Bøger af Kieran James

This book studies the Sydney (Lidcombe) branch of Australiäs CFMEU in an attempt to document and critique its branch level strategy in the year immediately after the removal of the Howard-Costello Government, i.e. November 2007 to November 2008. This ¿transitional time¿, prior to the Rudd-Gillard Government releasing its own plans for workplace relations, was a time of excitement and anticipation in union offices and building sites across the country as people perceived that the balance of power between labour and capital had changed. However, industry participants remained unsure of exactly how far the new government would go in dismantling the repressive workplace laws of its predecessor. CFMEU strategy at the Sydney branch level during this transitional time revolved around a program of ¿rebuilding influence¿ on the building sites. We also document CFMEU strategy in relation to immigrant worker issues, as revealed through several micro-cases, and offer some observations as to how effective the CFMEU¿s actions were in each case.

Set in suburban To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, in the summer of the political riots, John, Paul, George, and Richard - the four Beatles, as they are known - find themselves caught up in the murder of a family member of a friend, plus a suicide and domestic violence. They begin to learn that schoolyard practical jokes have unforeseen and unpleasant consequences in the adult world outside of the classroom. They also encounter an unlikely middle-aged adversary, their old school's psychologist, Mr Zhao. As the allegations and counter-allegations of violence threaten to spiral out of everyone's control, how will the four get out of trouble?

"Fucking Hostile: West Perth Football Hooligans 1984-86", by Kieran James (trade paperback, B&W printing). (Book is dedicated to Mick Van Duren.)