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Eureka is the peoples’ flag
This article was produced by Spirit of Eureka (Sydney) and handed out as a leaflet at a rally of CFMEU & other workers outside the Fair Work Commission Sydney headquarters in support of the locked out Port Kembla Coal loaders.
Photo by CFMEU
Illegal to fly the Eureka flag? There’s a political party headed by a former Nazi, gaoled for conspiracy to murder. Last year the Australian Electoral Commission said it could use the Eureka flag as its symbol in elections. Our beautiful flag that represented 21 nationalities at Eureka, handed to violent divide and conquer racists!
Yet the ABCC says it’s illegal for construction workers to fly the Eureka flag on their multicultural work sites because it’s the symbol of the Builders Labourer’s Federation. Remember when the BLF marched on insurance corporations who wouldn’t pay injured workers? The Eureka flag flew front and centre. Shock! Horror!
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Mid-February saw the Federal and High Courts, at the behest of the Australian Building Construction Commission (ABCC) and the Turnball government, hand down two damaging decisions against the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU). For carrying out industrial activity, such as union officers going onto building sites and organising strike action, which is normal union work the CFMEU has been hit with a $1 million penalty.
The Eureka flag is a powerful symbol of the ordinary Australian working people’s struggle for justice, real democracy and national independence.
Imperial arrangements require decent overseer of subjects. In the Pax Americana, which is, in fact, rather violent, Australia is indispensable in the Pacific theatre. It offers land, facilities, and the means to eye future enemies and keep allies in check. Wedged between China and the United States, Australia could focus on smoothing rocky roads and building bridges. But this is something Washington is very keen on preventing. Those in the business of empire want to monitor the level of satrap loyalty.
The Turnbull Government’s plan to give weapons manufacturers $3.8 billions of taxpayers’ funds is being blasted by workers involved in the Don’t Buy Into War campaign.