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Keywords: Neoliberal

AUSTRALIA

Guerilla president cements Uruguay's left
- Antonio Castillo
- 09 December 2009
1 Comment
Four decades ago 'Pepe' Mujica was a ferocious Latin American guerrilla leader. His election as president of Uruguay shows that the Latin American people continue to reject the neoliberal experiment that has brought so much poverty and injustice.
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EDUCATION

How Catholic schools are failing the poor
- Ross Fitzgerald
- 24 August 2009
25 Comments
A neoliberal funding policy has undermined the ability of Catholic schools to meet poor children's needs. Instead, Catholic schools have allowed millions of tax dollars to be siphoned off public schools and given to the private sector.
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AUSTRALIA

El Salvador: rise of the left
- Rodrigo AcuÑa
- 24 March 2009
1 Comment
US Republicans lobbied President Obama to impose hardships on Salvadorians livingin the US should the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front win last week's election. When the left did triumph, he did the opposite and congratulated the new leader.
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AUSTRALIA

Dodson honour deflects neoliberal orthodoxy
- Myrna Tonkinson
- 29 January 2009
9 Comments
Dodson can be expected to show courageous leadership, and not shrink from challenging government. The responses of Tony Abbott and some Aboriginal leaders exemplify the fact that many see the focus on Indigenous rights as passé.
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AUSTRALIA

Neoliberal termites unbalance Fair Work Bill
- Tim Battin
- 01 December 2008
6 Comments
The Rudd Government is attempting to sell its Fair Work Bill on the basis of 'balance', as compared with the Howard Government's WorkChoices Bill. This is like trying to strike a balance between Margaret Thatcher and Genghis Khan.
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AUSTRALIA

Maintaining the rage against WorkChoices
- Tim Battin
- 01 May 2008
11 Comments
There are worrying signs that the Labor Government will interpret the grass-roots campaign against WorkChoices in the most conservative light possible. Catholic social thought defies any policy that results in a shift of power to the already powerful.
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CONTRIBUTORS

Cristy Clark
- Cristy Clark
Dr Cristy Clark is a senior lecturer with the Faculty of Business, Government and Law at the University of Canberra. Her work focuses on the intersection of human rights, neoliberalism, activism and the environment, and particularly on the human right to water.
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