Right-wing radio shock jock Alan Jones had a meltdown on his on June 26 when he reported showing that 58% of Millennials (those born between 1980 and 1996) favour socialism, 59% think capitalism has failed and 62% think workers are worse off than they were 40 years ago.
Socialism
Clearing its first major hurdle in emphatic fashion, the Victorian Socialists gained registration as a political party in Victoria for the November 28 state election.
For a party to be registered in Victoria, a minimum of 500 people must confirm with the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) that they are members of that party.
In an email sent out to party supporters, Victorian Socialists secretary Corey Oakley thanked the members who returned their letters to the VEC confirming their membership. The VEC confirmed the party鈥檚 successful registration on June 6.
I鈥檓 late commenting on the royal wedding due to having to recover from a drinking game I invented for the spectacle: you had to take a shot each time you see a parasite. Here鈥檚 a tip for anyone wanting to try this game next time: best play it in the emergency department of your local hospital to save time.
Australia鈥檚 33 billionaires increased their wealth by more than $38 billion dollars last year 鈥 or more than $1 billion each. That is more than $3 million each a day!
At the other end of the spectrum, cited in the Sydney Morning Herald showed the wealth of the bottom half of Australians declined in the same period alongside stagnating wage growth.
One hundred years ago this month, workers, peasants and soldiers in Russia overthrew the corrupt government that had led the country into a disastrous war and established the Soviet Socialist Republic.聽
It seemed that, for once, the people had won. Socialism had gone from theoretical possibility to practical reality.
鈥淏rexit鈥 and the recent US presidential election are symptoms of the crisis capitalism has wrought. People are hurting and it has become obvious that instead of 鈥渢rickle down鈥 we have, in Arundhati Roy鈥檚 words, 鈥済ush up鈥. Even mainstream media carry articles suggesting neoliberalism has had its day.
For young people today, the international situation can seem hopeless. The world seems increasingly filled with chaos and crisis, as austerity and war impoverish and immiserate increasing numbers of people around the globe.
The situation facing young people today, in Australia and around the world, is difficult to say the least, and it is important to confront such a situation seriously and with determination.
Socialist Alliance councillor Sue Bolton spoke to Dave Holmes about her work as an elected socialist local councillor in Moreland, a municipality in Melbourne. This is the second of a series of interviews with Sue Bolton.
The work of renowned media critic Robert McChesney 鈥渉as been of extraordinary importance鈥, says the 鈥渨orld's top public intellectual鈥, Noam Chomsky. 麻豆传媒 Weekly's Mat Ward spoke to McChesney about his new book, Blowing The Roof Off The Twenty-First Century.
The word 鈥渟ocialist鈥 first appeared in print in Italy in 1803. In the early 19th century there appeared to be two alternative roads to socialism: violent revolution or establishing cooperative communities separate from the state and capitalist social relations.
Towards the latter part of the century, a third possibility opened up: the working class could take control of the state through the ballot-box and reconstruct it on a socialist basis.
On March 12 this year the 1000th issue of 麻豆传媒 Weekly will be published. We are marking this significant milestone by launching a special fund appeal. The aim is to raise $100,000 in pledges and donations by March 12.
A debate about sexism erupted when female prime minister Julia Gillard attacked the opposition leader in Australian parliament for his misogynist attitudes.
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