Archive for April, 2010
What is happening in Palestine is genocide
Posted by John, April 29th, 2010 - under Genocide, Israel, Palestine.
Comments: 3
Socialists need to orient to those fighting against imperialism today – the Arab masses and their Western supporters – not to those supporting imperialism.
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Bolivia climate conference: The poor take charge of battle for the planet
Posted by John, April 28th, 2010 - under Bolivia, Climate change, Cochabamba accord.
Comments: 5
The Cochabamba Accord is an astonishing document. It calls for radical cuts in carbon dioxide emissions, no market solutions, and an end to capitalism.
Capitalism is not sustainable
Posted by John, April 27th, 2010 - under Capitalism, Climate change, Environment, John Bellamy Foster, Marxism, Metabolic rift.
Comments: 3
Capitalism as a system of unpaid costs will lead to barbarism in the form of ecological collapse, unless there’s a movement for a different kind of system.
From Goldman Sachs to the Melbourne Storm, the game remains the same
Posted by John, April 26th, 2010 - under A few bad apples, Goldman Sachs, Melbourne Storm, Wall Street.
Comments: 9
It’s not a few bad apples. The whole system is rotten. The Melbourne Storm is a mirror into the soul of capitalism.
If it wasn’t socialist, what was the USSR?
Posted by John, April 26th, 2010 - under Cliff, Socialism, Trotsky, USSR.
Comments: 7
The collapse of the Soviet Union was neither a step forward, nor backward, but sideways – from state capitalism to market capitalism.
In defence of their land
Posted by John, April 25th, 2010 - under Aborigines.
Comments: 1
From Melanie Jewell. In a country filled with war memorials commemorating those who fought other people’s battles in other people’s countries, there is not a single memorial to those who fought in defence of their country, in their own country. So, as Australia pays its respects for ANZAC Day, I’d also like to pay respect [...]
Human rights and the left
Posted by John, April 24th, 2010 - under Human rights.
Comments: 8
The Rudd Government has decided not to introduce a national Human Rights Act. Typically conservatives have welcomed the decision while liberals have condemned it. Both misunderstand that we live in a world that not only restricts freedom; it is built on unfreedom. We are denied the freedom to be human in a society where we [...]
Tony Babino the Internationale
Posted by John, April 24th, 2010 - under Internationale, Tony Babino.
Comments: none
A great rendition of the Internationale. Clearly the video maker thinks very highly of Che and other stalinists. The Internationale by Tony Babino is sung at the end of Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A love story. The song, not the video, is at the end of the film. Moore doesn’t have illusions in Stalinism.
The myth of Anzac Day
Posted by John, April 24th, 2010 - under ANZAC day.
Comments: 9
The first Anzac Day was an attempt to divert anger away from the capitalist class to those who were “disloyal”. It was also an important part of the pro-conscription propaganda.
Single mothers protest against poverty
Posted by John, April 22nd, 2010 - under Fighting back, Poverty, Single mothers.
Comments: 7
Single mothers are now in a desperate financial situation. They have been left with no choice but to take to the streets and protest against this Labor government’s policies during an election year.