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To strike or not to…

By on December 3, 2011 in Book Review, Capitalist Financial Crisis, Labour Law, Right to Strike, US politics, Workers Rights

My book review of ‘Reviving the Strike’ now also posted at Left Focus here http://leftfocus.blogspot.com/2011/12/important-book-review-reviving-strike.html Also posted on the new Evatt website http://evatt.org.au/news/reviving-strike.html

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Hobsbawm – how to change the world

By on October 14, 2011 in Book Review, Capitalist Financial Crisis, Workers Rights

Eric Hobsbawm ‘How to Change the World: Tales of Marx and Marxism’ (Published by Little, Brown, 2011). Review by Chris White (appears in Options 66) In this era of the new world capitalist system crisis, Hobsbawm’s sparkling style and incisive analysis in ‘How to Change the World’ shows that Marx is still a thinker for [...]

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‘Red Silk’

By on October 13, 2011 in Aboriginal, Book Review, Social justice, Workers Rights

This earlier post was erased by a spam attack. Elliott Johnston has passed away. He is a working class hero.I was not able to attend the public celebration of his life in Elder Hall, Adelaide. You can get some idea of Elliott Johnston for those who did not know him in this book just published, [...]

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Lessons for Australian unions

By on September 25, 2011 in Book Review, Capitalist Financial Crisis, Collective Bargaining, Labour Law, Right to Strike, US politics, Workers Rights

The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor Birth of a New Workers’ Movement or Death Throes of the Old? By Steve Early Early’s book is essential reading for Australian unionists, particularly those , like myself, who pushed for union restructuring and organising works and follow the SEIU.This is keenly debated by US unions. ‘Between 2008 and [...]

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Handbook for workplace struggle

By on September 25, 2011 in Book Review, Collective Bargaining, Labour Law, Right to Strike, US politics, Workers Rights

I recommend for every union library and union training from the USA ‘A Troublemaker’s Handbook 2′ A Labor Notes Book 2005. How fight back, to struggle at work and win. http://www.troublemakershandbook.org/TEXT/Strikes/La%20Botz%20Days%20of%20Action.htm

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Corporates in schools

By on September 25, 2011 in Book Review, Public Policy, Social justice

This little kiddy went to market by Sharon Beder Visiting professor, School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication, University of Wollongong. In 2007 Joel Klein, chancellor of New York City schools outlined to an overflow meeting of parents his plans to restructure New York schools in the form of businesses. Nation magazine reported: “In the [...]

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XANANA

By on January 30, 2010 in Book Review

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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Timor review

By on August 13, 2009 in Book Review

BOOK REVIEW by Andy Alcock: “THE LONG PATROL – AUSTRALIA & EAST TIMOR’S WARS” by Richard Plunkett (Black Dog Books 2008) $16.95 Since Timor Leste gained its independence in 1999, it seems that there is a never ending stream of books being written about the country. This is probably the case because not many thought [...]

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