Archive for November 29th, 2009
Joe Hockey as the messiah
Posted by John, November 29th, 2009 - under Joe Hockey, The Liberals.
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Wow, Joe Hockey as saviour of the Liberal Party. Jesus Christ! One Liberal insider aptly described him as a fat, dumb version of Turnbull. Clearly this is the hard right plotting to lose the next election and then installing Tony Abbott as leader. Hockey would be mad to take the job. The party he could lead is heading […]
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Afghanistan: the death knell for Obama’s presidency?
Posted by John, November 29th, 2009 - under Imperialism, US foreign policy, US imperialism, US politics.
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama
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On Tuesday Barack Obama is set to announce that he will send an extra 34000 American troops to Afghanistan. This decision will destroy his Presidency. It will become the symbol of Obama’s failure to implement progressive change; it will be the death knell of Obama’s ideology of change and a recognition of his final embrace of the Bush project. […]
The bosses back Labor – the Liberals split
Posted by John, November 29th, 2009 - under Rudd Government, Rudd Labor, Socialism, Socialist Alternative, The Left, The Liberals, The Right.
Tags: Australian politics, Conservatism
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The bosses back the Labor Party. They have found in Kevin Rudd a man to carry out John Howard’s policies without the divisiveness. This lack of divisiveness partly reflects the illusions millions have in Labor as a party of workers, as a progressive party. It also reflects a long-term trend in the trade union and working class movement – class […]