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Viola Wilkins commented on Alex Falconer's group 'Labour Films'
Salt of the Earth film review http://ning.it/yembHV
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Salt of the Earth film review http://ning.it/yembHV
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Unwaged workers resistance in Melbourne Australia 1930s

Heard Jim Munro talk to a small group of us about the local unwaged workers struggles, their march from Camp Road Broadmeadows to Proletarian Hall in Brunswick; occupations to resist bailiff, police and landlord abuses; chalking the street corners to get others to show up in solidarity with homeless, the unemployed groups eviction from Trades Hall, the clashes with Fascists in Parkville. They did not suffer exploitation quietly !…See More
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Cork Eire/Ireland 99% workers resist 1% bossy boots ripping them off. http://ning.it/yXu67Z
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Ratheon your repression is our profit

Comment:     Latest update for the Police State that has everything- gee thanks Raytheon servile scientists for this technical advance and answer to protesting crowds - new toys for the Law & Order boys...the Police Chiefs from Bahrain, China, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Syria, USA, Zimbabwe (and maybe even Mayor Doyle here in Melbourne where the State Premier has agreed to double the riot squad from 50 to 100 as they expect unruly citizens ?)…See More
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100 million Indian workers strike solidarity http://ning.it/z1StYE
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Blog posts by Viola Wilkins Feb 16
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Occupy workplaces - 1971 HARCO & The Link

http://workers.labor.net.au/features/200402/c_historicalfeature_harco.htmlWorker Control Harco StyleDrew Cottle and Angela Keys ask if it's worth rememberinng the 1971 Harco work-in.The 1971 Harco 'work-in' has been lost to memory. It is lost to history. The site of the steel company at which it occurred is now a disused car-park. To paraphrase Bertolt Brecht, Who built the pyramids? Who cares?Why did the…See More
Blog post by Viola Wilkins Feb 15
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workplace deaths and resource wars related

Looked at on an international scale workplace related deaths outnumber those killed in wars, and the wars are trade wars for resources like fossil fuels or Coltan for mobile phones to supply the same Corporations that are so dangerous to work for. Asbestos is still being mined and exported by Canada, uranium is still being mined and exported by Australia just these two socalled "peacefull" societies export deaths on a scale hardly considered. The ILO did a report of 2 million deaths a year a…See More
Blog post by Viola Wilkins Feb 14
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Bloody asbestos, stop exporting it Canada http://ning.it/zM43rE
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i wage-slaves at Apple Foxconn http://ning.it/AgT3R0
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IWW little red songbook australian version: The Bosses darling

Little Red Songbook Australian version is coming so we wage-slaves can sing while we strike, Occupy a chorus."The Bosses Darling."(Anne Ominous.)

Oh come along down to the factory
The production line is turning
If you work all day for the minimum pay
God knows what you’ll be earning
Just step in line when you arrive
To keep your family alive
At the end of the day you just survive to be
 The Bosses Darlin'

So come along down to the factory
We’ll keep you on your toes’es
There’s lots of…See More
Blog post by Viola Wilkins Feb 11
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Nobel Peace prize for Bradley Manning http://fdl.me/xukTBc
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Greece General Strike http://ning.it/yCi0c2
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http://ning.it/w9c9nz SHE2I2: A year in review: Egypt's labor battles continue
Status posted by Viola Wilkins Feb 8

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Unwaged workers resistance in Melbourne Australia 1930s

Posted on February 21, 2012 at 3:22am 0 Comments

Heard Jim Munro talk to a small group of us about the local unwaged workers struggles, their march from Camp Road Broadmeadows to Proletarian Hall in Brunswick; occupations to resist bailiff, police and landlord abuses; chalking the street corners to get others to show up in solidarity with homeless, the unemployed groups eviction from Trades Hall, the clashes with Fascists in Parkville. They did not suffer…
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Viola Wilkins

Ratheon your repression is our profit

Posted on February 18, 2012 at 9:28am 0 Comments

Comment:     Latest update for the Police State that has everything
- gee thanks Raytheon servile scientists for this technical advance and answer to protesting crowds - new toys for the Law & Order boys...
the Police Chiefs from Bahrain, China, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Syria, USA, Zimbabwe 
(and maybe even Mayor Doyle here in Melbourne where the State Premier has agreed to double the riot squad from 50 to 100 as they expect unruly…
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Viola Wilkins

Contagious strikes - worker's struggles in China.

Posted on February 16, 2012 at 9:03pm 0 Comments

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Deliver the Ethical iPhone petition at the Apple store (with me!)

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Apple’s shareholder meeting is on Feb. 23rd, and we want to make sure they’re responding to our demand to make the next iPhone ethically. Join me to deliver our massive petition with over 70,000 signatures to your local Apple store before the meeting.

Fox-conn i-phone, i-pad i-wage-slave.





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At 12:03pm on November 29, 2011, Illegal Letter DroppingIllegal Letter Dropping said…

 Viola

 

Saw your link re: irishman abroad on the Wall st Banks... couldn't of said it better myself? ;-)

 

Sims

At 1:14pm on January 8, 2011, Julie HorneJulie Horne said…

Hello Viola,

Thanks for your comment. Greetings from NSW.

Julie.

 
 
 

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