(credit to Shona Laing for the concept)

(credit to Shona Laing for the concept)

I really hope this is the beginning of the unions breaking with the ALP and seeing them for what they are. Careerists who go from young labor to staffer to MP to sell out MP.

For all you middle class radicals who don’t know your(?) social history, Spana’s rhetoric is a variation on traditional Labor Movement discontent. I’m not passing judgment.
Though personally I would like to keep a major progressive electoral force in this country for the 21st century that wasn’t to the Right of the US Democrats party organisation. I always thought the late John Button was woefully wrongheaded in sugesting the ALP should disaffiliate from the union movement, as he really was earnest in that belief and not just letting off steam.

I can’t fathom why anyone who says they want the best for either party or union movement would be serious about that.

Anyway, where is our high profile Labour Day march in Victoria? It’s just another Carlton arts and craft fair down here.

Interesting that Labour Day in Victoria was originally held in May for purely organic, local reasons—the first eight-hour day ruling was passed during that month by the colonial government. I see your Queensland Labour Day was originally in March, then was moved to May 1st to conform with the Yurpean’s event (ironically our Labour Day was moved in the other direction, from May to March.)

It was really the revisionists in the German SDP who believed that a majority of the population being working class (in the sense of being on one side of relations of production) would necessarily translate into anything in the political and social realms.

Mark, these revisionists you mention are the 1860s ones, right?

I really hope this is the beginning of the unions breaking with the ALP and seeing them for what they are. Careerists who go from young labor to staffer to MP to sell out MP.

For all you middle class radicals who don’t know your(?) social history, Spana’s rhetoric is a variation on traditional Labor Movement discontent. I’m not passing judgment.
Though personally I would like to keep a major progressive electoral force in this country for the 21st century that wasn’t to the Right of the US Democrats party organisation. I always thought the late John Button was woefully wrongheaded in sugesting the ALP should disaffiliate from the union movement, as he really was earnest in that belief and not just letting off steam.

I can’t fathom why anyone who says they want the best for either party or union movement would be serious about that.

Anyway, where is our high profile Labour Day march in Victoria? It’s just another Carlton arts and craft fair down here.

Interesting that Labour Day in Victoria was originally held in May for purely organic, local reasons—the first eight-hour day ruling was passed during that month by the colonial government. I see your Queensland Labour Day was originally in March, then was moved to May 1st to conform with the Yurpean’s event (ironically our Labour Day was moved in the other direction, from May to March.)

It was really the revisionists in the German SDP who believed that a majority of the population being working class (in the sense of being on one side of relations of production) would necessarily translate into anything in the political and social realms.

Mark, these revisionists you mention are the 1860s ones, right?