Chris is a labour law researcher, specialising in China and the right to strike. He spent 27 years in the SA union movement. Chris now lives in Canberra. More →
Socialism
THE SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE Real Human Development by Michael A. Lebowitz Book ad: from Monthly Review Press “. . . one of the foremost works in the new theory of socialist transition, and a worthy complement to Lebowitz’s previous works, Beyond Capital and Build It Now.”—John Bellamy Foster; editor, Monthly Review “. . . should be [...]
Read more →Search declaration
I attended the Search Conference and meant to post earlier the Conference Declaration A Left Action Plan: From global crisis to green future … ‘The Australian people are caught in the ongoing global economic, social and political crisis and an even more profound global environmental crisis. The federal Labor government responded quickly and positively to [...]
Read more →Ark Tribe:the trial -act1, scene1
As I was in Adelaide seeing friends and grandchildren, I took the opportunity to attend the Union rally in support of unionist Ark Tribe’s liberty – he is facing six months for saying nothing! (see earlier blogs on the ABCC). As well as the strong CFMEU speeches warning mass strikes if Ark is penalised, addressing [...]
Read more →Creative unions -posters and mining tax videos
From Creative Unions Now the People – ITUC Play with Fish Another great poster from the ITUC, again a simple and strong idea and well executed. A play on the old fish joining together to make a bigger fish image! Video Wars – Mining Tax Jun 11, 2010 04:26 am | Atosha Our Australian followers [...]
Read more →Why Muriel Matters
Why Muriel Matters This Sunday 13 June 7pm Adelaide Town Hall 100 years ago Muriel Matters was a very militant activist. Relive her politics in this new musical. Muriel Matters (November 12, 1877 – November 17, 1969) was an Australian (Bowden, South Australia) born suffragist, lecturer, journalist, educator, actress and elocutionist. Based in Britain from [...]
Read more →Circle of Silence
Australia East Timor Friendship Association SA Inc The Circle of Silence by Shirley Shackleton To be launched by Senator Nick Xenophon See on this blog the review by Andy Alcock. KATHLEEN LUMLEY COLLEGE Thursday, 10 June – 6pm 51 Finniss St, North Adelaide email bookings@aetfa.org.au Quiz Night for YWCA Timor-Leste Committee Friday, 11 June – [...]
Read more →Ark petition
From the CFMEU. Next week, on June 15th, Ark Tribe will be on trial at Adelaide Magistrates Court. For the past 12 months many of you have been following his case, and now the time for his trial has come. Don’t Jail Ark – Sign the petition Here’s your chance to see what Ark’s lawyer, [...]
Read more →Mondragon: workers cooperatives
Light in Darkness: Mondragon and the Global Economic Meltdown by Race Mathews The current economic crisis will not have been in vain if the world is reminded that grass roots initiative can triumph even over seemingly overwhelming adversity. In the aftermath of the devastation of the Basque region of Spain in the Spanish Civil War, [...]
Read more →Millennium Development goals
Millennium Development Goals – What have we Achieved and What Happens after 2015? by Peter Jennings APHEDA http://www.apheda.org.au/ For the first time in recorded human history, all the nations in the world agreed to work together to halve global poverty, and set specific benchmarks to measurer whether they achieved it or not. The set concrete [...]
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