Archive for September, 2015
Long to rain over us
Posted by John, September 10th, 2015 - under Songs for the band unformed.
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They are bombed
We remain, unfree
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Abbott’s Syria refugee announcement: too little, too discriminatory and too hypocritical – free the Syrians in detention
Posted by John, September 9th, 2015 - under Asylum seekers, Refugee Action Coalition, Refugees, Syria.
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The stipulation that Australia’s selection would be from minority groups is transparently anti-Muslim. And by making the announcement of bombing Syria at the same time as announcing the refugee intake, Abbott is trying to hide the reality that it is the US bombing in Syria that creates refugees.
Australia will take Syrian refugees, by Christ
Posted by John, September 8th, 2015 - under Abbott government, Asylum seekers, Aylan Kurdi, Refugees, Resistance.
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Germany will on current estimates take 800,000 refugees this year. Germany and Australia are comparable rich countries. Germany has not quite four times Australia’s population. So why aren’t we talking about Australia taking 200,000 refugees this year? We used to take that if not more migrants. We could do it easily.
The problem is capitalism, not just who manages it
Posted by John, September 7th, 2015 - under Capitalism, Jeremy Corbyn, Neoliberalism, Reform, Reformism, Social Democracy.
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While I think it is fantastic that the likes of Jeremy Corbyn are raising a whole range of issues from taxing the rich to re-nationalising public goods, from cutting billion from defence spending to supporting refugees and recognising Palestine, and by doing that giving hope to the millions disenfranchised by the tweedledee and tweedledum of neoliberal politics, we need to be clear that the real problem is capitalism, not just who manages it and how they do so. In the long term the only way we can win a better society is by us, the vast majority, uniting to overthrow capitalism and organising production democratically to satisfy human need.
Some facts, not Tony Abbott lies, about Australia’s pathetic refugee intake
Posted by John, September 7th, 2015 - under Asylum seekers, Racism, Refugees, Tony Abbott, Xenophobia.
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Tony Abbott claims we are number one per capita in taking in refugees. We are not. We are not number one but number 27 per capita. This is a good analysis with, you know, FACTS, not Tony Abbott lies, about Australia’s pathetic response to refugees. It is from the Refugee Council of Australia.
No to intervention – victory to the Syrian revolution
Posted by John, September 6th, 2015 - under Revolutionary Socialism, Socialists, Syria, Turkey, US imperialism.
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We, socialists of Turkey and Syria, reject all political and military intervention of foreign powers to Syria; whether it is claimed against ISIS, Assad or the PKK. No to AKP-US intervention, victory to the Syrian revolution!
Take my hand
Posted by John, September 4th, 2015 - under Songs for the band unformed.
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Take my hand
I cannot take your hand
Boy in the sand and surf
I cannot take your hand
And bring you to my earth
Will you walk with me?
Posted by John, September 4th, 2015 - under Songs for the band unformed.
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Will you walk with me
Through the gentle hello
Where quiet duvet
Meets screamed pillow
Save the children – open the borders
Posted by John, September 3rd, 2015 - under Asylum seekers, Europe, Imperialism, Open borders, Refugees.
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There is no migrant crisis. There is a crisis of imperialism, of intervention, of capitalism. End the cycle of death and tears. Stop invading countries, bombing them and supporting dictators.Open the borders everywhere.
I looked into your eyes
Posted by John, September 3rd, 2015 - under Songs for the band unformed.
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I looked into your eyes
The other day
Perhaps for the first time
In all those years
Since I caressed your wine