Month: July 2013

All hail the Pomelo

All hail the Pomelo

Posted by | Jul 16, 2013 | |

Giant fruit tickles the palate with zest: Winter is citrus season and the mountains of oranges and mandarins appear at precisely the time we need the extra vitamins to ward off those winter colds and flu. Most Westender readers will head to the Jane St markets for mountains of produce in a market settings but I had the opportunity to explore the Mount Gravatt Showgrounds last Sunday and was suitably impressed. I was meeting someone at 6am on Sunday, odd I know, and was amazed to see crowds of people with head torches darting through the misty dark, it...

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Pollies line up at free food stall

Pollies line up at free food stall

Posted by | Jul 13, 2013 | |

Community Friends are well known to Westenders because of their regular free food for homeless in Boundary Street on Wednesday night. It is often more than food: blankets, shoes, haircuts and other basic health services being provided as well. The group sell sausages on Saturday morning to raise money for their charitable activities and their central location has brought them to the attention of aspiring politicians for the seat of Griffith. Westender was on hand to capture these snaps of Green Geoff Ebbs, Socialist Alliance Liam Flenady and the Socialist Senate Candidate Sam Watson. The image of Prime Minister Rudd...

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Sam for Liam for PM

Sam for Liam for PM

Posted by | Jul 13, 2013 | |

Socialist Alliance stalwart and aboriginal activist, Sam Watson, warmed up the crowd for Liam Flenady, Socialist Alliance candidate for Griffith at the party’s Griffith launch on Boundary Street in West End today. Mr Watson thanked the socialists for their ongoing support of Aboriginal people, “getting thrown in the watch-house and standing up with us when things got tough”. He also referred to the history of Boundary Street, which surrounded Brisbane marking the borders of the white town. Police with bullwhips used to ride the boundary at dusk every night, driving cattle and Aborigines out of the town. “Aborigines still...

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Anti-war activist defines the fight

Anti-war activist defines the fight

Posted by | Jul 13, 2013 | |

Ex-marine turned peace activist Vince Emanuel was in South Brisbane last night to discuss his opposition to US militarism and global imperialism. He described his journey from a working class childhood in Chicago to the marines and the Iraqi invasion followed by his realisation that the US project in Iraq was not justified, right or good. Having studied and worked with activist groups across America since joining Veterans for Peace he has become a passionate and articulate advocate for radical change. His studies have led him to the point of view that Western imperialism is an extractive, abusive process...

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Stop CSG Party stops by

Stop CSG Party stops by

Posted by | Jul 13, 2013 | , |

Gordon Fraser Quick, executive director of the Stop CSG Party was in Bulimba on Thursday night to build interest in the party and call for volunteers to help get it off the ground. Mr Fraser has spent the last three years campaigning against coal seam gas and believes there is no existing political party that can unite the disparate groups of people opposed to the extraction of fuels from the coal seam. “The Labor and Liberal parties are clearly in favour of gas extraction, and there are many people opposed to coal seam gas who would not vote for...

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