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Aug 174 min read
Wages, prices (…and profits?) for activists
This post discusses the latest on prices and wages and their connection to profits. (The mainstream productivity obsession can wait for...
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Aug 78 min read
Prices, Interests Rates and Continuing Stagnation – Effects and Causes (part 1)
For union delegates and members, feminist, environmental and community activists For a starter on part 2 here is a discussion about...
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Dec 27, 20214 min read
The economy, wages, and absurdist continuity
Describing as absurdist this overview of the economy (CLICK HERE) based on a recent speech by the Reserve Bank Governor (Philip Lowe)...
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Dec 10, 20217 min read
Restoring Solidarity Bargaining: is it possible?
Earlier this week, as the ACTU pointed out, the government’s mid year economic update (MYEFO) confirmed that the Morrison government...
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Dec 10, 20212 min read
Dependence on private corporations to fix inequality and climate change will be a dead end
Global economy faces $19tn corporate debt timebomb, warns IMF Here we have the IMF warning the capitalist class, and the governments that...
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Dec 10, 20216 min read
Australian bosses and “their” profits: capital strikes are good
Introduction and acknowledgement In this article I take a close look at what’s been happening in Australia with profits and investment. I...
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Dec 10, 20211 min read
Morrison government escalates class warfare
Dear Friends, click here to listen to Caroline and I discuss the Morrison’s government’s intentions on behalf of employers to make the...
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Dec 10, 20213 min read
The “logic” of Morrison’s LNP new old-fashioned attack on workers’ rights
It should come as no surprise to anyone that a new LNP government would go after workers and union rights after winning an election....
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Dec 10, 20217 min read
Annual Wage Review decision: class warfare continues
Last Friday the Fair Work Commission (FWC) handed down its decision arising from the Annual Wage Review (AWR). This annual Review is...
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Dec 10, 20215 min read
Socialism’s Relevance Here and Now in Australia
Talking about socialism here and elsewhere Dr. Tristan Ewins consistently seeks, from within the ALP, as an open socialist to the left of...
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Dec 10, 20212 min read
Understanding exploitation
https://portside.org/2019-01-26/erik-olin-wright-1947-2019 This obituary for Erik Olin Wright makes me regret not paying more attention...
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