Category: Workers Political Organisations

Unions, Rank and File & Workers Political Groups

The ‘day of the political street march’ — struggle for democratic rights in Queensland

Democratic Rights Struggle 1977 – 1979

On 4 September 1977 Joh Bjelke Petersen, the Premier of Queensland, said the day of the political street march is over.… Go to Article

Reports from Community Rally at Parliament

Some things are not meant to be
So please please do not take my land
Always was, always will be
And do not take my whole life too
Like Hurley did to Mulrunji
Like a river flows so surely to the sea

— Two Train Singers by Ian Curr

At a COMMUNITY RALLY AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE people spoke out against the Qld Police Commissioner, Atkinson,  and his deputy, Kathy Rinder.… Go to Article

Seminar, Poster Exhibition, Film – A Victory for all Humanity – Vietnam 1965-1975

Some lessons should never be forgotten…….

A VICTORY FOR ALL HUMANITY
Vietnam 1965-1975

Seminar – Poster exhibition – Film

1pm Saturday September 18
(cheap Vietnamese meal from 12.30pm)

2010 is an important anniversary year for many events in Vietnam’s history – the 35th anniversary of the final liberation and reunification of the country; the 65th anniversary of Vietnamese independence; the 80th anniversary of the foundation of the Indochinese Communist Party.… Go to Article

Labor loses in Queensland

From where the nearest suburb and the city proper meet
 My window sill is level with the faces in the street
 Drifting past
 To the beat of weary feet
 while I sorrow for the owners of those faces in the street
 - Henry Lawson Faces in the Street

Labor will lose many seats in Qld in the 2010 Federal Election because of the failure of the Bligh State Labor government.… Go to Article

Straddie: miners & government ‘tore out his guts, stole his rich grains of sand’

But Minjerriba’s back is now broken;
Men came and tore out his guts;
Stole his rich grains of sand,
Stripped his cloak of cyprus and gum,
Drained water from his ageless eyes
And weakened this giant in the sun.… Go to Article

ETU campaign for Aboriginal electrician and community leader in Bamaga sacked by Ergon Energy

Hi Everyone,

Here’s a short video by the ETU, on behalf of Tommy Sebasio.

Tommy, an Aboriginal electrician and key figure in his community of Bamaga, worked for Ergon Energy for 20 years, running the power and electricy network for the whole Northern Peninsula.… Go to Article

RSP election campaign launch, Sunday

Revolutionary Socialist Party federal election campaign launch
and BBQ fundraiser

Sunday August 8, 1-3pm
Direct Action Centre:
8 Gillingham St, Woolloongabba, (next to Buranda railway station)
$10/$5 concession

Come along to find out more about the RSP campaign and meet with

  • Hamish Chitts, RSP candidate for the seat of Griffith, Qld and
  • Van Rudd, RSP candidate for the seat of Lalor, Vic

Who should run this country – the giant companies that profit from our labour, or the working people who everyday produce all the goods and run all the services we need?… Go to Article

Radical singer/songwriter David Rovics plays for Justice in Palestine

Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and what fills it resound;
let the plains be joyful and all that is in them;
Then let all the trees of the forest rejoice before no Lord who comes,
for workers to govern and protect the earth
For a world with justice and for people with hope.… Go to Article