Author: Kimbo
-
Australian Construction Workers Are Fighting Back
•
By Jade Ingham When Australia’s Labor government overrode union rights — and justice — to place the construction union under administration, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese thought he’d played a trump card. He couldn’t have been more wrong. Tens of thousands of union members and supporters of the Construction, Forestry and…
-
6 ways to do potatoes
•
“SIX WAYS TO DO POTATOES” IS WHAT HE SAID TO ME PAT MENZ 24 NOVEMBER 1988 Toowoomba singer song-writer poet. Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! All up! All up! The call rang out along the chain. That was the call to let us know that there was trouble somewhere in the meatworks.…
-
Touch One Touch All
•
Touch One Touch All Last May Day in Toowoomba there were discussions amongst the Labor Day committee as to whether the CFMEU should march next to the 16-person bagpipe band, as their chants were drowning out the bagpipes last year. One thing is for sure in Toowoomba, and that is…
-
Netanyahu’s noose strangled the idea of peace
•
History has embedded specific powers into objects. Every fork and spoon has a story, and Museums are full of objects that played a significant part in societal change—the spear that pierced Jesus’ side, the rope that hung Ned Kelly and Dundalli. Superstitions and folklore surround objects and places involved in…