Archive for March 13th, 2009
Emissions trading: a pollution and profits bonanza
Posted by John, March 13th, 2009 - under Jobs, Labor Party, Living standards, Penny Wong, Resistance, Socialism, The Left.
Tags: ALP, Australian Building and Construction Commission, Australian politics, Big business, Capitalism, Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Climate change, CPRS, Emissions Trading Scheme, ETS, Global Warming, Green energy, Green jobs, Greenhouse gases
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Labor’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme is about profits for the polluters, not cutting greenhouse gas emissions, Liz Ross argues in the latest edition of Socialist Alternative. Rudd’s done it again! One more broken promise. Remember when Labor said they’d tear up WorkChoices – well we’ve got WorkChoices-not-so-lite instead and they kept all the “special” laws […]
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The Peter Garrett Good Government Guide – An Oily Analysis
Posted by John, March 13th, 2009 - under Jobs, Labor Party, Living standards, Midnight Oil, Mining, Musings, Peter Garrett, Pine Gap, Racism, Reformism, Resistance, Social Democracy, unemployment.
Tags: Aborigines, Afghanistan, ALP, Australian politics, Big business, Bush, Capitalism, Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Climate change, CPRS, Emissions Trading Scheme, Fighting back, Global Warming, Greenhouse gases, Howard
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Ive used the lyrics from some of Midnight Oil’s songs to measure the worth of the Rudd Government. Peter Garrett is (or technically was) the Oils’ lead singer. They have re-formed briefly for some bushfire relief concerts this weekend. Garrett’s day job is as the Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts in Rudd’s Labor Government. Here are some […]
Socialism and football
Posted by John, March 13th, 2009 - under Musings, Socialism, Sport.
Tags: Football
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Bill Shankly was the greatest Liverpool Football Club coach ever. Here is his view on life. ‘The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That’s how I see football, that’s how I see life.’