Australian Options magazine no 67 out now editorial: Whither Capitalism; Whither Socialism? ‘AO founder Elliott Johnston posed “the question of socialism, however named” just before his recent death. The hundreds who attended his memorial service heard of a tireless campaigner for justice and social change on which to build a better world. Far from being [...]
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On Roxby
Rethink Roxby: Our Uranium fuelled Fukashima Adelaide Voices, Opinion by David Noonan, Independent Environment Campaigner. Australia uranium fuelled the Fukashima nuclear disaster yet our governments have just approved the world’s largest uranium project in BHP Billiton’s proposed new open pit mine at Roxby Downs. “We can confirm that Australian obligated nuclear material was at the [...]
Doctors against uranium sales to India
The Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW) has called on the Government and the ALP to lead the world towards the abolition of nuclear weapons, rather than risking nuclear weapons proliferation by selling Australian uranium to nuclear-armed India. MAPW Vice-President Dr Margaret Beavis said in a 15 November media release: “We cannot guarantee the [...]
On carbon markets
Unravelling Carbon Markets by Larry Lohmann Larry Lohmann is a scholar and activist who works with The Corner House, a UK-based NGO that supports democratic and community movements for environmental and social justice. As part of NLP’s series of pieces around this year’s Socialist Register -The Crisis and the Left -Lohmann spoke to Ed Lewis [...]
Elliott Johnston speaks
Elliott Johnston’s title was ‘the rule of law’ but he soon turned to capitalism and politics and cites Don Dunstan and supports self-determination for aboriginal people, the environment and workers rights and more… Public Forum on the 5 October, 2004, to a packed Elder Hall University of Adelaide. Organised by Australian Options with the support [...]
Secure jobs
Secure jobs for a better future in NT The operators of a major gas processing plant planned for near Darwin must ensure they employ local workers in secure jobs to ensure a strong future for the region’s economy, ACTU President Ged Kearney will tell a function in Darwin today. Ms Kearney will address the APHEDA [...]
New era
Congratulations to all campaigning for carbon price laws passing the Senate. The struggle enters a new era. From the ACTU “Passing of climate change legislation provides certainty for workers The passing of the Clean Energy Future legislation through the Senate today marks the beginning of a new era of economic reform for Australia. ACTU President [...]
OWS more…
Occupy Wall Street, the Trade Union Movement and the Fight to Stop the Cuts and Concessions from The Organizer Tens of thousands – if not hundreds of thousands – of people have taken to the streets over the past four weeks across the United States as part of an Occupy Wall Street movement to protest [...]
Occupy Wall Street not Palestine
Occupy Wall Street not Palestine! We are part of the world’s 99% yearning for freedom, justice and equal rights! Palestinian BDS National Committee The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), the largest Palestinian civil society coalition struggling for Palestinian rights, is proud to stand in solidarity with the movements struggling for a new [...]
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