The cut-and-paste so-called news service, World Socialist Web Site, has published a purported “political assessment” of Bob Gould.
Posts Tagged ‘WSWS’
A “political assessment” from the twilight zone
June 16, 2011Sterile propaganda versus active struggle
April 4, 2008Bob Gould
Michael Berrell’s political views are a strange mix. He supports the Chinese Stalinist regime against Tibetans struggling for autonomy, and he supports the Communist Party (Marxist) regime in Bengal cracking down on insurgent peasants who oppose being driven off their land for an industrial park owned by Western companies.
Pseudo-leftists join the anti-union chorus
February 29, 2008Bob Gould
Michael Berrell keeps asking his idiot question, on the Green Left discussion list, demanding some kind statement from me as to whether members of the Labor Party should campaign for the expulsion of Costa and Iemma if they don’t carry out policy.
A powerful protest against privatisation
February 26, 2008A large and important rally at Parliament House, in Sydney
Bob Gould
This isn’t an end but a beginning, Unions NSW president John Robertson told the protest against electricity privatisation at the opening of state parliament for this year.
The rally drew about 12,000 people, and it was clear this rebellious movement is not about to go away, nor is Robertson. The estimate of 12,000 came from the platform, and it seemed accurate.
DSP prettifies the North Korean regime
December 23, 2004The DSP leadership makes a political gesture towards the “deformed workers state” of North Korea
Green Left discussion list, December 23, 2004
The Christmas break issue of Green Left Weekly has an excited review by Chris Atkinson of Jim McIlroy’s pamphlet, Origins of the ALP, which condemns Laborism and Laborites in the most sweeping way. Right next to that review is an article about North Korea, ostensibly a review of a book by a US historian, Bruce Cumings.
On the left of the twilight zone
June 9, 2004Green Left discussion list, June 9, 2004
At the World Socialist Web Site public meeting a week or so ago, one very striking feature was that there was almost no discussion from the floor except for a bit initiated by myself and Dennis Berrell. Most of the audience sat in silence, although they clapped a fair bit.
How sects view the world
June 7, 2004Green Left discussion list, June 7, 2004
In due course, I’ll take up Luke Fomiati’s point and write a little thumbnail sketch of the World Socialist Web Site public meeting I attended, because the way the old SLL has evolved is very instructive. In the short term, I’m struck forcibly as to how similar the WSWS and Green Left Weekly and the DSP actually are to each other and in their approach to working class politics.
