In this episode of Living the Dream Jon (@JonPiccini) and Dave (@withsobersenses) talk about the meltdown of politics in Queensland and the failure of the ALP government to carry out a coherent plan to address the decline in capital accumulation and facilitate social reproduction. Rob Pyne resigning from Labor(#corbynofcairns ?), candidates sending dicks pics and the shared anti-political language of both sides of the referendum campaign show a political class in freefall and deeply out of touch with the concerns of everyday people.
Should we care? Or just point and laugh? What is the relationship of the political to capitalism on a whole and to our struggle against it? How much of this is this a broader and global phenomenon and what can it tell us about life in Queensland?
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Articles we refer to include:
Humphrey McQueen – Queensland: a state of mind
Kathleen McLeod – “I Will Protect You With My Body” The Case For A Radical Sanctuary Movement To Protect Asylum Seekers In Australia
Andy Paine – Rewriting the political script
Chris O’Kane – State Violence, State Control: Marxist State Theory and the Critique of Political Economy
Mario Tronti – The Political (1979)
Left Flank and An Integral State
Mike Beggs – The Void Stares Back
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