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Applying Marxist analysis to the real world situation
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As change inevitably takes place, there is always a need for revolutionary movements to understand and adjust to the new conditions. This applies to significant global events, such as the current acceleration of climate change and signs of economic instability in the United States. It also applies to significant local events, such as the election of a new government in Australia. |
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Australian Labor Party is not a party of the working class
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The Australian Labor Party plays an important part in Australia’s political landscape. Consequently, it receives a lot of attention. Without a proper analysis it is not possible to adopt a thorough understanding of the Labor Party, and failure to achieve this compromises political practice.
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Capitalism and the environment
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In Australia and other countries, people are becoming increasingly concerned about the prospect of climate warming and other serious environmental damage. There is good reason for this. If humanity keeps on the same path it will bring disaster. People demand answers that work. The voice for change is so strong now that politicians are compelled to at least pay lip service to it. But to date there is little official action. |
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Parliament in the context of existing conditions and democracy
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As an election period looms, greater attention is naturally turned to what is going on in the houses of parliament and the doings of politicians. The media picture is that this is where all the real decisions are made, that it is the centre of all politics. |
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US economic difficulty affects world
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The last few weeks have been witness to turmoil in share markets in Australia and other countries. The epicentre of this shock wave is the United States. Movements in interest rates have been and will continue to be affected. |
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US imperialism as a political-economic system
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The editors of Vanguard recently received a fifteen page booklet from the Ray O. Light Group in the USA, titled “The economic motives for the Bush-led war at home and abroad and the need for proletarian revolution”. |
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