Archive for May, 2016
Cleaning the Muck of Ages from the Windows Into the Soul of Tax
Posted by John, May 31st, 2016 - under Dialectic, Marx, Marxism, Materalism, Tax.
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Instead of screwing the less well off, why not tax the rich instead?
Posted by John, May 30th, 2016 - under Independent Australia, Tax, Tax the rich.
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The Assad regime’s horrible history
Posted by John, May 26th, 2016 - under Assad, Solidarity, Solidarity magazine, Syria.
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Lachlan Marshall in socialist magazine Solidarity explains the Syrian regime’s history of deals with imperialism and attacks on its own working class in order to boost its own wealth and power.
Tax cuts for billionaires, wages cuts for workers
Posted by John, May 25th, 2016 - under Election 2016.
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Drive past Trades Hall up until the election and you might be shocked to see a giant Malcolm Turnbull head jump out at you. This billboard sums up the choice facing working Australians at this election – do we support a government promising $50 billion in corporate tax cuts while trying to undermine penalty rates, or do we #puttheliberalslast?
A link to my draft article on tax and the forgotten classes – a brief history written in letters of blood and fire.
Posted by John, May 25th, 2016 - under Tax, Tax history.
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This is the SSRN link to my 25000 word draft article on tax and the forgotten classes – a brief history written in letters of blood and fire.
Westconnex – the people reclaim their council and their democracy
Posted by John, May 24th, 2016 - under Council amalgamations, Democracy, Mike Baird, New South Wales, Westconnex.
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200 local community members attended the first meeting of the ‘Inner West Council’ imposed by Mike Baird. The community sent a clear message to the administrator Richard Pearson when he was forced to leave the meeting after he claimed it had become ‘untenable’… This is local democracy, and Baird cannot take it from us.
The 2016 election: Asylum seekers, AFP raids and dead cats
Posted by John, May 23rd, 2016 - under Election 2016, Independent Australia.
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Dutton offends every Australian migrant, AFP raids highlight the disaster that is Turnbull’s NBN and Labor’s fairness mantra endures — John Passant analyses week two of the election campaign in Independent Australia.
John Passant is unwell
Posted by John, May 21st, 2016 - under John Passant.
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I am unwell again. I won’t be posting much, other than perhaps links to other articles and short comments.
Peter Dutton swings the dead cat
Posted by John, May 19th, 2016 - under Asylum seekers, Election 2016, Peter Dutton, Refugees.
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The real enemy is Peter Dutton and all he represents, not asylum seekers and refugees.
Untouched billions in tax rorts for the rich
Posted by John, May 18th, 2016 - under Solidarity, Solidarity magazine, Tax the rich.
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This is the link to my article in socialist magazine Solidarity on the untouched billions in tax rorts for the rich.