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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

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

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

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

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