Archive for 'The Age'
How the poor are shunted into deeper poverty just for political capital
Posted by John, January 3rd, 2013 - under Jenny Macklin, Labor Party, Neoliberalism, Single mothers, Single parent payment, The Age, The dole.
Tags: Australian Labor Party
Comments: 27
Yours truly in today’s The Age on Jenny Macklin, the dole and driving single Mums into more poverty. I argue we need to fight industrially against the neoliberal Labor Party to end this sort of systemic misogyny. Here are a few snippets: ‘The rich are getting richer and we are not bothering to fight […]
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Of course we want independent newspapers
Posted by John, June 21st, 2012 - under Independence, Journalism, Journalists, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald.
Tags: Australian Financial Review, Fairfax, Gina Rinehart
Comments: none
A good first start to independence and to building it on the ground would be for Fairfax workers to strike against the planned 1900 job cuts.