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The Australian Labor Party (ALP) celebrated its centenary in 1991, in its fourth consecutive term of national office - it went on to win a fifth term. Measured by the criterion of years in office, the ALP has been remarkably successful; yet it has always disappointed those of its supporters who expected an ALP government to bring about a more equal society.
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We wanted to go to Paris during the strikes.
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“The occupiers of a country are never popular, either those who want to stay forever or those who are dying to get home.” Jane Flanner was writing about the American occupation of France in 1945, which, having helped free the country from Nazi terror, had a better chance of popularity than most. The occupation of Bosnia by 60,000 NATO troops, mostly US, French and British, has no such advantages.
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The following text is “Freedom to Criticise and Unity of Action” by V I Lenin, Volna ["Wave"] no. 22, May 20, 1906. It can be found in the Collected Works, Vol.10. p.442.
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By Karl Kautsky
I. Marx and the political problems of the trade unions
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To help traumatised ex-members of the IS-SWP get their political bearings and to establish before younger readers its real history, we continue our symposium on the IS/SWP tradition.
