Albo has serious problem on his hands. He did what to many Labor stalwarts, unions members, and just about anyone in favour of fair play as unthinkable. He went out to destroy the CFMEU. This is what it amounts to.
Why would he want to do this? It’s not hard to see that this Labor government has cozied up to big money and its demands for economic and social change that benefits those at the top at the expense of those below. At a time when the cost-of-living crisis is biting, Albo’s government embraces the continuation of neoliberalism. Continue reading Huge marches in defence of the CFMEU seen across Australia→
join the Melbourne rally to give support to the CFMEU and help to fight of this unjust on the right of construction workers to belong to a union of their choice, have leaders that they vote for, and a right for a voice in their union.
Assemble outside Trades Hall at the corner of Victoria and Lygon Streets in Carlton.
Sunjeev Bery says (The Intercept 22 August 2024) breaking this cynical cycle requires getting honest about Biden and Harris’s roles in this blood-soaked charade. Washington talks peace while continuing to support Israel’s killing through military and diplomatic support. The so-called peace plan now being put forward is no peace plan but a cynical means to set the ground to justify more aggression.Sunjeev Bery is a foreign policy analyst and human rights advocate.Continue reading The U.S.-Led Ceasefire Talks Are Just Buying More Time for Israel’s Genocide→
Richard D Wolff, professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts and visiting fellow of International Affairs at New York’s New School University puts forward his view about the connection between rising anger and the decline of western capitalism (Economy for all 14 August 2024). He goes on to point out that traditional politics is in denial and mainstream parties similarly focus on administering for the 1 percent. The political right uses the anger but doesn’t understand it. As for the left, it has largely become hooked on tinkering and trying to make western capitalism more acceptable. It too fails to understand that rising anger is the result of the decline of western capitalism and will remain impotent until this changes.What applies to western capitalism applies to Australia in its own unique form.
A realisation that there is more to the move to suppress the Construction division of the CFMEU than dealing with people involved in crime gangs. This is an attack on the basic right to freedom of association, risking serious repercussions that go beyond the affairs of one union. Continue reading The attack on the CFMEU denies justice and democratic control→
The following article Diane Kraal is an expert on Australian taxation law and policy and an adjunct senior research fellow at Monash Business School (The Conversation 14 August 2024) makes the case against Australia’s allowing Australia’s foreign owned companies controlling Australia’s gas exports to get away with paying very little tax. Australia should be moving away from fossil fuels and transitioning to renewables. Diane Kraal doesn’t deal with this. But what she does say opens a window onto the power these corporations have over the Australian political system and the political leader who operate within it. They are not teared to stop the bleeding of billions of dollars that could be used for Australia’s benefit. We should all consider this and draw obvious conclusions about how we go about changing this.
Economics writer for The Guardian and policy director at the Centre for Future Work, Greg Jericho, is right to counter the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor assertion that the economy is over heated and needs slowing. Andrew Hauser made this comment in during speech last week at an event of the Economic Society of Australia. Greg Jericho was also right to back Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmer’s retort that the economy doesn’t need slowing. Continue reading High cost of living and inflation the result of bad debt and stagnant wages→
Tim Anderson was an eyewitness observer of Venezuela’s presidential election on 28 July 2024.
Fransisco Dominquez in a Chilean born leading solidarity with Venezuela campaigner in London.
This is about what happened during the election and United States manipulation and interference in the electoral process and backing of violence to overturn the will of the people through a coup.
The other side of the story is that Venezuela is fighting back against the United States backed fascist plot.
Starts at 7 pm
Victorian Trades Hall – New International Bookshop corner of Victoria and Lygon Streets Carlton
Washington supported ultra-right elements unleash a wave of violence, as part of an orchestrated campaign against the election of Nicolas Maduro. They have targeted hospitals, schools, railway stations, and forced drivers out of cars to torch them. The they targeted, political rivals, their homes, and families. This is to back their claim that the 28 July presidential election was rigged. Continue reading Venezuelans mobilise to support election of Nicolas Maduro→
This article was written for Fair Go For Pensioners by its Victorian President Joe Montero
While Australian policy makers continue to pretend the nation’s housing woes are about the lack of properties to satisfy the market demand for them, real life has a way to prick the illusion. Cities like Melbourne, Hobart ad Darwin recorded falls over the last month. In the longer-term, the rate of rise has been shrinking, not hugely, but it’s definitely there. Continue reading The rise in corporate monopoly power is a big factor the housing cost crisis→
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