Stephen Koukoulas - Per Capita
"All of which suggests the hidden agenda of reform to the labour market
slowly but surely being unfurled by the Coalition government since the
election is not really about macroeconomic management."
Oh Really. What on Earth could it possibly be about then?
This article is way too diplomatic. The above quote is the only reference in this entire article - an article with such an alarming title - to the re-emergence of the work-choices bogey supposedly killed off in the Kevin-07 election.
When will people wake up? The ancient antagonism between the forces of capital and the forces of labour, embodied in the political conflict between the ALP and the LNP, doesn't magically disappear when you abandon the union movement and allow another round of marginally legitimate LNP government.
Progressive forces all over the world need to harden themselves and get down and dirty. They are pitted against neoliberal ideologues who know exactly how free markets work in capitalist economies, and are prepared to use every weapon available - to win. If the powers of progress can not bring themselves to play the free marketeers at their own game, then we are all well and truly doomed.
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