This is a better copy of material I posted in another article. George Ikners ikners.com Differentiating Aboriginal suicide “Think different” is the wording of a current Apple Macintosh computer advertisement. The phrase could well apply to the suicides of Aboriginal youth. Their suicide has different wellsprings, histories, sociologies, patterns, and even [...]
Taking a Mother’s Child Away By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/taking-mothers-child-away One of the good things about speaking at big conferences is that people come up to you afterwards believing you have the power to change the world. One of the bad things about speaking at big conferences is that people come up to [...]
Just in case you thought that propaganda was an over rated phenomenon it sometimes takes very little to see what is still happening. In a recent TV news show it appeared that none less than the New South Wales Treasure was saying that events in Europe and perhaps elsewhere on an economic level [...]
Unemployment is on the rise. December 8, 2011 – 2:28PM Australia‘s economy shed almost 40,000 full-time jobs last month, pushing the unemployment rate up to 5.3 per cent, and raising the likelihood of more interest rate cuts to come. ANZ first big bank to cut rates Rate cut delays bolsters bank coffers Two-speed economy now [...]
The Murray-Darling Basin (in blue). Friends of the Earth, the Inland Rivers Network, the Nature Conservation Council of NSW, the Central West Environment Council, Fair Water Use Australia, the National Parks Association of NSW and The Wilderness Society Sydney released the joint statement below on November 28. * * * Seven environment groups [...]
05/12/2011 – 12:23pm The Greens NSW State Council meeting held this weekend discussed the report of the Review of the Greens involvement in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign, Greens NSW Senator Lee Rhiannon said. “The Report and the recommendations were adopted unanimously,” Senator Rhiannon said. “The new resolution will replace the [...]
Alps could become snow-free by 2050 DAVID WROE 09 Oct, 2011 09:00 PM AUSTRALIA‘S ski slopes could be completely bare of natural winter snow by 2050 unless concerted action is taken against global warming, according to a government-commissioned report that paints a grim picture of the effects of climate change on alpine areas. [...]
To the elites Coal Seam Gas is an alternative energy ‘solution.’ But it is only an alternative because it can turn a profit which is what the capital project is all about. Make no mistakes the forces that guide capital look only to profit and expansion at any cost. Whenever the coal seam gas runs out this [...]
It can do just that. Just REMEMBER that they all have a common feature. All that ever interested them in a real sense was power to themselves or how much their husband/wife had. BUT it’s all a matter entirely for you. Protesters hold placards during a rally in Sydney against prime minister Julia Gillard‘s [...]
ADF knew of abuses at Abu Ghraib Anne Davies, Deborah Snow, Debra Jopson July 5, 2011 Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/adf-knew-of-abuses-at-abu-ghraib-20110704-1gz95.html#ixzz1R9p7NE8U Related articles (There are many more at ikners.com) Because we killed the bad guy, I guess that’s what makes it alright. Words, lyrics and dance routines by various US, Allied and Australian psychopaths (ikners.com) They must [...]
Well over 35 items posted today do not fit on one page. Go to the click on at bottom to bring up the previous page to see/read them all. All the best George Ikners ikners.com Related articles A revival in posting (ikners.com) Email to Monbiot (ikners.com) Greece and the Flotilla (ikners.com) Death of US democracy? [...]
Tell us what you want, begs Labor Heath Aston July 3, 2011 EXCLUSIVE NSW Labor faces an uphill battle to breathe life back into the party. Photo: Greg Totman Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/tell-us-what-you-want-begs-labor-20110702-1gw3a.html#ixzz1R1Dnpomu
What follows is a headline from today’s Sydney Morning Herald: Don’t short- change the poor: Gates Should that read 
on’t short-change the poor Gates Related articles The world’s highest rural poverty area (iipalbanjary.net) Child Poverty Increased under SNP (brslabourparty.wordpress.com) Low pay linked to poverty rates (dispatch.com) RESULTS – dedicated to ending poverty [...]
This is the type of action the Australian Labor Party turned its back on in 1891 when it was formed as a capitalist workers’ party. By attaching itself to an agenda of minimalist parliamentary gains from the elites, the end came at the beginning, April 18, 1912 and 1941 Labor Movement and Leaders Submitted by [...]
