MUST READ; Banking must be a public utility to solve the housing crisis
The entire banking system should be taken over as a public service
Mike Treen
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MUST READ: A crisis is coming – we need a Green New Deal to confront it
We need a Green New Deal that prioritises people and the planet above the pursuit of profit by the 1% class of private owners of the monopoly corporations that dominate all economic life. A Green New Deal can be the step towards the new system we need. It already has a name.
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Government-induced migrant worker crisis intensifies exploitation
The government has announced a series of changes that will only intensify the crisis around migrant worker exploitation.
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Government spin can’t hide lack of progress against poverty
Overcoming entrenched poverty and inequality requires a Prime Minister and a government willing to do much more than spin pathetic numbers.
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How we can get the $100 billion we need to spend on infrastructure at no extra cost
The Economic commentator Bernard Hickey made an important point about the proposed infrastructure investment. It is way too small to make much impact on the years of neglect.
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Reform or Revolution in the 2020s
There is a discussion taking place across the globe about the type of change that is needed. Will a series of reforms to the current system be enough or will we require some form of revolution. That is a discussion taking place in the squares of cities around the world that have been engulfed in months of continuous protest against the existing order.
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The Liberal Agenda – Stop Trump’s Iran War Now! Emergency meeting, Thursday, 7pm, Unite Union Office
Just weeks after his impeachment, President Trump is trying to force the US and the rest of the world into a senseless war with Iran.
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For a Green New Deal with People’s Power
Today for the first time in half a century there is a wave of revolt sweeping the world that seems pregnant with revolutionary possibilities that may finally allow working people to help lead humanity and the planet we exist on out of the hell-hole that capitalism has created for us.
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Stop the war on the poor
The government needs to be told that there is a difference between measuring a problem and doing something seriously about it.
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BREAKING: McDonald’s agrees to pay tens of thousands of workers millions in holiday pay says Unite Union
Unite Union has announced that agreement has been reached with fast food giant McDonald’s that will see tens of thousands of current and former staff receiving payment for miscalculated holiday pay.