Archive for June 5th, 2012
Iraqi oil workers need our support
Posted by John, June 5th, 2012 - under Iraq, Union Book.
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Union book have just launched a new campaign on LabourStart which needs your support. http://www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaign.cgi?c=1390&src=unionbook And please spread the word – by email, on Facebook, on UnionBook, by Twitter. Thanks very much! Eric Lee Visit UnionBook at: http://www.unionbook.org/?xg_source=msg_mes_network
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Tiananmen Square: remembering the past and imagining the future
Posted by John, June 5th, 2012 - under Revolution, Tiananmen Square.
Tags: China, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese workers, Democracy
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Tiananmen Square was a dress rehearsal for the future. The Chinese working class has a material interest in democracy. It has the strength to overthrow the corrupt and bankrupt butchers in Beijing.
Having done that the Chinese working class will be forced to take the revolution beyond bourgeois political demands and threaten capitalism in China itself. Then and only then can we talk about genuine socialism, the self-emancipation of the working class through its own democratic organs of societal control.
Tax reform in Australia: a view from the left
Posted by John, June 5th, 2012 - under Profit rates, Struggles, Tax, Tax policy, Tax reform, Tax the rich.
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Here is a link to a draft I wrote on tax reform in Australia: a view from the left. Hit the download button to read it all. (Warning, 40,000 words.) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2076934