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Explaining and Resisting the One Nation Surge

2:15pm Sun 05 Apr
melbourne

Over the last two decades, the tendency on the left has been to dismiss Pauline Hanson as a "has-been" and a joke. We can no longer afford that attitude. The rules of the game have decisively changed. The left needs to rise to the occasion and offer a clear alternative to defend working-class interests. 

We can’t rely on small-l liberals or reformists to oppose fascism consistently. At best, the liberals will equivocate. At worst, as they have repeatedly done in the past, they will go over to the fascists when they feel their class interests are threatened.

Join Mick Armstrong for this discussion of where One Nation's success has come from and where to next for those who want to challenge it.

Recommended Reading

Combating the threat of Pauline Hanson’s One Nationby Mick Armstrongin Red Flag
How we stopped Pauline Hanson last timeby Tess Lee Ackin Marxist Left Review