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In a recent speech Tony Abbott said "Let's be under no illusions the carbon tax was Socialism masquerading as environmentalism". It comes not long after David Cameron condemned Ed Miliband's '1970s-style Socialism'. Regardless of the merit of those statements, I think both Abbott and Cameron understand Labor's touchiness about being labelled as Socialists.
I checked the ALP website, and could not find one reference to Socialism. Yet nearly all leading Labor figures are members of the Fabian Society, whose goal is 'the promotion of socialist and progressive thought throughout society'. And one of the major factions of the ALP is the Socialist Left which includes Albanese, Wong, Carr, Cameron, Perrett, Butler and Pilbersek.
There was a couple of responses in the other thread about Abbott's comments.
But I think they represent an outdated view of Socialism. For example, the Party of European Socialists issued its Declaration of principles. No mention of the Soviet Union or nationalising the means of production, it's more about 'progressive' values.
So, a few questions. What is modern Socialism? Is it still relevant? And, is the ALP a Socialist Party?
I checked the ALP website, and could not find one reference to Socialism. Yet nearly all leading Labor figures are members of the Fabian Society, whose goal is 'the promotion of socialist and progressive thought throughout society'. And one of the major factions of the ALP is the Socialist Left which includes Albanese, Wong, Carr, Cameron, Perrett, Butler and Pilbersek.
There was a couple of responses in the other thread about Abbott's comments.
Yeh that and the " carbon tax is more about socialism than environmentalism" _ someone should tell him the Soviet Union has been dead for a while now.
Don't you remember when Wayne Swan nationalised all the means of production?
So, a few questions. What is modern Socialism? Is it still relevant? And, is the ALP a Socialist Party?

