Archive for March, 2011
Welfare meets Workchoices
Posted by John, March 31st, 2011 - under Labor Party, Liberal Party, Neoliberalism, Resource Super Profits tax, Resource rent taxes, Welfare reform, WorkChoices.
Comments: 11
It is workers who can stop the neoliberal Workchoices style attacks of Labor and the Liberals on the unemployed and the disabled and in doing that defend their own living standards.
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Citizens against Tax Avoiders
Posted by John, March 30th, 2011 - under Big business, Citizens against tax avoiders, Tax, Tax avoidance.
Comments: none
I wonder if we could set up an activist group in Australia targeting the big business tax avoiders or those big businesses which pay little or no tax. A bit like Uncut in the UK is targeting the tax avoiders/low tax paying big businesses there. The miners, News Ltd Australia, PBL, Texas Pacific Group, the banks [...]
Capitalism, imperialism, and the threat of nuclear power
Posted by John, March 30th, 2011 - under Canberra Socialist Alternative, Capitalism, Imperialism, Nuclear power.
Comments: none
Capitalism, imperialism, and the threat of nuclear power Thursday 31 March 6.00 pm Room G052 Haydon Allen Building Australian National University Canberra Socialist Alternative
Why nuclear is not safe
Posted by John, March 30th, 2011 - under Nuclear power, Nuclear weapons.
Comments: 3
They tell us nuclear energy is safe. It obviously is not. The entire filthy industry is dangerous to its core and should be shut down – from the uranium mines to power plants. There is no way nuclear power could ever be safe. Fukushima is only the most recent example of the industry’s history of destruction.
Resource rents and company tax rates: tax big business
Posted by John, March 29th, 2011 - under Minerals Resource Rent Tax, Resource Super Profits tax, Tax, Tax avoidance, Tax cuts.
Comments: 41
Almost half of all big business pays no income tax and those that do mostly pay much less than the notional 30 percent headline rate. Tax business and the rich.
Israel, the Greens and Marrickville
Posted by John, March 28th, 2011 - under BDS, Boycott, Israel, New South Wales, The Greens.
Comments: 15
For Bob Brown BDS and Marrickville present a three fold opportunity. Brown can continue his campaign against BDS more openly; he can criticise and undermine the more left wing Greens in New South Wales and he can mask voter disquiet about the carbon tax with a more self-serving veil.
Labor in New South Wales – terminal or just resting?
Posted by John, March 27th, 2011 - under ALP, Labor Party, New South Wales.
Comments: 15
The way to beat the Liberals is not to wait 4 years for an unlikely Labor Party election win. It is to organise in the workplaces and to build a party of socialists with clear ideas to help the working class defeat the conservatives of either the Labor or Liberal variety.
Government loyalists attack rebel forces – in London
Posted by John, March 27th, 2011 - under Fighting back, Resistance.
Comments: 1
Unconfirmed reports are circulating that forces loyal to Cameron are attacking rebels in Trafalgar square.
Why is the U.S. afraid of Malalai Joya?
Posted by John, March 27th, 2011 - under Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Malalai Joya, United States.
Comments: 1
The denial of a visa for Malalai Joya was meant to prevent her views from being heard. Hers is a case of what the American Civil Liberties Union calls “ideological exclusion,” the prevention of perspectives that are critical of the U.S. government, from reaching audiences in the U.S. The reality–that crimes against humanity are part of the daily practices of U.S. imperialism–is exactly what the U.S. government is afraid of people learning domestically.
Free speech, army racism, Libya, the carbon tax – have your say in Saturday’s socialist speak out
Posted by John, March 26th, 2011 - under Australian army, Carbon tax, Free speech, Libya, Racism in the armed forces.
Comments: 23
I am thinking about banning Zionist trolls on my website who offer nothing but name calling and nonsense. Should I? I see the hired killers of the Australian capitalist state in Afghanistan are racists. Surprise surprise. And the response of the Government and army? Just a few bad apples. Seriously? What do you expect when you train young men [...]