Brisbane

Catholic workers to resist military excercise & Af/Pak war

Submitted by fightfirewithwater09 on Fri, 03/07/2009 - 9:52am

Talisman Sabre 09 is a biennial exercise that involves 20,000 U.S. & 7,000 Australian troops, fighter jets and warships, it is taking place in July in central Queensland, Australia.
Australian complicity in the U.S. war on the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan includes the present deployment of 600 Australian (SAS, Special Ops and infantry) troops in Afghanistan, detention in Australia of Afghani refugees fleeing the war and daily targeting information for U.S. bombardment coming from the U.S. N.S.A Pine Gap near outback Alice Springs.

Geography: 
Brisbane
Queensland
Keywords: 
peace
environment
civil disobedience

Film & speakers highlight dangers of war games to environment, social justice

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 02/07/2009 - 11:18am

Friends of the Earth welcome visitors Dr Sue Wareham OEM, President of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War and Judith le Blanc, Native American activist & Organising Co-ordinator for the US peace group United for Peace and Justice. Wareham and le Blanc will speak in Brisbane this week on the environmental and social justice costs of war in opposition to the Talisman Saber 09 US-Aust joint war games. Dr Wareham will show the film Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War

Geography: 
Brisbane

Celebrate International Day of Cooperatives with FoEBrisbane

Submitted by kimk on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 10:28am
Date and Time: 
Sat, 04/07/2009 -
5:00pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
FoE House: 294 Montague Road, West End, Brisbane
Contact Name: 
Hannah
Contact Phone: 
07 3846 5793
Contact Email: 
hannah.elvery@foe.org.au
Website: 
www.brisbane.foe.org.au

A history of Cooperative Action: A celebration of our past, and a peer into the future of cooperative action.

This Saturday, 4th July, is the International Day of Cooperatives, and what better way to spend it then with friends who live this model in their lives and work.

5pm, Saturday 4th July
FoE House: 294 Montague Road, West End, Brisbane

Geography: 
Brisbane

The Tamil struggle to halt genocide

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 17/06/2009 - 11:55pm
Date and Time: 
Tue, 23/06/2009 -
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Location: 
Brisbane Activist Centre 74b Wickham Street Fortitude Valley, Queensland
Contact Name: 
Paul
Contact Phone: 
0410 629 088
Contact Email: 
paulb@greenleft.org.au

** Please forward to anyone who may be interested **
The Tamil struggle to halt genocide

Featuring: Marty Gnanananthan (Tamil Youth Organisation); Francis Xavier (Member from the Tamil community)
& Dr Brian Senewiratne (Longtime Human Rights Activist)

PLUS: Launch of new book "The Tamil Freedom Struggle in Sri Lanka" written by Chris Slee, Dr Brian Senewiratne, and Vickramabahu Karunarathne

Tuesday June 23, 6:30pm
Brisbane Activist Centre, 74B Wickham St (Cnr Warren St), Fortitude Valley.

Donation entry, Cheap Tamil meal available from 6pm

Geography: 
Brisbane

Climate change: a global issue. How good is the global solution?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 16/06/2009 - 1:36pm
Date and Time: 
Sun, 19/07/2009 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Community Meeting Room, Ground Level, Brisbane Square Library (corner Adelaide and George Streets, City)
Contact Name: 
Nicole Rankin
Contact Phone: 
0431 942 807
Contact Email: 
limatejusticebrisbane@gmail.com

This first evening in a series of climate justice events will focus on the international UN climate talks, in the lead-up to Copenhagen in December 2009.

Please RSVP to Nicole Rankin by Tuesday 16 June
Email climatejusticebrisbane@gmail.com or mobile 0431 942 807

Speakers and discussion will explore problems with the climate negotiation process, and give a snapshot of how those problems can be solved. Learn about how the climate negotiations impact on local people's struggle for justice and explore strategies for creating global climate justice through local solutions.

Geography: 
Brisbane

Brisbane climate emergency rally

Submitted by kimk on Sun, 14/06/2009 - 6:38pm

The Brisbane contingent of Saturday 13th's National Climate Emergency Rally numbered about 200 people.

People marched through the streets of the city under police escort chanting anti coal slogans.

Speakers included Greens rep Larissa Waters, Friends of the Earth's Six Degrees campaign spokesman John MacKenzie, Kirsten Kennedy from Pine Rivers Climate Action Network, Sandra Bayley from St Johns Wood Sustainability, Peter Simpson QLD Secretary, Electrical Trade Union.

Geography: 
Brisbane
Keywords: 
protest
energy