{"id":27919,"date":"2011-11-28T23:43:33","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T13:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=27919"},"modified":"2011-11-28T23:43:33","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T13:43:33","slug":"bolt-devine-baiada-versus-chicken-workers-w-bonus-trotskyism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=27919","title":{"rendered":"Bolt, Devine & Baiada ~versus~ chicken workers (w\/- BONUS! Trotskyism)"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOW brave police were to smash the Occupy Melbourne camp, tackling students and aged hippies. Meanwhile a Laverton business begged for similar help to clear a violent picket, which the Supreme Court had ordered lifted…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OK, so Bolt (Missing … one fowl swoop<\/a>, Herald Sun<\/em>, November 28, 2011) may have a point about “hippies”<\/a>, picketers, and the (eminently reasonable) police preference for assaulting the former category of citizen.* That said, he fails to note two, rather important facts. First, police did attempt to break the picket, and in doing so seriously injured one picketer. Secondly, the picket — unlike Occupy Melbourne — had the support of the labour movement, and was intended to address — again, unlike Occupy Melbourne — some very specific, and very serious<\/a>, grievances.<\/p>\n

Finally, regarding Bolt’s attempt to portray the battle as being one between a struggling small business and violent unionists, Godfrey Moase provides a much more detailed account of the forces ranged against the super-exploited workers @ Baiada in Lessons from the #baiadastrike about the 1%<\/a> (Godfrey’s Blog of Claims, November 27, 2011), while Dorothy Parker carves up Bolt’s Sydney-based comrade Miranda Devine (who makes very similar claims) in It’s Sunday, and time for a roast chicken dinner, and Miranda the Devine, who deserves a decent roasting …<\/a> (November 27, 2011).<\/p>\n

As for the socialists…<\/p>\n

Communist League<\/a> (CL) : Poultry workers strike in southeast Australia<\/a> (The Militant<\/em>, December 5, 2011)
\nSocialist Alliance (SA) : Baiada workers celebrate victory<\/a> (November 26, 2011)
\nSocialist Alternative (SAlt) : Baiada workers claim victory<\/a> (November 22, 2011)
\nSocialist Party (SP) : Baiada workers win strike<\/a> (November 28, 2011)
\nSolidarity : Baiada workers win victory over bullying bosses<\/a> (November, 2011)<\/p>\n

More news from the CPA, CPA (M-L), RSP and SEP as it comes to hand.<\/p>\n

And on the other hand: Who\u2019s in charge? Management\u2019s right to manage under scrutiny<\/a>, The Editor, VECCI blog, November 24, 2011.<\/p>\n

*Note that the pathetic figure of today’s stereotypical hippie<\/a> should not be considered synonymous with the hipster of history<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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