At a forum held in solidarity with Brisbane’s homeless at the ETU offices in South Brisbane last night, Jonathan Sri took up the challenge of a homeless person to “walk a week in my shoes”. Starting from today, December 16th Councillor Sri will spend a week on the streets, sleeping, eating and using the toilets that Continue Reading →
Activist groups around the country are preparing to defend the Wangan Jagalingou lands in the Galilee Basin from coal mines. The recently approved Adani mine will provide less than 1,500 jobs and will consume 12 billion litres of water each year and create a hole in the ground 64 square kilometres in size. Direct action Continue Reading →
Sydney Grammar School students have synthesized the essential malaria drug Daraprim that currently sells for $750. The anti-parasitic drug that was recently purchased by a wealthy wall street banker who increased the price from $13 to $750 as soon as he acquired control of the drug. The process developed by the Sydney students could be Continue Reading →
Foreign Policy magazine (FP) last week reported that Mark Zuckerberg has failed in his most recent attempt to get facebook into China. Zuckerberg has been courting Chinese officials to promote facebook’s new geographic filtering mechanism that allows governments to manipulate the information available to their citizens. FP reports that the Chinese government is more concerned Continue Reading →
West Papuan protestors in Jakarta were arrested and beaten by police on Friday following Pupuan Independence Day protests in response the ongoing massacre of West Papuans to make way for Indonesian coastal settlements, palm oil plantations and vast forest clearing. West Papua is home to the world’s largest gold mine and significant oil reserves, owned Continue Reading →
The 26th International Workers Association Conference has just wrapped up in Warsaw. Delegates from Australia, the Americas, Asia and Europe met in the wake of the US election to hold their regular annual event in support of workers and the oppressed. A tour was conducted of memorials to the Polish anarchist’s significant role in fighting Continue Reading →