Archive for December, 2016
And so you sleep, quiet, unaware
Posted by John, December 30th, 2016 - under Poems, Poems for a new world.
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Dead celebrities do not a bad year make
Posted by John, December 28th, 2016 - under Celebrities, Starvation, War.
Comments: 2
I mourn not for George Michael and Carrie Fisher but for those dying on Manus Island and Nauru, for those dying in Syria and Yemen, for those hundreds of millions across the globe caught up in war or slowly starving to death.
Sing with me in the rain
Posted by John, December 26th, 2016 - under Poems, Poems for a new world.
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Maintain our rage
In our age
The age of anger
Needed anger
Against a world so wrong
I will sing my songs
Against and for
Sing with me
Sing with me
In the rain
Raise the pension by $200 a week; make it universal
Posted by John, December 20th, 2016 - under Pensioners, Tax the rich.
Comments: 15
I am for a universal pension. This would be a pension for everyone over the age of 65. It would be a pension that is well above the poverty line.
Will we meet again?
Posted by John, December 19th, 2016 - under Poems, Poems for a new world.
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We were walking naked
In the rain
The garden soaker
We held made
Gentle
All of us
Prime Minister’s address to the House of Representatives on the Australian Parliamentary and Political Party Commission
Posted by John, December 19th, 2016 - under Corruption, ICAC, Politicians, Politics.
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As has been said many times in this Parliament, the Government is absolutely committed to doing all that is necessary to bring an end to the culture of lawlessness, intimidation and bullying in the politics industry.
The passage of these bills into law will ensure that political work is carried out fairly, efficiently, lawfully, productively for all Australians.
Support the Syrian people – neither Washington nor Moscow
Posted by John, December 18th, 2016 - under Revolution, Revolutionary Socialists, Syria.
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Lessons of the Syrian Revolution: Interview with a Syrian socialist
Posted by John, December 17th, 2016 - under Imperialism, International Socialism, Syria.
Comments: 5
Syrian socialist Ghayath Naisse, a member of the Revolutionary Left Current, spoke to Simon Assaf in International Socialism about the brutalisation of Syria, the goals of those intervening and the prospects for socialists in the region.
From Gaza to Aleppo – a guide to defending war crimes
Posted by John, December 16th, 2016 - under Aleppo, Gaza, Syria, War crimes.
Comments: 5
This is from an article written in October this year but is even more relevant today as Aleppo and its people are destroyed and the Stalino-Assadists ramp up support for ‘their’ war criminals.
Aleppo crushed by counterrevolution
Posted by John, December 14th, 2016 - under Aleppo, Counterrevolution, Syria.
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The Syrian regime and its Russian ally are in the last barbaric stages of an onslaught against Aleppo. In Socialist Worker US Ashley Smith analyzes the consequences of the rebel stronghold’s fall.