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‘Reviving the Strike: How Working People Can Regain Power and Transform America’ by Joe Burns is relevant for Australian unions. He argues that the labor movement must revive an effective strike based on the traditional tactics of labor–stopping production and workplace-based solidarity. The blog http://www.revivingthestrike.org/ If the American labor movement is to rise again, it [...]
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The Crisis This Time Socialist Register 2011 Leo Panitch, Greg Albo and Vivek Chibber December 2010 ‘The global economic crisis that closed the first decade of the 21st century has demonstrated that the contradictions of capitalism cannot be overcome. The challenge for socialist analysis is to reveal both the nature of these contradictions in the [...]
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China, Brazil, Indonesia: Capital is a fickle lover By Walden Bello June 22, 2011 — Foreign Policy In Focus — “China is today the ideal capitalist state: freedom for capital, with the state doing the ‘dirty job’ of controlling the workers”, writes the prominent Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek. “China as the emerging power of the [...]
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Follow the UK strikes here http://www.pcs.org.uk/
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Overworked America: The Great Speedup by: Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery, Mother Jones (Overwork applies also to the Australian workforce.) Americans work 122 hours more than workers in the UK, and 378 hours more than those in Germany. You: doing more with less. Corporate profits: Up 22 percent. The dirty secret of the jobless recovery. [...]
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Carbon Markets Are Not Cooling the Planet By Stephen Leahy BONN, Jun 22, 2011 Carbon markets have been widely promoted as the only way to generate enough money to enable industries and countries to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions, which are largely responsible for global warming. The only problem is that nearly 20 years after [...]
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Letter to The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Indigenous Affairs 27 June 2011 from Alastair Nicholson AO and others Dear Minister, We note on 22 June, the release of Stronger Futures discussion paper which sets out a new round of consultations/conversations with Aboriginal people at public meetings in Regional Centres and in Communities. We [...]
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Social media tips for unions by Alex White Social media is an incredibly powerful tool for unions to reach a new audience and communicate with existing members. The rules of social media – conversation, participation, openness and community – fit well with union values. We must use this tool wisely to be effective. The days [...]
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From Cluster Munition Coaltion Australia Cluster munitions are large weapons that open to release hundreds of small bombs which rain down over a wide area. Many do not explode on impact and continue killing and maiming for decades. Australia has signed the international ban on cluster bombs and is about to ratify it. Sounds good, [...]
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