Letters to the Editor
Relations with China
June 19, 2023
Kevin Rudd has tackled the issues well in his book The Avoidable War, while fully cognisant of defects on both sides of the US China divide. He proposes the need for agreed guardrails to minimise escalation of incidents, while accepting strategic competition. China talks of its redlines. We need Australian institutions which are involved in collective security discussions which include not just military but economic aspects and representation which includes China. The democratic deficit is clearly on show, after the gross deception of the Australian public, by DFAT and Defence, in September 2021 after the Paris 2+2 meeting, a deception...
Geoff Taylor from Perth
In response to: Australia preparing for war- can it stop the rot?
An Answer to Neoliberalism
June 19, 2023
In answer to Alan Patience's Anticipating a Post-Capitalist World, one of the obvious solutions is to do away with 'workers' and 'bosses' by forming as many work places as possible into cooperatives. In this way workers become the owners and elect the 'bosses' thus forming a truly democratic workplace. Corbyn was going to encourage that in the UK had he got in. It could only be sponsored from a labour-socialist party which unfortunately Australia has no longer got. Maybe the Greens will get powerful enough to subsidise/encourage a big push to cooperatives. Its one of the few hopes we have.
Malthus Anderson from Tarras, New Zealand.
In response to: The End is Nigh! Anticipating a Post-Capitalist World