Left Turn
A Politics, Australia, Cultural book. Many excellent essays discussing the state of most issues of import to Australians of a progressive...
The 2008 financial crisis opened the door for a bold, progressive social movement. But despite widespread revulsion at economic inequity and political opportunism, after the crash very little has changed.Has the Left failed? What agenda should progressives pursue? And what alternatives do they dare to imagine?Left Turn is aimed at the many Australians disillusioned with the political process. It includes passionate and challenging contributions by a diverse range of writers, thinkers and politicians, from Larissa Berendht and Christos Tsiolkas to Guy Rundle and Lee Rhiannon. These essays offer perspectives largely excluded from the mainstream. They offer possibilities for resistance and for a renewed struggle for change.
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- Pages: 279 pages
- ISBN: / 9780522861
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Many excellent essays discussing the state of most issues of import to Australians of a progressive bent, but ... while most authors do a good job job of analysing their topics and some start to identify how they relate to the broader issues of market capitalism, none is really able to articulate any alternative path. Jeff Sparrow,... nothing very life changing, just some left wing people who do write about how like australia was invaded and is racist and has really shit refugee policies so it could be a good basic intro on these issues inc police racism and stuff and some of the authors were good...and it was cool reading a politics thing actually australian based... Sky spoke to Left Turn co-editor Jeff Sparrow about neo-liberalism, the state of the media and political arguments within Australia. Originally broadcast on the Book Club on 12/07/2012.
