Re: [Marxism] Ozzie-stalgia (was Re: Ostalgie)

[Gary MacLennan <g.maclennan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nick,

No strong disagreement, but I think the facts are that One Nation was
originally a racist party.  Its first pronouncements were anti-Aborigine
and then it expanded into an anti-Asian program.

Hanson did make some economic noises, and even this was against the advice
of one of her key counsellors - Pasquerelli.  But I don't believe her heart
was really in anything remotely like a social democratic or welfareist
program.  She herself was a refugee from the Liberal (Tory) Party after all
and had distinguished herself as a local councillor by opposing the public
library.

Her politics were and still are thoroughly reactionary and dependent on a
nostalgia for the glory days of White Australia and Imperial preference etc.

regards


Gary


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