[This is the slideshow for a talk given at the Socialist Ideas Conference in Melbourne on March 24, 2012. At this stage there is no accompanying text as I spoke from rough notes but I hope the slides are useful. For PDF of slideshow see here.]
Mar 24, 2012
Dec 6, 2011
Report on 'Towards a Socialist Australia'
[The following report was presented to the Socialist Alliance Melbourne district meeting on December 6, 2011 and later to Geelong branch. While it was speaking to the first draft of the resolution (see Towards a Socialist Australia), I think the main points made remain relevant.]
Purpose of the resolution
The basic purpose of the document is to make a clear, logical and succinct case for socialism and explain what we want. We have policy resolutions on a great range of questions but nothing that pulls it all together and explains what we are fighting for, the big picture — a fundamental change in the way our society and economy is organised and what some of the key elements of this are.
Nov 30, 2011
Towards a socialist Australia
[This was written as part of the process of preparing a draft resolution for the Socialist Alliance January 2012 National Conference.]
A world in turmoil
The 21st century is shaping up to be a pivotal one as human society faces a profound and deepening crisis.
Nov 13, 2011
Overcoming the power of the 1%
[Green Left Weekly, #903, November 16, 2011]
The global Occupy movement has focused the spotlight on the dichotomy of the 1% versus the 99%. Who are these 1%? In the United States the 400 richest individuals have as much wealth as the bottom 150 million. A similar picture would apply in all the major capitalist countries.
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