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AVID READER IS OFFERING JUST PEACE MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS FREE ENTRY- BUT YOU NEED TO RSVP FAST!
JOIN PAUL BARCLAY FOR A SPECIAL RADIO NATIONAL LIVE RECORDING
Kim Baker "The Taliban Shuffle: Strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan"
Monday February 20th
6pm for a 6.30pm start Tickets $5.00
RSVP essential 3846 3422 / events@avidreader.com.au or ONLINE
A true-life Catch-22 set in the war-torn countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region's longest-serving correspondents.
Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent—she is candid, self-deprecating, laugh-out-loud funny. At first an awkward newbie in Afghanistan, she grows into a wisecracking, seasoned reporter with grave concerns about US force's ability to win hearts and minds in the region. In The Taliban Shuffle, Barker offers an insider's account of the 'forgotten war' in Afghanistan and Pakistan, chronicling the years after America's initial routing of the Taliban. When Barker arrives in Kabul, foreign aid is at a record low, electricity is a pipe dream, and of the few remaining foreign troops, some aren't allowed out after dark. Meanwhile, in the vacuum left by the US and NATO, the Taliban is regrouping.
Swift, funny, and wholly original, The Taliban Shuffle unforgettably captures the absurdities and tragedies of life in a war zone.
US BASES GET THE NOD!
THE expanded American military presence in Australia - to be formally announced next week by the US President, Barack Obama - will result in vastly more US ships, planes and soldiers visiting and being stationed in the nation's north, the government says.
As the government all but confirmed yesterday's Herald report that US Marines and materiel would be shifted to Darwin, the Greens said the move would annoy Australia's neighbours, including China, and make the nation a bigger military target.
INVITATION TO ATTEND A MEETING!!
TO BRING TOGETHER BRISBANE PEACE, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENT ORGANISATIONS TO BUILD AN EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE VOICE ON US TROOPS BEING STATIONED IN AUSTRALIA.
MONDAY 5TH DECEMBER 7PM
QCU
16 PEEL ST STH BRISBANE
RSVP to annettebrownlie@optusnet.com.au or phone 0431597256
Just Peace Queensland Presents
Our 10th Anniversary Celebration
Friday, 28th October 2011
Guest Speakers
Ron Monaghan - Secretary, Queensland Council of Unions
“Why Peace has been, and is, Union Business”
Kathy Kelly – Three-time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Prominent US Peace Activist. Tour hosted by Pace e Bene
"Prospects for Peace- Palestine-Iraq-Afghanistan"
2nd Floor, TLC Building, 16 Peel Street, South Brisbane
5:30pm for 6:00- 9:30pm
Scrumptious Dinner catered by Robbie Dunne
Only $30 waged and $20 concession
Entertainment by:
Combined Union Choir and Jumping Fences
Seating limit of 100
RSVP: Early but by 21st October
To: bethgordon54@optusnet.com.au
For more information phone Annette on 0431597256
Please bring your historic photos of Just Peace activities
www.justpeaceqld.org
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A Peace Message
Miko Peled - Son of a General
Writer and peace activist Miko Peled offers an Israeli perspective on how to achieve peace in the Middle East. His father was one of Israel’s most famous generals, Matti Peled, who went from Israeli war hero to peacemaker. His son Miko says in public what others still deny:
“For the good of both peoples, the Separation Wall must come down, the Israeli control over the lives of Palestinians must be defied so that a secular democracy where all Israelis and Palestinians live as equals can be established in our shared homeland.”
His book “The General’s Son” will be released at the end of the year and can be ordered in advance. Order forms available on the night.
Public Lecture
Moving towards a democracy in Israel/Palestine
Friday
23 September 2011
6:30pm for 7:00pm
VENUE:
Level 2, TLC Building
16 Peel St
South Brisbane
Entry via gold coin donation
RSVPs essential
Email: lindyb@qcu.asn.au
or tel 3846 2468
Authorised Ron Monaghan, General Secretary, QCU, 16 Peel St, South Brisbane 4101
Next Just Peace Meeting
| Date: | Tuesday 9th August |
| Time: | 6pm Just Peace for Palestine sub group meeting 7pm Nagasaki Day |
| Where: | QCU Building, 16 Peel St, Sth Brisbane |
Guest Speaker Inoue Miwako
Miwako is the Granddaughter of survivors of the Nagasaki bombing. She is an acclaimed artist and is a supporter of the Japanese campaign to abolish nuclear weapons.
Project NOW, the project name, places an emphasis on art, music, fun, and peace.
Annette Brownlie
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Petition against Cluster Bombs bill
Cluster munitions are large weapons that open to release hundreds of small bombs which rain down over a wide area. They are horrific weapons that kill civilians long after conflict has ended.
Australia has signed the international Treaty banning cluster bombs, but during the week of July 4–7 the Government plans to introduce its Bill in the Senate withunprecedented loopholes. The Bill will effectively allow Australian soldiers to actively and directly assist the US to use cluster bombs. The Bill also lets the US stockpile cluster bombs on Australian soil and does nothing to prevent ongoing investment in manufacture.
The Cluster Munitions Coalition Australia has been lobbying both major parties but your support is critical!
What you can do:
Sign the petition at www.cmcaustralia.org and to pass it on to as many people as possible.
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Burma Campaign — APHEDA Union Aid Abroard
Union Aid Abroad — APHEDA is conducting a campaign that calls on the Australian government to fund cross-border aid programs, rather than the current system of providing aid to Burma in cooperation with the Burmese military regime.
Cross-border aid conducted along the Thai-Burma border allows greater freedom in the delivery of aid compared to the political restrictions placed on aid administered through the Junta. Towns on the Thai-Burma border are home to organisations that travel into eastern Burma in order to provide medical care and support to communities, especially those displaced by the regime. Cross-border aid also means supporting long-term community-based initiatives run by people and organizations based permanently in Burma's Eastern States.
What you can do
Send an e-mail to Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd (see APHEDA campaigns website for suggested text) or contact your local, state or federal representatives.
Meetings, events and actions can also be used to raise awareness and put pressure on the government to change Australia's aid policy to Burma. If you are interested in holding an event, such as a film screening, discussion group or talk, important reports, news articles and links to videos are provided at the APHEDA campaigns website.
Labour 4A Just Palestine
Here is a selection of news items from the latest edition of the Labor 4A Just Palestine newsletter.
Haaretz - UN chief: Israel's occupation is 'morally, politically unsustainable'
AP - Israeli official: Decision next month on final approval for 1,500 east Jerusalem apartments
Ynetnews - 46% of Israeli teens: Revoke Arabs' rights
Times SA - Neither Hamas nor Israel seem to want new war
For more information on Labor 4A Just Palestine click here.