Dear Hon Bob Brown, The Greens leader
This letter is designed to ask you to stop lying and making deceptive claims. We have listened to you for long time, and we believe that the time has come to ask you to stop and to get more serious. Please respect our intelligence.
The latest very public lies and deceptive ideas you tried to sell was that the Greens voters support everything your party says, does or fights for. This is the cheapest lie we have ever heard.
You are clever enough to differentiate between party members, faithful voters and incidental voters. You should know very well that even party members do not share the same ideas or believe in the same philosophy (if your party has any philosophy to follow, anyway).
You have vented the cheapest lie ever when you claimed that the 1.5 million voters who voted for the Greens in the last Federal election support your party’s family-destructive agenda. You suggested that all these voters support your policy to promote prostitution, drug abuse, abortion and same-sex marriage. Well you are lying.
Let me tell you that even your party members do not support these destructive policies. Recently, your party candidate for the NSW seat of Auburn indicated very clearly at a public gathering that he does not support your party’s policies on euthanasia, drug abuse and prostitution. This is a party member and frontline activist. I know very well that even some historical figures in the Greens do not support many of these destructive policies. Ian Cohen expressed on different occasions that he does not support the policy on promoting drug abuse and other policies that seek to destroy families.
Let me tell you that most of voters who voted for the Greens in the last Federal election did not even know your party’s policies to destroy families and moral values. They have voted for your party on your party’s stance on totally different issues. Most of them have swallowed your party’s deceptive claims to support refugees’ rights or that your party is opposing Israeli crimes against its neighbours.
For the last few days you have branded the words of our PM, Julia Gillard, with wide range of outrageous descriptions for daring to criticise your party’s policies to destroy families and moral values. You claimed that her comments are “insulting” to the 1.5 million voters who voted for the Greens. You have assumed that all these voters agree with your party’s Anti-moral stance.
You know very well that the 1.5 million voters voted for your party mainly for two reasons. Firstly, they were deceived by your party’s election machine to buy their claims of fighting for refugees’ rights and for other social justice issues in the society, including defending public assets and improving public services. The other reason was that they were deeply disappointed form the Labor for the way the leader was dumped and the inaction on refugees’ rights issue. So nothing was on the anti-family policies that you are defending today.
Well, let me tell you that your outrageously deceptive claims are the one which are very insulting to these 1.5 million voters. They are also insulting to all of us. What you tried to do is no more than undemocratically trying to shut any criticism of your party’s destructive agendas.
In this letter, I would like (as an Australian citizen) to ask you to stop your campaign of lying and making deceptive claims.
So please respect our intelligence and stop insulting it.
Yours
Jamal Daoud
Auburn - NSW
Monday, April 04, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
After selling community’s dignity: Muslim community demand rid of corrupt “leadership”
The elections usually are the best time to hold politicians and political parties accountable for their actions or lack of action. And usually lobby groups take the chance of elections to demand actions on issues they believe need attention or changes.
But the actions of some of the Muslim community “leaders”, especially the turbaned religious figures, defy all these trends and norms.
When the Liberal party started promoting racism and Islamophobia, we thought that Muslim community “leadership” will demand strong actions to discipline this out-of-control racist party. We thought that the Muslim community “leaders” will declare open war on this party by all means.
And with the latest Liberal party slurs against Muslim community by demanding banning Muslim migration for ten years. And with the latest media leak about the Liberal party strategic plan to mount attacks on Muslims in Australia in their bid to win the next election. We expected that the Muslim “leadership” will cut all ties with this extreme party.
But we were devastated and shocked to see that few Muslim “leaders” and organisations are advocating Muslims in NSW to vote for the Liberals.
Strategically, this exposes the naked truth that the Muslim community has no leadership. Or maybe the community has either naïve leadership. Or maybe corrupted one that is ready to sell the rights and dignity of the community in return for promises to increase funding.
The conduct of Muslim “leaders”, especially the religious figures, in the last few days of the campaign and on the day of election was in fact a moral shamble. The acts of these religious figures and “leaders” sent simple message that we deserve what we got.
Now after the election is over, every community member has many questions to ask these “leaders”:
1- What are the benefits to community of voting to the Liberals, except making the community a laughable matter in Australian politics?
2- What were the secret deals struck between Liberal party and Muslim “leadership”?
3- How can we stop any future attacks on the Muslims after Muslims sided with the party that created Islamophobia in the country?
We here warn that if the community does not act to correct this moral shamble, Islamophibia will be constant main political agenda in all future elections. We would expect to face waves and waves of Islamophobic attacks, both verbally and physically.
We believe that it is the time for the Muslims in this country to demand rid of the corrupted illegitimate and undemocratic “leadership”. The leadership that sold our dignity and interests for unknown-to-us price. We believe that this community deserves better. And we are taking steps to rid of current one.
But the actions of some of the Muslim community “leaders”, especially the turbaned religious figures, defy all these trends and norms.
When the Liberal party started promoting racism and Islamophobia, we thought that Muslim community “leadership” will demand strong actions to discipline this out-of-control racist party. We thought that the Muslim community “leaders” will declare open war on this party by all means.
And with the latest Liberal party slurs against Muslim community by demanding banning Muslim migration for ten years. And with the latest media leak about the Liberal party strategic plan to mount attacks on Muslims in Australia in their bid to win the next election. We expected that the Muslim “leadership” will cut all ties with this extreme party.
But we were devastated and shocked to see that few Muslim “leaders” and organisations are advocating Muslims in NSW to vote for the Liberals.
Strategically, this exposes the naked truth that the Muslim community has no leadership. Or maybe the community has either naïve leadership. Or maybe corrupted one that is ready to sell the rights and dignity of the community in return for promises to increase funding.
The conduct of Muslim “leaders”, especially the religious figures, in the last few days of the campaign and on the day of election was in fact a moral shamble. The acts of these religious figures and “leaders” sent simple message that we deserve what we got.
Now after the election is over, every community member has many questions to ask these “leaders”:
1- What are the benefits to community of voting to the Liberals, except making the community a laughable matter in Australian politics?
2- What were the secret deals struck between Liberal party and Muslim “leadership”?
3- How can we stop any future attacks on the Muslims after Muslims sided with the party that created Islamophobia in the country?
We here warn that if the community does not act to correct this moral shamble, Islamophibia will be constant main political agenda in all future elections. We would expect to face waves and waves of Islamophobic attacks, both verbally and physically.
We believe that it is the time for the Muslims in this country to demand rid of the corrupted illegitimate and undemocratic “leadership”. The leadership that sold our dignity and interests for unknown-to-us price. We believe that this community deserves better. And we are taking steps to rid of current one.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
10 more reasons why not to Vote the Greens
Let us first mention that we urge everyone who believes in social justice not to vote for either the Liberals or Labor.
But at the same time, we urge everyone who believes and works for social justice in society not to vote the Greens. The Greens is more dangerous than both the Liberals and the Labor. Here are 10 reasons to believe that the Greens is more dangerous and less trustworthy:
1- Political donations: Both Labor and Liberals are not denying that they receive political donations from big corporates. The Greens has consistently campaigned on banning political donations. Yet the Greens accepted all donations offered to them from any corporate. Indeed, they received the largest political donation from single donor in the Australian history.
2- Multiculturalism: The Greens insists that they are inclusive party which promotes and believes in Multiculturalism. Yet, the Greens failed to run single Non-English speaking candidate for any safe or semi-safe seats. The Greens has no single politician who speaks English as second language or from Indigenous background. The Greens is the ONLY Australian party that practice strict White Australia policy.
3- Family and moral values: The Greens work very hard to dismantle family and moral values, where it supports promoting drug addiction, prostitution (including in residential buildings), abortion … The same-sex marriage was the main issue the Greens campaigned on for decades.
4- Public Health: The Greens said that they support public health system and wanted to strengthen it by abolishing government rebate for private health insurance. When the Greens had chance to achieve this, the Greens voted against partially abolishing the rebate during Kevin Rudd primenistreship.
5- Reconciliation: The Greens said that they support reconciliation with indigenous people. Yet, the Greens (unlike even the Liberals) has no indigenous presence in the top positions of the party.
6- Palestine and Israel: The Greens resorted to use the Palestinian suffering and blood in this election by claiming that the Greens opposed Israeli crimes. Yet the fact is that the Greens is the ONLY mainstream political party represented in Federal parliament that never took any practical step to show this opposition or support for the Palestinian rights. The Greens never participated in solidarity visits to Palestine, unlike Labor, Liberals, Nationals and the Democrats. The Greens supported banning of Palestinian armed factions as terrorist organisations. In 2008, the Greens blamed Palestinian armed faction for the Israeli barbaric aggression on Gaza.
7- Economic Management: The Greens record to support services for marginalised is very poor. The Greens is responsible for the biggest waste of common wealth money when they approved stimulus package measures that saw huge waste of more than $50 billions on mainly bogus projects.
8- Housing Crisis: The Greens never came up with any idea or suggestion to relieve the critical housing crisis, the biggest single issue affecting life style of everyone in Australia.
9- Public Assets: The Greens claim to oppose selling public assets. While the Greens never was in position to hold balance of power to approve or disapprove such sales, but all indications suggest that they would approve such sales if they think they will win some votes in return. The Greens leader offered to trade the sale of Telstra in return of moratorium on old growth logging during Howard’s time. It was Howard that did not need the Greens to secure the sale.
10- Refugee and Asylum seekers rights: The Greens rise was mainly on their claim to defend refugees and asylum seekers rights. Yet, the situation of refugees and asylum seekers has deteriorated significantly under Labor-Greens coalition in the last year to the point of suicide of 4 detainees in the last 6 months and violent clashes in many detention centres.
The Greens has no credibility on any issues important for the marginalised communities. The Greens participated in spreading racism and Islamophobia. The Greens did not promote equality. The Greens did not take any practical steps on any issues they claim to have clear and strong stance on. The Greens is the least trustworthy party in Australian history.
Do not risk your and your family’s future.
Put the Greens last.
But at the same time, we urge everyone who believes and works for social justice in society not to vote the Greens. The Greens is more dangerous than both the Liberals and the Labor. Here are 10 reasons to believe that the Greens is more dangerous and less trustworthy:
1- Political donations: Both Labor and Liberals are not denying that they receive political donations from big corporates. The Greens has consistently campaigned on banning political donations. Yet the Greens accepted all donations offered to them from any corporate. Indeed, they received the largest political donation from single donor in the Australian history.
2- Multiculturalism: The Greens insists that they are inclusive party which promotes and believes in Multiculturalism. Yet, the Greens failed to run single Non-English speaking candidate for any safe or semi-safe seats. The Greens has no single politician who speaks English as second language or from Indigenous background. The Greens is the ONLY Australian party that practice strict White Australia policy.
3- Family and moral values: The Greens work very hard to dismantle family and moral values, where it supports promoting drug addiction, prostitution (including in residential buildings), abortion … The same-sex marriage was the main issue the Greens campaigned on for decades.
4- Public Health: The Greens said that they support public health system and wanted to strengthen it by abolishing government rebate for private health insurance. When the Greens had chance to achieve this, the Greens voted against partially abolishing the rebate during Kevin Rudd primenistreship.
5- Reconciliation: The Greens said that they support reconciliation with indigenous people. Yet, the Greens (unlike even the Liberals) has no indigenous presence in the top positions of the party.
6- Palestine and Israel: The Greens resorted to use the Palestinian suffering and blood in this election by claiming that the Greens opposed Israeli crimes. Yet the fact is that the Greens is the ONLY mainstream political party represented in Federal parliament that never took any practical step to show this opposition or support for the Palestinian rights. The Greens never participated in solidarity visits to Palestine, unlike Labor, Liberals, Nationals and the Democrats. The Greens supported banning of Palestinian armed factions as terrorist organisations. In 2008, the Greens blamed Palestinian armed faction for the Israeli barbaric aggression on Gaza.
7- Economic Management: The Greens record to support services for marginalised is very poor. The Greens is responsible for the biggest waste of common wealth money when they approved stimulus package measures that saw huge waste of more than $50 billions on mainly bogus projects.
8- Housing Crisis: The Greens never came up with any idea or suggestion to relieve the critical housing crisis, the biggest single issue affecting life style of everyone in Australia.
9- Public Assets: The Greens claim to oppose selling public assets. While the Greens never was in position to hold balance of power to approve or disapprove such sales, but all indications suggest that they would approve such sales if they think they will win some votes in return. The Greens leader offered to trade the sale of Telstra in return of moratorium on old growth logging during Howard’s time. It was Howard that did not need the Greens to secure the sale.
10- Refugee and Asylum seekers rights: The Greens rise was mainly on their claim to defend refugees and asylum seekers rights. Yet, the situation of refugees and asylum seekers has deteriorated significantly under Labor-Greens coalition in the last year to the point of suicide of 4 detainees in the last 6 months and violent clashes in many detention centres.
The Greens has no credibility on any issues important for the marginalised communities. The Greens participated in spreading racism and Islamophobia. The Greens did not promote equality. The Greens did not take any practical steps on any issues they claim to have clear and strong stance on. The Greens is the least trustworthy party in Australian history.
Do not risk your and your family’s future.
Put the Greens last.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Muslim “leaders” urging community to vote Liberals: Community’s interest on sale!
The elections usually are the best time to hold politicians and political parties accountable for their actions or lack of action. And usually lobby groups take the chance of elections to demand actions on issues they believe need attention or changes.
But the actions of some of the Muslim community “leaders” defy all these trends and norms.
When the Liberal party started promoting racism and Islamophobia, we thought that Muslim community “leadership” will demand strong actions to discipline this out-of-control racist party. We thought that the Muslim community “leaders” will declare open war on this party by all means.
And with the latest Liberal party slurs against Muslim community by demanding banning Muslim migration for ten years. And with the latest media leak about the Liberal party strategic plan to mount attacks on Muslims in Australia in their bid to win the next election. We expected that the Muslim “leadership” will cut all ties with this extreme party.
But we were devastated and shocked to see that few Muslim “leaders” and organisations are advocating Muslims in NSW to vote for the Liberals.
Strategically, this exposes the naked truth that the Muslim community has no leadership. Or maybe the community has either naïve leadership. Or maybe corrupted one that is ready to sell the rights of the community members in return for promises to increase funding to these organisations.
The result of the next election in NSW will be crucial to prove or disapprove these assumptions.
If the Muslim votes increase for the liberals, this would simply mean that we deserve what we get.
If the votes to the Liberals will increase after the islamophobic slurs by Liberal leadership, no political party in this country will care about us and about our feelings or rights.
The Liberals will have clear proof that Muslims are so naïve and disorganised. The Liberals strategists will recommend attacking Muslims in full strength in all coming elections. This will not only win them the racist and extreme votes. But it will win them the votes of Muslims, too.
The Muslim community “leaders” (if there are any of them) are proving day after day that they are very naïve. They do not have any strategic planning to win the community some of its lost rights. Or they are very easily to be bought.
We do not advocate the Muslim community members to be segregated from the rest of the society. But we want the community to know how to vote in a way that would stop attacks on its members and attacks on their contributions and achievements in this great nation.
In this election, the community needs to send strong message. The community should punish the political party that regards it as rogue community of criminals and extremists. It should also send message to other parties that neglect and disregard its interests. This should include voting away from all parties that use the community as numbers in polling boxes.
We can see that neither of the political troika of Labor, Liberals and Greens is caring about our feelings, interests and suffering. If they do not care about us, why we should care about them and give them more power?
The history will judge harshly any “leader” who sells the interests of his community for any increase of funding to this organisation or to that one.
The community needs and interests should come first.
But the actions of some of the Muslim community “leaders” defy all these trends and norms.
When the Liberal party started promoting racism and Islamophobia, we thought that Muslim community “leadership” will demand strong actions to discipline this out-of-control racist party. We thought that the Muslim community “leaders” will declare open war on this party by all means.
And with the latest Liberal party slurs against Muslim community by demanding banning Muslim migration for ten years. And with the latest media leak about the Liberal party strategic plan to mount attacks on Muslims in Australia in their bid to win the next election. We expected that the Muslim “leadership” will cut all ties with this extreme party.
But we were devastated and shocked to see that few Muslim “leaders” and organisations are advocating Muslims in NSW to vote for the Liberals.
Strategically, this exposes the naked truth that the Muslim community has no leadership. Or maybe the community has either naïve leadership. Or maybe corrupted one that is ready to sell the rights of the community members in return for promises to increase funding to these organisations.
The result of the next election in NSW will be crucial to prove or disapprove these assumptions.
If the Muslim votes increase for the liberals, this would simply mean that we deserve what we get.
If the votes to the Liberals will increase after the islamophobic slurs by Liberal leadership, no political party in this country will care about us and about our feelings or rights.
The Liberals will have clear proof that Muslims are so naïve and disorganised. The Liberals strategists will recommend attacking Muslims in full strength in all coming elections. This will not only win them the racist and extreme votes. But it will win them the votes of Muslims, too.
The Muslim community “leaders” (if there are any of them) are proving day after day that they are very naïve. They do not have any strategic planning to win the community some of its lost rights. Or they are very easily to be bought.
We do not advocate the Muslim community members to be segregated from the rest of the society. But we want the community to know how to vote in a way that would stop attacks on its members and attacks on their contributions and achievements in this great nation.
In this election, the community needs to send strong message. The community should punish the political party that regards it as rogue community of criminals and extremists. It should also send message to other parties that neglect and disregard its interests. This should include voting away from all parties that use the community as numbers in polling boxes.
We can see that neither of the political troika of Labor, Liberals and Greens is caring about our feelings, interests and suffering. If they do not care about us, why we should care about them and give them more power?
The history will judge harshly any “leader” who sells the interests of his community for any increase of funding to this organisation or to that one.
The community needs and interests should come first.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
The Greens prepare comprehensive plan to end marginalisation in society
Political correspondent for serious fun issues
The Fun Herald
10 February 2011
In the face of the spreading popular revolutions in many different parts of the world seeking social justice and end of poverty and marginalisation, we understand that a comprehensive plan to end marginalisation in Australia once and for ever is prepared by the Australian Greens. The plan was leaked today to our newspaper and to other Australian media outlets. The plan consists of many aggressive steps suggested by the Greens party. The Greens party is even threatening of withdrawing from government and let it collapse if Labor would refuse to accept these “highly progressive” steps.
Bob Brown, the Greens leader, told us that the plan will see the end of marginalisation as we know it for the last centuries.
“The plan starts with proposed bill not only to legalise the drugs, but putting all kind of illicit drugs on PBS. By doing this, marginalised groups will have access to very cheap drugs that would keep them unconscious and so they would lose all feelings of being marginalised” said Bob Brown in his comments to our newspaper.
We know that addicted marginalised people will not have time to be engaged in employment to pay for the high rent, high power bills, high traffic fines and high life expenses. To address this, we understand that the Greens are proposing another bill. The bill will be introduced to legalise prostitution everywhere in the society. Any very poor marginalised person can start selling their bodies in their own residential areas, at schools and universities, in streets and even in parks and shopping centres.
By doing this, marginalised groups can forget about their marginalisation in very quick and easy way. All marginalised groups will be busy either sniffing drugs or selling their bodies to collect enough money to pay for increased cost of living. So there will be no time to feel of marginalisation.
In the face of expected high rate of unwanted pregnancies, the Greens plan is proposing to both promote abortion and educate the population about the benefits of abortion to society.
After effectively reaching a society of mainly drug addicts and prostitutes, the only unresolved issue in the society will be the gay marriage.
“In a society with no trace of any feeling of being marginalised and money is flowing at high rate by selling own bodies, the only issue to be addressed would be the issue of same sex marriage. For this, we are proposing bill to legalise same-sex marriage to end the final straw of marginalisation in the society”
When asked about the problems that would be resulted by such high controversial bills, Mr Brown expressed his believe that none of addicts or prostitutes will be conscious enough to realise that there are problems resulted.
The government also would have enough revenues from flourishing drugs-producing companies and brothels to fund rehabilitation centres and medical institutions.
“You should take into account that we will also close all jails and correction centres and save their budgets. Such money would be enough to fund treating institutions, in combination with tax revenues” stressed Greens leader.
The Greens leader and colleagues will launch this important plan in one of the inner city brothels. The launch will include free illicit drugs for each attendee, as according to invitation sent to one prostitute. The Greens members will also distribute kits titled “Simple steps to fight marginalisation by drugs and sex”.
It is unknown if the Greens leader and his colleagues are living in the same country on the same planet we are living in.
We welcome any comments to pass it to the Greens leader to give him real situation of deteriorating racism, Islamophobia and many kinds of discrimination in the society. This would help the Greens come back to earth.
The Fun Herald
10 February 2011
In the face of the spreading popular revolutions in many different parts of the world seeking social justice and end of poverty and marginalisation, we understand that a comprehensive plan to end marginalisation in Australia once and for ever is prepared by the Australian Greens. The plan was leaked today to our newspaper and to other Australian media outlets. The plan consists of many aggressive steps suggested by the Greens party. The Greens party is even threatening of withdrawing from government and let it collapse if Labor would refuse to accept these “highly progressive” steps.
Bob Brown, the Greens leader, told us that the plan will see the end of marginalisation as we know it for the last centuries.
“The plan starts with proposed bill not only to legalise the drugs, but putting all kind of illicit drugs on PBS. By doing this, marginalised groups will have access to very cheap drugs that would keep them unconscious and so they would lose all feelings of being marginalised” said Bob Brown in his comments to our newspaper.
We know that addicted marginalised people will not have time to be engaged in employment to pay for the high rent, high power bills, high traffic fines and high life expenses. To address this, we understand that the Greens are proposing another bill. The bill will be introduced to legalise prostitution everywhere in the society. Any very poor marginalised person can start selling their bodies in their own residential areas, at schools and universities, in streets and even in parks and shopping centres.
By doing this, marginalised groups can forget about their marginalisation in very quick and easy way. All marginalised groups will be busy either sniffing drugs or selling their bodies to collect enough money to pay for increased cost of living. So there will be no time to feel of marginalisation.
In the face of expected high rate of unwanted pregnancies, the Greens plan is proposing to both promote abortion and educate the population about the benefits of abortion to society.
After effectively reaching a society of mainly drug addicts and prostitutes, the only unresolved issue in the society will be the gay marriage.
“In a society with no trace of any feeling of being marginalised and money is flowing at high rate by selling own bodies, the only issue to be addressed would be the issue of same sex marriage. For this, we are proposing bill to legalise same-sex marriage to end the final straw of marginalisation in the society”
When asked about the problems that would be resulted by such high controversial bills, Mr Brown expressed his believe that none of addicts or prostitutes will be conscious enough to realise that there are problems resulted.
The government also would have enough revenues from flourishing drugs-producing companies and brothels to fund rehabilitation centres and medical institutions.
“You should take into account that we will also close all jails and correction centres and save their budgets. Such money would be enough to fund treating institutions, in combination with tax revenues” stressed Greens leader.
The Greens leader and colleagues will launch this important plan in one of the inner city brothels. The launch will include free illicit drugs for each attendee, as according to invitation sent to one prostitute. The Greens members will also distribute kits titled “Simple steps to fight marginalisation by drugs and sex”.
It is unknown if the Greens leader and his colleagues are living in the same country on the same planet we are living in.
We welcome any comments to pass it to the Greens leader to give him real situation of deteriorating racism, Islamophobia and many kinds of discrimination in the society. This would help the Greens come back to earth.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
When my rooster is more dangerous than violating building and rental laws: Open letter to Auburn council
Dear Auburn councillors
I bought 2 chickens and their rooster few months ago. After few days, Auburn council rangers visited my place. They told me that my rooster is so noisy and a neighbour had complained to the council about this. They asked me to remove the rooster ASAP.
Not only I complied in the same day. But I was very happy. The council was so quick to respond to rate-payers complaint, though it is very minor, and asked me to comply with noise “legislation”.
Not only this. I was also proud of my council and its stuff, especially the rangers.
But this pride and happiness evacuated pretty immediately.
Few neighbours, including myself, complained to the council about illegally built and rented garage in the backyard. The garage is not registered with the council, either as garage or for-rent-granny. Several complaints were lodged to the council, started from 1 April 2010. The complaints were repeated several times, especially after the garage was visited several times by local police for different matters. Several times the garage was used a hub for alcohol and drug abuse of large numbers of young people. At other times the police came to arrest criminal who seek refuge in the garage with his cousin living there.
The quiet street became theatre for police visits, chase and investigations.
And the council was impotent to implement its laws on this tiny garage, its owner and its tenant.
The rangers came to inspect the garage. They decided that it is illegal to be rented. They talked to its tenant. Then they talked to the real estate that manages it. And they even talked to its owner.
They issued letter to “cease the use of the outbuilding”. Then the council issued another letter to the owner to “clarify the non-compliance of the Council’s Order”. But nobody complied with these letters.
All these communications happened during the last year. But so far nothing had been achieved.
The tenants are still using illegally the garage, against the council order.
Now let me ask you the following important question: how come you were very quickly to implement the noise legislation in dealing with my rooster noise, but you cannot implement laws about building and renting “outbuildings”?
Why the rangers were enthusiastically responding to the complaints against my rooster? They visited my place twice in one week. They also called me several times to make sure that my rooster is not living in my backyard anymore.
But so far there was only one visit by rangers made to the illegally built and rented garage.
Let me assure you that my rooster was not very dangerous on himself or others. Maybe he was very noisy to highly sensitive very close neighbour. That is all.
But living in illegally built and rented garage is more dangerous, on its tenants and neighbours. The garage is lacking all safety measures needed for any building. It is also unhealthy to live in. And most importantly, its tenants are usually irresponsible youth who has problems with law-enforcement agencies. Hence it is very clear that they are dangerous on my family and the families living in the street.
The other vital question here: why you have authority to evacuate pretty immediately tenants or animals from dwellings in the council area, but you are so slow and hesitant to do so in this case? Has anything to do here with favouritism and even more?
As law-abiding residents and rate-payers we need either swift action on this case. Alternatively we need strong explanation of the reasons for slow response and lack of action.
We do not want to start thinking that there is something fishy deals related to tribalism and even further dirty deals to allow the law breaking to go on.
Jamal Daoud
I bought 2 chickens and their rooster few months ago. After few days, Auburn council rangers visited my place. They told me that my rooster is so noisy and a neighbour had complained to the council about this. They asked me to remove the rooster ASAP.
Not only I complied in the same day. But I was very happy. The council was so quick to respond to rate-payers complaint, though it is very minor, and asked me to comply with noise “legislation”.
Not only this. I was also proud of my council and its stuff, especially the rangers.
But this pride and happiness evacuated pretty immediately.
Few neighbours, including myself, complained to the council about illegally built and rented garage in the backyard. The garage is not registered with the council, either as garage or for-rent-granny. Several complaints were lodged to the council, started from 1 April 2010. The complaints were repeated several times, especially after the garage was visited several times by local police for different matters. Several times the garage was used a hub for alcohol and drug abuse of large numbers of young people. At other times the police came to arrest criminal who seek refuge in the garage with his cousin living there.
The quiet street became theatre for police visits, chase and investigations.
And the council was impotent to implement its laws on this tiny garage, its owner and its tenant.
The rangers came to inspect the garage. They decided that it is illegal to be rented. They talked to its tenant. Then they talked to the real estate that manages it. And they even talked to its owner.
They issued letter to “cease the use of the outbuilding”. Then the council issued another letter to the owner to “clarify the non-compliance of the Council’s Order”. But nobody complied with these letters.
All these communications happened during the last year. But so far nothing had been achieved.
The tenants are still using illegally the garage, against the council order.
Now let me ask you the following important question: how come you were very quickly to implement the noise legislation in dealing with my rooster noise, but you cannot implement laws about building and renting “outbuildings”?
Why the rangers were enthusiastically responding to the complaints against my rooster? They visited my place twice in one week. They also called me several times to make sure that my rooster is not living in my backyard anymore.
But so far there was only one visit by rangers made to the illegally built and rented garage.
Let me assure you that my rooster was not very dangerous on himself or others. Maybe he was very noisy to highly sensitive very close neighbour. That is all.
But living in illegally built and rented garage is more dangerous, on its tenants and neighbours. The garage is lacking all safety measures needed for any building. It is also unhealthy to live in. And most importantly, its tenants are usually irresponsible youth who has problems with law-enforcement agencies. Hence it is very clear that they are dangerous on my family and the families living in the street.
The other vital question here: why you have authority to evacuate pretty immediately tenants or animals from dwellings in the council area, but you are so slow and hesitant to do so in this case? Has anything to do here with favouritism and even more?
As law-abiding residents and rate-payers we need either swift action on this case. Alternatively we need strong explanation of the reasons for slow response and lack of action.
We do not want to start thinking that there is something fishy deals related to tribalism and even further dirty deals to allow the law breaking to go on.
Jamal Daoud
Sunday, January 30, 2011
The use of the Egyptian blood for Greens election campaign: stop political opportunism!
There is election in NSW on 26 March 2011.
And the Greens decided to launch its campaign on the blood of Egyptian people.
In the last Federal election, the Greens launched its campaign on the blood of Palestinian people and Turkish activists killed on Marvi Marmara.
This very cheap political prostitution should be stopped. Morally it is unacceptable.
Should we say the whole facts:
- The Tunisian Greens were partners and allies of Bin Ali regime’s oppression of Tunisian people.
- The Israeli Greens is part of Zionist state oppression of Palestinian people.
- The Jordanian Greens are partner of the regime’s oppression of Jordanians.
But the NSW Greens wants to convince us that they are different.
Before that, we note that German Greens were the ones who sent Germany soldiers for the first time since the end of the II World War to invade foreign country. And that was Afghanistan.
The NSW Greens chose to try to deceive us that they opposed the invasion.
So, please NSW Greens: stop political prostitution.
Our blood should not be material for your election campaign: on the federal or state level.
Our blood and the blood of all innocent people around the world in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Palestine, Egypt and Tunisia should not be used as election material for you to continue deceiving people.
If you really believe of what you tell us during election campaigns, do something practical.
If you really oppose oppression of Tunisians, do something to discipline your counterparts in Tunisian Greens.
If you really oppose oppression of Afghani people, expel German Greens from Global Greens.
If you really against Israeli massacres, issue single media release stating that Israel is a rogue state and is responsible for the cycle of violence in the Middle East.
We know that you are not genuine. We know very well that you are liars.
So please piss-off. And excuse me for this. The situation is so tense and I cannot be so polite.
Our blood should not be used as election material for your regressive campaign to continue deceiving us.
And shame on you.
Respect our grieve. Respect our suffering. Respect our blood. Respect our sacrifice.
And please do not let us hear your lies against our will.
So, Australian Greens: go to hell.
And the Greens decided to launch its campaign on the blood of Egyptian people.
In the last Federal election, the Greens launched its campaign on the blood of Palestinian people and Turkish activists killed on Marvi Marmara.
This very cheap political prostitution should be stopped. Morally it is unacceptable.
Should we say the whole facts:
- The Tunisian Greens were partners and allies of Bin Ali regime’s oppression of Tunisian people.
- The Israeli Greens is part of Zionist state oppression of Palestinian people.
- The Jordanian Greens are partner of the regime’s oppression of Jordanians.
But the NSW Greens wants to convince us that they are different.
Before that, we note that German Greens were the ones who sent Germany soldiers for the first time since the end of the II World War to invade foreign country. And that was Afghanistan.
The NSW Greens chose to try to deceive us that they opposed the invasion.
So, please NSW Greens: stop political prostitution.
Our blood should not be material for your election campaign: on the federal or state level.
Our blood and the blood of all innocent people around the world in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Palestine, Egypt and Tunisia should not be used as election material for you to continue deceiving people.
If you really believe of what you tell us during election campaigns, do something practical.
If you really oppose oppression of Tunisians, do something to discipline your counterparts in Tunisian Greens.
If you really oppose oppression of Afghani people, expel German Greens from Global Greens.
If you really against Israeli massacres, issue single media release stating that Israel is a rogue state and is responsible for the cycle of violence in the Middle East.
We know that you are not genuine. We know very well that you are liars.
So please piss-off. And excuse me for this. The situation is so tense and I cannot be so polite.
Our blood should not be used as election material for your regressive campaign to continue deceiving us.
And shame on you.
Respect our grieve. Respect our suffering. Respect our blood. Respect our sacrifice.
And please do not let us hear your lies against our will.
So, Australian Greens: go to hell.
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Democracy for Sale: the Greens last nail in their credibility coffin!
We should admit first of a clear fact now: The Greens were masters in deceiving all of us. They have great skills in deceiving everyone in the society: academics and illiterates, poor and rich, marginalised and privileged, progressive and regressive, media, rival politicians and even international observers.
They told us that they support multiculturalism, but failed to promote any non Anglo-Saxon to parliament or hierarchy. They convinced us that they oppose racism and xenophobia, but negotiated deals with One Nation and Liberals to swap preferences on several occasions.
They claimed that they support public health, but voted down legislation to strengthen public health by abolishing government rebate for private health insurance.
They convinced us that they fight for better environment, but voted against legislation to reduce gas emissions.
They claimed to oppose Israeli aggression, but failed to condemn Israeli crimes or to show some practical solidarity with Palestinians and Lebanese.
They told us that they support public housing, but never demanded to increase funds to build some more public housing.
They criticised Labor and Liberals for attacks on Aboriginal rights, but never showed practical steps to improve these rights. Can you find any Greens politician in any parliament around Australia from Aboriginal background?
And they told us that they are the champions of defending human rights, but supported draconian Anti-Terrorism laws. And they said nothing about the mock trials of Muslim youth who were sentenced for lengthy periods on no clear charges.
Then they told us that “politics corrupts politicians” and so they pushed for limited tenure for politicians. But all their politicians are in parliaments for decades and they do not intend to retire soon. Now instead of “politics corrupts”, they replaced it with “vote for candidates with wealth of experience”.
And they told us that political donations corrupt our system and there is need to abolish them. They even created special organisation to advocate for this under the slogan of “Democracy for Sale” under Greens banner. But now we discovered that they received the largest single donation in Australian history.
Suddenly there is “good donations” vs. “bad donations”. There are donations that corrupt the political system vs. donations that strengthen our political system. There are progressive donors vs. regressive donors. There are donors with no intension to influence political decisions vs. donors that want something in return for their donations.
The Greens politics are very unique:
The racists are defending multiculturalism.
The Zionists criticise Israel.
The regressive privileged politicians defend poor and marginalised.
The Greens long serving politicians are the only corruption-proof politicians.
The corrupts are leading “clean politics”.
And the Stalinists advocate freedom of speech.
And on the top of all: Greens politicians are above any criticism. They are saints or angles. They do not make mistakes. And because of this they do not deserve to be criticised.
Yesterday, the Greens said that the democracy should not be for sale, mainly because no donors offered any donation. Now, when they had the chance, they sold the democracy. But they sold it very cheap.
The Greens auction of the democracy generated only $2 millions. Can they blame the Labor for selling the democracy for $62 millions?
Is there any credibility left for this party of bankrupt politicians: politically, morally and ideologically bankrupt.
The Greens sold Australia for $2 millions: how much they will sell NSW for?
NB: We think it is time for the Greens to dismantle the “Democracy for Sale” bogus organisation and scale down its website. Enough deception, please.
They told us that they support multiculturalism, but failed to promote any non Anglo-Saxon to parliament or hierarchy. They convinced us that they oppose racism and xenophobia, but negotiated deals with One Nation and Liberals to swap preferences on several occasions.
They claimed that they support public health, but voted down legislation to strengthen public health by abolishing government rebate for private health insurance.
They convinced us that they fight for better environment, but voted against legislation to reduce gas emissions.
They claimed to oppose Israeli aggression, but failed to condemn Israeli crimes or to show some practical solidarity with Palestinians and Lebanese.
They told us that they support public housing, but never demanded to increase funds to build some more public housing.
They criticised Labor and Liberals for attacks on Aboriginal rights, but never showed practical steps to improve these rights. Can you find any Greens politician in any parliament around Australia from Aboriginal background?
And they told us that they are the champions of defending human rights, but supported draconian Anti-Terrorism laws. And they said nothing about the mock trials of Muslim youth who were sentenced for lengthy periods on no clear charges.
Then they told us that “politics corrupts politicians” and so they pushed for limited tenure for politicians. But all their politicians are in parliaments for decades and they do not intend to retire soon. Now instead of “politics corrupts”, they replaced it with “vote for candidates with wealth of experience”.
And they told us that political donations corrupt our system and there is need to abolish them. They even created special organisation to advocate for this under the slogan of “Democracy for Sale” under Greens banner. But now we discovered that they received the largest single donation in Australian history.
Suddenly there is “good donations” vs. “bad donations”. There are donations that corrupt the political system vs. donations that strengthen our political system. There are progressive donors vs. regressive donors. There are donors with no intension to influence political decisions vs. donors that want something in return for their donations.
The Greens politics are very unique:
The racists are defending multiculturalism.
The Zionists criticise Israel.
The regressive privileged politicians defend poor and marginalised.
The Greens long serving politicians are the only corruption-proof politicians.
The corrupts are leading “clean politics”.
And the Stalinists advocate freedom of speech.
And on the top of all: Greens politicians are above any criticism. They are saints or angles. They do not make mistakes. And because of this they do not deserve to be criticised.
Yesterday, the Greens said that the democracy should not be for sale, mainly because no donors offered any donation. Now, when they had the chance, they sold the democracy. But they sold it very cheap.
The Greens auction of the democracy generated only $2 millions. Can they blame the Labor for selling the democracy for $62 millions?
Is there any credibility left for this party of bankrupt politicians: politically, morally and ideologically bankrupt.
The Greens sold Australia for $2 millions: how much they will sell NSW for?
NB: We think it is time for the Greens to dismantle the “Democracy for Sale” bogus organisation and scale down its website. Enough deception, please.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Marrickville council motion on boycotting Israel: Greens real agendas behind it
Again and again. We were hit with Greens cheap moves designed for political score pointing with no practical commitments or record of achievements.
The Greens has successfully put motion to the Marrickville council to “support the principles of the BDS global campaign”. And as expected, the move attracted huge media attention. And the community took notice too.
Before we go further into the issue, let us ask few questions:
1- Why now: 3 months before state election?
2- Why Marrickville: we know that the Greens are hoping to win Marrickville state seat?
3- What are the practical implications of this motion?
4- Why the Greens councillors, despite the total support from ALL Labor councillors, are attacking the Labor state and federal members of the area?
And before we go further into exploring the issue, let us hear the opinion of the motion initiator, Greens councillor Cathy Peters. In early interview with 2SER radio station (you can hear the interview on http://2ser.podomatic.com/entry/index/2010-12-17T21_34_06-08_00), Ms Peters admitted that:
1- The council does not urge residents to boycott Israeli products.
2- The practical implications of this motion are still unknown, and possibly nil on local government level.
3- The conflict in the Middle East because of Israeli occupation was going for long time.
4- It would be more practical for Federal and State governments to act on this issue.
Now let us start from the points we extract from Ms Peters interview:
1- While the issue of Israeli brutal occupation of Palestine was going for more than 6 decades, the Greens did not discover this issue but in recent years. The Greens never talked about this issue or had any idea about this issue until after 2002.
2- Even after the Greens discovered that there is Israeli brutal occupation, the Greens history on taking practical steps to oppose Israeli brutality is nil (you can read on this issue my early piece on http://jamaldaoud.blogspot.com/2009/01/rallies-business-enough-trading-with.html)
3- If the council is not advocating residents to boycott Israel and there is no known relationships between the council and Israeli companies and companies trade with Israel, it is very clear that he Marrickville Greens put this motion just for political score pointing for the coming state election.
4- Marrickville Greens should first write to their federal politicians to lobby them to start talking about the Israeli brutal occupation, before asking Labor state and Federal politicians to do so. We understand that Mr Tony Albanese has good track record on this issue, more than Bob Brown or any Greens federal politicians. Mr Albanese paid solidarity visit to Palestinian territories at the beginning of 90s of the last century, while the Greens politicians are still refusing to make such visit until now.
Then let us ask few other questions in this regard:
1- While the BDS campaign started long time ago, why the Greens put this motion just now. We should remember that the NSW election is on 26 March 2011 (3 months from now).
2- Why Marrickville: The Greens have councillors in other local government areas that are more suitable to introduce similar motion. For example, there is Greens councillor in Auburn, where the support for such motion is overwhelming as Muslims account for more than 50% of the residents. On the council, there are at least 4 Muslim councillors on the council. The answer is very simple: the Greens did not get more than 4% in the last state election (2007) in Auburn seat. While in Marrickville there is real chance for the Greens to win the seat from Labor (while I do not think that this will happen). So the story of the motion is not more than an item part of early election campaign in Marrickville area.
We know that the Greens will accuse us of attacking Palestine friends here. But as usual, the Greens gave themselves the right to attack everyone, but block such right from rivals to attack them (read my piece on this on http://jamaldaoud.blogspot.com/2010/11/greens-unique-attitude-we-can-dig-dirt.html). The Greens are attacking the Labor Federal members who has strong record of supporting Palestine and opposing Israeli brutality (Tony Albanese and Tanya Plibersek, for example), but would lead vicious attack against our criticism of them on this issue.
We are now very aware that the Greens is a party about nothing. They are just power hungry for the sake of accumulating power. The Greens Federal senate-elect in NSW, Ms Lee Rhiannon, has no credibility on any issue (read my early piece on http://jamaldaoud.blogspot.com/2010/07/story-of-greens-mp-lee-rhiannon-lies.html). So we, as strong advocate of Palestinian rights, do not take the latest motion as serious step to achieve anything. The motion, along with the NSW Greens motion on the issue earlier, will have one fate: the rubbish bin. The Greens has long track of passing motion after motion, adopt policy after policy, but practically they honoured none. (example of this could be read on http://jamaldaoud.blogspot.com/2010/07/bob-browns-press-club-address-what.html, http://jamaldaoud.blogspot.com/2008/12/greens-blocking-of-action-on-climate.html and http://sjpmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/09/submission-in-regard-to-discussion.html)
The Greens think that they achieved a lot by attracting media attention. They think that they are closer now to win Marrickville seat in the next state election, March 2011.
We think that this is not accurate. The community will hear from others, before they will cast their votes.
As before the Greens seek community vote, they should convince us why the NSW (and Australian) Greens were absent from all solidarity aid missions to Gaza and West Bank.
We deeply believe that actions are louder than talks (and motions). But the Greens insist to be the mountain that always gets into labour, but always give birth to mouse. (From Arabic proverb)
The Greens has successfully put motion to the Marrickville council to “support the principles of the BDS global campaign”. And as expected, the move attracted huge media attention. And the community took notice too.
Before we go further into the issue, let us ask few questions:
1- Why now: 3 months before state election?
2- Why Marrickville: we know that the Greens are hoping to win Marrickville state seat?
3- What are the practical implications of this motion?
4- Why the Greens councillors, despite the total support from ALL Labor councillors, are attacking the Labor state and federal members of the area?
And before we go further into exploring the issue, let us hear the opinion of the motion initiator, Greens councillor Cathy Peters. In early interview with 2SER radio station (you can hear the interview on http://2ser.podomatic.com/entry/index/2010-12-17T21_34_06-08_00), Ms Peters admitted that:
1- The council does not urge residents to boycott Israeli products.
2- The practical implications of this motion are still unknown, and possibly nil on local government level.
3- The conflict in the Middle East because of Israeli occupation was going for long time.
4- It would be more practical for Federal and State governments to act on this issue.
Now let us start from the points we extract from Ms Peters interview:
1- While the issue of Israeli brutal occupation of Palestine was going for more than 6 decades, the Greens did not discover this issue but in recent years. The Greens never talked about this issue or had any idea about this issue until after 2002.
2- Even after the Greens discovered that there is Israeli brutal occupation, the Greens history on taking practical steps to oppose Israeli brutality is nil (you can read on this issue my early piece on http://jamaldaoud.blogspot.com/2009/01/rallies-business-enough-trading-with.html)
3- If the council is not advocating residents to boycott Israel and there is no known relationships between the council and Israeli companies and companies trade with Israel, it is very clear that he Marrickville Greens put this motion just for political score pointing for the coming state election.
4- Marrickville Greens should first write to their federal politicians to lobby them to start talking about the Israeli brutal occupation, before asking Labor state and Federal politicians to do so. We understand that Mr Tony Albanese has good track record on this issue, more than Bob Brown or any Greens federal politicians. Mr Albanese paid solidarity visit to Palestinian territories at the beginning of 90s of the last century, while the Greens politicians are still refusing to make such visit until now.
Then let us ask few other questions in this regard:
1- While the BDS campaign started long time ago, why the Greens put this motion just now. We should remember that the NSW election is on 26 March 2011 (3 months from now).
2- Why Marrickville: The Greens have councillors in other local government areas that are more suitable to introduce similar motion. For example, there is Greens councillor in Auburn, where the support for such motion is overwhelming as Muslims account for more than 50% of the residents. On the council, there are at least 4 Muslim councillors on the council. The answer is very simple: the Greens did not get more than 4% in the last state election (2007) in Auburn seat. While in Marrickville there is real chance for the Greens to win the seat from Labor (while I do not think that this will happen). So the story of the motion is not more than an item part of early election campaign in Marrickville area.
We know that the Greens will accuse us of attacking Palestine friends here. But as usual, the Greens gave themselves the right to attack everyone, but block such right from rivals to attack them (read my piece on this on http://jamaldaoud.blogspot.com/2010/11/greens-unique-attitude-we-can-dig-dirt.html). The Greens are attacking the Labor Federal members who has strong record of supporting Palestine and opposing Israeli brutality (Tony Albanese and Tanya Plibersek, for example), but would lead vicious attack against our criticism of them on this issue.
We are now very aware that the Greens is a party about nothing. They are just power hungry for the sake of accumulating power. The Greens Federal senate-elect in NSW, Ms Lee Rhiannon, has no credibility on any issue (read my early piece on http://jamaldaoud.blogspot.com/2010/07/story-of-greens-mp-lee-rhiannon-lies.html). So we, as strong advocate of Palestinian rights, do not take the latest motion as serious step to achieve anything. The motion, along with the NSW Greens motion on the issue earlier, will have one fate: the rubbish bin. The Greens has long track of passing motion after motion, adopt policy after policy, but practically they honoured none. (example of this could be read on http://jamaldaoud.blogspot.com/2010/07/bob-browns-press-club-address-what.html, http://jamaldaoud.blogspot.com/2008/12/greens-blocking-of-action-on-climate.html and http://sjpmediacentre.blogspot.com/2009/09/submission-in-regard-to-discussion.html)
The Greens think that they achieved a lot by attracting media attention. They think that they are closer now to win Marrickville seat in the next state election, March 2011.
We think that this is not accurate. The community will hear from others, before they will cast their votes.
As before the Greens seek community vote, they should convince us why the NSW (and Australian) Greens were absent from all solidarity aid missions to Gaza and West Bank.
We deeply believe that actions are louder than talks (and motions). But the Greens insist to be the mountain that always gets into labour, but always give birth to mouse. (From Arabic proverb)
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Victorian Election results: The winners and the losers!
We can claim safely and comfortably that the Victorian election came with unexpected results that have significant importance. The Victorian election, while saw the Labor lose heavily and unexpectedly, could benefit progressive forces and voters if results analysed carefully and courageous steps taken promptly to avoid future similar results.
The immediate impact of possible repeat of Victorian results in other elections, if serious steps not taken, could see similar scenarios happened in NSW March next year.
In this election there were some big winners and some big losers.
In our opinion, the biggest winner of the election was the Liberal party, as:
1- The Liberals won unwinnable election according to all opinion polls and strategists’ predictions.
2- The Liberals did not only win the votes, but won morally too. It is the first time since the rise of the Greens that Liberals took principled stance to put the Greens last on its preference voting. The Liberals gambled with its chances of winning the election by preferencing Labor ahead of the Greens, instead of trying to maximise Labor seats’ loss. The Liberals logic was simple and straightforward: if we do not agree with the Greens on many issues especially moral values in the heart of Liberal claimed agendas (like gay marriage, euthanasia, decriminalisation of illicit drug abuse,..), we should not preference them even for pure pragmatic reasons of costing Labor more seats. That is in opposition of the Greens logic of Machiavellian principles of “the End justifies the means”. While the most important thing for the Greens is to win more seats, even if this comes on Liberals or even One Nation preference votes. The Liberals proved that they are more principled than the Greens, hence they won more vote. This explains the core issue missing in Australian politics these days: the need for progressive political force that stays principled to achieve deep socio-economic changes, and not Machiavellian force to use the need of change to accumulate power by any means.
For the above mentioned reason and for other reasons, we believe that the biggest loser in the election was the Greens, as:
1- The Greens voting scrambled from 14.6% just 3 months ago (in Federal election) to 10.6%. Usually the small parties do better in state elections than in Federal ones (unlike major parties). The Greens were expected to get at least 16% of the votes. We believe that the Greens disappointing performance of achieving virtually nothing and acting on no major important issue for the last 3 months within the undeclared coalition government with Labor played major role in this.
2- The Greens deafening uproar that they will win at least 4-5 lower house seats and at least 4-5 Upper House seats, resulted in no Lower house seats won and the same Upper House seats won in the last election (3 seats) (or even may be less than 3).
3- The Greens lost moral basis as they were prostituting the Liberals to give them preferences ahead of Labor, despite their claim of having totally contradictious agendas and ideologies. Not only this. The Greens machine and leadership could not depart its addiction on vending lies and deceptions by claiming that the next time they will adopt open preference cards (leaving the voters to decide how to send their preferences). This suggestion from Bob Brown aimed to enforce the Liberals to consider sealing preference deal with the Greens next time. So far, the Liberals were the ones (in all states) who are refusing to even negotiate with the Greens any preference deals. In contradiction of our expectation that the Greens would be the side that will refuse to consider any deals with the Liberals, who were described by the Greens consistently as regressive, fascist and party from dark ages.
4- The Greens failed to keep its voting level similar to voting they got during last Federal election, despite the media hysterical campaign to groom Greens and advocate voters to vote for them. The media published repeated articles and interviews in the last days of the campaign, portraying the Greens to be the future of Australian politics. I was shocked to read articles like “Inside green zero” (http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/state-election-2010/inside-green-zero-20101122-18469.html) and see cartoonist, Ron Tandberg (http://www.theage.com.au/national/letters/no-excuse-for-this-abuse-of-trust-20101123-185kb.html) gave some fantasies that the Greens could get more votes than Labor or Liberals and the future is for “Greens ideology”. Then we read many articles conducting hysterical campaign against Labor (on no real ground). After all this free and extensive propaganda by mainstream media (who are claimed by the Greens to be regressive), the Greens in fact lost grounds and its voting decreased.
The other loser in this election is, of course, the Labor party. The reasons for this are typical among all Labor parties in other states and on Federal level. The reason of the loss could be because:
1- Labor consistent creep towards the centre and right-centre, thinking that the voters will always want to have incompetent Labor government than conservative anti-public services and racist Liberal government.
2- The deterioration of Victorian life-style and the Labor governments inability to find solution for important crises (Housing, employment, health, public transport, energy …)
3- The long incumbency (least important among reasons)
4- The negative impact of other Labor parties (Federal Labor and Labor in other states)
5- The voters’ constant tendency not to keep powers in all states and Federal level in the hands of one party. The clearest example here is the voters’ tendency that gave Labor party power in all states during the Howard Federal Liberal government.
We believe that the Victorian election results should encourage Labor to rethink on its priorities in other states and on Federal level. If they wish to keep power in NSW, Queensland and then on Federal level, they should start to take courageous decisions. And we mean here not courageous decisions on issues that do not concern more than few Australians (same sex marriage or euthanasia), but decisions about finding solutions to crises in: housing, health, multiculturalism, energy supplies and conservative economic vandalism.
Not only this. The other left groups (apart from the Greens who we consider not to be on the left of politics) should start to discuss forming united front to fight for better life style, where resources should be more fairly used to benefit all classes of society. It is alarming that left groups are only talking about the necessity of same-sex marriage and euthanasia, while the society is deeply socio-economically unfair. More efforts and resources should be put into fighting against racism, for human rights, for better public services and for better Australian foreign policy independent from Western super power (currently USA).
We believe that if these results will be repeated on the same scale in NSW, the picture could be:
1- Heavy loss for Labor (we need to remember that all opinion polls in Victoria predicted narrow win for Brumby Labor government, while all opinion polls in NSW predicts big loss of Keneally Labor government).
2- The Greens will get less than 9%, which means that they will not win any lower house seats (Marrickville or Balmain) and no more than 2 Legislative Council seats (in the best scenario with good preference from other minor parties of Socialists, Communists and pro-drugs parties).
3- The Liberals will win comfortably.
Of course in politics time is very precious and things could change dramatically and quickly. The Labor party and other political forces still have time to change direction and take credible steps to restore confidence in politics among voters. But we doubt. Apart from expelling bad names in the Labor, the Labor is not ready to take courageous steps to address the deteriorating life style of NSW residents. We also believe that the Greens is not in better position to change its Machiavellian opportunist approach into more principled stance on issues matter to the majority of NSW residents.
The immediate impact of possible repeat of Victorian results in other elections, if serious steps not taken, could see similar scenarios happened in NSW March next year.
In this election there were some big winners and some big losers.
In our opinion, the biggest winner of the election was the Liberal party, as:
1- The Liberals won unwinnable election according to all opinion polls and strategists’ predictions.
2- The Liberals did not only win the votes, but won morally too. It is the first time since the rise of the Greens that Liberals took principled stance to put the Greens last on its preference voting. The Liberals gambled with its chances of winning the election by preferencing Labor ahead of the Greens, instead of trying to maximise Labor seats’ loss. The Liberals logic was simple and straightforward: if we do not agree with the Greens on many issues especially moral values in the heart of Liberal claimed agendas (like gay marriage, euthanasia, decriminalisation of illicit drug abuse,..), we should not preference them even for pure pragmatic reasons of costing Labor more seats. That is in opposition of the Greens logic of Machiavellian principles of “the End justifies the means”. While the most important thing for the Greens is to win more seats, even if this comes on Liberals or even One Nation preference votes. The Liberals proved that they are more principled than the Greens, hence they won more vote. This explains the core issue missing in Australian politics these days: the need for progressive political force that stays principled to achieve deep socio-economic changes, and not Machiavellian force to use the need of change to accumulate power by any means.
For the above mentioned reason and for other reasons, we believe that the biggest loser in the election was the Greens, as:
1- The Greens voting scrambled from 14.6% just 3 months ago (in Federal election) to 10.6%. Usually the small parties do better in state elections than in Federal ones (unlike major parties). The Greens were expected to get at least 16% of the votes. We believe that the Greens disappointing performance of achieving virtually nothing and acting on no major important issue for the last 3 months within the undeclared coalition government with Labor played major role in this.
2- The Greens deafening uproar that they will win at least 4-5 lower house seats and at least 4-5 Upper House seats, resulted in no Lower house seats won and the same Upper House seats won in the last election (3 seats) (or even may be less than 3).
3- The Greens lost moral basis as they were prostituting the Liberals to give them preferences ahead of Labor, despite their claim of having totally contradictious agendas and ideologies. Not only this. The Greens machine and leadership could not depart its addiction on vending lies and deceptions by claiming that the next time they will adopt open preference cards (leaving the voters to decide how to send their preferences). This suggestion from Bob Brown aimed to enforce the Liberals to consider sealing preference deal with the Greens next time. So far, the Liberals were the ones (in all states) who are refusing to even negotiate with the Greens any preference deals. In contradiction of our expectation that the Greens would be the side that will refuse to consider any deals with the Liberals, who were described by the Greens consistently as regressive, fascist and party from dark ages.
4- The Greens failed to keep its voting level similar to voting they got during last Federal election, despite the media hysterical campaign to groom Greens and advocate voters to vote for them. The media published repeated articles and interviews in the last days of the campaign, portraying the Greens to be the future of Australian politics. I was shocked to read articles like “Inside green zero” (http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/state-election-2010/inside-green-zero-20101122-18469.html) and see cartoonist, Ron Tandberg (http://www.theage.com.au/national/letters/no-excuse-for-this-abuse-of-trust-20101123-185kb.html) gave some fantasies that the Greens could get more votes than Labor or Liberals and the future is for “Greens ideology”. Then we read many articles conducting hysterical campaign against Labor (on no real ground). After all this free and extensive propaganda by mainstream media (who are claimed by the Greens to be regressive), the Greens in fact lost grounds and its voting decreased.
The other loser in this election is, of course, the Labor party. The reasons for this are typical among all Labor parties in other states and on Federal level. The reason of the loss could be because:
1- Labor consistent creep towards the centre and right-centre, thinking that the voters will always want to have incompetent Labor government than conservative anti-public services and racist Liberal government.
2- The deterioration of Victorian life-style and the Labor governments inability to find solution for important crises (Housing, employment, health, public transport, energy …)
3- The long incumbency (least important among reasons)
4- The negative impact of other Labor parties (Federal Labor and Labor in other states)
5- The voters’ constant tendency not to keep powers in all states and Federal level in the hands of one party. The clearest example here is the voters’ tendency that gave Labor party power in all states during the Howard Federal Liberal government.
We believe that the Victorian election results should encourage Labor to rethink on its priorities in other states and on Federal level. If they wish to keep power in NSW, Queensland and then on Federal level, they should start to take courageous decisions. And we mean here not courageous decisions on issues that do not concern more than few Australians (same sex marriage or euthanasia), but decisions about finding solutions to crises in: housing, health, multiculturalism, energy supplies and conservative economic vandalism.
Not only this. The other left groups (apart from the Greens who we consider not to be on the left of politics) should start to discuss forming united front to fight for better life style, where resources should be more fairly used to benefit all classes of society. It is alarming that left groups are only talking about the necessity of same-sex marriage and euthanasia, while the society is deeply socio-economically unfair. More efforts and resources should be put into fighting against racism, for human rights, for better public services and for better Australian foreign policy independent from Western super power (currently USA).
We believe that if these results will be repeated on the same scale in NSW, the picture could be:
1- Heavy loss for Labor (we need to remember that all opinion polls in Victoria predicted narrow win for Brumby Labor government, while all opinion polls in NSW predicts big loss of Keneally Labor government).
2- The Greens will get less than 9%, which means that they will not win any lower house seats (Marrickville or Balmain) and no more than 2 Legislative Council seats (in the best scenario with good preference from other minor parties of Socialists, Communists and pro-drugs parties).
3- The Liberals will win comfortably.
Of course in politics time is very precious and things could change dramatically and quickly. The Labor party and other political forces still have time to change direction and take credible steps to restore confidence in politics among voters. But we doubt. Apart from expelling bad names in the Labor, the Labor is not ready to take courageous steps to address the deteriorating life style of NSW residents. We also believe that the Greens is not in better position to change its Machiavellian opportunist approach into more principled stance on issues matter to the majority of NSW residents.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
The Greens effectiveness on gay marriage and euthanasia: why not on boat people!
While the Iraqi asylum seeker, Ahmad Al Akabi, was swimming in his blood inside Villawood detention centre after giving up on humanity of department’s officials and the total lack of courage inside the federal parliament to end his and his fellow detainees ordeal.
And while Ahmad’s fellow detainees were protesting inside Villawood detention and in other detention centres around the country over the gross negligence that led to his death, by declaring hunger strike or burning some furniture.
And while we were busy trying to mobilise public opinion, inside Australia and around the globe against the inhumane treatment of asylum seekers inside Australian detention centres that led to death of 2 detainees in the last 2 months only.
While we were all busy in doing all this, the Greens MPs were busy fighting for gay marriage.
As if the Greens MPs are living in another country or on other planet.
During these extremely sad moments, The Greens MPs were jumping up and down inside and outside the federal parliament demanding approval of same-sex marriage.
The blood of detainees could not move any feeling with the Greens MPs.
The lips sewing of many and the hunger strike of hundreds protesting the inhumane treatment inside detention centres, did not win them any sympathy among the Greens MPs.
The dead body ready to be sent to homeland did not convince the Greens MPs that solving the impasse should be the absolute priority to prevent catastrophe from happening within the detention system.
During the last week we only hear the Greens MPs talk about one issue: same sex marriage.
As if the homosexuals will be extinct if the marriage will not legalised.
Or as if the homosexuals will face detrimental fate or total psychological collapse or jail for long time if the marriage will not be legalised in this week.
All this despite the reality that if all facts are taken into account, the Greens MPs should have camped outside detention centre day and night, with deep threats to the minister if he does not change current regulations to prevent deterioration of situation inside detention centres.
We should all remember that the issue of boat people and the Greens empty rhetoric of promising of supporting their rights and working on relieving their suffering was the single issue that increased the popularity of this party and brought it out of wilderness inside Tasmanian forests to the point of controlling the balance of power after this year’s election.
And the issue of boat people was the issue that gave the Greens some credibility as serious political party and diminished the perception of being one-coloured party that supports only environment and anti moral and anti family agendas.
To the opposite of this, the issue of gay marriage and euthanasia did not win the Greens any federal seat since the foundation of the party in the mid of seventies of last century to the first year of this century.
The issue of gay marriage (even if it has a support from large sections in the society) is not concerning many Australians and not many would change their pattern of voting merely on parties’ stance on it.
Political pragmatism should have seen the Greens uprise and demand immediate action to release detainees immediately after they were successful in increasing their representation in the parliament.
We expected that the Greens should have respected its voters who voted for this party after they swallowed its deceptive promises to take action against mandatory detention system. Even if it would threaten of withdrawing from the government which could lead to government collapse and going to very early election.
We have expected that the Greens will treat the highly humanitarian issue of indefinite detention of boat people as important issues, on the same level of importance as the issue of gay marriage and euthanasia. And we have witnessed how the Greens were successful in changing the Labor stance on these issues and now considering allowing continuous vote to pass these legislations.
We have expected that all Greens MPs and members will go the streets to show the Labor party the Greens deep commitments of this issue, to enforce immediate fundamental changes.
But if we take into account the shy response of the Greens party to the many deaths in detention, we can realise that the Greens has no real commitments towards this highly humanitarian issue. On the contrary. We would realise that the Greens is indeed enjoying these sad events to torture and exhaust the Labor party and extract more voters from it. It is very clear that Greens know very well that closing the chapter of boat people suffering would deprive the party from high-profile platform that could win it more seats in the next election.
We do not know how the Greens would face its voters from highly progressive people who support multiculturalism and human rights in society if it could not enforce changes to the harsh treatment of asylum seekers inside detention centres. While it could knee the government on issues of gay marriage and euthanasia.
May be the Greens will resort to its usual of climbing our back and the back of highly progressive people who campaigned very hard and will enforce the government to change its harsh treatment of boat people.
And the Greens have strong record of doing this on this issue and other human rights issues.
Related link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrqDjE6BmXI&feature=related
And while Ahmad’s fellow detainees were protesting inside Villawood detention and in other detention centres around the country over the gross negligence that led to his death, by declaring hunger strike or burning some furniture.
And while we were busy trying to mobilise public opinion, inside Australia and around the globe against the inhumane treatment of asylum seekers inside Australian detention centres that led to death of 2 detainees in the last 2 months only.
While we were all busy in doing all this, the Greens MPs were busy fighting for gay marriage.
As if the Greens MPs are living in another country or on other planet.
During these extremely sad moments, The Greens MPs were jumping up and down inside and outside the federal parliament demanding approval of same-sex marriage.
The blood of detainees could not move any feeling with the Greens MPs.
The lips sewing of many and the hunger strike of hundreds protesting the inhumane treatment inside detention centres, did not win them any sympathy among the Greens MPs.
The dead body ready to be sent to homeland did not convince the Greens MPs that solving the impasse should be the absolute priority to prevent catastrophe from happening within the detention system.
During the last week we only hear the Greens MPs talk about one issue: same sex marriage.
As if the homosexuals will be extinct if the marriage will not legalised.
Or as if the homosexuals will face detrimental fate or total psychological collapse or jail for long time if the marriage will not be legalised in this week.
All this despite the reality that if all facts are taken into account, the Greens MPs should have camped outside detention centre day and night, with deep threats to the minister if he does not change current regulations to prevent deterioration of situation inside detention centres.
We should all remember that the issue of boat people and the Greens empty rhetoric of promising of supporting their rights and working on relieving their suffering was the single issue that increased the popularity of this party and brought it out of wilderness inside Tasmanian forests to the point of controlling the balance of power after this year’s election.
And the issue of boat people was the issue that gave the Greens some credibility as serious political party and diminished the perception of being one-coloured party that supports only environment and anti moral and anti family agendas.
To the opposite of this, the issue of gay marriage and euthanasia did not win the Greens any federal seat since the foundation of the party in the mid of seventies of last century to the first year of this century.
The issue of gay marriage (even if it has a support from large sections in the society) is not concerning many Australians and not many would change their pattern of voting merely on parties’ stance on it.
Political pragmatism should have seen the Greens uprise and demand immediate action to release detainees immediately after they were successful in increasing their representation in the parliament.
We expected that the Greens should have respected its voters who voted for this party after they swallowed its deceptive promises to take action against mandatory detention system. Even if it would threaten of withdrawing from the government which could lead to government collapse and going to very early election.
We have expected that the Greens will treat the highly humanitarian issue of indefinite detention of boat people as important issues, on the same level of importance as the issue of gay marriage and euthanasia. And we have witnessed how the Greens were successful in changing the Labor stance on these issues and now considering allowing continuous vote to pass these legislations.
We have expected that all Greens MPs and members will go the streets to show the Labor party the Greens deep commitments of this issue, to enforce immediate fundamental changes.
But if we take into account the shy response of the Greens party to the many deaths in detention, we can realise that the Greens has no real commitments towards this highly humanitarian issue. On the contrary. We would realise that the Greens is indeed enjoying these sad events to torture and exhaust the Labor party and extract more voters from it. It is very clear that Greens know very well that closing the chapter of boat people suffering would deprive the party from high-profile platform that could win it more seats in the next election.
We do not know how the Greens would face its voters from highly progressive people who support multiculturalism and human rights in society if it could not enforce changes to the harsh treatment of asylum seekers inside detention centres. While it could knee the government on issues of gay marriage and euthanasia.
May be the Greens will resort to its usual of climbing our back and the back of highly progressive people who campaigned very hard and will enforce the government to change its harsh treatment of boat people.
And the Greens have strong record of doing this on this issue and other human rights issues.
Related link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrqDjE6BmXI&feature=related
Monday, November 15, 2010
Why was the Greens leader, Bob Brown, happy yesterday?!!!
The Greens leader was very happy yesterday. He was jumping up and down the whole day. And he was smiling in front of the media cameras. So why he was so happy?
He was very happy that Burmese opposition leader, Ms Aung San Suu Kyi was released from home arrest.
We also are happy for this result. And we do not agree on any political arrest.
But immediately after Greens leader sudden happiness, it came to our mind few questions.
Why the Greens leader was not vending support for more than 45 Palestinian MPs arrested by Israeli occupation forces for the last 4 years? Why the Greens leader, and all his Greens colleagues, did not jump up and down from happiness when the Palestinian parliament speaker, Mr Aziz Duweik, was released from Israeli prison last year? Why the Greens leader do not care about arbitrary arrest of more than 11,000 Palestinian political prisoners, most of them in jail (not home arrest) without charges.
Mr Brown happiness did not stop on just jumping up and down. He also vowed to travel to Burma to visit Mr Suu Kyi and pay tribute to her.
If we compare this with the Greens stance on Israeli brutal treatment of Palestinians, we note shameful comparison. Mr Brown and all his Greens colleagues refused on several occasions to join solidarity delegations to Palestinian occupied territories. On 2002, for example, the Greens leader and his colleague, Ms Kerry Nettle, refused utterly to join solidarity and fact-finding delegation to West Bank in the aftermath of Israeli massacres in Jenin, Nablus and Ramallah. The Greens leader and his colleagues were not concerned about the home arrest of Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, for more than 3 years.
We note that the Greens leader is only vocal and active on criticising socialist regimes:
- He is very vocal on criticising Maoist rebels in Nepal. But he was not critical of brutality of the Nepalese monarchy.
- He is very critical of FARC, the Colombian Marxist rebels, but was never quoted criticising American-puppet regime of Colombia, which conducted worse crimes than the Marxists.
- He is very critical of Chinese socialist government.
Bob Brown is very interesting creature.
On the night of NSW state election, 2003, I approached him and asked him why he never criticised Israeli illegal and inhumane occupation of Palestine. He replied: “I do not know anything about this issue, can you provide me with more information, and then we will discuss taking action”. On earlier occasion, Ms Nettle, made similar admission and asked me to provide her with any literature about the Palestinian - Israeli conflict. And I did.
Imagine that the representative of the left in Australia do not know anything about the issue that is widely considered as the major threat of global security!!!
I remember when the Greens leader, Bob Brown, led noisy demonstration against Chinese president, Jiang Zemin, visit to Australia. Such noisy demonstration that was nearly resulted in his arrest.
But when a war criminal Israeli president, Moshe Katsav, visited Australia, 2005, Bob Brown and all his Greens MPs refused even to participate in protests against this visit. The Greens officials refused even to endorse such protest.
Few thoughts come to my mind when I saw Bob Brown very happy to see political prisoner released.
But it is very interesting to understand what the Greens classification of “political prisoners” is.
Last question for Bob Brown and his Greens party: would not the Australian Muslims arrested and jailed after mock trial based on medieval “Anti-Terrorism” laws, qualify to be classified as “political prisoners”?
He was very happy that Burmese opposition leader, Ms Aung San Suu Kyi was released from home arrest.
We also are happy for this result. And we do not agree on any political arrest.
But immediately after Greens leader sudden happiness, it came to our mind few questions.
Why the Greens leader was not vending support for more than 45 Palestinian MPs arrested by Israeli occupation forces for the last 4 years? Why the Greens leader, and all his Greens colleagues, did not jump up and down from happiness when the Palestinian parliament speaker, Mr Aziz Duweik, was released from Israeli prison last year? Why the Greens leader do not care about arbitrary arrest of more than 11,000 Palestinian political prisoners, most of them in jail (not home arrest) without charges.
Mr Brown happiness did not stop on just jumping up and down. He also vowed to travel to Burma to visit Mr Suu Kyi and pay tribute to her.
If we compare this with the Greens stance on Israeli brutal treatment of Palestinians, we note shameful comparison. Mr Brown and all his Greens colleagues refused on several occasions to join solidarity delegations to Palestinian occupied territories. On 2002, for example, the Greens leader and his colleague, Ms Kerry Nettle, refused utterly to join solidarity and fact-finding delegation to West Bank in the aftermath of Israeli massacres in Jenin, Nablus and Ramallah. The Greens leader and his colleagues were not concerned about the home arrest of Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, for more than 3 years.
We note that the Greens leader is only vocal and active on criticising socialist regimes:
- He is very vocal on criticising Maoist rebels in Nepal. But he was not critical of brutality of the Nepalese monarchy.
- He is very critical of FARC, the Colombian Marxist rebels, but was never quoted criticising American-puppet regime of Colombia, which conducted worse crimes than the Marxists.
- He is very critical of Chinese socialist government.
Bob Brown is very interesting creature.
On the night of NSW state election, 2003, I approached him and asked him why he never criticised Israeli illegal and inhumane occupation of Palestine. He replied: “I do not know anything about this issue, can you provide me with more information, and then we will discuss taking action”. On earlier occasion, Ms Nettle, made similar admission and asked me to provide her with any literature about the Palestinian - Israeli conflict. And I did.
Imagine that the representative of the left in Australia do not know anything about the issue that is widely considered as the major threat of global security!!!
I remember when the Greens leader, Bob Brown, led noisy demonstration against Chinese president, Jiang Zemin, visit to Australia. Such noisy demonstration that was nearly resulted in his arrest.
But when a war criminal Israeli president, Moshe Katsav, visited Australia, 2005, Bob Brown and all his Greens MPs refused even to participate in protests against this visit. The Greens officials refused even to endorse such protest.
Few thoughts come to my mind when I saw Bob Brown very happy to see political prisoner released.
But it is very interesting to understand what the Greens classification of “political prisoners” is.
Last question for Bob Brown and his Greens party: would not the Australian Muslims arrested and jailed after mock trial based on medieval “Anti-Terrorism” laws, qualify to be classified as “political prisoners”?
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Open letter to Julia Gillard, PM: Time to wake up before you lose next election!
Dear Hon Julia Gillard, our PM
We have watched you for the past few months. And we were disappointed by your government’s performance. We are not few. At the last election, millions of us have expressed such disappointment at your government’s performance.
In this letter, we would like to express to you why we are disappointed and will try to give you some ideas about what we expect from your government.
We have noticed that many in your party are talking now, rightly, how to stop the rise of the Greens vote. Your government’s inaction on many vital issues has left many voters with no option but to vote for the Greens. Such move that is not based on any concrete achievements of the Greens. They just believed that they do not have any other options. But in doing assessments of the reasons behind the mass voters’ change of voting pattern, your party’s strategists and MPs are reaching wrong conclusions
Let me tell you with high confidence that the voters, especially in the high multicultural suburbs like suburbs of Melbourne seat, did not change their vote from Labor to the Greens because of:
1- Carbon Tax
2- Gay marriage
3- Euthanasia.
4- Legalising drugs and promoting prostitution.
We, and any neutral political analyst, deeply believe that even if Labor changes its position on these above mentioned issues, it (Labor) will not win back many of its traditional voters departing it to either the Greens or informal voting.
On the contrary. By changing Labor stance on the above mentioned issues, you risk losing more voters.
As someone who is from marginalised community and lives in marginalised suburbs, I want to mention to you some issues that we need your government to act on:
1- Attacks on Multiculturalism, growing racism and all kinds of discrimination, including Islamophobia.
2- Housing crisis
3- Crisis in health system.
4- Crisis in welfare system.
5- Deteriorating life style.
Let me assure you that most of us in the poor high multicultural suburbs did not form yet an opinion on Carbon Tax (and we believe that the majority of Australians did not form any concrete opinion on this issue).
We also in the suburbs have too many problems and we are occupying with too many daily crises that gay marriage does not concern us. It does not come on the priority list, even for homosexuals living in these suburbs.
The same with euthanasia.
So, if you think that you can compete with the Greens on these issues by following their suites to win back the hundreds of thousands of dissatisfied voters, we can safely tell you that you will lose more.
Your party problems are coming from your bid to compete with other parties, to stop bleeding of your voting pools. And you are miserably failing.
Australians need a government that lead, not being led. What makes things worse is that your government is trying to follow (or even compete with) morons that have no ideology or concrete agendas.
While the Liberals have concrete destructive agendas and ideologies, the Greens have no such things, except for destructive agendas to destroy family and moral values. But they were successful in extracting many of your traditional voters, because you seemed to lose your path.
So far, your strategists’ assessment and soul searching resulted in wrong conclusions.
By their bid to avoid taking actions to quell racism and Islamophobia, and instead engage in debate over gay marriage, you send more disappointing signals to your traditional voters.
By ignoring taking actions to generate affordable housing, and instead talk about Carbon Tax, you again send wrong message and risk losing more votes.
By caving in to racists and ignore the suffering of poor and marginalised people at the hands of your departments (Centrelink, Immigration and Citizenship….) and instead talk about allowing conscious vote on euthanasia, you only send wrong signal about your lack of commitments to marginalised people.
Your bid to compete with the Greens on only these issues is something both naïve and hopeless.
Remember that the Greens have campaigned on these issues (promoting drugs and prostitution, gay marriage, euthanasia,…) for more than 4 decades, but won no more than 3% of Australians heart. It was only when they started to vend their lies and empty rhetoric about the issues your party was strong on (public services, workers rights, human rights, etc…) that they started to attract votes.
Hon Julia Gillard.
We expect you to take actions to end the racist debate about boat people. Such debate that aims to spread fear, racism and Islamophobia. And with the recent High Court ruling and increased community support for more humanitarian approach, you have golden opportunity to reform the policy on this issue.
We also expect that your government takes actions to stop deteriorating life style. This includes taking action to build more public houses and improve public health and education.
We also expect that your government (in cooperation with state government) would take actions to curb skyrocketing power bills.
And we can safely send you warning that if you do not take actions on these vital issues, you risk losing the government. And if you lose the government in such way with no legacy, you can expect staying in opposition for long time.
When we decided not to vote in the last election, we took this decision when we started to feel that there is no big difference between Labor and Liberals. While we understand that the Greens is no more than a machine to manufacture lies, deception and empty rhetoric, we notice that many in the society was fooled by the Greens empty rhetoric.
If we do not regain any confidence that your party is better than the opposition, you should expect that you will not get our vote in the next election. And our definition of “better” is different than the Greens definition. We more care about correcting injustices in the society, than taking action about dismantling family and moral values and vending lies and empty rhetoric on vital issues.
I am writing to you this letter because I cannot imagine Tony Abbot to be our next PM. But if Julia will be exact copy of Tony, who will care who will govern this country.
We hope that we will write to you next time praising your government for progressive steps to improve Australians life style. But if you insist on current policies and approaches, we assure you that you will fail to keep your job.
We have watched you for the past few months. And we were disappointed by your government’s performance. We are not few. At the last election, millions of us have expressed such disappointment at your government’s performance.
In this letter, we would like to express to you why we are disappointed and will try to give you some ideas about what we expect from your government.
We have noticed that many in your party are talking now, rightly, how to stop the rise of the Greens vote. Your government’s inaction on many vital issues has left many voters with no option but to vote for the Greens. Such move that is not based on any concrete achievements of the Greens. They just believed that they do not have any other options. But in doing assessments of the reasons behind the mass voters’ change of voting pattern, your party’s strategists and MPs are reaching wrong conclusions
Let me tell you with high confidence that the voters, especially in the high multicultural suburbs like suburbs of Melbourne seat, did not change their vote from Labor to the Greens because of:
1- Carbon Tax
2- Gay marriage
3- Euthanasia.
4- Legalising drugs and promoting prostitution.
We, and any neutral political analyst, deeply believe that even if Labor changes its position on these above mentioned issues, it (Labor) will not win back many of its traditional voters departing it to either the Greens or informal voting.
On the contrary. By changing Labor stance on the above mentioned issues, you risk losing more voters.
As someone who is from marginalised community and lives in marginalised suburbs, I want to mention to you some issues that we need your government to act on:
1- Attacks on Multiculturalism, growing racism and all kinds of discrimination, including Islamophobia.
2- Housing crisis
3- Crisis in health system.
4- Crisis in welfare system.
5- Deteriorating life style.
Let me assure you that most of us in the poor high multicultural suburbs did not form yet an opinion on Carbon Tax (and we believe that the majority of Australians did not form any concrete opinion on this issue).
We also in the suburbs have too many problems and we are occupying with too many daily crises that gay marriage does not concern us. It does not come on the priority list, even for homosexuals living in these suburbs.
The same with euthanasia.
So, if you think that you can compete with the Greens on these issues by following their suites to win back the hundreds of thousands of dissatisfied voters, we can safely tell you that you will lose more.
Your party problems are coming from your bid to compete with other parties, to stop bleeding of your voting pools. And you are miserably failing.
Australians need a government that lead, not being led. What makes things worse is that your government is trying to follow (or even compete with) morons that have no ideology or concrete agendas.
While the Liberals have concrete destructive agendas and ideologies, the Greens have no such things, except for destructive agendas to destroy family and moral values. But they were successful in extracting many of your traditional voters, because you seemed to lose your path.
So far, your strategists’ assessment and soul searching resulted in wrong conclusions.
By their bid to avoid taking actions to quell racism and Islamophobia, and instead engage in debate over gay marriage, you send more disappointing signals to your traditional voters.
By ignoring taking actions to generate affordable housing, and instead talk about Carbon Tax, you again send wrong message and risk losing more votes.
By caving in to racists and ignore the suffering of poor and marginalised people at the hands of your departments (Centrelink, Immigration and Citizenship….) and instead talk about allowing conscious vote on euthanasia, you only send wrong signal about your lack of commitments to marginalised people.
Your bid to compete with the Greens on only these issues is something both naïve and hopeless.
Remember that the Greens have campaigned on these issues (promoting drugs and prostitution, gay marriage, euthanasia,…) for more than 4 decades, but won no more than 3% of Australians heart. It was only when they started to vend their lies and empty rhetoric about the issues your party was strong on (public services, workers rights, human rights, etc…) that they started to attract votes.
Hon Julia Gillard.
We expect you to take actions to end the racist debate about boat people. Such debate that aims to spread fear, racism and Islamophobia. And with the recent High Court ruling and increased community support for more humanitarian approach, you have golden opportunity to reform the policy on this issue.
We also expect that your government takes actions to stop deteriorating life style. This includes taking action to build more public houses and improve public health and education.
We also expect that your government (in cooperation with state government) would take actions to curb skyrocketing power bills.
And we can safely send you warning that if you do not take actions on these vital issues, you risk losing the government. And if you lose the government in such way with no legacy, you can expect staying in opposition for long time.
When we decided not to vote in the last election, we took this decision when we started to feel that there is no big difference between Labor and Liberals. While we understand that the Greens is no more than a machine to manufacture lies, deception and empty rhetoric, we notice that many in the society was fooled by the Greens empty rhetoric.
If we do not regain any confidence that your party is better than the opposition, you should expect that you will not get our vote in the next election. And our definition of “better” is different than the Greens definition. We more care about correcting injustices in the society, than taking action about dismantling family and moral values and vending lies and empty rhetoric on vital issues.
I am writing to you this letter because I cannot imagine Tony Abbot to be our next PM. But if Julia will be exact copy of Tony, who will care who will govern this country.
We hope that we will write to you next time praising your government for progressive steps to improve Australians life style. But if you insist on current policies and approaches, we assure you that you will fail to keep your job.
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
The Greens unique attitude: “We can dig dirt on rivals but rivals cannot do the same”!
I decided to write this piece after I had enough of the Greens unacceptable hostility against anyone who dares to criticise them. And anyone dares to do so will open himself for all kinds of abuses, attacks (both verbal and physical) under many headings, especially being Labor member or paid by Labor to do so.
From my own experience, I should mention here that during the last decade I managed to criticise many politicians by writing letters, opinion pieces (in English and Arabic), petitions, and letters to editors and many other forms. These criticisms were directed to many politicians from wide range of political parties. None of these politicians faced our campaigns of criticism by such hostility like the Greens politicians, members and supporters did.
We campaigned, for example, very hard against previous PM Howard and his ministers. We even tried several times to block their way to functions, meet them with high hostility and accusing them with all kind of accusations (most were right anyway). We never received email, letter or phone call asking us to stop these campaigns. The Greens hierarchies and politicians encouraged us to keep this campaign, and even sometimes participated with us. And that is their right anyway.
We also directed all kinds of criticism to Labor opposition during Howard for not standing against government’s harsh policies. We protested outside Labor conferences, protested outside Labor election campaigns launches, wrote letters and opinion pieces and wrote letters to editors. Also none of Labor politicians or supporters asked us to shut up and stop criticising them. We did the same when they won 2008 election and formed government. We never stopped our criticism, and they never asked us to stop doing this.
The same happened to the Democrats, before its disappearance.
But the Greens is different story.
When they became real player in Australian politics after 2004 election, we started criticising some aspects of Greens politics and behaviour.
So what happened then?
First we were accused of being paid by Labor to discredit the Greens.
When we refused to budge, we were subjected to verbal attacks and threats of physical attacks.
Suddenly our cars were vandalised, abusive letters received and things got nastier.
Suddenly we started to receive threats of persecution for supporting terrorist groups (namely Hamas and Hezbollah), complaints to authorities for alleged violation to Australian constitution …
And recently our website was hacked twice in the last few weeks.
Since we started criticising the Greens, we became “enemy of the progressiveness”, “enemy of masses” and even “servants of imperialism”.
When the Green criticised the Liberals and described Howard and his minister as Nazis, Fascists, xenophobic and racist, this was freedom of speech.
And when the Green viciously attacked Labor and branded them as racists, regressive, force form 20 Century, all this was legitimate as freedom of speech, again.
But when we started to criticise the Greens politics, a criticism that is based on facts and aims to open debates on vital issues, the Greens started to scream up and down and described such criticism as “hate” “ranting” slanders” and lately as “sectarian” attacks on the Greens.
We can note clearly here that the Greens is the only non-metaphysical idea that forbids people from discussing, debating and criticising its experience. The Greens, who consists largely from atheists who refuse to acknowledge the ideas of metaphysical forces, are appointing themselves as divine forces that do not make mistakes. Hence they demand shutting up any criticism.
And anyone who dares to criticise them deserves to be condemned and expelled from the Greens paradise
If we take into account that the Greens idea is not metaphysical, but at the same time is insisting on shutting up any debate and criticism, would not this remind us of Stalinism dark era? That was the only non-metaphysical ideology that practiced the Greens-like claim of monopoly on truth and progressiveness.
The Greens who brand themselves as the only progressive force of the 21 century because they promote anti-moral and anti-family values, on the basis that family idea is very old idea stemming from pre-civilisation era that needs to get revolutionarised and civilised, had actually added nothing progressive so far to the Australian politics.
The Greens did not, for example:
1- Introduce any politicians from ethnic and religious minorities (to promote real Multiculturalism).
2- Condemn Israel and regard Zionism as a form of racism. This include never issuing even one clear media release blaming Israel for the cycle of violence in the middle east for the last century.
3- Take practical steps to prove their verbal commitments to issues, including support public education, public health, public housing,... On the contrary. During the last few years, they opposed strengthening public services and even offered to support selling public assets.
So for the Greens, progressiveness means only promoting prostitution, drug abuse, abortion, assisted suicide …etc. The Greens regurgitate (without any practical evidence) claims of fighting to improve marginalised people’s lives. We do not understand how promoting drug abuse among new migrants, unemployed or very poor will reduce their marginalisation or feeling of social isolation. We don’t understand how promoting prostitution will restore the dignity of needy women and men who were enforced to sell their dignity to the point of selling their bodies.
While we cannot understand (nor accept) the Greens logic and definition of progressiveness, but we deeply believe that we are living in democracy. And in democracy, everyone has the right to participate in political process, including participating in debate and criticism of political parties. While we highly condemns the Greens Stalinist-like bids to shut up debate in this country by claiming monopoly on truth and progressiveness, we will insist on exercising our rights. We will harshly criticise the Greens if they continue their political prostitution of turning the suffering of innocent marginalised sections of the society into political football for cheap electoral gains. We will not hesitate to continue our campaign to expose the empty rhetoric the Greens is spreading before each election in the last decade, which is a clear evidence of “ideologless” Greens party.
And the Greens should respect the democratic environment in the country.
We fought before against Stalinism, until it was disintegrated to the history rubbish bin. We will continue fighting against the destructive agendas of the Greens party, until it will disintegrate to the history rubbish bin, too. Unless the Greens become party of democratic nature.
From my own experience, I should mention here that during the last decade I managed to criticise many politicians by writing letters, opinion pieces (in English and Arabic), petitions, and letters to editors and many other forms. These criticisms were directed to many politicians from wide range of political parties. None of these politicians faced our campaigns of criticism by such hostility like the Greens politicians, members and supporters did.
We campaigned, for example, very hard against previous PM Howard and his ministers. We even tried several times to block their way to functions, meet them with high hostility and accusing them with all kind of accusations (most were right anyway). We never received email, letter or phone call asking us to stop these campaigns. The Greens hierarchies and politicians encouraged us to keep this campaign, and even sometimes participated with us. And that is their right anyway.
We also directed all kinds of criticism to Labor opposition during Howard for not standing against government’s harsh policies. We protested outside Labor conferences, protested outside Labor election campaigns launches, wrote letters and opinion pieces and wrote letters to editors. Also none of Labor politicians or supporters asked us to shut up and stop criticising them. We did the same when they won 2008 election and formed government. We never stopped our criticism, and they never asked us to stop doing this.
The same happened to the Democrats, before its disappearance.
But the Greens is different story.
When they became real player in Australian politics after 2004 election, we started criticising some aspects of Greens politics and behaviour.
So what happened then?
First we were accused of being paid by Labor to discredit the Greens.
When we refused to budge, we were subjected to verbal attacks and threats of physical attacks.
Suddenly our cars were vandalised, abusive letters received and things got nastier.
Suddenly we started to receive threats of persecution for supporting terrorist groups (namely Hamas and Hezbollah), complaints to authorities for alleged violation to Australian constitution …
And recently our website was hacked twice in the last few weeks.
Since we started criticising the Greens, we became “enemy of the progressiveness”, “enemy of masses” and even “servants of imperialism”.
When the Green criticised the Liberals and described Howard and his minister as Nazis, Fascists, xenophobic and racist, this was freedom of speech.
And when the Green viciously attacked Labor and branded them as racists, regressive, force form 20 Century, all this was legitimate as freedom of speech, again.
But when we started to criticise the Greens politics, a criticism that is based on facts and aims to open debates on vital issues, the Greens started to scream up and down and described such criticism as “hate” “ranting” slanders” and lately as “sectarian” attacks on the Greens.
We can note clearly here that the Greens is the only non-metaphysical idea that forbids people from discussing, debating and criticising its experience. The Greens, who consists largely from atheists who refuse to acknowledge the ideas of metaphysical forces, are appointing themselves as divine forces that do not make mistakes. Hence they demand shutting up any criticism.
And anyone who dares to criticise them deserves to be condemned and expelled from the Greens paradise
If we take into account that the Greens idea is not metaphysical, but at the same time is insisting on shutting up any debate and criticism, would not this remind us of Stalinism dark era? That was the only non-metaphysical ideology that practiced the Greens-like claim of monopoly on truth and progressiveness.
The Greens who brand themselves as the only progressive force of the 21 century because they promote anti-moral and anti-family values, on the basis that family idea is very old idea stemming from pre-civilisation era that needs to get revolutionarised and civilised, had actually added nothing progressive so far to the Australian politics.
The Greens did not, for example:
1- Introduce any politicians from ethnic and religious minorities (to promote real Multiculturalism).
2- Condemn Israel and regard Zionism as a form of racism. This include never issuing even one clear media release blaming Israel for the cycle of violence in the middle east for the last century.
3- Take practical steps to prove their verbal commitments to issues, including support public education, public health, public housing,... On the contrary. During the last few years, they opposed strengthening public services and even offered to support selling public assets.
So for the Greens, progressiveness means only promoting prostitution, drug abuse, abortion, assisted suicide …etc. The Greens regurgitate (without any practical evidence) claims of fighting to improve marginalised people’s lives. We do not understand how promoting drug abuse among new migrants, unemployed or very poor will reduce their marginalisation or feeling of social isolation. We don’t understand how promoting prostitution will restore the dignity of needy women and men who were enforced to sell their dignity to the point of selling their bodies.
While we cannot understand (nor accept) the Greens logic and definition of progressiveness, but we deeply believe that we are living in democracy. And in democracy, everyone has the right to participate in political process, including participating in debate and criticism of political parties. While we highly condemns the Greens Stalinist-like bids to shut up debate in this country by claiming monopoly on truth and progressiveness, we will insist on exercising our rights. We will harshly criticise the Greens if they continue their political prostitution of turning the suffering of innocent marginalised sections of the society into political football for cheap electoral gains. We will not hesitate to continue our campaign to expose the empty rhetoric the Greens is spreading before each election in the last decade, which is a clear evidence of “ideologless” Greens party.
And the Greens should respect the democratic environment in the country.
We fought before against Stalinism, until it was disintegrated to the history rubbish bin. We will continue fighting against the destructive agendas of the Greens party, until it will disintegrate to the history rubbish bin, too. Unless the Greens become party of democratic nature.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
ماذا حصل لاستراليا الجميلة: تعليقا علی قانون اعتقال الاطفال
هل فوجئنا باللغة المائعة التي صيغت بها لغة قانون اخراج الاطفال من معتقلات العار الاسترالية؟ وهل كنا نتوقع كثيرا من حزب الخضر الذي لا يملك أي رصيد من نتائج متحققةسابقا؟
دعونا في البداية ان نذكر مآخذنا علی مشروع القانون المقدم الی مجلس الشيوخ بالامس فالمشروع يدعو الی اطلاق الاطفال والقاصرين من معسكرات الاعتقال في مدة لا تزيد عن ١٢ يوما. وينص ايضا علی ان يتم تحديد ان كان يجب ان يتم اطلاق الوالدين خلال ٣٠ يوما.
ولكن مشروع القانون لا يحدد معنی "الاعتقال". كما ان القانون لا يتحدث عن نوع التاشيرة التي يجب ان يحصل عليها القاصر واهله او يضع مددا زمنية للبت في طلباتهم.
كما يجب ان نذكر ان اكبر ماخذ لنا علی القانون هو ان حزب الخضر تراجع كليا عن شعاراته المطالبة بالغاء نظام الاحتجاز الاجباري كليا (للاطفال والكبار). هذه الشعارات التي دابنا علی سماعها كلما دق كوز الانتخابات في جرة السياسة الاسترالية.
وهنا يجب ان نذكر ان حزب الخضر يعتبر حالة فريدة في السياسة الاسترالية و مثالا حيا للانتهازية السياسية بادنی مستوياتها. فكل الاحزاب الاسترالية (حتی الرجعية منها) لها سياسات واضحة لا تحيد عنها تعتبر في قلب التزاماتها منذ انشائها او تطورا عن فكرها، الا حزب الخضر. فهو حزب الموقف الشعبوي الذي يستقطب اصواتا اكثر.
عود علی قضيه قانون اخراج الاطفال من معتقلات العار، فان قراءة شبه متانية في القانون تجعلنا نسال من طرحه الاسئلة التالية:
١-هل يعتبر اسكان العائلات في مساكن خارج المعتقلات التقليدية (في شقق سكنية تحت حراسة مشددة لا تسمح بالحرية الكاملة) هل يعتبر ذلك انهاءا لحالة الاعتقال؟
٢-ما هي المدد الزمنية التي يمكن ان يقضيها الاطفال واهاليهم في هكذا منازل (تعتبر خارج المعتقل) قبل البت في طلباتهم؟
ان هذين السؤالين يجيبان علی الكثير من التساؤلات التي يمكن ان نطرحها لنحدد الفرق بين القانون المطروح من قبل حزب الخضر والمارسات التي طبقها حزب الاحرار الحاكم، الذي سلم السلطة لحزب العمال عام ٢٠٠٨ دون أي طفل في "المعتقلات التقليدية".
ان العار السياسي الذي ارتكبه حزب الخضر ونوابه في التراجع التام عن السياسة المعلنة لهذا الحزب بالعمل علی انهاء سياسة الاعتقال الاجباري، لا يجاريه أي عار سياسي لحزب آخر.
فحزب الخضر والذي داب علی كيل الشتائم والانتقادات والاتهامات للحزبين الكبيرين بعدم تنفيذ وعودهما الانتخابية، عليه ان يبدا بشتم نوابه وسياسييه والكف عن الكيل بمكيالين وعلی قاعدة "من بيته من زجاج لا يجب ان يرمي الاخرين بالحجارة".
المثير للقلق والحنق هو ان تلجا وسائل الاعلام للتطبيل والتزمير لهذا القانون وكانه ثورة انقلابية علی الوضع القائم، بالرغم من انه لا يزيد ولو حرفا واحدا عن السياسة التي اعلن عنها حزب العمال الاسبوع الماضي. وتفاجئنا بمواقف وسائل الاعلام ناتج عن احدی مفارقتين:
١- فوسائل الاعلام الخاصة (والذي معظمها رجعي داب علی تصوير انه يقدح في حزب الخضر ويصوره علی انه حزب ثوري يسعی لقلب نظام الحكم الراسمالي) تطبل وتزمر لحزب الخضر وكانه سيحدث نقلة نوعية في حياة الاستراليين ويحل معضلة كبيرة في حياتهم.
٢- وسائل الاعلام الممولة حكوميا والتي عادة ما تتخذ مواقف اما تقدمية او محايدة، ايضا طبلت وزمرت وكان القانون اختراق تقدمي يقلب نظام الهجرة راسا علی عقب.
٣-اما وسائل الاعلام الاثنية، فهي ناقل حرفي عن احدی الوسيلتين اعلاه.
ما يقلقنا هو وسائل الاعلام الممولة حكوميا، وخصوصا التي تبث باللغات الاثنية ومنها العربية. فهذه الوسائل تتلقف ما يقوله نواب حزب الخضر وكانه احاديث منزلة من السماء لا يمكن الطعن فيها او مجادلتها. ولذلك فهذه الوسائل لا تحلل ولا تسال معارضين او ناشطين متخصصين في الموضوع ولا تسمح براي آخر. وهي بذلك تكون قد بثت اخبارا كاذبة للعمل علی غسل دماغ جماعي للناطقين بهذه اللغات.
وبالرغم من اننا قد اتصلنا بالقائمين علی هذه الوسائل وبينا ان نواب حزب الخضر هم بشر، يخطئوا ويصيبوا، ولذلك فان اقوالهم قابلة للتاويل والتكذيب. بل ان الاغلب من اقوالهم وادعاءاتهم هي اكاذيب وتخرصات لا تمت للحقيقة بصلة. كما اننا زودناهم بحقيقة ما يحدث داخل معسكرات الاعتقال والمواقف الحقيقية الرجعية لنواب الخضر.
ولكن ويبدو ان الحمية العربية وحب التسلط واثبات القوة وعدم التعود علی التراجع عن الخطا، قد صور للقائمين علی هذه الوسائل الاعلامية ان بامكانهم التمادي في غيهم، دون محاسبة من احد. بل اننا لاحظنا انه وامعانا في المناكدة والتحدي، فان بعض هذه الوسائل قد اصبح يبث كل صغيرة او كبيرة صادرة عن حزب الخضر، حتی خلنا ان حزب الخضر اصبح المالك الكامل لهذه الوسائل الاعلامية. فاصبحت تبث الصالح والطالح، حتی خلنا انهم سيخبروننا متی يذهب نواب حزب الخضر الی دورات المياه للتخلص من اسهال طارئ او امساك مزمن.
اما بالنسبة لقانون اخراج الاطفال من المعتقلات، فهو قانون لا يقدم ولا يؤخر علی وضع اللاجئين المزري في معتقلات العار الاسترالية. بل ان القانون سيتلقفه حزبي العمال والاحرار ليقولوا ها هو حزب الخضر يوافق علی ابقاء اعتقال البالغين في معتقلات فيلاوود وكريسماس ايلاند وكيرتين وباكستر. كما ان حزب الخضر الآن يوافق علی الترتيبات الجديدة بحق العائلات والقاضية باسكانهم في مساكن تحت حراسة مشددة في مناطق نائية بعيدة عن اعين المجتمع.
ان تراجع حزب الخضر عن التزاماته اتجاه اللاجئين وطالبي اللجوء ليس هو التراجع الاول لحزب الخضر عن وعود انتخابية سابقة. فالحزب والذي وعد في اكثر من مناسبة بالعمل علی الغاء الدعم الحكومي للتامين الصحي الخاص، تراجع عن هذا الوعد وصوت ضد مقترح حكومة راد العمالية الغاء هذا الدعم وتوجيه الاموال الموفرة لدعم المستشفيات الحكومية الآيلة للتهاوي. كما ان حزب الخضر تراجع عن معارضه بعض بنود قوانين مكافحة ما يسمی بالارهاب فوافق علی معظم ما جاء في القوانين، والتي كان وعد بمعارضتها والعمل علی الغائها.
ان زيادة دعم الجماهير المهمشة والتقدمية لحزب الخضر والذي ترجم بزيادة نواب الحزب لاكثر من الضعف، اتی بنتائج عكسية مدمرة علی هذه الجماهير.
فبدلا من ان يقوم الحزب بالعمل علی المطالبة من الحكومة العمالية (الضعيفة والمئتلفة معه) بتعديل القوانين والاجراءات لتحقيق مجتمع اكثر عدلا، قام حزب الخضر باقتراح قوانين واجراءات تجعل المجتمع اقل عدالة واكثر غبنا، خصوصا للمهمشين من سكان اصليين ومهاجرين جدد ولاجئين ومعاقين.
ان المواطنين الشرفاء الذين صوتوا لحزب الخضر كاحتجاج ضد تراجع حزب العمال عن التزاماته اتجاه المهمشين، لديه الف سبب ليطالبوا حزب الخضر بتوضيحات عن سبب تراجعهم عن وعودهم الانتخابية. كما ان هؤلاء الناخبين يجب ان يضعوا الف علامة استفهام علی قدرة هكذا حزب لا يلتزم بتحقيق وعود انتخابية بسيطة، كيف له ان يحمل علی عاتقه مسؤولية تحقيق اجندات تغييرية بمواضيع هامة مثل الادارة الاقتصادية والسياسات الخارجية ونظام الرفاه الاجتماعي الآيل للانهيار والخدمات الحكومية المتازمة.
المفارقات المحزنة في الوضع الاسترالي الذي يعاني من غياب قيادة حقيقية تقود التغيير الاجتماعي والاقتصادي والسياسي تتجلی في ابهی صورها عندما نقارن وضع استراليا بوضع الدول المتقدمة المماثلة.
ففرنسا تغرق في اضرابات مليونية مفتوحة بسبب محاولة زيادة الحكومة لسن التقاعد من ٦٠ الی ٦٢ عاما. بينما ان المجتمع الاسترالي لم يحرك ساكنا عندما رفعت الحكومة سن التقاعد من ٦٠ الی ٦٥ ثم اخيرا الی ٦٧.
ومحاولة المجرم طوني بلير اطلاق مذكراته تواجه بمظاهرات صاخبة منعته من مواصلة الاطلاق وادت الی الغاء جميع حملاته للتوريج لها. بينما يجول المجرم الاسترالي جون هاورد ويصول في قاعات اطلاق مذكراته، دون معارضة تذكر، سوی من متظاهر او اثنين.
ووسائل الاعلام العالمية تصبح فعالة اكثر واكثر في فضح الحقائق، بينما وسائل اعلامنا تقف مرددة ما يصلها من سياسيين، دون تحليل او تدقيق بصحتها.
يبدو ان الاسترالي قد فقد الامل باي تغيير يمكن ان يحصل بواسطة اللجوء الی الشارع او النشاط السياسي، ولذلك فقد ارتضی ان يرسل رسائل قوية في صناديق الاقتراع. ولكن يبدو ان السياسيين يصرون علی اهمال هذه الرسائل لاكثر من سبب. قد يكون احد هذه الاسباب هو ايمانهم انه لا يوجد امام الناخب أي بديل عنهم. او ان السبب قد يكون محاولة لاستغفالنا والانتقاص من ذكائنا وقدراتنا العقلية.
مما لا شك فيه فان تراجع قدرة المجتمع الاسترالي علی التصدي لهذا الهجوم علی حقوق ابنائه، وخصوصا المهمشين منهم، يرجع في السبب الاكبر لعدم وجود قيادة ملترمة بشكل حقيقي بهذه الحقوق. وهنا يكون ان عرف السبب بطل العجب، واصبح واجبا تحقيق ايجاد هكذا قيادة.
دعونا في البداية ان نذكر مآخذنا علی مشروع القانون المقدم الی مجلس الشيوخ بالامس فالمشروع يدعو الی اطلاق الاطفال والقاصرين من معسكرات الاعتقال في مدة لا تزيد عن ١٢ يوما. وينص ايضا علی ان يتم تحديد ان كان يجب ان يتم اطلاق الوالدين خلال ٣٠ يوما.
ولكن مشروع القانون لا يحدد معنی "الاعتقال". كما ان القانون لا يتحدث عن نوع التاشيرة التي يجب ان يحصل عليها القاصر واهله او يضع مددا زمنية للبت في طلباتهم.
كما يجب ان نذكر ان اكبر ماخذ لنا علی القانون هو ان حزب الخضر تراجع كليا عن شعاراته المطالبة بالغاء نظام الاحتجاز الاجباري كليا (للاطفال والكبار). هذه الشعارات التي دابنا علی سماعها كلما دق كوز الانتخابات في جرة السياسة الاسترالية.
وهنا يجب ان نذكر ان حزب الخضر يعتبر حالة فريدة في السياسة الاسترالية و مثالا حيا للانتهازية السياسية بادنی مستوياتها. فكل الاحزاب الاسترالية (حتی الرجعية منها) لها سياسات واضحة لا تحيد عنها تعتبر في قلب التزاماتها منذ انشائها او تطورا عن فكرها، الا حزب الخضر. فهو حزب الموقف الشعبوي الذي يستقطب اصواتا اكثر.
عود علی قضيه قانون اخراج الاطفال من معتقلات العار، فان قراءة شبه متانية في القانون تجعلنا نسال من طرحه الاسئلة التالية:
١-هل يعتبر اسكان العائلات في مساكن خارج المعتقلات التقليدية (في شقق سكنية تحت حراسة مشددة لا تسمح بالحرية الكاملة) هل يعتبر ذلك انهاءا لحالة الاعتقال؟
٢-ما هي المدد الزمنية التي يمكن ان يقضيها الاطفال واهاليهم في هكذا منازل (تعتبر خارج المعتقل) قبل البت في طلباتهم؟
ان هذين السؤالين يجيبان علی الكثير من التساؤلات التي يمكن ان نطرحها لنحدد الفرق بين القانون المطروح من قبل حزب الخضر والمارسات التي طبقها حزب الاحرار الحاكم، الذي سلم السلطة لحزب العمال عام ٢٠٠٨ دون أي طفل في "المعتقلات التقليدية".
ان العار السياسي الذي ارتكبه حزب الخضر ونوابه في التراجع التام عن السياسة المعلنة لهذا الحزب بالعمل علی انهاء سياسة الاعتقال الاجباري، لا يجاريه أي عار سياسي لحزب آخر.
فحزب الخضر والذي داب علی كيل الشتائم والانتقادات والاتهامات للحزبين الكبيرين بعدم تنفيذ وعودهما الانتخابية، عليه ان يبدا بشتم نوابه وسياسييه والكف عن الكيل بمكيالين وعلی قاعدة "من بيته من زجاج لا يجب ان يرمي الاخرين بالحجارة".
المثير للقلق والحنق هو ان تلجا وسائل الاعلام للتطبيل والتزمير لهذا القانون وكانه ثورة انقلابية علی الوضع القائم، بالرغم من انه لا يزيد ولو حرفا واحدا عن السياسة التي اعلن عنها حزب العمال الاسبوع الماضي. وتفاجئنا بمواقف وسائل الاعلام ناتج عن احدی مفارقتين:
١- فوسائل الاعلام الخاصة (والذي معظمها رجعي داب علی تصوير انه يقدح في حزب الخضر ويصوره علی انه حزب ثوري يسعی لقلب نظام الحكم الراسمالي) تطبل وتزمر لحزب الخضر وكانه سيحدث نقلة نوعية في حياة الاستراليين ويحل معضلة كبيرة في حياتهم.
٢- وسائل الاعلام الممولة حكوميا والتي عادة ما تتخذ مواقف اما تقدمية او محايدة، ايضا طبلت وزمرت وكان القانون اختراق تقدمي يقلب نظام الهجرة راسا علی عقب.
٣-اما وسائل الاعلام الاثنية، فهي ناقل حرفي عن احدی الوسيلتين اعلاه.
ما يقلقنا هو وسائل الاعلام الممولة حكوميا، وخصوصا التي تبث باللغات الاثنية ومنها العربية. فهذه الوسائل تتلقف ما يقوله نواب حزب الخضر وكانه احاديث منزلة من السماء لا يمكن الطعن فيها او مجادلتها. ولذلك فهذه الوسائل لا تحلل ولا تسال معارضين او ناشطين متخصصين في الموضوع ولا تسمح براي آخر. وهي بذلك تكون قد بثت اخبارا كاذبة للعمل علی غسل دماغ جماعي للناطقين بهذه اللغات.
وبالرغم من اننا قد اتصلنا بالقائمين علی هذه الوسائل وبينا ان نواب حزب الخضر هم بشر، يخطئوا ويصيبوا، ولذلك فان اقوالهم قابلة للتاويل والتكذيب. بل ان الاغلب من اقوالهم وادعاءاتهم هي اكاذيب وتخرصات لا تمت للحقيقة بصلة. كما اننا زودناهم بحقيقة ما يحدث داخل معسكرات الاعتقال والمواقف الحقيقية الرجعية لنواب الخضر.
ولكن ويبدو ان الحمية العربية وحب التسلط واثبات القوة وعدم التعود علی التراجع عن الخطا، قد صور للقائمين علی هذه الوسائل الاعلامية ان بامكانهم التمادي في غيهم، دون محاسبة من احد. بل اننا لاحظنا انه وامعانا في المناكدة والتحدي، فان بعض هذه الوسائل قد اصبح يبث كل صغيرة او كبيرة صادرة عن حزب الخضر، حتی خلنا ان حزب الخضر اصبح المالك الكامل لهذه الوسائل الاعلامية. فاصبحت تبث الصالح والطالح، حتی خلنا انهم سيخبروننا متی يذهب نواب حزب الخضر الی دورات المياه للتخلص من اسهال طارئ او امساك مزمن.
اما بالنسبة لقانون اخراج الاطفال من المعتقلات، فهو قانون لا يقدم ولا يؤخر علی وضع اللاجئين المزري في معتقلات العار الاسترالية. بل ان القانون سيتلقفه حزبي العمال والاحرار ليقولوا ها هو حزب الخضر يوافق علی ابقاء اعتقال البالغين في معتقلات فيلاوود وكريسماس ايلاند وكيرتين وباكستر. كما ان حزب الخضر الآن يوافق علی الترتيبات الجديدة بحق العائلات والقاضية باسكانهم في مساكن تحت حراسة مشددة في مناطق نائية بعيدة عن اعين المجتمع.
ان تراجع حزب الخضر عن التزاماته اتجاه اللاجئين وطالبي اللجوء ليس هو التراجع الاول لحزب الخضر عن وعود انتخابية سابقة. فالحزب والذي وعد في اكثر من مناسبة بالعمل علی الغاء الدعم الحكومي للتامين الصحي الخاص، تراجع عن هذا الوعد وصوت ضد مقترح حكومة راد العمالية الغاء هذا الدعم وتوجيه الاموال الموفرة لدعم المستشفيات الحكومية الآيلة للتهاوي. كما ان حزب الخضر تراجع عن معارضه بعض بنود قوانين مكافحة ما يسمی بالارهاب فوافق علی معظم ما جاء في القوانين، والتي كان وعد بمعارضتها والعمل علی الغائها.
ان زيادة دعم الجماهير المهمشة والتقدمية لحزب الخضر والذي ترجم بزيادة نواب الحزب لاكثر من الضعف، اتی بنتائج عكسية مدمرة علی هذه الجماهير.
فبدلا من ان يقوم الحزب بالعمل علی المطالبة من الحكومة العمالية (الضعيفة والمئتلفة معه) بتعديل القوانين والاجراءات لتحقيق مجتمع اكثر عدلا، قام حزب الخضر باقتراح قوانين واجراءات تجعل المجتمع اقل عدالة واكثر غبنا، خصوصا للمهمشين من سكان اصليين ومهاجرين جدد ولاجئين ومعاقين.
ان المواطنين الشرفاء الذين صوتوا لحزب الخضر كاحتجاج ضد تراجع حزب العمال عن التزاماته اتجاه المهمشين، لديه الف سبب ليطالبوا حزب الخضر بتوضيحات عن سبب تراجعهم عن وعودهم الانتخابية. كما ان هؤلاء الناخبين يجب ان يضعوا الف علامة استفهام علی قدرة هكذا حزب لا يلتزم بتحقيق وعود انتخابية بسيطة، كيف له ان يحمل علی عاتقه مسؤولية تحقيق اجندات تغييرية بمواضيع هامة مثل الادارة الاقتصادية والسياسات الخارجية ونظام الرفاه الاجتماعي الآيل للانهيار والخدمات الحكومية المتازمة.
المفارقات المحزنة في الوضع الاسترالي الذي يعاني من غياب قيادة حقيقية تقود التغيير الاجتماعي والاقتصادي والسياسي تتجلی في ابهی صورها عندما نقارن وضع استراليا بوضع الدول المتقدمة المماثلة.
ففرنسا تغرق في اضرابات مليونية مفتوحة بسبب محاولة زيادة الحكومة لسن التقاعد من ٦٠ الی ٦٢ عاما. بينما ان المجتمع الاسترالي لم يحرك ساكنا عندما رفعت الحكومة سن التقاعد من ٦٠ الی ٦٥ ثم اخيرا الی ٦٧.
ومحاولة المجرم طوني بلير اطلاق مذكراته تواجه بمظاهرات صاخبة منعته من مواصلة الاطلاق وادت الی الغاء جميع حملاته للتوريج لها. بينما يجول المجرم الاسترالي جون هاورد ويصول في قاعات اطلاق مذكراته، دون معارضة تذكر، سوی من متظاهر او اثنين.
ووسائل الاعلام العالمية تصبح فعالة اكثر واكثر في فضح الحقائق، بينما وسائل اعلامنا تقف مرددة ما يصلها من سياسيين، دون تحليل او تدقيق بصحتها.
يبدو ان الاسترالي قد فقد الامل باي تغيير يمكن ان يحصل بواسطة اللجوء الی الشارع او النشاط السياسي، ولذلك فقد ارتضی ان يرسل رسائل قوية في صناديق الاقتراع. ولكن يبدو ان السياسيين يصرون علی اهمال هذه الرسائل لاكثر من سبب. قد يكون احد هذه الاسباب هو ايمانهم انه لا يوجد امام الناخب أي بديل عنهم. او ان السبب قد يكون محاولة لاستغفالنا والانتقاص من ذكائنا وقدراتنا العقلية.
مما لا شك فيه فان تراجع قدرة المجتمع الاسترالي علی التصدي لهذا الهجوم علی حقوق ابنائه، وخصوصا المهمشين منهم، يرجع في السبب الاكبر لعدم وجود قيادة ملترمة بشكل حقيقي بهذه الحقوق. وهنا يكون ان عرف السبب بطل العجب، واصبح واجبا تحقيق ايجاد هكذا قيادة.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Afghanistan war debate in the parliament: the rhetoric vs real commitments
At last, we had parliamentary debate over the Australian participation in war on Afghanistan. Two days of intense debate. Then it was ended with no result, so far. In Arabic we say: The mountain got into labour, but gave birth to a mouse.
We had the opportunity to hear all empty rhetoric of all sides: The Labor and Liberals competing to show support for Americans. The Greens empty rhetoric on necessity to leave Afghanistan after causalities increased. Independents argue that we will not win the war.
Then the show finished. All parties went to their air-conditioned offices happy that they scored political points.
But the Australian participation in the war is still reality. The Afghani people are still under brutal occupation. And Australian soldiers are still killing innocent Afghanis and become sometimes casualties.
Well done Andrew Willkie and the Greens. They could change the atmosphere inside the parliament and get some debate on issues with different “flavour”.
I envy these politicians’ ability to change their skins regularly and sometimes on weekly basis.
Was not this the same Andrew Willkie that demanded 2 years ago that the Australian troops need to stay in Afghanistan to “finish the job” and not leaving it to extreme Taliban?
Was not this the same Bob Brown who earlier blamed John Howard and George Bush administrations for not sending enough troops to kill as many Afghanis as possible to crush the resistance?
What a shame!!!
Did we forget this? Do Brown and Willkie count on the short memory of nations?
But we notice that their change of skin was not complete.
Both Bob Brown and Andrew Willkie are demanding the troops withdrawal because we cannot crush resistance. And because Australian troops cannot crush resistance, some of them get killed or wounded. This is the main argument they made in the last few days.
They did not demand the troops withdrawal because any occupation is illegal. They did not show any empathy for Afghani causalities, which mount to thousands every year. They do not care about the devastation of Afghani society and the collapse of all infrastructures.
Both were crying because we lost 21 soldiers in Afghanistan. But I did not hear them cry because this illegal and brutal war killed thousands of Afghani, made millions refugees in neighbouring countries and deprived Afghani from basic rights and basic life needs.
We know very well that both Willkie and Brown were very silent on this vital issue since the invasion in 2001 until this year. We know very well that these politicians are populist ones that are after some media attention, only. Hence they were deadly silent when Taliban was weak, and woke up when Taliban became very sophisticated and killed in this year 600 foreign occupying soldiers, so far.
But we know that in politics and in life the most important is the result. So what is the result of this big loud media circus initiated by those politicians (The Greens and Willkie)?
Absolutely nothing. No changes whatsoever.
So Mr Willkie and Brown: please give us break.
We know very well that you are after some votes, even if they will be mixed with a lot of blood: Blood of Afghanis, not only of Australians.
And we know very well that you do not give a damn about the brutality of this war. We know very well that you do not care of how bad the Afghanis live in their country. We know very well that your debate and your words are merely empty rhetoric to fool us to give you our vote in the coming-very-soon election. We know all this, so please go to hell.
We notice that you never issued media release when innocent Afghanis were killed by foreign troops (including Australians). We never saw your tears shed when Afghani villages were erased from the map by foreign troops. We did not hear you mentioning the numbers of children killed by occupying forces. We never, to date, hear your position on Australians tried for crimes against Afghanis.
So please stop playing politics with blood of innocent people. If you are serious, take actions.
The agreement with Labor demanded only to open a debate. No demands of specific outcomes. No demands of committee to follow on implementing the debate outcomes (if there will be outcomes ever).
Again, please stop treating Afghani dead bodies as votes on polling booths. We are sick from your cheap politics, so please stop.
Please respect our intelligence, and to lesser extent our feelings.
We had the opportunity to hear all empty rhetoric of all sides: The Labor and Liberals competing to show support for Americans. The Greens empty rhetoric on necessity to leave Afghanistan after causalities increased. Independents argue that we will not win the war.
Then the show finished. All parties went to their air-conditioned offices happy that they scored political points.
But the Australian participation in the war is still reality. The Afghani people are still under brutal occupation. And Australian soldiers are still killing innocent Afghanis and become sometimes casualties.
Well done Andrew Willkie and the Greens. They could change the atmosphere inside the parliament and get some debate on issues with different “flavour”.
I envy these politicians’ ability to change their skins regularly and sometimes on weekly basis.
Was not this the same Andrew Willkie that demanded 2 years ago that the Australian troops need to stay in Afghanistan to “finish the job” and not leaving it to extreme Taliban?
Was not this the same Bob Brown who earlier blamed John Howard and George Bush administrations for not sending enough troops to kill as many Afghanis as possible to crush the resistance?
What a shame!!!
Did we forget this? Do Brown and Willkie count on the short memory of nations?
But we notice that their change of skin was not complete.
Both Bob Brown and Andrew Willkie are demanding the troops withdrawal because we cannot crush resistance. And because Australian troops cannot crush resistance, some of them get killed or wounded. This is the main argument they made in the last few days.
They did not demand the troops withdrawal because any occupation is illegal. They did not show any empathy for Afghani causalities, which mount to thousands every year. They do not care about the devastation of Afghani society and the collapse of all infrastructures.
Both were crying because we lost 21 soldiers in Afghanistan. But I did not hear them cry because this illegal and brutal war killed thousands of Afghani, made millions refugees in neighbouring countries and deprived Afghani from basic rights and basic life needs.
We know very well that both Willkie and Brown were very silent on this vital issue since the invasion in 2001 until this year. We know very well that these politicians are populist ones that are after some media attention, only. Hence they were deadly silent when Taliban was weak, and woke up when Taliban became very sophisticated and killed in this year 600 foreign occupying soldiers, so far.
But we know that in politics and in life the most important is the result. So what is the result of this big loud media circus initiated by those politicians (The Greens and Willkie)?
Absolutely nothing. No changes whatsoever.
So Mr Willkie and Brown: please give us break.
We know very well that you are after some votes, even if they will be mixed with a lot of blood: Blood of Afghanis, not only of Australians.
And we know very well that you do not give a damn about the brutality of this war. We know very well that you do not care of how bad the Afghanis live in their country. We know very well that your debate and your words are merely empty rhetoric to fool us to give you our vote in the coming-very-soon election. We know all this, so please go to hell.
We notice that you never issued media release when innocent Afghanis were killed by foreign troops (including Australians). We never saw your tears shed when Afghani villages were erased from the map by foreign troops. We did not hear you mentioning the numbers of children killed by occupying forces. We never, to date, hear your position on Australians tried for crimes against Afghanis.
So please stop playing politics with blood of innocent people. If you are serious, take actions.
The agreement with Labor demanded only to open a debate. No demands of specific outcomes. No demands of committee to follow on implementing the debate outcomes (if there will be outcomes ever).
Again, please stop treating Afghani dead bodies as votes on polling booths. We are sick from your cheap politics, so please stop.
Please respect our intelligence, and to lesser extent our feelings.
Saturday, October 02, 2010
مقال كتب عام ٢٠٠٨ واعيد نشره لتشابه الامس باليوم
ما اشبه اليوم بالبارحة!
جمال داود – سدني
"من كان يعبد محمدا، فان محمدا قد مات. ومن كان يعبد الله، فالله حي لا يموت" ابو بكر الصديق (رضي الله عنه)
ذكرت هذا القول بعد ان شاهدت التهويل والمبالغة (الى حد القرف الاخلاقي) في استذكار الفقيد رفيق الحريري، وخصوصا في هذه الايام. فقبره اصبح محجا اهم من قبر الرسول (صلعم). وزوار هذا القبر يمتدحون الفقيد وكانه قديس او نبي.
وكلمات اهل الفقيد ومحبيه (الذين اكتشفوا محبته بعد اغتياله فقط) تثير الغثيان الى حد القيئ.
وما اشبه اليوم بالبارحة. وكأننا لم نتعلم من دروس التاريخ القاسية اي شيئ
فمعاوية واصدقاءه من التجار والمتاجرين يعودون اليوم ليلوحوا بقميص عثمان الملطخ بالدماء، ليبرروا عشقهم للسلطة والمال واستعدادهم للمتاجرة بكل شيئ في سبيلهما
تجار بني امية يعودون مجددا للمطالبة بتسليم قتلة عثمان، والا فالى صفين والجمل
تجار السلطة مشغولون بحياكة المؤامرات، متلطين بقميص عثمان، ملوحين به كلما سائلهم احد عن جرائمهم في الجامعة العربية وعين علق وقبلها في كفار متى وصبرا وشاتيلا والمتحف
وكأن دم عثمان اغلى من دماء الالاف الذين سيسقطون مجددا في الجمل و صفين وساحة الشهداء
كأن دم عثمان اطهر من دماء اطفال صبرا وشاتيلا، الذين ضحى بهم معاوية الحريري وتحالف مع قاتلهم الكتائبي - القواتي
كأن دم عثمان اهم من شرف الامة وكرامتها واستقلالها
كأن دم عثمان اهم من الاف السنين من العيش المشترك والمصير المشترك والهدف المشترك
كأن دم عثمان اهم من شرف الاقصى الذي تستباح حرمته كل يوم، وقداسة المهد وبرائة اطفال بيت حانون، وطهارة نساء الجنوب
معاوية يطل براسه مرة اخرى، ليقول: تجارتي واموالي وسلطتي، والا فعلى لبنان السلام
معاوية المتدثر بحرير عائلته ومعه يزيده السنيوري، اتقنا دراسة التاريخ واعادة تقمص شخصيات التجار الامويين والتلطي بقميص عثمان
معاوية اعاد تحالفاته مع اعداء الامة من خوارج ومارقين واجانب
وكله من اجل عثمان!
ويا لهذا العثمان
عثمان المشاريع المليارية، في بلد اصغر من ان تحتمل سوق عكاظ
عثمان الانفتاح والسوق الحرة وديون نوادي باريس ولندن وصندوق النقد الدولي، بعد ان استلم بلدا خرج من حرب اهلية ضروس بلا قرش واحد للدائنين
عثمان الارتهان لارادة عائلات مالكة لكل شيئ الا للحد الادنى من الاخلاق والقيم والشرف
الم يكف تاريخنا معاوية واحد، يزيد واحد، عمرو واحد، وصفين واحدة
الم يكف تاريخنا قميص واحد، مرغ به معاوية ويزيده التاريخ دما وحقدا وكذبا
معاوية هذه المرة ليس مؤزرا بجيوش المماليك، مماليك السلطة والدنانير فحسب، بل مؤزرا بقوات اليونيفيل والمتعددة الجنسيات
معاوية هذه المرة تحالف مع الشيطان الصهيوني ليحقق مطامحه بالبقاء في السلطة
وارثي لكم يا ابناء عثمان
اضحكني من شدة حزني تباكيكم المحموم على دم عثمان، زيارتكم لضريحه العالي كلما "دق الكوز بالجرة" وكلما اراد سيدكم الامريكي-المتصهين خدمة دنيئة وكلما فقدتم القدرة على الاقناع بالحجة، فلجأتم للابتزاز العاطفي اللا-أخلاقي
معاوية ويزيد القابع في السراي
ابشركم انه لن تكون هناك لا صفين ولا جمل جديدة
لن تكون هناك كربلاء ولا اغتيال للحسين مرة اخرى
تراهنون على الجهل المجبول بالخوف من المجهول، ونراهن على ان المرحلة قد صقلت ابناء بلاد الشام وعلمتهم الدرس جيدا
تراهنون على الابتزاز العاطفي المجبول باحترامنا للاموات، ونراهن على ان قضية لبنان اصبحت قضية عالمية مفصلية هامة على طريق هزيمة الشر المطلق ومشروعه للشرق الاوسط الجديد، على طريق تحرير فلسطين والعراق و و و
تراهنون على حصان خاسر، خسر في عقر داره في واشنطن و تل أبيب، والرؤوس ما تزال تتدحرج
لكنكم لا تريدون، كاي مقامر خاسر، ان تصدقوا ان حصانكم قد خرج من الحلبة مهزوما
بؤسا لكم ولغبائكم
كل ما اعرفه ان سواعد من هزم "الجيش الذي لا يقهر" قادر على هزيمة مجموعة من المقامرين الذين خسروا انفسهم منذ مدة طويلة ، قبل ان يخسروا رهانهم
وهذا ليس خطابا طائفيا، فكاتبه سني يؤمن بالمساواة بين البشر. فدم عثمان، ورفيق وبيار ليس اهم من دم اي طفل يقتل يوميا في غزة او عين علق او كولومبيا او الكونغو.
فمن كان يعبد رفيق الحريري، فان الحريري قد مات. وقاتله سيحاكمه التاريخ ثم رب العالمين، وليس ميليس او براميرتس.
فكفاكم بهرجة وكذبا، وعودوا الى رشدكم ثم عودوا الى تجارتكم وادفنوا قميص عثمان مع عثمان، فقمصان شهداء بيت حانون ومارون الراس والفلوجة وكربلاء وعين علق ليست اقل قدرا وطهرا وشرفا
جمال داود – سدني
"من كان يعبد محمدا، فان محمدا قد مات. ومن كان يعبد الله، فالله حي لا يموت" ابو بكر الصديق (رضي الله عنه)
ذكرت هذا القول بعد ان شاهدت التهويل والمبالغة (الى حد القرف الاخلاقي) في استذكار الفقيد رفيق الحريري، وخصوصا في هذه الايام. فقبره اصبح محجا اهم من قبر الرسول (صلعم). وزوار هذا القبر يمتدحون الفقيد وكانه قديس او نبي.
وكلمات اهل الفقيد ومحبيه (الذين اكتشفوا محبته بعد اغتياله فقط) تثير الغثيان الى حد القيئ.
وما اشبه اليوم بالبارحة. وكأننا لم نتعلم من دروس التاريخ القاسية اي شيئ
فمعاوية واصدقاءه من التجار والمتاجرين يعودون اليوم ليلوحوا بقميص عثمان الملطخ بالدماء، ليبرروا عشقهم للسلطة والمال واستعدادهم للمتاجرة بكل شيئ في سبيلهما
تجار بني امية يعودون مجددا للمطالبة بتسليم قتلة عثمان، والا فالى صفين والجمل
تجار السلطة مشغولون بحياكة المؤامرات، متلطين بقميص عثمان، ملوحين به كلما سائلهم احد عن جرائمهم في الجامعة العربية وعين علق وقبلها في كفار متى وصبرا وشاتيلا والمتحف
وكأن دم عثمان اغلى من دماء الالاف الذين سيسقطون مجددا في الجمل و صفين وساحة الشهداء
كأن دم عثمان اطهر من دماء اطفال صبرا وشاتيلا، الذين ضحى بهم معاوية الحريري وتحالف مع قاتلهم الكتائبي - القواتي
كأن دم عثمان اهم من شرف الامة وكرامتها واستقلالها
كأن دم عثمان اهم من الاف السنين من العيش المشترك والمصير المشترك والهدف المشترك
كأن دم عثمان اهم من شرف الاقصى الذي تستباح حرمته كل يوم، وقداسة المهد وبرائة اطفال بيت حانون، وطهارة نساء الجنوب
معاوية يطل براسه مرة اخرى، ليقول: تجارتي واموالي وسلطتي، والا فعلى لبنان السلام
معاوية المتدثر بحرير عائلته ومعه يزيده السنيوري، اتقنا دراسة التاريخ واعادة تقمص شخصيات التجار الامويين والتلطي بقميص عثمان
معاوية اعاد تحالفاته مع اعداء الامة من خوارج ومارقين واجانب
وكله من اجل عثمان!
ويا لهذا العثمان
عثمان المشاريع المليارية، في بلد اصغر من ان تحتمل سوق عكاظ
عثمان الانفتاح والسوق الحرة وديون نوادي باريس ولندن وصندوق النقد الدولي، بعد ان استلم بلدا خرج من حرب اهلية ضروس بلا قرش واحد للدائنين
عثمان الارتهان لارادة عائلات مالكة لكل شيئ الا للحد الادنى من الاخلاق والقيم والشرف
الم يكف تاريخنا معاوية واحد، يزيد واحد، عمرو واحد، وصفين واحدة
الم يكف تاريخنا قميص واحد، مرغ به معاوية ويزيده التاريخ دما وحقدا وكذبا
معاوية هذه المرة ليس مؤزرا بجيوش المماليك، مماليك السلطة والدنانير فحسب، بل مؤزرا بقوات اليونيفيل والمتعددة الجنسيات
معاوية هذه المرة تحالف مع الشيطان الصهيوني ليحقق مطامحه بالبقاء في السلطة
وارثي لكم يا ابناء عثمان
اضحكني من شدة حزني تباكيكم المحموم على دم عثمان، زيارتكم لضريحه العالي كلما "دق الكوز بالجرة" وكلما اراد سيدكم الامريكي-المتصهين خدمة دنيئة وكلما فقدتم القدرة على الاقناع بالحجة، فلجأتم للابتزاز العاطفي اللا-أخلاقي
معاوية ويزيد القابع في السراي
ابشركم انه لن تكون هناك لا صفين ولا جمل جديدة
لن تكون هناك كربلاء ولا اغتيال للحسين مرة اخرى
تراهنون على الجهل المجبول بالخوف من المجهول، ونراهن على ان المرحلة قد صقلت ابناء بلاد الشام وعلمتهم الدرس جيدا
تراهنون على الابتزاز العاطفي المجبول باحترامنا للاموات، ونراهن على ان قضية لبنان اصبحت قضية عالمية مفصلية هامة على طريق هزيمة الشر المطلق ومشروعه للشرق الاوسط الجديد، على طريق تحرير فلسطين والعراق و و و
تراهنون على حصان خاسر، خسر في عقر داره في واشنطن و تل أبيب، والرؤوس ما تزال تتدحرج
لكنكم لا تريدون، كاي مقامر خاسر، ان تصدقوا ان حصانكم قد خرج من الحلبة مهزوما
بؤسا لكم ولغبائكم
كل ما اعرفه ان سواعد من هزم "الجيش الذي لا يقهر" قادر على هزيمة مجموعة من المقامرين الذين خسروا انفسهم منذ مدة طويلة ، قبل ان يخسروا رهانهم
وهذا ليس خطابا طائفيا، فكاتبه سني يؤمن بالمساواة بين البشر. فدم عثمان، ورفيق وبيار ليس اهم من دم اي طفل يقتل يوميا في غزة او عين علق او كولومبيا او الكونغو.
فمن كان يعبد رفيق الحريري، فان الحريري قد مات. وقاتله سيحاكمه التاريخ ثم رب العالمين، وليس ميليس او براميرتس.
فكفاكم بهرجة وكذبا، وعودوا الى رشدكم ثم عودوا الى تجارتكم وادفنوا قميص عثمان مع عثمان، فقمصان شهداء بيت حانون ومارون الراس والفلوجة وكربلاء وعين علق ليست اقل قدرا وطهرا وشرفا
Friday, September 17, 2010
عندما يصبح يوم القدس العالمي مناسبة للاكل: اعدوا لهم ما استطعتم من حمص وفتوش
لا بد ان اسرائيل ومن وراءها من قوی الظلم والاستكبار قد اصبحت ترتجف الآن بعد الرسالة القوية التي ارسلتها "قيادات" الجالية العربية من سدني وفي اليوم العالمي للقدس. ولا بد ان اسرائيل وادواتها اصبحوا يحسبون الف حساب لجالية في استراليا تقوم قيادتها "الوطنية" بارسال هكذا رسالة قوية للقاصي والداني تضع النقاط علی الحروف. ولا بد ان اسرائيل وحلفائها في واشنطن ولندن وباريس وبرلين وكانبيرا وروما وووو يدرسون الآن كيفية الرد علی الضربة القاصمة التي وجهتها لها "قيادة" الجالية "الوطنية" في سيدني.
و"يا هم لالي" (عذرا من ابي عواد
فلا بد ان حكومة اسرائيل "عملتها في لباسها" بمجرد سماعها ان صحون الفتوش والسلطة كانت تتطاير في سماء سيدني "احتفالا بيوم القدس العالمي"، بينما كانت الجرافات الاسرائيلية تمعن في هدم بيوت القدس. ولا بد ان جيش الدفاع الاسرائيلي قد اخذ مواقع دفاعية متقدمة علی الجبهة، بعد ان وصلته اخبار "احتفالات قيادات الجالية الوطنية" في سيدني وتهديد اركان هذه القيادات بالويل والثبور لكل معتد اثيم.
ولا بد ان "اللي استحو ماتوا".
فبينما كانت شوارع العالم ترتج من اعداد المتظاهرين الملبين لنداء الامام الخميني رحمه الله للتظاهر تضامنا مع نضال الشعب الفلسطيني، كان اركان قيادة الجاليه "الوطنية" منهمكين بتناول ما لذ وطاب من لحوم وسلطات وفتوش. وبينما كانت منظمات المجتمع المدني في العالم تعد قضايا قانونية لادانة اسرائيل وتجريمها امام المجتمع الدولي، كنا في سيدني نعد شطائر البروغر والشاورما واسياخ المشويات. وبينما كان شرفاء العالم يحشدون امكانياتهم وجهودهم لتسيير اكبر قافلة برية لكسر الحصار الجائر علی غزة، اجتمعوا في سدني لحشد اكبر مجموعة من شهود الزور ليحتفلوا جمعا وقصرا وسرا بيوم القدس العالمي بطريقة "فنية" لم تخطر علی بال احد من قبل.
ندرك تمام الادراك ان هذا المجلس لا يعدو كونه فقاعة صوتية شكلت نكاية بمجالس اخری، بدعم سفارات وقنصليات اجنبية لاهداف في نفس يعقوب.
وندرك ان قياداته "الوطنية" لا تحمل فكرا او فعلا، ولا تعدو كونها افعال جامدة لا تتحرك الا بالضم او الرفع او التقسيم.
وندرك ان من يعرف عن هذا المجلس من ابناء الجالية الذي يدعي بتمثيلهم لا يمكن ان يزيد عن عدد اصابع اليد، في احسن الاحوال. ومن يعرف عن هذا المجلس، ان سالته عن حال مجلسه هذا، يضرب كفا بكف ويقول: "علی الدنيا السلام".
فمجلس لم يتعد دوره عن اجتماع شهري لبعض المتسلقين علی ظهر ابناء جاليتهم لشرب الشاي والقهوه والخروج ببيان ركيك يخالف قواعد الافعال والاسماء ولا يلتزم الا بادوات الجر.
ومجلس لم يتعد دوره مسح الجوخ لسفراء دول اجنبية وقناصل فخريين ونواب عنصريين، لا تجيد قيادته "الوطنية" سوی التطبيل والتراقص في الاحتفالات والمهرجانات والمظاهرات "الوطنية" وقنص الميكروفونات من اجل رفع عقيرتهم بكل باطل وتدليس.
ومجلس يراسه جاهل امي لا يجيد القراءة الا لتزوير دكتوراه لا يفصح في أي مجال حصل عليها ومن أي جامعة تمنحه دكتوراه قبل ان يحصل علی الاعدادية.
ومجلس يفشل في جمع "شلة" من اعضائه واصدقائه ليدافع عن السفارة التي انشئته عندما تعرضت للتظاهر من مجموعات فقدت عقلها ومنطقها وبوصلة اعداء امتها.
ومجلس يضم عشرات التنظيمات الوهمية، التي لا يمكن ان تجمعها الا مائدة مسح جوخ او حبك مؤامرات ولا تفرقها عن هذه الموائد الا "الشديد القوي" او المرض العضال او الموت الزؤام.
هكذا مجلس لا يمكن ان يخجل قادته بالاحتفال بيوم القدس العالمي علی مائدة افطار عامرة، لا تخدم هدفا نبيلا سوی مسح جوخ والتقاط صور مع سفراء ونواب وقناصل فخريين ومرتزقة انتهازيين.
وهكذا مجلس لا يمكن ان يقدم في مسيرة عطاء الجالية، سوی بعض صحون الحمص والفتوش، بلا فكر او موقف او انجاز.
وهكذا مجلس لا يمكن له ان يدعي قيادة جالية بحجم جاليتنا وحجم عطاءها وتضحياتها ومعاناتها.
طوبی لمجلس من قوی لا نعرف كم تمثل ومن تمثل ولمن تمثل وعلی من تمثل.
وطوبی لمجلس جل اهتماماته الظهور في صور مع السفير الفلاني والنائب العلاني، دون انجاز يذكر وعلی قاعدة "شوفيني يا جارة".
وطوبی لمجلس قياداته منتخبة بدون انتخابات ودستوره جاهز من قبل انشائه وبياناته الصحفية معدة سلفا قبل عقد اجتماعاته وانجازاته واضحة بدون ان يراها احد، حتی لو استخدم هذا الاحد ميكروسكوب فلكي او استعان بكل قارئي الفناجين في العالم.
وطوبی لمن لم يعد يستحي او يخجل من ابناء الجاليه المطالبين بنزول هذه القيادات من علی الظهور المتعبة.
طوبی لهذا المجلس، ولكن لا تسموه "وطنيا" ولاتقحموا اسم القدس بمسابقة للاكل او لالتقاط صور مع مسؤولين، اجانب او محليين.
وكل عام وصحون فتوش "يوم القدس العالمي" علی مائده القيادة "الوطنية".
و"يا هم لالي" (عذرا من ابي عواد
فلا بد ان حكومة اسرائيل "عملتها في لباسها" بمجرد سماعها ان صحون الفتوش والسلطة كانت تتطاير في سماء سيدني "احتفالا بيوم القدس العالمي"، بينما كانت الجرافات الاسرائيلية تمعن في هدم بيوت القدس. ولا بد ان جيش الدفاع الاسرائيلي قد اخذ مواقع دفاعية متقدمة علی الجبهة، بعد ان وصلته اخبار "احتفالات قيادات الجالية الوطنية" في سيدني وتهديد اركان هذه القيادات بالويل والثبور لكل معتد اثيم.
ولا بد ان "اللي استحو ماتوا".
فبينما كانت شوارع العالم ترتج من اعداد المتظاهرين الملبين لنداء الامام الخميني رحمه الله للتظاهر تضامنا مع نضال الشعب الفلسطيني، كان اركان قيادة الجاليه "الوطنية" منهمكين بتناول ما لذ وطاب من لحوم وسلطات وفتوش. وبينما كانت منظمات المجتمع المدني في العالم تعد قضايا قانونية لادانة اسرائيل وتجريمها امام المجتمع الدولي، كنا في سيدني نعد شطائر البروغر والشاورما واسياخ المشويات. وبينما كان شرفاء العالم يحشدون امكانياتهم وجهودهم لتسيير اكبر قافلة برية لكسر الحصار الجائر علی غزة، اجتمعوا في سدني لحشد اكبر مجموعة من شهود الزور ليحتفلوا جمعا وقصرا وسرا بيوم القدس العالمي بطريقة "فنية" لم تخطر علی بال احد من قبل.
ندرك تمام الادراك ان هذا المجلس لا يعدو كونه فقاعة صوتية شكلت نكاية بمجالس اخری، بدعم سفارات وقنصليات اجنبية لاهداف في نفس يعقوب.
وندرك ان قياداته "الوطنية" لا تحمل فكرا او فعلا، ولا تعدو كونها افعال جامدة لا تتحرك الا بالضم او الرفع او التقسيم.
وندرك ان من يعرف عن هذا المجلس من ابناء الجالية الذي يدعي بتمثيلهم لا يمكن ان يزيد عن عدد اصابع اليد، في احسن الاحوال. ومن يعرف عن هذا المجلس، ان سالته عن حال مجلسه هذا، يضرب كفا بكف ويقول: "علی الدنيا السلام".
فمجلس لم يتعد دوره عن اجتماع شهري لبعض المتسلقين علی ظهر ابناء جاليتهم لشرب الشاي والقهوه والخروج ببيان ركيك يخالف قواعد الافعال والاسماء ولا يلتزم الا بادوات الجر.
ومجلس لم يتعد دوره مسح الجوخ لسفراء دول اجنبية وقناصل فخريين ونواب عنصريين، لا تجيد قيادته "الوطنية" سوی التطبيل والتراقص في الاحتفالات والمهرجانات والمظاهرات "الوطنية" وقنص الميكروفونات من اجل رفع عقيرتهم بكل باطل وتدليس.
ومجلس يراسه جاهل امي لا يجيد القراءة الا لتزوير دكتوراه لا يفصح في أي مجال حصل عليها ومن أي جامعة تمنحه دكتوراه قبل ان يحصل علی الاعدادية.
ومجلس يفشل في جمع "شلة" من اعضائه واصدقائه ليدافع عن السفارة التي انشئته عندما تعرضت للتظاهر من مجموعات فقدت عقلها ومنطقها وبوصلة اعداء امتها.
ومجلس يضم عشرات التنظيمات الوهمية، التي لا يمكن ان تجمعها الا مائدة مسح جوخ او حبك مؤامرات ولا تفرقها عن هذه الموائد الا "الشديد القوي" او المرض العضال او الموت الزؤام.
هكذا مجلس لا يمكن ان يخجل قادته بالاحتفال بيوم القدس العالمي علی مائدة افطار عامرة، لا تخدم هدفا نبيلا سوی مسح جوخ والتقاط صور مع سفراء ونواب وقناصل فخريين ومرتزقة انتهازيين.
وهكذا مجلس لا يمكن ان يقدم في مسيرة عطاء الجالية، سوی بعض صحون الحمص والفتوش، بلا فكر او موقف او انجاز.
وهكذا مجلس لا يمكن له ان يدعي قيادة جالية بحجم جاليتنا وحجم عطاءها وتضحياتها ومعاناتها.
طوبی لمجلس من قوی لا نعرف كم تمثل ومن تمثل ولمن تمثل وعلی من تمثل.
وطوبی لمجلس جل اهتماماته الظهور في صور مع السفير الفلاني والنائب العلاني، دون انجاز يذكر وعلی قاعدة "شوفيني يا جارة".
وطوبی لمجلس قياداته منتخبة بدون انتخابات ودستوره جاهز من قبل انشائه وبياناته الصحفية معدة سلفا قبل عقد اجتماعاته وانجازاته واضحة بدون ان يراها احد، حتی لو استخدم هذا الاحد ميكروسكوب فلكي او استعان بكل قارئي الفناجين في العالم.
وطوبی لمن لم يعد يستحي او يخجل من ابناء الجاليه المطالبين بنزول هذه القيادات من علی الظهور المتعبة.
طوبی لهذا المجلس، ولكن لا تسموه "وطنيا" ولاتقحموا اسم القدس بمسابقة للاكل او لالتقاط صور مع مسؤولين، اجانب او محليين.
وكل عام وصحون فتوش "يوم القدس العالمي" علی مائده القيادة "الوطنية".
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
The reasons behind Australian absence from Gaza free campaigns:Please donate to send strong contingent to Gaza
It is very strange that Australia is absent from international efforts to lift Gaza blockade for the last 4 years. Despite the many big mouths among politicians who remember just before elections that Gaza is under siege (especially in the Greens party), their representation in international efforts is nearly nil. All this despite the big resources they have in form of tax-payers money they get because of the increasing Muslims and pro-Palestinians voting for them.
On the other hand, the efforts by Muslim community and its “leadership” was not more than collecting some money and send them to other organisations who has presence in Gaza. Even the one Muslim organisation that has office and workers in Gaza, they are very “shy” to participate in international efforts to lift the siege.
In this instance we should differentiate between aid efforts and efforts to break the siege.
The first is not more than shy efforts to temporarily relieve the suffering of some Gazans by colleting aid and send it there to be distributed to needy people.
While the second is aiming to highlight the crime conducted against Gazans in form of the illegal and inhumane blockade. The organisations participating in these efforts are not aiming mainly to deliver aids. They aim to break the siege by creating momentum against the blockade.
So the difference is very big.
The Muslim and community organisations were engaged only in aid efforts. The reasons why they did not participate in breaking siege efforts are complex. Some of these reasons could be because the Muslim community is having such weak and increasingly corrupt “leadership”.
Other reasons are related to the above mentioned one that made the community feel very scared and targeted by the government and media, with no true leadership to defend them. They became happy only to donate some money to be sent through Australian organisations, as safe way to not be blamed of supporting Hamas and so supporting “terrorism”.
This is why we in the Social Justice network decided to break this cycle of fear and ghetto mentality by coming forward and declaring that we will this time support the break – the – siege efforts.
We need your help. Your donations will help us send strong message. At the moment, we have registered to send one activist and half van full of supplies to go to Gaza with Viva Palestina 5. We need your help to send another one or two activists and more supplies to Gazans.
To follow the progress of our efforts, money collected and the main donors so far, please go to our website www.socialjustice.net.au
Please participate in making history. And if you need more information, please give us call on 0404 47 272 and discuss with us any idea or enquiry that you may have.
Thanks and jazakum Allah khairan. Remember that Gaza people are not only defending their rights and land. They are defending humanity against the barbarity of the contemporary history. They deserve your small contribution to help them in this noble mission.
On the other hand, the efforts by Muslim community and its “leadership” was not more than collecting some money and send them to other organisations who has presence in Gaza. Even the one Muslim organisation that has office and workers in Gaza, they are very “shy” to participate in international efforts to lift the siege.
In this instance we should differentiate between aid efforts and efforts to break the siege.
The first is not more than shy efforts to temporarily relieve the suffering of some Gazans by colleting aid and send it there to be distributed to needy people.
While the second is aiming to highlight the crime conducted against Gazans in form of the illegal and inhumane blockade. The organisations participating in these efforts are not aiming mainly to deliver aids. They aim to break the siege by creating momentum against the blockade.
So the difference is very big.
The Muslim and community organisations were engaged only in aid efforts. The reasons why they did not participate in breaking siege efforts are complex. Some of these reasons could be because the Muslim community is having such weak and increasingly corrupt “leadership”.
Other reasons are related to the above mentioned one that made the community feel very scared and targeted by the government and media, with no true leadership to defend them. They became happy only to donate some money to be sent through Australian organisations, as safe way to not be blamed of supporting Hamas and so supporting “terrorism”.
This is why we in the Social Justice network decided to break this cycle of fear and ghetto mentality by coming forward and declaring that we will this time support the break – the – siege efforts.
We need your help. Your donations will help us send strong message. At the moment, we have registered to send one activist and half van full of supplies to go to Gaza with Viva Palestina 5. We need your help to send another one or two activists and more supplies to Gazans.
To follow the progress of our efforts, money collected and the main donors so far, please go to our website www.socialjustice.net.au
Please participate in making history. And if you need more information, please give us call on 0404 47 272 and discuss with us any idea or enquiry that you may have.
Thanks and jazakum Allah khairan. Remember that Gaza people are not only defending their rights and land. They are defending humanity against the barbarity of the contemporary history. They deserve your small contribution to help them in this noble mission.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
2010 Election: boring campaign with no real choices!
I never saw such boring election campaign for the last decade. Even the candidates are not putting the posters with their pictures in streets or on shop fronts. As if they are ashamed from themselves. And they should be, anyway.
There are few common features between the mainstream political parties:
1- There is no political party that runs on concrete achievements in parliament. All parties are making big promises, as if they are not in parliament for decades.
2- There are no actions, stunts or big announcements. There are only boring media conferences and releases.
3- The Multiculturalism and all related issues are not mentioned by any party, regardless of its own classification of its degree of progressiveness. As if racism and Islamophobia has not reached high degree to the point that a candidate had questioned the right of fellow citizen to run as candidate only because he is a Muslim.
4- The high degree of lying and deception coming from leaders of all three mainstream media-made parties. The last deceptive “promise” came from the Greens leader who promised to spend 4 billion dollars on dental care if he will be elected. He had the courage to insult our intelligence thinking that we do not know that senators like him can block or pass legislations, but cannot produce and implement one.
It can be claimed comfortably that this election is really about nothing: no real choices, no real alternatives and no real solutions. So the voters will choose between the bad and the worst.
The leaders of these media-made parties are talking about their “vision” to find solutions for issues, as if we are living on mars.
The Labor, who has three years in government, could not fix any inherited trouble. The health system is on brink of collapse, the rental crises had reached unbelievable level with accommodation shortages of more than 200,000, the racism and Islamophobia became so endemic and the public transport is in big chaos.
But the voters cannot forget the black era of Liberals in government, which inherited Australia with all these troubles in funding public services, attacks on multiculturalism and all other troubles in the society.
And the Greens leader runs on no one concrete achievement except blocking progressive legislations, promoting anti-family values and leading a pure white racist party. He still has the courage to smile and make claims that his party is the only progressive party in parliament.
Now, let us examine why a Muslim or new migrant Non English speaking would vote/not vote for this party or that.
- The Liberals are extremely racist with deep xenophobic agenda. Their leader does not hide his racist and Islamophobic ideas and commitments.
- The Labor, while less racist, but has no courage to enforce real change in society to reverse the devastating policies of their Liberal predecessor. While they stopped the official attack on multiculturalism, but they did not take any real steps to counteract existing racism and Islamophobia. No changes were introduced to fix the inhumane welfare system. And no real big investment in public education, public health and public transport.
- The Greens has nil achievement on any front, and we need any shred of evidence to prove the opposite. Not only this. The Greens has very poor track of achievement on any issues important for Non English speaking and Muslims. Enough to mention that the party lacks any colour in hierarchy and parliamentary teams except the White.
The most amazing feature of this election is the fact that the media is only talking about 3 political parties. As if there is no other political parties or prominent independents run for election anywhere in Australia. And this would explain why there are no real campaigns or even media stunts. It seems that the media, especially the regressive Murdoch and other corporate media, have their own agenda of promoting only these parties. And one wonders why voter is in deep trouble to decide who to vote for.
Despite the insistence of media to shape the election result according to their well-known hidden agendas, other political forces are existing. And they are growing steadily, even without media focus.
With all these media attempts to brain wash us, I think that the result will be different of what they are promoting. My expectations are:
- The Labor will win with comfortable majority.
- The Greens will not increase its primary vote comparing to the last election, if will not lose some. Depending on luck, they may keep their current representation. But definitely they will not increase their representation significantly to the point of winning senate seat in every state.
- The Greens most likely will not win Melbourne seat, despite the retirement of Labor sitting minister.
We think that Australian politics is in standstill at the moment with three mainstream parties that have no big or real differences. And we think that while the changes in Australia is very slow for many reasons, but deep changes to the system will emerge within the next decade.
But for now we should stress that any pro-multiculturalism element in society will put the Liberals and the Greens last on ballot papers in this election. While the Liberals were vocal racists, the Greens were practically racists.
The only bright side in this election will be the fact that we will most likely see the first Muslim federal politician elected to the parliament. The Labor party should be proud of this achievement.
Maybe this would be the only achievement Labor can be proud of.
There are few common features between the mainstream political parties:
1- There is no political party that runs on concrete achievements in parliament. All parties are making big promises, as if they are not in parliament for decades.
2- There are no actions, stunts or big announcements. There are only boring media conferences and releases.
3- The Multiculturalism and all related issues are not mentioned by any party, regardless of its own classification of its degree of progressiveness. As if racism and Islamophobia has not reached high degree to the point that a candidate had questioned the right of fellow citizen to run as candidate only because he is a Muslim.
4- The high degree of lying and deception coming from leaders of all three mainstream media-made parties. The last deceptive “promise” came from the Greens leader who promised to spend 4 billion dollars on dental care if he will be elected. He had the courage to insult our intelligence thinking that we do not know that senators like him can block or pass legislations, but cannot produce and implement one.
It can be claimed comfortably that this election is really about nothing: no real choices, no real alternatives and no real solutions. So the voters will choose between the bad and the worst.
The leaders of these media-made parties are talking about their “vision” to find solutions for issues, as if we are living on mars.
The Labor, who has three years in government, could not fix any inherited trouble. The health system is on brink of collapse, the rental crises had reached unbelievable level with accommodation shortages of more than 200,000, the racism and Islamophobia became so endemic and the public transport is in big chaos.
But the voters cannot forget the black era of Liberals in government, which inherited Australia with all these troubles in funding public services, attacks on multiculturalism and all other troubles in the society.
And the Greens leader runs on no one concrete achievement except blocking progressive legislations, promoting anti-family values and leading a pure white racist party. He still has the courage to smile and make claims that his party is the only progressive party in parliament.
Now, let us examine why a Muslim or new migrant Non English speaking would vote/not vote for this party or that.
- The Liberals are extremely racist with deep xenophobic agenda. Their leader does not hide his racist and Islamophobic ideas and commitments.
- The Labor, while less racist, but has no courage to enforce real change in society to reverse the devastating policies of their Liberal predecessor. While they stopped the official attack on multiculturalism, but they did not take any real steps to counteract existing racism and Islamophobia. No changes were introduced to fix the inhumane welfare system. And no real big investment in public education, public health and public transport.
- The Greens has nil achievement on any front, and we need any shred of evidence to prove the opposite. Not only this. The Greens has very poor track of achievement on any issues important for Non English speaking and Muslims. Enough to mention that the party lacks any colour in hierarchy and parliamentary teams except the White.
The most amazing feature of this election is the fact that the media is only talking about 3 political parties. As if there is no other political parties or prominent independents run for election anywhere in Australia. And this would explain why there are no real campaigns or even media stunts. It seems that the media, especially the regressive Murdoch and other corporate media, have their own agenda of promoting only these parties. And one wonders why voter is in deep trouble to decide who to vote for.
Despite the insistence of media to shape the election result according to their well-known hidden agendas, other political forces are existing. And they are growing steadily, even without media focus.
With all these media attempts to brain wash us, I think that the result will be different of what they are promoting. My expectations are:
- The Labor will win with comfortable majority.
- The Greens will not increase its primary vote comparing to the last election, if will not lose some. Depending on luck, they may keep their current representation. But definitely they will not increase their representation significantly to the point of winning senate seat in every state.
- The Greens most likely will not win Melbourne seat, despite the retirement of Labor sitting minister.
We think that Australian politics is in standstill at the moment with three mainstream parties that have no big or real differences. And we think that while the changes in Australia is very slow for many reasons, but deep changes to the system will emerge within the next decade.
But for now we should stress that any pro-multiculturalism element in society will put the Liberals and the Greens last on ballot papers in this election. While the Liberals were vocal racists, the Greens were practically racists.
The only bright side in this election will be the fact that we will most likely see the first Muslim federal politician elected to the parliament. The Labor party should be proud of this achievement.
Maybe this would be the only achievement Labor can be proud of.
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