Monday, December 5, 2011

Sunday, December 4, 2011

That's what she lived for, and that's what she died for.














April Bright -
posted Jun 7, 2010 5:04 PM by Jabulani Son



"Traditional ownership to Country for my Mum was everything ~ everything. It was the songs, the ceremony, the land, themselves, their family ~ everything that life was all about. This place here was her heart. That's what she lived for, and that's what she died for."


Transcript of Maranunga [Marranunggu] Proceedings,

Endless staircase







Endless staircase  

by Alex Eylar  

http://im-possible.info/english/art/sculpture/alex-eylar.html#staircase2  

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8344872@N05/5518848101/

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Greens declare war on Osborne as he threatens to chop up wildlife












For 15 months, we have observed with growing concern this government's failure to live up to its promise to be the "greenest ever". Now, following the chancellor's autumn statement, we can say that the coalition is on a path to becoming the most environmentally destructive government to hold power in this country since the modern environmental movement was born.As George Osborne sat

Broken Republic is poetic anger








Broken Republic by Arundhati RoyHamish Hamilton, 2011

Arundhati Roy's Broken Republic isn't just about India and it certainly isn't an apology for the Maoists, it's about the whole world.

Roy's poetic anger shines through. The Maoists are fighting a forgotten war on the side of the indigenous whose land is being stolen by mining corporations. Roy is often critical of the Maoists, but her

Friday, December 2, 2011

Scholar's Stairway





Scholar's Stairway  

by James Gurney  

http://im-possible.info/english/art/various/james-gurney.html  

http://jamesgurney.com

Caroline Lucas has had the biggest influence on political agenda




GREEN MP NAMED BIGGEST INFLUENCER IN UK POLITICS THIS YEARGreen MP Caroline Lucas has been recognised by a prestigious political body as the MP who has most influenced the political agenda in 2011.Since her election to the constituency of Brighton Pavilion in 2010, the UK's only Green MP has made a significant impact through her work on a range of issues - from putting pressure on the