4PR - Voice of the People

The co-opting of history to suit people's own ideas is not new … on the labour side as well as on the bosses side. I have fought against this all my life. For example Tom Zubryki made a film about the SEQEB dispute called 'Friends & Enemies' but the reality was the strike committee led by Bernie Neville, in the end only had enemies. Those enemies were the governments of Petersen and Hawke, the med...

I wish to express solidarity with the striking members of my former union, the National Tertiary Education Union. Song 'Candil de Nieve' - Jumping Fences* sings a Pablo Milanés song saying: Don't turn off the lamp No apagues el candil Or the snow plunges you into the center of pain. O la nieve te hunde en el centro del dolor. *On this occasion Jumping Fences comprise - Sue Monk, (guitar, vocals) L...

Workers Power interview Ollie from SEQUR - South-East Qld Union of Renters

Lessons from SEQEB Dispute. Intro by Ian Curr 'Fellow Workers' - Bernie Neville speaking at Perry Park in 1985. Song - 'On the Chain' by Jumping Fences Image - Phil Perrier Sound - Keiran Knox

Everybody's one big happy family On Labour Day, on Labour Day Unity is strength and you gotta look unified Even if it's playing the bosses' game And the truth is crucified Everybody's one big happy family Except for these few radicals on the left of me But don't take any notice, they're under our control We got out hands over the camera lens For the common goal Chorus: Did you think they would fol...

Andy presents last preview of Disrupt Land Forces. "On today’s show we do one last preview show about Disrupt Land Forces – which began last night with two people arrested and half the cops of Brisbane protecting vehicles entering the convention centre. I chat about that and also speak to Matilda Byrne about lethal autonomous weapons – the next deadly technological warfare development." Playlist C...

Ian Curr's interview with Bevan Ramsden (IPAN) on Ukraine: 1. Why should the Australian government change tack and insist that it's allies in the conflict (the US,UK and NATO) call a ceasefire in Ukraine? 2. What is the main priority for peace activists in Australia regarding this conflict? 3. How should we go about preventing an escalation of the war between Russia and Ukraine? 4. Is the US invol...

"George Orwell summed it up perfectly in his quote that 'all animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others'. And that was our working environment on board that aircraft every day. On Qantas domestic hourly base rates can vary from about $40 for legacy staff, down to just $23 for newer staff hired through a subsidiary. I don't work for a tea and coffee company. I work in a...

ABC interviews with QANTAS Steward and CEO.

ABC interviews with QANTAS Steward and CEO.

Disrupt Land Forces August 19, 2022 Paradigm Shift 4ZZZ Fridays at Noon Andy Paine This week's show is about disrupting arms fairs. That's right, the Land Forces weapons expo is on again in Brisbane at the start of October, and the community is mobilising again to disrupt it. I talk to organiser Margie Pestorius and to investigative journalist Michelle Fahy about the arms industry's dirty links to...

Olfat Mahmoud from the Palestinian Women's Humanitarian Organisation talks about the situation in Burj el-Barajneh and Shatilla refugee camps in South Beirut. This brief report is for the participants of the Big Ride for Palestine (Australia) and their sponsors who are raising money to assist the refugees in these camps.

If you get a chance you have got to watch the new ABC series of Mystery Road set in WA. It is interesting in that most of episodes,  the screenplay writers are first nations people, must be a first.  Here is a wiki entry for one of the screen writers: Kodie Bedford was born in Western Australia of the Djaru and Gija people on her father's side and Irish and English on her mother's. She grew in Ger...

The Rise of the New Right 1985 Trade Union Support Group speaker, Dan O'Neill, at SEQEB Dispute Roma Street Forum 11 Apr 1985 ... for full transcript see https://workersbushtelegraph.com.au/2022/06/26/the-sleep-of-reason-and-the-rise-of-monsters/

United Nations Association, Australia: 75th anniversary of peacekeepers day in Brisbane Meanjin

United Nations Association, Australia: 75th anniversary of peacekeepers day in Brisbane Meanjin

United Nations Association, Australia: 75th anniversary of peacekeepers day in Brisbane Meanjin

United Nations Association, Australia: 75th anniversary of peacekeepers day in Brisbane Meanjin

“Let them sign what they like. False peace will not last.“ – Yasser Arafat after the signing of peace agreements between Egypt and Israel. Lieutenant Kristy Miles was with the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in Sinai Egypt set up as a result of the original UN peacekeeping force in 1947. Under the agreement between Israel and Egypt, Palestinians are confined to the Gaza Strip thus making i...

United Nations Association, Australia: 75th anniversary of peacekeepers day in Brisbane Meanjin

United Nations Association, Australia: 75th anniversary of peacekeepers day in Brisbane Meanjin

Mariel Verroya - UNAAQ Peace & Security reads message from UN Secretary General at the United Nations Association, Australia: 75th anniversary of peacekeepers day in Brisbane / Meanjin followed by a song by the Rwandan Community choir.

Mick Murray, an Australian Peacemakers gives a welcome and remembrance at United Nations Association, Australia: 75th anniversary of peacekeepers day in Brisbane / Meanjin on 28 May 2022. Music Last Post and Reveille

United Nations Association, Australia: 75th anniversary of peacekeepers day in Brisbane Meanjin

United Nations Association, Australia: 75th anniversary of peacekeepers day in Brisbane Meanjin