The U.S. Economy and China: Capitalism, Class, and Crisis by Martin Hart-Landsberg The U.S. economy is in bad shape and people are understandably seeking solutions. Many, encouraged by mainstream media and politicians, believe that China’s trade policies bear primary responsibility for the structural decay of our economy and that recovery will require, above all, pressuring [...]
Repression of Columbian
AUSTRALIAN POLICE THREATEN COLOMBIAN UNION CAMPAIGN Rob Durbridge President, SEARCH Foundation Recently I was a witness to an interview by the Australian Federal Police of Alejandro Rodriguez, a young Argentine-Australian engineer and union member. Alejandro is a friend who is involved in a campaign to raise awareness about the repression of trade unionists and peasants [...]
APHEDA Canberra fundraiser
Please join us on Wednesday 24 February 2010 after work. Come in anytime after 6pm to 11pm for a fundraiser for APHEDA at the Ostani Lounge Bar and Restaurant, Hotel Realm, National Circuit, Barton for vino y tapas. Build support for APHEDA Union Aid Abroad projects in Zimbabwe and South Africa. This is the first [...]
Vietnam holiday 2010
A holiday in Vietnam. A first visit for us both. 2-weeks January 2010 leave, with the Lonely Planet guide. Vietnam lived up our to our expectations and stories we heard. I like to start with cities. So for those who have not been to Vietnam, this introduction is as a tourist, inner-city Ho Chi Minh [...]
Ecological revolution
Why Ecological Revolution? John Bellamy Foster It is now universally recognized within science that humanity is confronting the prospect — if we do not soon change course — of a planetary ecological collapse. Not only is the global ecological crisis becoming more and more severe, with the time in which to address it fast running [...]
AEU on My School
AEU To all ALP Federal Members of Parliament Re: League Tables – My School Website The AEU supports the Government’s objective aimed at providing more information about school effectiveness to parents. However, the policy in its current form, which also facilitates the creation and publication of league tables, will do more harm than good. Within [...]
Labour and environment conference this saturday
What roles can the Union and Green movements play in …. Saving the planet? Red, Green and In-between: Reviewing Labour and the Environment in Historical Context Here is a chance to hear Ian Lowe, Jack Mundey & Tony Maher discussing environmental and union campaigns. And that’s just for openers at this Saturday’s Brisbane Labour History [...]
School results hypocrisy
My School Comparisons Expose Hypocrisy of PM and Gillard The Save Our Schools public education advocacy group today accused the Prime Minister and the Federal Education Minister of hypocrisy and duplicity about reporting school results. SOS national convenor, Trevor Cobbold, said they have broken each of their three key promises about publishing school results. “The [...]
XANANA
XANANA – Leader of the Struggle for Independent Timor-Leste by Sara Niner (Australian Scholarly Publishing) Reviewer: Andy Alcock Australia East Timor Friendship Association SA Inc As a person who has been involved in the solidarity movement for East Timor since the middle of 1975, I was very excited to learn that Sara Niner had written [...]
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