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Mar 12, 20221 min read

The ACTU's latest report on Women at Work

Here you can listen, for about 20 minutes, to last week's discussion with Annie McLoughlin on her Solidarity Breakfast programme about...

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Feb 9, 20223 min read

Making Parliamentary Democracy More Democratic

Here, Josh Bornstein provides a pretty thorough description of the undermining of parliamentary democracy as we know it in Australia....

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Jan 26, 20221 min read

Morrison's RATshit manufacturing policy

I was able to discuss my previous blog about the non-made-in-Australia RATs on last Saturday's Solidarity Breakfast with Annie...

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Jan 20, 20227 min read

RATshit - Morrison’s Manufacturing Con

Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) are an essential part of the new policy framework imposed by the Morrison government on the Australian people...

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Jan 16, 20225 min read

Dead in the Water - review

Its so obvious, but that’s why it is worth stating, but water, food and air with the right amount of oxygen in it, is essential to all...

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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 16, 20216 min read

Just Transitions and Green New Deals

The broad range of Just Transition proposals are necessary, but not adequate, to reverse climate heating. These proposals must be...

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Dec 10, 20212 min read

A virus drives a pivot to manufacturing!

For 42 years the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, manufacturing workers, and the majority of Australians with common sense, have...

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Dec 10, 20211 min read

Its May Day! Celebrating workers of the world in their struggles …

Our day for workers all over the world building their international solidarity for thought and action to create a better world....

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Dec 10, 20216 min read

Food supply workers hooray! Heroes they truly are.

“Without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn.” (from “Solidarity Forever”) Who, truly, reproduces society? The corona virus...

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Dec 10, 20216 min read

The metalworker thinking method: understanding today’s big picture

The exponential transmission of this coronavirus from its original starting point means that right now governments are imposing fascist...

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Dec 10, 20213 min read

And still we rise!

This morning I awoke with mind racing far earlier than is good for me. The “thinking” led pretty quickly to two Facebook posts,...

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Dec 10, 20216 min read

Pandemic and recession: a peoples economic and democratic programme

The UWU steps forward Just a couple of days ago the National Secretary of the United Workers Union (UWU), Tim Kennedy, released a...

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Dec 10, 202111 min read

Women’s wages and the 2019-20 Annual Wage Review

Introduction International Women’s Day (IWD) is now just a week away. A few days later, March 13th, is the deadline day for submissions...

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Dec 10, 20212 min read

An Australian democratic just transition is possible, and urgently necessary

It takes a few paragraphs of blather (you might disagree) before you get to this: “On Wednesday, Peter Dutton told ABC’s Afternoon...

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Dec 10, 20219 min read

Extreme bush fire smoke: workers’ rights and stand down pay

Introduction: Australia’s extreme and unprecedented bush fires must change everything Australia’s bush fire season again started well...

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Dec 10, 20211 min read

Extreme bush fire smoke and workers’ rights (part 1):

Workers Radio Podcast 24th January In our first discussion for 2020 Caroline and I start a 3 part series on the unprecedented and extreme...

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Dec 10, 20212 min read

Mainstream journo talks Plan B for tackling climate change

Morrison’s fake “evolve” can be challenged In today’s Guardian (Australian Edition), Lenore Taylor presents another strong summary of...

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Dec 10, 20212 min read

The voice of a quiet Australian

Yesterday I was sitting in a sauna after some swimming exercise. I joined three other blokes and one woman. It was my first time there...

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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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