... Bob Gould makes a lot more sense than does Marcus Strom at the moment. Marcus seems only able to hold to the schematic line that the working class and...

Bob Gould A crisis in the workers movement and a battle as fundamental as the one that's going on in the Labor Party at the moment brings out the best and the...

... My point was that "light-minded chatter about disaffiliating unions from the Labor Party" was a distraction from the main game. I wasnt the person who...

Thank you for your interest. I'm opposed to disaffiliation unless the unions had somewhere to go to - which they don't. I think it was an error for the NSW...

... to - which they don't. Another way of putting this would be: I oppose my mother leaving my father despite the fact that he beats her unless she has...

The Greens may not have a "working-class orientation" to the standard that Dave Riley requires, but they certainly have a record of fighting for issues of...

... Thats' true and I was noting that I thought. AND John Kaye's role in the anti privisation campaign, I gather, has been exemplary and his stand fr was very...

Thanks once again for your interest. But I must admit I don't understand a lot of what Dave Riley means in his last post. It seems stream of consciousness...

I think its about time Bob Gould and Ed Lewis woke up to themselves. The fight over Electricity Privatisation is over. Iemma and Costa have won a KO in the...

Mike Berrell, There's a fight going on, and at the very least a fight is an opportunity to inflict damage on the enemy. The stakes are high and no outcome is...

The previous post in this thread, in response to Mike Berrell, is by Ed Lewis, not Bob Gould. Apologies to Bob and readers of the list for any confusion....

There's a thing such as 'defeatism' and there's such a thing as facing reality. What puzzles me is why Ed Lewis is joining Bob Gould in a double act of...