The simple fact is that it is not enough to “punish Labor” in the coming elections. The real challenge is to build a political alternative to Labor that will act for the majority, not slavishly serve the billionaire class.
However, simply voting socialist and Greens is not enough.
The type of working-class political alternative we need must be able to help build the movements in our communities, campuses and workplaces. It has to be campaigning every day for progressive change, not just at elections.
This is the key, we’ve got to build the grass-roots power of unions and activist groups. It’s extremely hard, though, to convince people to do anything other than vote.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 month ago
Aren’t the Greens running in a lot of seats? If there’s a hung parliament, Labor will have a hard time avoiding dealing with them.
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 1 month ago
You would hope so, but then again Labor could do a Macron and just keep looking further to the right.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 month ago
There won’t be enough cookers in parliament to give them a deal. Which leaves them proposing a government of national unity with the Coalition. I’m sure Dutton’s demands for such would be entirely acceptable to them, given the reasonable fellow he is.