Check the new radio show that goes live on 3CR today, called the Renegade Economist. Real economic news that cuts through the lingo and lets you know what’s really going on.
A must listen for any activist, advocate, journalist or politician.
And 3CR streams live so no excuse if you’re not in Melbourne.
For more info check out [...]
Just in time for APEC…
Engineered and designed by the White Bread Mexican Production Universe to serve the Australian people with an outlet to take out their anger and frustration on the little man, each little pin prick makes the man squirm. The 100% handcrafted dolls are made from re-used linen and are stuffed with high [...]
In the theme of the infamous downmind media spoof of the Aussie Tourism ads, NZ political spoof series Facelift has done this rather amusing spoof. It’s not quite as visually clever as the downwind version but certainly politically accurate.
Not content just calling John Howard a racist bastard Hone Harawira has just nipped up to Alice Springs to give a bit of solidarity to the mob up there. He was over here on the Justice and Electoral Select Committee exchange and took the opportunity to wag for a bit of good ol fashion [...]
The Federal Government tabled their 400 and something page emergency bill to cover the “Intervention” in the Northern Territory. And they’re voting on it today.
So apparently all the politicians and the community will have enough time to read and thoroughly consider this bill before any decisions are made.
Whatever.
So for all of you who are as [...]
So further to the tent embassy outside the National Party conference, there was a nice street party to welcome Alexander Downer to Aotearoa.
It was like “Gidday mate (you racist prick)”
It rained, but that didn’t stop the fun.
To be considerate to the protesters the media was banned from the speech so the protest made the news [...]
A massive shout out across the ditch to the crew who camped out outside the National Party Conference to protest against Alexander Downer and the Australian Government’s Aboriginal Land Grab oop I mean Intervention… And to those involved in the other protest actions.
It’s been so awesome having such great actions across the Tasman for [...]
via Undergrowth:
This film documents the 9th ‘Emptyshow’, a graffiti art exhibition created in an abandoned building. The Emptyshows have been going for about 5 years in Australia. Basically a bunch of street artists find an abandoned space- take it over, paint it up & have an opening. No-one knows who organizes the shows, invitations to [...]
Documentary World Premiere at Carriageworks
Between the Lines: The Initiation of Adam Hill
Monday August 6 at 7:00pm
After two years following Aboriginal urban artist Adam Hill, Spanish film-makers Esther Lozano & Monica Garriga premiere their long awaited documentary which will be presented by Performance Space at Carriageworks next Monday 6 August.
Defined by a mixed indigenous and [...]
Protest Australian Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, at NZ National Party Conference.
ImagineNative Action, in collaboration with Radical Youth, is organising an action this weekend to protest the presence of Alexander Downer at the National Party Conference being held at the Langham Hotel in central Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland). We want to send a clear message to Alexander [...]
This is probably about the closest I’ll get to being nationalistic…
I had tears of joy and pride rolling down my cheeks as I watched the Maori TV coverage of the demo in Tamaki Makaurau yesterday in solidarity with the Aboriginal Nations in opposition to John Howard’s Invasion of Aboriginal Land. Mad props to the [...]
Howard’s new Tampa children overboard are our Aboriginal children.The Little Children are Sacred report does not advocate physically and psychologically invasive examinations of Aboriginal children, which could only be carried out anally and vaginally. It does not recommend scrapping the permit system to enter Aboriginal lands, nor does it recommend taking over Aboriginal ‘towns’ by [...]
This is the last throw of the dice for John Howard. He is doing one big favour for the mining industry which he has faithfully served in public life for the past 30 years by rolling back Aboriginal ownership of their tribal lands.
Cynically, cruelly but utterly predictably, he’s doing it under the hypocritical colours [...]
I’m not sure why but a part of me still hoped that there would be some justice on this case. An Indigenous man loses his life for what? 40 years on and you would’ve thought that the Queensland Police would have caught on to the fact that Indigenous Australians have the same righs [...]
You’ve gotta read this. Gavin Putland (who is probably one of the cleverest extreme nerds I’ve ever met) has written an article about a Corporate Solution to Rape. It is really quite clever what he’s up to and I don’t want to spoil it so go read it.
And then if you found that interesting and [...]
So some clever pants put John Howard’s Integrity on ebay and it got ruled a “non-item”
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Sucks to be Howard.
So I’ve been meaning to post this wee tale.
Yip, so on Saturday was hanging out behind the Safeway in Carlton opposite the Police Station and the Police were having some kind of community open day thingy. It was all pretty typical, bouncy castles, sausage sizzles and kids posing on the police motor bike.
But then the [...]
Yay, so in the weekend I went to the Melbourne Social Forum and was involved with running a workshop on the craft revolution. It was heaps of fun and we all got to learn how to knit with plastic bags!! Totally revolutionary that!!
Finally I found this wee piece on the Earthsharing [...]
So it’s been a year since we successfully occupied on of Australia’s most valuable piece of real estate for 60 days without a single person being arrested. We managed to maintain a drug, alcohol and violence free camp - bar the violence on the part of the police on the final night. And [...]
