Archive for September 16th, 2011
Labor – 8000 new members?
Posted by John, September 16th, 2011 - under Labor Party, Neoliberalism.
Tags: ALP, Class collaboration, Class struggle
Comments: 5
If Labor wants 8000 new members it could reject neoliberalism. It could tax big business and the rich. It could pay public servants, teachers, nurses and community workers much more. It could abolish the Australian Building and Construction Commission. It could process refugees on shore, legislate for gay marriage, give self-determination to aborigines and pay the rent, end the invasion of the Northern Territory… It could, it could, it could…
It won’t. It can’t address its open embrace of the market for the last 30 years. The key to that has been the class collaboration of the trade union leadership. The consequence is a party trapped in ongoing decline. We are witnessing the final death rattles of Labor as the party of social democracy in Australia. Who better to lead it than a woman with no social democratic vision?