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Phil, I don't know what email program/settings you are using but your url's are broken. Take a look at http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism/2017-August/277790.html and you'll see what I mean.
On 8/30/17 8:58 PM, Philip Ferguson via Marxism wrote:
Another busy week at the blog. Check out: The real scandal around Winston Peters' superann is that some people want to undermine the universal nature of pensions and have the pension means-tested: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2017/08/30/ winston-peters-super-the-real-scandal/ Immigration is a key political issue because it shows whether people stand for pulling up the drawbridge on a cosy little privileged NZ or show solidarity with the workers of the world and the right to free movement: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2017/08/29/election-time-is- open-season-on-immigration/ And, for background reading, see, The Case for Open Borders: https://rdln. wordpress.com/2015/05/12/the-case-for-open-borders/ Ultra-rightist groups in the USA have been emboldened by the trump presidency. Among those taing them on have been San Francisco wharfies: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2017/08/27/san-francisco-wharfies-strike- action-against-far-right/ A legacy of defeats and the impact of living in a member of the imperialist club have had a debilitating effect on workers' consciousness and preparedness to struggle in New Zealand: https://rdln.wordpress.com/ 2017/08/27/whats-up-with-the-working-class-in-new-zealand Global action against extra-judicial killings in the Philippines: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2017/08/26/global-action-against-philippines- extrajudicial-killings/ A group of artists are continuing the conversation Metiria Turei MP started – demanding a more compassionate social welfare system. They asked artists who have been on a benefit in NZ (DPB, sickness, invalids, jobseeker, whatever) to draw a picture of themselves, and write a couple of sentences next to it about their experiences. See: https://rdln.wordpress. com/2017/08/24/we-are-beneficiariesthe-worst-thing-was-seeing-my-mum-single- broke-crying-in-a-winz-office/ (Scroll down from there to see the others) Phil for the Redline blog collective _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/lnp3%40panix.com
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