Archive for September, 2009
Canberra teachers: cutting wages for capitalism
Posted by John, September 30th, 2009 - under Canberra, Canberra Labor, Teachers.
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Canberra teachers have accepted a 6.1 pay increase over two years under a new deal with the Stanhope Labor Government. This is a defeat for teachers and the wider union movement in Canberra. How so? Headline inflation last quarter was 1.5 percent. Core inflation – the figure the Reserve Bank pays particular attention to – was 3.9 percent. [...]
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Crisis and contradiction in the world economy
Posted by John, September 28th, 2009 - under Capitalism, Crisis, Economic crisis, Economy, Global economy.
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Tom Bramble has a long discussion piece online at Socialist Alternative about the world economy.
The truth about Israel is getting harder to hide
Posted by John, September 28th, 2009 - under Apartheid, Israel, Zionism.
Comments: 5
Solidarity with Palestine is as necessary and as justifiable as it was to oppose the Iraq war, or the apartheid regime in South Africa.
Afghanistan: our lies flow like their blood
Posted by John, September 26th, 2009 - under Afghanistan, Australian politics, Lies.
Comments: 3
The time has come to challenge our liars about Afghanistan. Let’s build a mass movment to bring Australian troops home.
From crash to recovery?
Posted by John, September 26th, 2009 - under Capitalism, Economy, United States.
Comments: 2
The U.S. economy, while almost certainly growing, remains mired in difficulties as workers continue to face downward pressure on their standard of living.
More pay for pollies?
Posted by John, September 25th, 2009 - under Australian politics, Merchant bankers, Politicians pay.
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So our politicians have won an extra 3% while the low paid had their wages frozen. (This is on top of various allowance increases which can become salary when not spent.) Now the usual suspects are lining up barking for more pay for pollies - including putative Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce who wants the PM’s salary trebled [...]
The United Nations: Gaddafi is right
Posted by John, September 25th, 2009 - under China, France, Gaddafi, Great Britain, Imperialism, Russia, UN Security Council, United Nations, United States.
Comments: 9
Gaddafi is right. The UN is part of the problem, not the cure. When we see George W Bush in leg irons at the Hague then we will know that there is justice in the world.
Venezuala: revolution stalled
Posted by John, September 24th, 2009 - under People's power, Socialism, Venezuala.
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In Venezuela itself, despite the real improvement in the lives of many ordinary people, the struggle for people’s power continues.
Why won’t they call it racism?
Posted by John, September 24th, 2009 - under Obama, Racism, United States.
Comments: 2
Wilson’s outburst gives confidence to racists and right-wingers – like the thousands of tea party demonstrators who gathered in Washington in mid-September.
Why Israel is an apartheid state
Posted by John, September 23rd, 2009 - under Apartheid, Israel, Palestine, Zionism.
Comments: 3
In mid-September, a visiting Palestinian-American academic told a Melbourne lecture that Israel is an apartheid state, more extreme in its policy against Palestinians than South Africa had been against its Black population. Professor Saree Makdisi is one of a growing number who make such a comparison – usually provoking an outraged response from pro-Israel commentators. [...]