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November 15 day of action for public schools

By on November 14, 2011 in Public Policy, Social justice

Tuesday 15 November teachers and parents campaign for public schools On this day we are asking people to take a few moments to send a message to the head of the federal funding review about the importance of investing more in public schools. It’s your last chance to have a say before the education review [...]

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Pilots legal challenge

By on November 12, 2011 in Collective Bargaining, Labour Law, Public Policy, Right to Strike, Workers Rights

The Qantas pilots AIPA quite rightly are aggrieved by Fair Work Australia’s decision to terminate, rather than suspend, their industrial action. The AIPA has applied to the Federal Court in a legal challenge – while negotiations continue. Pilots wearing red ties and mentioning politely to their passengers their concern for job security in line with [...]

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A national land tax?

By on November 12, 2011 in Public Policy, Social justice

A national land tax? by Frank Stillwell The system of taxation needs to focus on assets, not merely on incomes and expenditures. It is asset price inflation that has been a major element in growing inequalities of wealth in Australia, particularly during the last two decades. Ownership of landed property has been central to this [...]

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BlackRock Inc and powerful corporations

By on November 3, 2011 in Capitalist Financial Crisis, Public Policy, US politics

The financialisation of global ownership by David Peetz and Georgina Murray Griffith University “We sociologically investigate how deeply embedded finance capital is within very large global corporations, by asking the following questions: Is ownership of very large global corporations dispersed amongst a wide variety of individuals, families and shareholder types? Or are there common patterns [...]

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Capitalist networks

By on October 31, 2011 in Capitalist Financial Crisis, Public Policy, Social justice, US politics

Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world from New Scientist ‘AS PROTESTS against financial power sweep the world, science may have confirmed the protesters’ worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy. The [...]

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Education review

By on October 23, 2011 in Public Policy, Social justice

Key Challenges for the Funding Review From the AEU A new report highlights the six key challenges that must be addressed by the expert panel conducting the funding review. The Real Reform report by funding expert Dr Jim McMorrow says the funding review and the Government’s response to it early next year was critical and [...]

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OWS – Melbourne: what next

By on October 22, 2011 in Capitalist Financial Crisis, Public Policy, Social justice

In this article Tristan Ewins refutes criticisms of the “We are the 99 per cent” movement and considers tactical questions facing that movement. He also considers the implications of violent tactics on the part of police for the liberal rights of all Australians. At the time the author began writing this article (21/10/11) police in [...]

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OWS more…

By on October 19, 2011 in Capitalist Financial Crisis, Environmental crisis, Public Policy, Workers Rights

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 [...]

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Equal Pay Campaign Rises Again

By on October 16, 2011 in Capitalist Financial Crisis, Collective Bargaining, Labour Law, Public Policy, Social justice, Workers Rights

Equal Pay Campaign Rises Again by Sally McManus, NSW Secretary of the Australian Services Union (This is good example of how a union goes about organising – here the equal pay campaign. It is from the magazine Australian Options no 66) ‘The origins of the current equal pay campaign lie in the unionisation of disability [...]

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