Union stories from this link http://oz.labourstart.org/ Ged Kearney ACTU Responding to the 2012 Federal Budget, ACTU President Ged Kearney said: “The 2012-13 Federal Budget will help shape a fairer Australia, through a more progressive tax system, better assistance for low and middle income earners and protection for jobs in struggling businesses. “The Government has had [...]
Ruak Timor Leste President
Taur Matan Ruak to be new President of Timor-Leste Report from Peter Murphy The presidential elections in Timor-Leste, conducted over two rounds on March 17 and April 16, 2012, resulted in Taur Matan Ruak, former commander of the armed forces, winning by a margin of 61 per cent to 39 per cent over FRETILIN candidate [...]
US labor and China
Relevant read as the same wrong views on China and unions from some Australian union leaders as well. A Time for Honest Self-Reflection The US Labor Movement and China by ALBERTO C. RUIZ The statistics are chilling. In a country where workers have no real right to organize a union, they face an ever falling [...]
Our spending on the military
Australian Defence Facts and Figures Australia is among the top military spenders per capita. This is not something to boast about! There are alternatives – for example, well resourced public schools with better facilities and smaller classes to educate the citizens of the future; more beds in our public hospitals with more nurses with better [...]
General strike?
“If you want a General Strike organize your co-workers” An Interview with Joe Burns, author of “Reviving the Strike” (review this blog) April 28th, 2012 by Camilo Viveiros https://t.co/qoRke0ut Introduction: Many in the Occupy movement have called for a general strike on May 1st but most Occupy activists aren’t involved in labor organizations or organized [...]
May Day
May Day is remembering socialist ideals – popular self-government and the economy run democratically by working producers to meet people’s needs and no more war. Chomsky on May Day http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/29-4 Photos May Day http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/may-day-2012-big-photo-galle.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2012/may/01/may-day-rallies-pictures Leo Panitch on May Day http://www.socialistproject.ca/inthenews/MayDay.html The claiming of May 1 as a day for political protest grew out of [...]
War or peace
War or Peace. My Report on the Basewatch meeting Saturday april 28 3.30 pm CDU Darwin With veteran whafie and NT political leader Brian Manning, I with 40 others attended Darwin’s public meeting on the US military machine in Australia. I applaud the Basewatch group for an informative meeting over 2 hours on this question [...]
May Day poem
Prayer for the Eve of May Day Shine, sun, for May DAY! We are not yet so strong That we can give you orders, but we must Have your co-operation in our festival. Let not a cloud obscure your radiance, But shine on high as we do here below. Shine, sun for May Day! You [...]
Australian Options
Australian Options no 68 Magazine started by the late Elliott Johnston QC We need new subscribers $20 per year CONTENTS 2 Editorial: Searching for a better socioeconomic system 3 Fair reforms for growth and prosperity to all Dr Cassandra Goldie 6 Recognising Australia’s Indigenous Peoples in the Constitution Professor George Williams FOCUS: The Murray-Darling Basin [...]
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