Archive for November 24th, 2011
Superannuation and the Minerals Resource Rent Tax
Posted by John, November 24th, 2011 - under Minerals Resource Rent Tax, Superannuation, The Conversation.
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This is my article in Thursday’s The Conversation on the Minerals Resource Rent Tax and superannuation. http://theconversation.edu.au/weve-gained-a-mining-tax-but-lost-a-rare-opportunity-4442
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Revolution in Egypt, nurses’ action in Victoria, crap in Parliament
Posted by John, November 24th, 2011 - under Nurses, Peter Slipper.
Tags: Class struggle, Egypt
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The nurses’ actions, the Portuguese general strike and the Egyptian revolution won’t rate too much of a mention in the news in Australia. It’ll all be Slipper, Slipper, Slipper. This Parliamentary cretinism is a side show to the class struggle. Victory to the Egyptian revolution. Victory to Portuguese workers. Victory to Victorian nurses.
We need a revolution to win gay liberation
Posted by John, November 24th, 2011 - under LGBTI, Revolution.
Tags: Gay and lesbian movement, Gay liberation, Gay marriage
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It is no accident that the Stonewall riot happened in 1969 and millions around the world stood up for sexual liberation in the ensuing years. The world was in turmoil as millions confronted war, racism, sexism and exploitation. There was enthusiasm for revolutionary change among millions. That is the political atmosphere we have to recreate. So the fight for sexual liberation cannot be separate from the struggle to rebuild a revolutionary movement to overthrow capitalism.
Egypt’s revolution returns to the streets
Posted by John, November 24th, 2011 - under Revolution, Revolutionary Socialists of Egypt.
Tags: Egypt
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Mostafa Omar, a member of Egypt’s Revolutionary Socialists and journalist for Ahram Online, spoke with Lee Sustar in Socialist Worker about the dynamics of the movement and the prospects for the renewal of Egypt’s revolutionary movement.