Archive for July 4th, 2009
Operation Phoenix: rising from the ashes in Afghanistan?
Posted by Bill, July 4th, 2009 - under Imperialism, Operation Phoenix, United States, War, War crimes.
Tags: Afghanistan, Australian imperialism, Crimes against humanity
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What exactly are Australia’s Special Operations Group troops doing in Afghanistan? Killing villagers perhaps, and then calling them insurgents and terrorists?
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Apartheid Israel
Posted by Bill, July 4th, 2009 - under Israel, One-state solution, Oppression, Palestine.
Tags: Apartheid, Colonialism
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There’s a recent paper from the Human Social Research Council of South Africa arguing that Israel is practising apartheid and colonialism in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. There is a link here.
The Construction Union – stirrings against Labor?
Posted by Bill, July 4th, 2009 - under Industrial action, Safety at work, Strikes.
Tags: ABCC, ALP, Australian Building and Construction Commission, Australian Labor Party, Australian politics, Building industry, Building unions, CFMEU, Class struggle
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The ABCC is Labor’s law. Lobbying MPs and passing motions at the ALP national conference won’t change a thing. Cutting off profit to the bosses is the way to force them and the Government to back down.