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We welcome contributions with Green, socialist, social-democratic, left liberal, and libertarian left perspectives. Supportive and critical commentary are also welcome. (but no trolling) Please feel welcome to discuss the posts, or submit your own posts for consideration by the Moderator.

• Added on: Jun 10th, 2009
• Country: Australia
• Language: English

• Author: Tristan Ewins
• Listed in: Politics Political Activism
• Tags: politics socialism progressive Liberal green left

Recent Posts

• One State Solution: A pipe-dream, maybe, but not a nightmare

  Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 02:39 in Israel, peace, palestine, palestinian territories, middle east peace, occupied territories, one state solution, binational solution, dubi kanengisser

  Originally published by Dubi Kanengisser at 'IsraLeft' - see:   http://israleft.org/Republished under Creative Copyright License Non Commerical Share Alike (CC NC SA) for further details see:  http://creativecommons.org/licen...

• Of State Borders, Wars and Refugees

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 19:09 in Sri Lanka, refugees, UNHCR, tamils, asylum seekers, palestinian refugees, african refugees, refugee convention, internal displacement, lev lafayette, labor for refugees, german refugees

  by Lev Lafayette  (picture above)The fact that communities have always had policies concerning the movement of people into the lands held by that community should surprise nobody with even a modicum of understanding of anthropology and history. ...

• Privatisation debunked - by John Quiggin

  Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 17:11

  above: the author, Australian economist John Quiggin (first published Thursday 5 November 2009 – reproduced with the permission of the author)Bad arguments can be used to defend good ideas. But when the arguments used to defend a policy propos...

• Queensland privatisation needs a rethink - fight the betrayal of the Bligh Labor government

  Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 19:04 in queensland, privatisation, alp, australian labor party, anna bligh, etu, andrew fraser, electrical trades union, joh bjelke petersen. renewing queensland: future investment plan

  by an Anonymous author - passed on by the Queensland Electrical Trades Union (ETU)Anna Bligh and Andrew Fraser have a Plan for Queensland.  Unfortunately, it is the wrong plan.  And it has not been subject to the critical examination that i...

• From the Past to the Future - Unearthing Labor’s Socialist Tradition.

  Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 21:02 in socialism, 1920s, alp, 1930s, australian labor party, jack lang, chifley, scullin, whitlam, socialist left, geoff drechsler, democratic mixed economy

  above: the author relaxing with a beer ; nb: this article concerns the socialist tradition of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) dating back to the 1920s and 1930s; the issues should be of interest to a broad audience... by Geoff DrechslerSometimes it ...

• A Laborious Effort - by Wes Bishop

  Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 00:07 in abraham lincoln, trade unions, steinbeck, labor movement, labour movement, wes bishop, rights of labor, us labor movement, jim casey, rights of labour

  In 1939, amidst a flurry of controversy one of the greatest American novels hit the book stands to a population divided over the message that the book sought to explore. The book was The Grapes of Wrath, written by the American literary master John S...

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Amy

Great material!

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