Re: On Labor Parties

[Gary MacLennan <g.maclennan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:20  6/10/02 +0200, you wrote:
> Gary, you wrote:
>
> I strongly suspect that when the working class becomes politically active,
> it will do so through the ALP - at least here in Australia.


Juriaan wrote

> What evidence or indications do you have for this, or what is the reasoning
> behind it ? It seems to me to be a grotesque sort of argument to make.

Hi Juriaan,

Well of course my choice of 'suspect' indicates that my evidence is more
based on intuition than empirical data. But historically it has always been
that the working class has turned to the ALP  has it not? (I am not sure
btw that the NZLP experience is the same as that of the ALP in
government.  there was nothing quite like Douglas in the Australian scene).

Be that as it may, I hope you got the tone of real regret in my post.  But
I think time will prove my fears and suspicions correct and that the
Australian working class' affair with the ALP is sadly not  yet over.

regards

Gary


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