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Welcome to the Great Recession
Posted by John, March 12th, 2009 - under ACTU, ALP, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Australian politics, Big business, Capitalism, Class struggle, Demonstrations, Economics, Egypt, Europe, Fighting back, Great Recession, Jobs, Labor Party, Living standards, Marxism, Occupations, Reformism, Resistance, Strikes, The Depression, The Great Recession, Trade unions, Unions, Wage cuts, Wage freezes, Wages, sackings, unemployment.
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We are entering the Great Recession. These are the words of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, not some minor pamphleteer on the web. The IMF predicts global growth this year will fall, possibly by half a percent. Only six months ago the prediction was 4.5 percent growth. In fact, according to ABC [...]
Andrew Bolt is right – Rudd could be a oncer
Posted by John, March 8th, 2009 - under ACTU, ALP, Australian politics, Capitalism, Creative destruction, Democracy, Demonstrations, Economics, Europe, Fighting back, France, Jobs, Labor Party, Living standards, Occupations, Racism, Resistance, Socialism, Strikes, The Greens, The Left, The Liberals, The Right, Trade unions, Unions, Wage cuts, Wage freezes, Wages, sackings, unemployment.
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Andrew Bolt is right. Rudd could be a oncer.
When workers walk – 7 March 2009
Posted by John, March 7th, 2009 - under ACTU, Capitalism, Economics, Europe, Fighting back, Jobs, Living standards, Occupations, Public Service, Resistance, Strikes, Trade unions, Unions, Wage cuts, Wage freezes, Wages, sackings, unemployment.
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When workers walk (www) is a weekly round-up of some of the actions workers around the world are taking or proposing to take to defend themselves. It is drawn heavily from LabourStart and various left wing and socialist magazines such as Socialist Alternative in Australia or Socialist Worker in the UK. If you know of any workers’ struggles [...]