Archive for November 12th, 2013
Labor Party – Philippines Statement on Yolanda’s Aftermath: They destroy, We suffer
Posted by John, November 12th, 2013 - under Capitalism, Climate change, Labor Party Phlippines, Philippines, Typhoon Yolanda.
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Capitalism is destroying the planet. Now we suffer, says the Labor Party-Philippines.
The horror of devastations unleashed by monster-typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) upon eastern and central Philippine regions is unspeakable. As of writing, estimates on number of casualties and actual damages stay tentative since many areas remain isolated and communications, power, road and port systems are down.
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The Minerals Resource Rent Tax – the Australian Labor Party and the continuity of change
Posted by John, November 12th, 2013 - under Australian Labor Party, Capitalist workers' party, Minerals Resource Rent Tax.
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The process of change from Henry to the RSPT to the MRRT can best be understood, not just in the context of bad design, but, building on the work of Bramble and Kuhn, in the context of the Australian Labor Party as a capitalist workers’ party. I argue that it is this tension in the ALP, the shift in its internal balance further towards capital and the lack of class struggle that has seen Labor preside over what the father of rent tax in Australia, Ross Garnaut, describes as a ‘problematic’ tax.