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John's comments on the absence of a Corbyn figure in the Australian Labor Party are so very true. Partly I suspect because any such figure would have been de-selected long, long ago. That is not to say however that if events become so traumatic as they have in Spain, Ireland, Scotland and Greece that there will not be an enormous shake up that will be reflected in the Labor Party. Should such occur, then we would need to abandon any simplistic formulations (& I am sincerely not suggesting John does this) or apriori assumptions about what is likely to happen. But such a fluid, and dynamic situation does not exist at present. comradely Gary On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 5:18 PM, John Passant via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > Coming in at number 4 in my top ten of 2015 – Jeremy Corbyn through my > Australian eyes > > I wrote this in September in response to the enthusiasm for change that > Jeremy Corbyn's campaign for and stunning election to the leadership of the > British Labour Party inspired. It compares that enthusiasm and upsurge in > Labour Party membership to the insipid Labor Party here. I say in part: > > 'Many of my readers will be hoping for a Jeremy Corbyn in Australia to > move the Labor Party here to the left. There is no Corbyn in the > Parliamentary Labor Party. The Labor left, such as it is, is thoroughly > imbued with the logic of neoliberalism. In the main it is a tribal > allegiance rather than an ideological ferment of ideas to challenge > capitalism. You never hear the S word from these very models of a modern > major general of capital. None of the possible contenders for Corbyn down > under have the same track record as Corbyn in opposing austerity or > fighting against social and political injustice. Indeed people like > Albanese and Plibersek have been Ministers in Labor governments that have > implemented neoliberal policies and attacked public services and workers’ > rights and conditions. They are part of the very problem Corbyn is fighting > against.' > > To read the whole article click here. > > > http://enpassant.com.au/2015/12/31/coming-in-at-number-4-in-my-top-ten-of-2015-jeremy-corbyn-through-my-australian-eyes/ > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/gary.maclennan1%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
