE 7pm, cheap meal available from 6.30pm
ALL TICKETS $7
Colonel Gadaffi presides over a brutal, authoriarian regime. He should be overthrown. However, it is clear from the examples of Iraq and Afganistan that regime change cannot be imposed from without. The people of the Middle East and North Africa have demonstrated that they have the capacity to effectively challenge their own dictators. Western forces should keep out.
Join the speak out against the bombing of Libya this Friday April 1 in King George Sq 5pm
Oragnised by Stop the War Collective - Brisbane
Join us for a day of education, talk and strategising...
Forums: Nuclear Australia: Uranium, Radioactive Waste, Nuclear Power - and the alternatives. Wars and Peace: the US Alliance, Libya, Afganistan, Iraq and us all...
Irradiation-free morning tea starts the day at 9am. Forums from 9:30. Full program tba.
Speakers include:
Dianne Stokes, Yapa Yapa Elder from NT - Muckaty Land Trust - will talk about the push to dump radioactive waste on her people's land.
James Taylor - Kalkadoon elder from North Queensland where uranium exploration is occurring.
Featuring:
* Mardie Lumsden and the Rising Seas
* Phil Monsour band
* Ofa Fanaika (from Chocolate Strings)
* Spoken word performances & more
* MCs: Eliza & Thomas from 4ZZZ’s Paradigm Shift
Tickets: $10/5 concession ($25 solidarity price)
Doors open 7pm
18+ID
Tickets: 1300 762 545
Tickets at the door or pre-sale from The Globe or independent music stores
an Israeli Apartheid Week event http://brisbane.apartheidweek.org/
Democracy protests have been taking place in Bahrain for four weeks. The protesters are determined to continue until they win freedom and democracy, as the movements in Egypt and Tunisia have done.
A renewed crackdown on the protests has been launched this week by the government of Bahrain, including the arrival of hundreds of troops from Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday, tanks surrounded protesters in the capital Manama to try force the protests out of the streets.
Join this protest in Brisbane to show your solidarity with the people of Bahrain and their demands for freedom and democracy.
PEACE RECRUITMENT - Brisbane, Australia
Ash Wednesday Feb 9 2011
Last week on reading my boy’s school newsletter I saw an ad for an information night for students to join the Australian Defence Force Academy on finishing grade 12.
I sent a fairly strong email to the Principal voicing my usual objections to Catholic schools becoming military recruitment centres, but got no reply – so far.
Around 200 people gathered in Brisbane Square today to show their solidarity with the people of Egypt. Protesters heard many speakers from the Egyptian community about the struggle for democracy and supporters also spoke of the significance of the Egyptian people's uprising to the peoples of the region. Mamdoub Habib spoke to the rally about his experience of torture at the hands of Mubarak's newly appointed Vice-President Omar Suleiman.
