Archive for December, 2010
7 year old Marxist
Posted by John, December 18th, 2010 - under Uncategorized.
Comments: 2
I spotted a seven year old Marxist yesterday. His T-shirt read : Make ice cream, not war.
The bipartisanship of death
Posted by John, December 18th, 2010 - under Refugees.
Tags: Asylum seekers, Christmas Island
Comments: 18
Australian capitalism’s biggest export is death. The partisans of death cannot and will not entertain a humanitarian response to asylum seekers. We must force them to. The lives of refugees depend on us.
Christmas Island deaths – aren’t both major parties to blame?
Posted by John, December 17th, 2010 - under Refugees.
Tags: Asylum seekers, Christmas Island
Comments: 2
Aren’t both major parties – Labor and Liberal – to blame for these Christmas Island deaths because of their bipartisan support for demonising and criminalising refugees, imprisoning them and forcing them to flee in boats to get here rather than providing rapid Australian resettlement programs from near the countries of origin, often countries we have […]
Have your say – Saturday’s socialist speak out
Posted by John, December 16th, 2010 - under Saturday's socialist speak out.
Comments: 5
A day early I know…. But there is much to talk about. There’s Wikileaks and empire’s attempts to stifle dissent. There’s the banks telling us how good they are to us. There’s Labor pulling a swifty on equal pay. There’s the ongoing disaster in Afghanistan which the US and Australia know is unwinnable. All of […]
Equal pay: don’t believe Labor’s lies
Posted by John, December 15th, 2010 - under Labor Party, Lies.
Tags: Chris Evans, Community sector, Equal pay, Equal wages for equal work
Comments: none
The best way to win equal pay for equal work and to keep and expand jobs in the community sector is to strike.
Cops attack free speech demo: They won’t silence Wikileaks and they won’t silence us
Posted by John, December 15th, 2010 - under Julian Assange, Wikileaks.
Tags: Demonstrations, Free speech
Comments: 5
Wikileaks has exposed the violence, double-dealing and hypocrisy of our rulers and the system they govern.
Visy – so striking is a crime now too?
Posted by John, December 13th, 2010 - under Picketing, Strikes, WorkChoices, WorkChoices Lite.
Tags: ACTU, Australian Council of Trade Unions
Comments: 3
Defy Labor and their pro-boss industrial laws. Spread the Visy dispute. Close them down. Victory to Visy workers.
Free speech, equal pay and equal love: Gillard Labor opposes them all
Posted by John, December 12th, 2010 - under Wikileaks.
Tags: Equal love, Equal pay, Equal wages for equal work, Free speech
Comments: 5
On 3 basic issues, equal pay, equal love and transparency in government, Labor stands opposed to the progressive and democratic position.
Larvatus Prodeo is down temporarily
Posted by John, December 11th, 2010 - under Uncategorized.
Comments: none
LP’s domain name has expired. Consequently it is no longer possible to navigate directly to larvatusprodeo.net. Try larvatusprodeo.ozblogistan.com.au in the meantime while the domain issues are sorted out.
English student protests – what really happened on fees vote day
Posted by John, December 11th, 2010 - under Resistance, Struggles, Students.
Tags: Education, England, Fighting back
Comments: 3
The fantastic student movement has shown the scale of anger at the government’s cuts assault. It has also exposed the vulnerability of the government.
The trade union movement now needs to throw its weight behind the student. It must defend students against police and media attacks, send support and solidarity to students fighting back—and take the spirit of resistance into workplaces up and down the country.