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Mary Merkenich

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Support the AEU strike and demand funding for public education

Support the AEU strike and demand funding for public education

Mary Merkenich, a retired teacher, argues school staff understand their students and their needs best, and called on Labor to prioritise public...

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Mary Merkenich

Green Left Radio: Mary Merkenich on the relevance of Marxism

27.10.2025 10

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Mary Merkenich

Why raising productivity means increased exploitation

The corporate media, economists and employers are complaining that productivity in Australia is too low. In fact, some describe it as a national...

19.06.2025 10

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Mary Merkenich

Better workplace conditions help us all

While there is a justifiable focus on wages flat-lining given the rising cost of living and rents, unions must follow the example of New South Wales...

01.05.2025 10

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The Bolsheviks’ vision for women and liberation

Imagine a world where women were property, traded like livestock, silenced by veils and worked to death by the age of 30. That was the context in...

07.04.2025 10

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Mary Merkenich