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Canberra: Left Unity Public Forum
Left Unity: A Forum with Socialist Alternative and Socialist Alliance on Left Unity 6 pm Thursday 16 May Room G 52 Haydon-Allen Building ANU Socialist Alternative and Socialist Alliance are in talks about unity, and as part of that process we will hold a joint forum here in Canberra on left unity in Australia. If you are interested in this exciting development and want to learn more or be involved, come along to this public forum and hear the discussion and debate. https://www.facebook.com/events/452603648150763/ (0)

Labor's super back down: a party rotten to the core
Me on superannuation and the death rattle of the ALP in The  Conversation. (0)

Marxism 2013 Conference
“Marxism is one of the best forums for debate in Australia” John Pilger gives a glowing review of the Marxism Conference. He will be returning to speak at Marxism 2013. Buy your tickets online today at www.marxismconference.org The talk on Saturday at 4 pm about taxing the rich looks interesting too.  Wonder who is giving that one? (0)

Marx and taxing economic rent in Australia
A very amateurish first draft by me on Marx and taxing economic rent, with too much explanation of basic ideas and then off on tangents and misunderstood ideas. http://docs.business.auckland.ac.nz/Doc/51-John-Passant.pdf

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An article of mine on superannuation tax rorts in the Canberra Times
This is an article of mine in the Canberra Times on Tuesday 12 February. I argue that the benefits of the superannuation tax concessions go disproportionately and overwhelmingly to the rich and that it’s time to end the super tax rorts. (3)

Me in the media recently on tax
‘Mining Tax shortfall: the experts respond’ The Conversation 8 February 2013 ‘Current super concessions favour the wealthy – so why aren’t we supporting reform?” The Conversation 8 February 2013 (0)

Tax the rich
I am speaking at Marxism 2013 on taxing the rich. I will be talking on Sunday 31 March at 11.30. The Conference is the biggest left wing event of the year, over Easter at Melbourne University. Others speakers among the 70 or more include John Pilger, Gary Foley, Billy X Jennings, Brian Jones, Bob Carnegie, Jeff Sparrow, Antony Loewenstein, Toufic Haddad, and speakers from parties from Indonesia, The Philippines, Pakistan, New Zealand, the US and many many more….Check out the link here. (2)

The 99 Passant
I am about half through compiling the first volume of my most read (readers’ view) or most interesting (my view) articles from this blog.  Keep an eye out for Volume I of the 99 Passant when it is published later this year. I’ll keep you updated. (0)

More threats
As some of you may know I have been censoring the posts of a serial pest who makes anti-Muslim and racist comments and has in the past threatened me. He has posted again saying that the next time he is in my area – he names my street – he’ll ‘drop in to say g’day’. Clearly this is an attempt to further intimidate me. If anything happens to me or my family here are his details to provide to police.  jack 58.96.105.106  He has a druid name email at txc. (0)

Doctors and other bruises
I am having various tests and analysis done with a range of doctors over the coming weeks so may not be as communicative as normal on this blog. Bear with me. Hopefully I will be back in the New Year fighting fit. (4)

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Behaviour protocols for all Liberals

There are some rather shady people who have moved in to my neighbourhood. From the look and sound of ‘em – well dressed, articulate, clean cut – they could be Liberals. There are also some mid 20s loud mouths, partying, self-important born to rule twits who treat women like rubbish. Young Liberals is my guess.

Sexual assualt on campus is a major problem which Morrison’s comments trivialise. It isn’t asylum seekers who are the main perpetrators but young born to rule men.

Should I report the Liberals to the police after all the rotten things they have done? Not just one isolated incident either but a whole pattern of attacking people and their jobs, unions, wages, even countries overseas and in Australia. They are warmongers with the blood of millions on their hands.

Remember the Ashby case against Peter Slipper, unceremoniously thrown out by Mr Justice Rares? Here is part of what his Honour said:

I am also satisfied that Mr Ashby and Ms Doane by about 29 March 2012 were in a combination with Mr Brough to cause Mr Slipper as much political and public damage as they could inflict on him.

Brough of course is the endorsed Liberal National Party candidate for Slipper’s seat.

What about convicted thief and former Liberal Party Senator Mary-Jo Fisher? Should we be warned about her presence?

Refugees have done no wrong in seeking asylum in Australia. Yet Morrison wants to put warnigns out about them. In fact, acording to Bianca Hall in The Age, asylum seekers are 45 times less likely to commit crimes than other groups.

Based on her figures we can confidently predict there are more crooks in Parliament than there are among asylum seekers. Australian journalist George Megalogenis has tweeted that  ’1.3% of Federal MPs elected to this parliament facing criminal charges vs 0.04% of asylum seekers.’ It is time for behavioural protocols for all politicians and warnings whenever they are in the neighbourhood. The police should mobilise immediately against this clever political enemy within, these parasites on the public purse.

At least Morrison has his priorities right, eh? No behavioural protocols for abusive priests because they pose no threat to society but asylum seekers do. Is that the logic when the facts suggest otherwise?

Enough of the dog whistling to racists in an attempt to undermine Julia Gillard in Western Sydney. Instead of make believe criminals why not regulate the crooks in your own party and the ALP, Morrison?

Speaking of the Young Liberals. Here in Canberra the Young Liberals – the play actors of politics and wannabe big boys (they are almost always frat boys) – even stood outside a Liberal Party meeting and refused to go in. This made it inquorate to ensure the attendees wouldn’t satisfy attendance rules so they wouldn’t be able to vote in any possible re-run of the Gary Humphries/Zed Seselja ACT Senate battle which saw Zed topple Gary on what looked like branch stacking.

Zed of course is the preferred candidate of the Young Liberals, and the creationists I have heard, although I cannot yet verify this latter assertion.

Surely we need ‘behaviour protocols’ to protect us from all these vicious brutal Liberals roaming freely in the suburbs? I have advised the police but they appear not to take seriously my concerns about vilification, lies, incitement to violence and dog whistling. Perhaps the fact almost all the members of this bloody and violent Liberal gang are rich and white has something to do with their inaction.

Only the working class on the march, fighting for its own interests, can defend our society from the racist downward spiral it is on.

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Comment from Kay
Time March 1, 2013 at 2:46 pm

Very amusing. Young Liberals/Young Labor – no doubt the same obnoxious behaviour! Most are self-opinionated, loud, self-righteous uni students – including young socialists! We can only hope that age will bring maturity, wisdom and better behaviour.

Comment from John
Time March 1, 2013 at 2:58 pm

Well mark this day as one for the heavens. I partially agree with you Kay. The Young Libs and Young Labor are often indistinguishable in both politics and behaviour – just party hacks or wannabe hacks, careerists looking to warm their bums in Parliament or the party machine. Young socialists are serious in exploring politics but as far as I can tell also have a bit of fun in between working to highlight the inadequacies of capitalism.