not the motorcycle diaries

8/4/2005

Filed under: ntmd — ana @ 2:53 pm

Another round of factory lay-offs

Another bunch of boys I knew as kids join the dole queue

Or the Army Reserves

My brother among them

In a familiar assemblage

Reminiscent of C Wright Mills

I wonder if the only reason we do not see more of this sort of thing is because most of the industry in Australia has already closed down?

Comment by mike — 8/4/2005 @ 10:06 pm
Yeah, well, whatever it is, it’s highly inconvenient for those of us who like to wax billybragg. This is the only opportunity I’ve had in months!

Comment by ann — 8/5/2005 @ 8:53 am
Yeah! Globalisation has a lot to answer for.

Comment by mike — 8/5/2005 @ 1:35 pm
Do you think that support should be given to the Howard government’s IR reforms so that it can generate Billy Bragg songsmanship? Where is the moral imperative?

Comment by adrian — 8/5/2005 @ 8:26 pm