Archive for November 29th, 2012
The banality of Australian politics
Posted by John, November 29th, 2012 - under Julia Gillard, Labor Party, Neoliberalism, Tony Abbott.
Tags: Australian politics, Banality
Comments: 1
Without class struggle no alternative working class political ideas can prosper, can break through, can shine, let alone lead. So enjoy your reading about Ricky’s retirement and Ralph’s rort, about Abbott’s allegations and Gillard’s gadflying. One day politics, real class politics, will burst forth and we will be able to say, like Marx, well grubbed old mole.
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Running to where the ball will be: a reprise
Posted by John, November 29th, 2012 - under Socialist Alternative.
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Marxists can’t predict the future, but it seems likely that at some stage class struggle in Australia will return, perhaps even explode, despite the deadening influence of the Labor Party and the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
The more people who are prepared practically and theoretically for that day the closer we will be to a truly democratic society where production is organised to satisfy human need. Then begins our liberation.
Join us in running to where the ball will be.