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1. Rally demands right to Occupy Brisbane’s public spaces

   Economy Magan-djin/Brisbane About 300 people rallied in King George Square on November 5 to ... support the worldwide Occupy movement, and assert the right of Occupy Brisbane to keep its encampment in ... across the Brisbane River to Musgrave Park in West End. Publicity for the rally said: "We are part ...

2. Great experience at Occupy Brisbane

   Youth & students Economy Tom Mitchell Resistance! Magan-djin/Brisbane I originally heard about ... a proposed occupation in Brisbane when I was following the other global Occupy movements. I was immediately ... anti-globalisation protests of the ’90s and early 2000s. The first weekend of the Occupy Brisbane movement coincided ...

3. Brisbane rallies for equal marriage rights

   LGBTIQ Democracy Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Up to 400 people gathered in Queens Park here on ... included Labor MP for the state seat of Brisbane Central Grace Grace, and Queensland Greens Senator Larissa ... demonstration, the audience were filmed chanting: "Brisbane demands equality! Brisbane demands better!" ...

4. Protest wants no CSG in Brisbane suburbs

   Coal Gas Climate crisis Environment Selena Black Magan-djin/Brisbane A lively picket was held ... outside Arrow Energy’s main Brisbane office on Albert Street on March 23. Called by Socialist Alliance ... candidate for South Brisbane, Liam Flenady, the picket protested the recent revelations that BNG, ...

5. Two rallies for Julian Assange held in Brisbane

   Democracy Magan-djin/Brisbane Two rallies were held in Brisbane on May 31 to support WikiLeaks ... Brisbane WikiLeaks Defence, were held outside the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) office in ...

6. Hamilton speaks at Brisbane Institute

   David White Magan-djin/Brisbane BRISBANE — On February 13, 600 people attended a public meeting at ... the Brisbane Institute to hear Canberra-based Australia Institute executive director Clive Hamilton ...

7. Brisbane rallies to save Mary River

   Paul Benedek Magan-djin/Brisbane A busload of "Save the Mary River" activists from ... Brisbane will join an expected 1000-plus protesters to form a human chain at the location of the planned ... formed Save the Mary River Brisbane Group. The proposed dam will wipe out prime agricultural land and ...

8. Brisbane rallies to close Manus and Nauru detention centres

   Anti-racism Refugees & migrants Alex Bainbridge Magan-djin/Brisbane 3-400 people rallied and ... marched in Brisbane on October 11 calling for the closure of detention centres at Manus Island and Nauru. ...

9. ALP leaders heckled at Brisbane Labour Day march

   May Day (International Workers' Day) Labour Day Magan-djin/Brisbane Queensland ALP deputy premier ... Day march in Brisbane on May 3. The main message from the union contingents, numbering 10,000, was ... government was committed to giving all workers a fair go. May 8, 2010 836 ASU contingent at the Brisbane ...

10. Occupy Brisbane’s 'Free University' gets creative

    Economy Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane The second Sunday forum of the Free University of Occupied ... Brisbane discussed “creative forms of protest” on October 30 in Post Office Square. Phil Monsour from ... staged by Justice for Palestine Brisbane had been the “We will boycott Israel” flash mob taken against ...

11. Brisbane protests coal seam gas industry: ‘No fracking way’

    Coal Climate crisis Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane A group of about 50 protesters ... chanted “No coal seam gas! No fracking way!” outside the Queensland Gas Conference at the Brisbane ... Convention Centre on August 17. The rally, which coincided with “People's Day” at the Ekka (the Brisbane ...

12. Eco-socialist to run for Brisbane City Council

    Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Long-time environmental campaigner David White has been ... preselected by the Socialist Alliance to contest the inner-city Central Ward in the March 15 Brisbane City ... president of the Campaign to Stop the Tunnels, which is opposed to Brisbane Liberal Lord Mayor Campbell ...

13. Finding Brisbane's radical heart

    REVIEW BY JIM MCILROY Radical Brisbane: An unruly history Edited by Raymond Evans & Carole ... Radical Brisbane: An unruly history is a timely reminder that Australian cities, and Brisbane in ... audience. Most people until recently have thought of Queensland, and its capital city Brisbane, as the home ...

14. Huge police raid evicts Brisbane Aboriginal Embassy

    Indigenous Magan-djin/Brisbane More than 200 police staged a dawn raid on the peaceful Aboriginal ... Sovereignty Embassy in Musgrave Park, South Brisbane on May 16. They evicted the 80 people defending the site ... Torres Strait Islanders'," the May 17 Brisbane Times reported. The police attack on the embassy ...

15. Palestine solidarity tour rocks Brisbane

    Sam Bullock Magan-djin/Brisbane US singer/songwriter David Rovics, Brisbane-based musician Phil ... passport. Kathryn De Richleau spoke on the work of Brisbane solidarity group Justice for Palestine. Green ...

16. Brisbane's first Palestinian film festival

    Fay Waddington Magan-djin/Brisbane "Palestinian Days", Brisbane's inaugural ... Palestine (Brisbane), offers audiences a glimpse of Palestinian life since dispossession and the brave ...

17. Murri leader launches Qld. Socialist Alliance campaign in South Brisbane

    Elections Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane On February 25, prominent Murri community leader Sam ... Watson launched the campaign for Liam Flenady, the Socialist Alliance candidate for South Brisbane in the ... South Brisbane. “Let’s support a campaign which stands for real change, not just more of the same.” ...

18. An eco-vision for Brisbane's council

    Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane "For a council that won't cost us the Earth", was ... the slogan for the campaign for the Brisbane City Council by David White, a member of the Socialist ... transport; providing incentives to walk and cycle; positive steps to reduce traffic congestion; make Brisbane ...

19. Murri activist Sam Watson speaks to Occupy Brisbane

    Economy Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane “It’s great to see the sense of coming together shown in ... Brisbane camp at Post Office Square on October 29. Watson spoke at a special forum as Occupy Brisbane ... man from Mount Isa has died in a Brisbane prison cell, just last week. “His pleas for help were ...

20. Brisbane Port: gone for a song

    Democracy Economy Jim McIlroy Anti-privatisation Magan-djin/Brisbane "The Queensland ... Brisbane for $2.3 billion to a group of local and offshore buyers”, the November 11 Courier-Mail said. The ... Brisbane. Photo: Roberta W.B./Flickr News ...

21. Groups unite to occupy Brisbane

    Economy Liam Flenady Magan-djin/Brisbane The people of Brisbane have many reasons to join the ... Brisbane will meet at Post Office square in the city at 9am. Protesters plan to occupy for as long as is ...

22. Unionists remember Brisbane’s 1912 general strike

    Workers & unions Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane About 200 unionists gathered at King George ... Square on February 2 for a meeting to commemorate the centenary of the 1912 Brisbane General Strike, one ... feminist Emma Miller in Brisbane's King George Square. Photo: Jim McIlroy News ...

23. Brisbane: The real issue not lost on March 26

    Jason Cahill Magan-djin/Brisbane On March 26, Books Not Bombs rally continued the success of the ... through the streets of Brisbane in an attempt to show the world that Brisbane students oppose any war in ...

24. Walk against Warming march in Brisbane

    Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane On August 25, 500 people braved unseasonal rainstorms to ...

25. Corporate scumbag awards in Brisbane

    BY KAREN FLETCHER BRISBANE — The M1 Alliance has issued a call for nominations for "Corporate ... Scumbag of the Week" in the lead up to the blockade of the Brisbane stock exchange on May 1. The ... wrought by BHP at its Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea. The Brisbane M1 Alliance plans to highlight the ...

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