Archive for January, 2018
My poem, Burn, Australia, burn, published by Blackfulla Revolution
Posted by John, January 31st, 2018 - under Uncategorised.
Tags: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Blackfulla Revolution
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Blackfulla Revolution have published my poem, Burn, Australia, burn. They say: This beautiful poem does not mean that the writer hopes the country will actually combust. He means quite the opposite. Fire is the bringer of new growth. Aboriginal people used it to bring fresh young grass to the plains, where they could […]
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Trains, strikes and the right to break unjust laws
Posted by John, January 29th, 2018 - under Invasion day, Right to strike.
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The weekend’s Invasion Day protests are symbolic of a growing undercurrent of dissatisfaction with Australia’s unjust laws, I write in Independent Australia.
Australia Day: Changing the date changes nothing
Posted by John, January 23rd, 2018 - under Uncategorised.
Tags: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Australia Day, Genocide
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Changing the date will not resolve anything without a Treaty, recognition of sovereignty and paying the rent, I write in Independent Australia.
Johnny Peasant, Peter Swain and The Awesome at the National Folk Festival in Canberra over Easter
Posted by John, January 22nd, 2018 - under Music, Poems, Songs, The Awesome, The National Folk Festival.
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We’ve been holding our breaths with excitement but finally we are able to announce that The Awesome have been selected to perform at The National, joined by poet John Passant and didgeridoo/artist/poet Peter Swain. Happy dance 💃!!!
Dutton and Turnbull enable Nazis
Posted by John, January 15th, 2018 - under Malcolm Turnbull, Nazis, Peter Dutton, Reaction.
Tags: African gangs
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Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton is Australia’s Donald Trump, I write in Independent Australia.
Songs for the Band Unformed
Posted by John, January 12th, 2018 - under John Passant, Poems, Songs for the band unformed.
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You can buy signed copies of Songs for the Band Unformed, my first book of poetry, via the Independent Australia Online Store. As that site says: John Passant released his first book of poetry, Songs for the Band Unformed (Ginninderra Press 2016). The poems are a mix of the personal and the […]
Liberal Dog Whistling
Posted by John, January 9th, 2018 - under Uncategorized.
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Dutton and the Coalition: Ramping up fear and racism
Posted by John, January 8th, 2018 - under Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Dutton, Racism.
Tags: African gangs, Fear
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Facing defeat at the next election and with a record of failure, Dutton and the Coalition are conjuring up African gangs in a desperate attempt to enlist fear-based support, writes John Passant in Independent Australia
2017: A year of Trump, Turnbull and rampant neoliberalism
Posted by John, January 2nd, 2018 - under Independent Australia, Neoliberalism, Trickle down.
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In Independent Australia I look back at the neoliberal year of 2017 and find a steady, global undercurrent of resistance for trickle-down campaigns of the kind favoured by the Coalition Government in Australia.
1968 – when the world caught fire
Posted by John, January 2nd, 2018 - under Uncategorised.
Tags: 1968
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1968—when the world caught fire Tomáš Tengely-Evans in Socialist Worker UK looks back on the revolts of 1968 and what they did to the course of history The year 1968 was a watershed in world history. Mass movements shook governments to their foundations. People on opposite sides of the globe took inspiration from each other’s struggles. Challenges […]