Archive for November 4th, 2012
Greens support Labor Government in the ACT
Posted by John, November 4th, 2012 - under ACT Greens, ACT Labor, ACT Liberals, ACT elections, ACT politics, Shane Rattenbury.
Comments: 25
The ACT Greens had a chance to be bold and implement a grand vision for the Territory. Instead we got a milksop of an ALP/Greens agreement which all but guarantees that the political isolation and decline of the Greens will continue over the next 4 years.
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The politics of George Orwell
Posted by John, November 4th, 2012 - under George Orwell, Socialist Alternative Canberra.
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In Canberra Socialist Alternative’s next public meeting is on the Politics of George Orwell. As John Pilger reminds us, ‘Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.’ This talk reclaims Orwell for the left. 6 pm Thursday 8 November Room G 8 Moran building ANU
Mounting problems behind Chavez’s victory
Posted by John, November 4th, 2012 - under Bolivarian revolution, Chavez, Venezuela.
Comments: 18
Without Chávez controling these contradictions will require more and more repression, and the people will have to organize anew, independently of those in power. But that has to be prepared already today. The socialists, many of whom fight sincerely as part of the Chávez movement, should dedicate themselves from now on to work from the grassroots, creating the capacity to rescue socialism – the theory and practice of the working class that transforms itself into the maker of its own history – from the hands of those who try to redefine it as the instrument of a state that more and more serves its own interests.
Venezuela: el chavismo contra un candidato no tan nuevo
Posted by John, November 4th, 2012 - under Bolivarian revolution, Chavez, Venezuela.
Comments: 1
Porque la realidad es que el estado chavista se ha convertido en un aparato de poder que se dedica a frenar toda iniciativa popular, incorporando a líderes de base por un lado e incluso reprimiendo las iniciativas populares a escala local por otro. … Sin Chávez su control se volverá cada vez más represión y el pueblo tendrá que organizarse de nuevo, independientemente de las instancias del poder. Pero esto se tiene que preparar desde hoy. Los socialistas, muchos de ellos peleando sinceramente dentro y desde el chavismo, se dedicarán desde ahora a trabajar desde las bases, creando la capacidad de actuación y rescatando el socialismo (teoría y práctica de las clases trabajadoras que se transforman en protagonista de su propia historia) de manos de los que tratan de redefinirlo como protagonismo de un estado que actúa de parte y en ausencia de ellas, y cada vez más en sus propios intereses.