Holding Pattern

For fifty years, throughout the ‘Cold War’ and even during its aftermath, the word “socialism” was completely taboo in the USA. Those tending towards the left of the political spectrum were typically referred to as ‘liberals’. You might get away with describing yourself as a socialist in Europe. But not in the USA. Now however […]

There are multiple causes of the decline in the proportion of the Australian workforce that is unionised. These include casualization of the workforce, increase in the proportion of the workforce that is engaged as sub-contractors, manufacturing and services moving offshore, trade exposure of unionised enterprises to non-unionised enterprises both abroad and within Australia, increased restrictions […]

Let’s be intellectually honest: Federal Labor is now effectively coalescing with the indefinite detention of asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island. This is occurring despite the lead given by Victoria’s Labor Premier Daniel Andrews (followed by most other Australian premiers) that 267 asylum seekers brought to Australia from Nauru, ought to be permitted to stay […]