Archive for 'Social Democracy'
Tax secrecy and the mining tax
Posted by John, January 15th, 2013 - under A band of hostile brothers, Doug Cameron, Le Rhiannon, Social Democracy, Tax, Tax Office, Tax avoidance, Tax havens, Tax secrecy, Tax the rich.
Comments: 3
If the UK Public Accounts Committee can question Starbucks, Amazon and Google about their tax affairs, and then condemn them for not paying any tax in Britain, we can do it here in Australia.
A thoroughgoing investigation into the tax affairs of big business is needed to see just what they get up to and whether they are paying a fair share of tax in Australia. After all, what has big business got to hide? Over to you Senators Rhiannon and Cameron.
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Slip sliding away: a eulogy for Gillard Labor?
Posted by John, April 22nd, 2012 - under Craig Thomson, Julia Gillard, Labor Party, Peter Slipper, Social Democracy.
Comments: 13
The Slipper scandal will drag on for a while. Labor could well survive with his support and that of Craig Thomson till an election in 2013. Then they will get annihilated because of the Slipper syndrome, power without principle, rule for the rich.
Maybe we could find a more fitting eulogy. How does this sound? This is the way Labor’s world ends, this is the way their world ends, this is the way their world ends, not with a bang but a slipper. Labor are indeed the hollow men and women.
Random thoughts on reformism, profit rates and the demise of Larvatus Prodeo
Posted by John, April 10th, 2012 - under Larvatus Prodeo, Reformism, Social Democracy, rate of profit.
Comments: 1
I’ll miss Larvatus Prodeo and the cogent arguments it often gave for social democratic thought and policy. But for me the need to communicate socialist ideas to a wider audience continues and I can see no better way of doing that than through this blog and my activity as a member of Socialist Alternative.
Bligh Bligh Labor?
Posted by John, March 25th, 2012 - under ALP, Anna Bligh, Labor Party, Social Democracy, Zombie Labor.
Comments: 7
Without a fight of any sort by unions the LNP in Queensland will rule the roost and ride roughshod over wages, conditions and jobs. But with a fight the cocky bastards could be sent back to their lair, licking their wounds and giving workers some breathing space.
Labor: making Abbott look good
Posted by John, September 6th, 2011 - under ALP, Gillard Labor, Julia Gillard, Labor Party, Neoliberalism, Profit rates, Reformism, Social Democracy, Tony Abbott.
Comments: 3
Labor’s neoliberalism is a shit sandwich. It is not the leader selling us the shit sandwich who is the problem. It is the shit sandwich.
Nick Dyrenfurth – Murdoch’s man of the ‘left’
Posted by John, May 12th, 2011 - under Fake left, Murdoch, Nick Dyrenfurth, Rupert Murdoch, Social Democracy.
Comments: 12
I am witnessing the long slow death rattle of social democracy in Australia before my very eyes and Dyrenfurth is but a clear example of that. That is joy enough for me at the moment.
Labor, profit rates and ruling for the bosses
Posted by John, April 18th, 2011 - under Julia Gillard, Labor Party, Profit rates, Social Democracy.
Comments: 5
Social democracy and capital are caught in the grip of generalised falling profit rates. Julia Gillard is its logic.
More zombie politicians than you can poke a stick at
Posted by John, October 25th, 2010 - under Labor Left, Labor Party, Social Democracy.
Comments: 6
What’s with all these former conservative politicians back in the limelight? Is there some sort of voodoo conference on bringing these political corpses back to life?
What do we mean by socialism?
Posted by John, June 9th, 2010 - under Social Democracy, Socialism, Stalinism.
Comments: 4
Confusion abounds about the actual meaning of socialism. For most people, socialism evokes some notion of “equality” or redistributing society’s wealth. Many others derive their understanding of socialism from the so-called communist countries: the Soviet Union, Mao’s China, Cuba or Vietnam. When the conservative press labels Obama a “socialist” when he talks about lowering excessive [...]
Which way forward for the Left?
Posted by Leonie, June 8th, 2009 - under ALP, Australian Labor Party, Labor Party, Reform, Revolution, Rudd Labor, Social Democracy, Socialism, The Left.
Comments: 3
What is the way forward for the Left? Comments from anyone and any current on the left are welcome.