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More Than Roadblocks and Parades - Workers, Indigenous Struggle and the Environmental Movement
Alex Muddle Alex Muddle

More Than Roadblocks and Parades - Workers, Indigenous Struggle and the Environmental Movement

Over the last few years, the public has borne witness to a seemingly endless display of roadblocks and police-approved parades taking to the streets of major cities seeking action on the climate crisis. Recently, Extinction Rebellion UK announced they would renounce mass disruption tactics in favour of a “mass movement” approach where citizen councils attempt to induce politicians to make capitalism slightly greener. This approach is inadequate for resolving the systemic problems of capitalism – the main cause of the climate crisis.

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Red Report Back - Week Ending 18/03/2023
Red Kelly Red Kelly

Red Report Back - Week Ending 18/03/2023

In this Red Report Back

The Federal Labor Party’s Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) is once again under fire for its inability to address the Australian housing crisis. The Greens have opposed the fund since the 30,000 homes it proposes to build over five years are far less than the 75,000 ‘affordable’ homes required for that period.

Rent Increases Continue to Climb as Landlords Seize on Housing Supply Shortage as the national severity of the housing crisis on renters has been building.

he Physical Disability Council of NSW has joined calls for an end to no-grounds evictions in the lead up to the March state election, with representative Hayley Stone saying "For them, what might be a financial decision is a really catastrophic life situation for their tenants.”

There is a Lack of Housing for Domestic Violence Shelters asover 56,700 women forced to move out of home to separate from a violent partner in 2016, and higher demand surging in the post-lockdown landscape. 

CFFF Report shows Inflation is driven by company profits. The report claims the setting of higher prices by corporations accounted for 69% of added inflation, while in comparison labour costs only made up 18%.

Investigators from the United Nations torture prevention body, the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) cancel their visits due to a lack of government cooperation.

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The Voice, Imprisonment and the Movement
Alex Muddle Alex Muddle

The Voice, Imprisonment and the Movement

if you have a towering, dead gum tree that has been poisoned, it is not going to start growing wattle flowers just because you wish it to. That is because fundamentally, that tree is incapable of making this change. You can tape some wattle branches to it, or paint flowers on it all you like and try to pretty it up. However, it is still going to be a desiccated carcass that will not grow what you want, and any attempts to try and make it do so will be in vain.

Likewise, you cannot find true, lasting justice for Indigenous peoples, amongst many others, under the current Australian system as it exists. As a capitalist state built on the ongoing process of colonialism, Australia, with its legal systems and institutions, is incapable of giving justice to Indigenous people.

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Red Report Back - Week Ending 19/02/2023
Red Kelly Red Kelly

Red Report Back - Week Ending 19/02/2023

In this Red Report Back

Burke announces Labor’s industrial relations plans for 2023 including superannuation payments in the National Employment Standards, clarify coverage of temporary migrant workers and ensure stronger access to unpaid parental leave.

Rents rise in regional victoria as workers struggle to find homes and 35,900 households in regional victoria are either experiencing homelessness or being forced to live in overcrowded properties and thousands more were facing rental stress.

NSW tightens the noose on civil rights with new organised crime laws which allow top and search for ‘unexplained wealth’, and directing people to provide acess to digital devices. These laws also make it an offence to possess a dedicated encrypted criminal communication device.

The Voice debate contiues to pinball as Albanese beefs up his argument for a Yes vote with dissenting Liberals and “heavyweights of business” to quote the Guardian. This includes icorporate criminals from BHP and other businesses that like to blow up and destroy Aboriginal sacred sights. and the Greens ignore their own indigenous caucus leading to Lidia Thorpe leaving the party.

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