Category: Commentary
Alive In The Concrete (English Subtitles) Greek Graffiti Documentary 2014
Graffiti, an art form in public space that is connected with the ego, the rage, the exploration and the appropriation of the environment that we all live in. Its goal is not only the...
Kangaroo Knocks Out Drone
Thanks to Franklin Lopéz who joined us today for an interview about the 10 year anniversary subMedia DVD. He recalled his time in Australia on tour with the film END:CIV. As part of the...
Scott Morrison may gloat but asylum seekers’ boats haven’t really stopped
Sunili Govinnage The Guardian Two facts emerge as the UNHCR meets in Geneva to look at protection for refugees at sea: more people than ever are fleeing their country by boat, and deterrence doesn’t...
EXCLUSIVE G20 BLACK BLOC PARTY SETS BNE ON FIRE
The event we had all spent years waiting for was finally on. The #G20 security ring of steel had been erected. South Brisbane was in serious LOCK DOWN… the media said the barricades were...
Human Rights Committee finds Australian immigration proposals violate international law
Republished from the Age Sarah Whyte November 02, 2014 Proposed Abbott government changes to the Migration Act are incompatible with Australia’s human rights obligations, says a parliamentary committee on human rights chaired by a Liberal...
Japan knows how to Fight
Check this organizing out from in protests against the Narita Airport. There’s an amazing history of militant struggle against this airport which was seen to promote capitalism. See also – http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1093311/japan-removes-relics-1970s-anti-narita-airport-riots
BRISBANE G20 ANARCHY?
For a change from spreading fear about ‘Muslims’ the Courier Mail this weekend focused on ‘anarchists’. The front cover for Saturday September 27 contains a beat up about plans for ‘anarchy’ at Brisbane’s G20....
Freeing asylum seeker children from detention part of Scott Morrison’s strategy to reintroduce temporary protection visas
First published on SMH Michael Gordon August 19, 2014 ANALYSIS Different rules to apply for asylum children on mainland and offshore On the eve of a meeting with Clive Palmer, Scott Morrison has belatedly...
Wtf? Animals Australia
Sometimes things just don’t make sense to me. In a move that is much like the RSPCA selling pork sausages at fundraising BBQs, Animals Australia has launched a campaign to pressure (read: ask?)...