Archive for 'Elections'
Elections, struggle and building the left
Posted by John, October 24th, 2012 - under Elections, Strikes, Struggles, The Left.
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Why is there so little choice in Australian politics? The neoliberalism of all the parties is the surface answer; lack of class struggle the underlying answer.
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Who really rules Australia?
Posted by John, August 17th, 2010 - under Elections, Mining companies, Mining maggots, Ruling class.
Comments: 3
For Marxists it’s not such much “whoever you vote for, the government always wins” but “whoever you vote for, the capitalists always win”. As Marx himself put it in The Communist Manifesto: “the bourgeoisie has…since the establishment of modern industry and of the world market, conquered for itself, in the modern representative State, exclusive political sway. The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie.”
Iran: reaction, reform or revolution?
Posted by Leonie, June 17th, 2009 - under Ahmadinejad, Capitalism, Democracy, Demonstrations, Elections, Fighting back, General strike, Iran, Islam, Resistance, Revolution, Working class.
Comments: 3
An Iranian left orienting to workers as workers offers the opportunity to overcome divisions and see the working class overthrow the dictatorship.
Will Rudd go early?
Posted by John, March 23rd, 2009 - under ALP, Anna Bligh, Australian politics, BlighBorg, Elections, HowRuddistas, Jobs, Kevin Rudd, Labor Party, Queensland, Rudd, Rudd Government, Rudd Labor, The Great Recession, sackings, unemployment.
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With the BlighBorg going to an early election and winning in Queensland, Rudd must be tempted to do the same thing and for the same reason – to avoid losing in 18 months’ time when unemployment is over 10 per cent. If the HowRuddistas hold strong to every detail of the Emissions Trading Scheme after [...]
Labor BlighBorgs win
Posted by John, March 21st, 2009 - under Australian politics, Elections, Queensland.
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The Labor Party BlighBorgs have retained Government in Queensland.
France is our future
Posted by John, March 21st, 2009 - under Capitalism, Class struggle, Democracy, Demonstrations, Elections, Fighting back, France, General strike, Guadeloupe, Jobs, NPA, New Anti-captialist Party, Occupations, Olivier Besancenot, Public Service, Resistance, Revolution, Stimulus package, Strikes, The Great Recession, Trade unions, Unions, Wage cuts, Wage freezes, sackings, unemployment.
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The recent general strikes in France were a success. Pressure is building from below for more action.
An early election
Posted by John, March 20th, 2009 - under ALP, Australian politics, ETS, Economics, Elections, Emissions Trading Scheme, Fair Work Australia, Labor Party, The Liberals, The Right, WorkChoices, WorkChoices Lite, sackings, unemployment.
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When Labor votes in the House of Representatives against the Senate amended Fair Work Bill, it is a clear sign there will be an early election. Unemployment is going to skyrocket over the next year (if not earlier) and Labor wants to do anything to avoid voter anger over that. Given 3 month Constitutional requirements – [...]