[Marxism] NSW electricity privatisation: the elephant in the room

[Ozleft <Ozleft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm told on good authority the senior Centre Unity privatisation 
opponent in the Labor Party is chafing at the bit to charge Treasurer 
Mick Costa under the rules of the party with deliberately violating the 
rules by introducing the privatisation legislation into the parliament.

After careful consideration, I agree that now is the time to charge 
Costa under the rules. So far I've been cautious about general 
propositions to charge Iemma and Costa, firstly because I'm not keen on 
charging members of the Labor Party simply for expressing ideas.

Conservative forces have hegemony in the Labor Party nationally at the 
moment, and they're more likely to charge people over ideas, and 
succeed, than is the left.

In view of the extraordinary circumstance that Rudd seems to be able to 
throw anyone out of the Labor Party without due process, simply because 
he doesn't like their language, I prefer to limit any action under the 
rules to real acts against party policy.

Full: http://tinyurl.com/49l3vo


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