March 13, 2019 - click here for index of articles.
Wage against corporate greed
As the Australian Council of Trade Unions launches its wages campaign in the lead up to the May federal election, the scare campaign around workers’ wages that is being run in the mass media on behalf of employers, flies in the face even of calls for the need for wages to increase by the likes of the Reserve Bank governor. more ...
Editorial – History calls
Human civilisation is at a cross roads as future life on the planet is threatened. Humanity must reduce net emissions of greenhouse gases to ZERO by 2050 if we are to have a chance to limit global warming and to save the world for future generations. more ...
Clean water a human right
Aboriginal lore-men gathered at the source of the Murrumbidgee River in the Kosciuszko National Park on March 2-3 to dance and conduct a healing ceremony. The ceremony followed another held at the mouth of the Murray River the week before. The traditional healing ceremony were led by Uncle Max Dulumunmun Harrison. more ...
Pursuing the GERM – Education privatisation
The following article produced by the Australian Education Union looks at an international crusade to impose the discipline of the market on the provision of education. The results of the marketisation of schooling are the focus of this article. more ...
“Think Tanks” to be wary of …
The US-inspired campaign to generate hate and fear of China has ramped up in the past 12 months with the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, sanctions imposed on Chinese tech companies ZTE and Huawei, the exile of Chinese lobbyist Huang Xiangmo, as well as much dark talk of “Chinese Communist Party influence in universities and among members of the Australian-Chinese community”, and even darker accusations of people with “links to the Chinese Communist Party”. more ...
Imperialist in chief – George Bush senior’s war on Iraq
The death of George HW Bush last year provoked a flood of eulogies and hagiographies from the US media and official circles. What was ignored was his imperial role in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq. Anthony DiMaggio provides a much-needed corrective. more ...
US weapons not on table
The chance that North Korea will give up its nuclear weapons approximate the chance of survival a snowball has in hell. Whatever one thinks about the leadership of North Korea, with 100 percent certainty we can say the North Koreans act based on what they see the United States actually do as opposed to any promises Donald Trump makes. more ...
Brexit: Fact or fiction?
There is a lot more fiction than fact in the Brexit debate, the smoke and mirrors being created by the establishment here in Ireland, in Britain, and in the EU. The government are up to their necks in the propaganda war, and have failed to deal with Brexit in Ireland’s interest. Instead they have propped up the false narrative created in Brussels. more ...
Marxist fashionistas
Not a “position” as such – though some Marxists have also been notable fashionistas (and others, distinctly scruffy dressers). However a Marxist approach can reveal quite a lot. Fashion is (arguably) unique to and a characteristic of our species. Some other creatures adorn, advertise or conceal themselves by “wearing” “foreign objects.” But in no case (as far as is known) is there any significant social transmission or evolution of habit. And clothing – its wearing and manufacture – is peculiar to humanity. more ...
On the 6th anniversary of the passing of Hugo Chávez, Commander in chief of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, your example keeps defeating imperialism.
Chávez lives on!
Quote of the Week
Fascism in power is the open terrorist dictatorship of the most reactionary, chauvinistic and
most imperialist elements of finance capital.
Georgi Dimitrov – Against Fascism and War
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