Elizabeth Humphrys, "How Labour Built Neoliberalism: Australia's Accord, the Labour Movement and the Neoliberal Project" (Haymarket, 2019)
New Books in Critical Theory
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The Relationship Between Labour Party and Social Democratic Forces
The Australian Labour Party has been in government during every major economic crisis since Federation. It is the party relied on to actually curtail Labour Power when there's a need to suppress wages, suppress industrial action and restructure economies. That is the Labour Party's power. For me, you know, looking forward, what's needed is developing independent Labour Power that is not tied to a political party that is in government in periods.
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