Archive for August, 2011
End offshore processing; end mandatory detention. Free the refugees!
Posted by John, August 31st, 2011 - under Asylum seekers, Chris Bowen, Refugees.
Comments: 4
End offshore processing; end mandatory detention. Free the refugees.
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Fascists mobilise with Zionists against BDS
Posted by John, August 31st, 2011 - under Fascism, Max Brenner, Zionism.
Comments: 3
The collaboration of Zionists and Fascists is not surprising. The increasingly brutal actions of Israel against the Palestinians fits neatly with the hysterical anti-Muslim campaigns by the APP/ADL.
Zionists and fascists unite against Palestine protests
Posted by John, August 31st, 2011 - under Fascism, Zionism.
Comments: 22
Zionists in Brisbane marched side by side with fascists on Saturday. The two groups have seemingly made an alliance over their support for Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians.
Victorian unions support BDS against apartheid Israel
Posted by John, August 30th, 2011 - under BDS, Israel, Israeli apartheid, Palestine, Zionism.
Comments: 17
The Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC), the peak trade union body in Victoria, has passed a motion supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Campaign in support of Palestinian rights and opposing the police attacks on BDS protests at Max Brenner in Melbourne.
The Australian and the Prime Minister
Posted by John, August 29th, 2011 - under Julia Gillard, The Australian.
Comments: 7
The news organisation that bought you phone hacking in the UK brings you untruths in Australia.
The Australian – by its untrue stories shall you know it. The Murdoch press – where untruths abound.
The carbon tax’s dirty little secret – gas-fired power
Posted by John, August 28th, 2011 - under Carbon tax, Climate change, Coal, Coal Seam Gas, Gas.
Comments: 15
It may well be that the certainty the carbon tax is offering to mining companies and power generators is encouraging the explosion of Coal Seam Gas exploration across the country.
Saturday’s socialist speak out
Posted by John, August 27th, 2011 - under Saturday's socialist speak out.
Comments: 7
Labor is a minority Government because of its rotten right wing policies. Labor wouldn’t be dependent on Thomson if it had abandoned neoliberalism and begun to rule in the interests of labour, not capital.
Former Gaddafi apparatchiks dominate Libya’s National Transition Council
Posted by John, August 27th, 2011 - under Gaddafi, Libya, National Transition Council.
Comments: 2
Former Gaddafi apparatchiks dominate the Libyan National Transition Council. The co-opted revolution is in safe pro-imperialist hands, for now.
Possible pollie profiteering – apply the ‘Craig Thomson’ standards to all of them
Posted by John, August 26th, 2011 - under Craig Thomson, Politicians.
Comments: none
If you have any further examples of ‘possible pollie profiteering’ post the details in the comments and I’ll add it in, if appropriate, to the text.
Another year of hard Labor
Posted by John, August 25th, 2011 - under ALP, Gillard Government, Gillard Labor, Labor Party.
Comments: 4
The sad, petty sewer of official Australian politics over the last 12 months is a wretched contrast to the fightbacks and revolutions around the globe. But the upheavals shaking the world system should give, to us and to our rulers here in Australia, hope and fear in equal measure.