EPISODE · Sep 24, 2021 · 36 MIN
How Australia’s richest have profited in the pandemic with Shirley Killen
from Red Flag Radio · host redflag
The 250 richest people in Australia increased their wealth by $93 billion during the first year of the pandemic while millions of essential workers have seen no increase in their wages. In this episode we talk to activist Shirley Killen about drastic inequality, the political failures of mainstream politics, and what socialists can learn from the drive for profits in a crisis. Reading How Australia’s richest have profited in the pandemic by Shirley Killen - https://redflag.org.au/article/how-australias-richest-have-profited-pandemic Why is nobody in prison over robodebt? by April Holcombe - https://redflag.org.au/node/7483 How the rich are cashing in on pandemic pain by Tyler Ray (Nov 2020) - https://redflag.org.au/node/7470 Support Red Flag Radio on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/redflagradiopodcast Subscribe to Red Flag newspaper https://subscribe.redflag.org.au Hosted by Roz Ward. Produced by Liam Ward. Music by Dan Kenny.
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The 250 richest people in Australia increased their wealth by $93 billion during the first year of the pandemic while millions of essential workers have seen no increase in their wages. In this episode we talk to activist Shirley Killen about drastic inequality, the political failures of mainstream politics, and what socialists can learn from the drive for profits in a crisis. Reading How Australia’s richest have profited in the pandemic by Shirley Killen - https://redflag.org.au/article/how-australias-richest-have-profited-pandemic Why is nobody in prison over robodebt? by April Holcombe - https://redflag.org.au/node/7483 How the rich are cashing in on pandemic pain by Tyler Ray (Nov 2020) - https://redflag.org.au/node/7470 Support Red Flag Radio on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/redflagradiopodcast Subscribe to Red Flag newspaper https://subscribe.redflag.org.au Hosted by Roz Ward. Produced by Liam Ward. Music by Dan Kenny.
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