Socialist, union organiser, environmental campaigner and Victorian Socialists candidate for Northern Metro
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Join us today 2pm at Trades Hall, Carlton South, for our public forum on the housing crisis and the fight for a city that works for everyone, not just the rich. Featuring historian of the BLF Green Bans Verity Burgmann, Barack Beacon estate resident Margaret Kelly, and more...
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Solidarity with these legends ✊🏽❤️
First strike on an Australian farm in generations.
Come show your support. @UnitedWorkersOz @TimdeBeauvoir @JeromeSmallVS @vic_socialists
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The predominately migrant, female workforce at Hussey & Co farms in Somerville is leading the first protected hard strike in the local farming industry in decades. Show your support and join the picket!✊🚩
Video via tiktok.com/@vic_socialists?l…
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Great to see more than 200 people turnout this afternoon for our public forum on opposing AUKUS and the drive to war with China. ✊🚩
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I actually agree with Sam Tarascio (billionaire owner), it's ridiculous that this has gone on so long.
The government needs to step in and say if you won't keep the market as a market and invest in it's future then we will compulsory acquire it.
Preston Market appears dead unless the government can broker a compromise after traders were informed their leases would not be renewed as part of a long-standing fight over the future of the land in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. theage.com.au/politics/victo…
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He might be onto something here: how about we look at where the ratio of people to dwelling space is lowest (Toorak, for example), and start assigning people from the public housing waiting list to fill up the empty rooms there.
RBA Governor Philip Lowe on rents: "The underlying issue is supply and demand." He points to the decline in average number of people per dwelling. "It just doesn't work...We need more people on average to live in each dwelling." More: bit.ly/45xMYjr #auspol @SBSnews
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That $368 billion would be better spent on almost anything other than nuclear submarines. Feel free to add to our list!
And come along to our upcoming public forum on how we can stop the drive to war – Saturday 3 June, 2pm at Trades Hall
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Victorian Socialists need your help re-registering with the AEC. The best way is by becoming a member: victoriansocialists.org.au/j…
You can live anywhere in Australia, so long as you’re enrolled to vote and you’re not a member of another party.
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Meanwhile in Victoria, the Andrews government's draconian laws upping penalties for anti-logging protestors are coming into effect.
Around the country the ALP is lining up to attack civil liberties and protect the profits of climate criminals.
South Australia rushes through anti-protest laws as activists rally outside oil and gas conference theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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It was such an honour to interview the fantastic Mike Jackson @Miners_Strike @mikeinpride @LGSMpride
For IDAHOBIT, we're sharing this conversation from Marxism '21 with Mike Jackson – of the legendary Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners – about the inspiring solidarity between striking British coal miners and queer liberation activists in the mid-80s ✊🏳️🌈
marxtalks.com.au/talks/pride…
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Hi comrades! A single mother, a member of our Inner City RAHU branch has been hit with an absurd $200/WEEK rent increase! We need to fight back now, before we are all driven out of our homes.
To support come to picket Belle Properties, 159 Dorcas St South Melbourne, 10am-5pm ✊
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Via VS vollies out postering for our upcoming housing forum:
"This taxi driver saw us postering and tried to convince his mates to let us poster the sides of their cars. They debated a bit about whether the glue would stick & in the end he took a few to stick up at the depot" ❤️
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After big union wins for librarians in 2022 – involving strike action unprecedented in the sector – the Geelong Libraries Corporation has gone on the attack, announcing plans to close 3 libraries entirely & transition a 4th to an unstaffed model. It would mean massive job losses.
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The Tamil Refugee Council (@TRCOZ) has called rallies today at the Melbourne State Library and Sydney Town Hall from 2pm to mark the Tamil Genocide
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Today we remember the 2009 Mullivaikkal massacre, when tens of thousands of Tamils were slaughtered by the Sri Lankan military.
Hear activists @aranmylvaganam, Ben Hillier & @leerhiannon discuss the struggle for Tamil self-determination at Marxism 2019:
marxtalks.com.au/talks/10-ye…
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Gary Foley speaking on First Nations and Palestinian solidarity at Naarm's 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Nakba
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Wonderful turnout to yesterday's rally for Palestine. Since the Naqba, there have 75 years of brutal repression – and 75 years of resistance. Global solidarity is essential if we're to see the end of Israel's apartheid regime.
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
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Congrats to the Albanese govt for making the BBC news
bbc.com/news/world-australia…
