Last Saturday's environment rallies came off as a great beginning to the movement we need to build urgently. See GLW report here:Thousands rally for 100% renewables by 2020
Here are a few presentations on the rallies:
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Wollongong
Cairns
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Perth
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Sydney
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Melbourne
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Wollongong actions against climate change
In Wollongong the Socialist Alliance branch is doing great work. There's a significant coming together on the left which suggest that 'left unity' is indeed a very viable project when away from those who would dismiss its promise (and actuality).
Here are 2 reports featuring local SA members and supporters on the recent climate protests.
Chris Williams is the local Socialist Alliance convenor and Jess Moore is national co-organiser of socialist youth organisation Resistance.
Here are 2 reports featuring local SA members and supporters on the recent climate protests.
Chris Williams is the local Socialist Alliance convenor and Jess Moore is national co-organiser of socialist youth organisation Resistance.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Rights on Site - Ark Tribe Prosecuted
From Rights On Site
Ark Tribe is a construction worker from South Australia facing six months in jail. He has been charged with not attending an interview with the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC).
Ark was working on the Flinders University site in Adelaide. Conditions were so bad that workers drew up a petition calling for safety improvements, on a handtowel.
It took an intervention by the union and the state government safety regulator to get the most pressing problems fixed and finally, after several days, things began to get back on track.
One by one workers from the site were called before the ABCC.
The penalties for those who don't cooperate with ABCC investigations are frightening - fines of up to $22,000 for things like stopping work to make sure workers are safe and jail for up to 6 months if you don't answer their questions. Even the police don't have the powers the ABCC have.
In Ark's words, "If I've done something wrong, I'm prepared to cop it, but I won't be treated unfairly."
We need to get the Rudd Labor Government to get rid of these laws, before another construction worker faces jail.
Ark Tribe is a construction worker from South Australia facing six months in jail. He has been charged with not attending an interview with the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC).
Ark was working on the Flinders University site in Adelaide. Conditions were so bad that workers drew up a petition calling for safety improvements, on a handtowel.
It took an intervention by the union and the state government safety regulator to get the most pressing problems fixed and finally, after several days, things began to get back on track.
One by one workers from the site were called before the ABCC.
The penalties for those who don't cooperate with ABCC investigations are frightening - fines of up to $22,000 for things like stopping work to make sure workers are safe and jail for up to 6 months if you don't answer their questions. Even the police don't have the powers the ABCC have.
In Ark's words, "If I've done something wrong, I'm prepared to cop it, but I won't be treated unfairly."
We need to get the Rudd Labor Government to get rid of these laws, before another construction worker faces jail.
Audio: The Rise of China and the Demise of the Capitalist World Economy By Minqi Li
Minqi Li is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah and the author of The Rise of China and the Demise of the Capitalist World Economy among other publications. This lecture was delivered at the Marxist School of Sacramento on 21 May 2009.
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Monday, June 1, 2009
AUDIO:Building Bridges: Tariq Ali - Afghanistan/Pakistan - Danger Ahead
The west's 'good war' in Afghanistan has turned bad. Spreading the war to Pakistan was a disaster. for A local solution involving all the powers in the area, rather than a neocolonial one, is needed.
Speaker: Tariq Ali
Speaker: Tariq Ali
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