3 things you can make for christmas gifts
Everything we buy has some cost outside of what we actually pay at the counter. Whether its the cost to the person who made it and the precious time that they might have to spend away from their family, the cost on our environment or shipping lanes and the wildlife effected, or the cost of … Read more
Stop this becoming exactly what they want it to become
The US/UK coalition propaganda machine is now telling us that Iran has become “newly aggressive, and we are not quite sure why” as “UK military steps up plans for Iran attack amid fresh nuclear fears” and “British officials consider contingency options to back up a possible US action as fears mount over Tehran’s capability ” … Read more
Need to clean up your act?
The plastic bag in the image on the left is filled with litter collected from what would have been an approximately ten metre length of creek’s edge, around a twenty minute walk from my current home in the suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. That i can find this much waste in such a small area is … Read more
Why the occupy movement isnt quite working in Australia
Australian’s have been largely unimpressed by the ‘occupy’ movement. At week two into the global ‘occupation’ (its worldwide inception was officially October 15th) the occupations in our two most populated cities have already been dispersed, somewhat controversially. In Sydney, they lasted only 8 days and were allegedly informed that they could protest by day, remove … Read more
Your horoscope
on this day in 2011, her majesty the queen (also known as the queen of Australia) visited my home town of Brisbane, to wave from a boat and receive bouquets of flowers from small children Below is a hypothetical list of grievances voiced by some, during a recent experience i had (insert experience here). To … Read more
Help improve Brisbane’s public transport!
Brisbane’s public transport system is atrocious. Regularly troubled, inconsistent, late, poorly serviced and lacking in organisation, frequency and forethought, we’re even expected to pay far more than Australia’s other major cities, for a far less convenient and fair service. – How does this even help to promote public transport use? Especially when Translink (the Queensland … Read more
Why i left occupy Brisbane, Part II
There has been a lot of controversy surrounding my initial piece (here) regarding this matter. The sheer number of views, and the debate and attention it has gained across many pages and platforms is a fine tribute to this controversy. And boy (!) is such tumult the kind of tasty morsel that we’ve all come … Read more
Why i left occupy Brisbane
Hi, my name is (such and such) and I’m with the Socialist Alliance and… Hi, my name is (such and such) and I’m also with the Socialist Alliance, and the Socialist Alternative and… Hi everyone, my name is (also such and such), and I’m a Marxist Leninist and i think that Zionists, capitalist pigs, these … Read more
Why have we lost touch with each other?
As compassion levels drop, so do levels of exploitation rise. And as a backlash from the world’s citizens threatens to upset the status quo as we know it - with angry fingers being pointed collectively at ‘greedy’ banks, corporations, industry and ‘corrupt’ and ‘out of touch’ politicians and governments, CEOs and magnates – we must … Read more
