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Left v right politics
Even the GFC can’t reverse the Left’s decline
When the GFC hit, the neo-liberal consensus seemed shaky. There was a return to Keynesian approaches. But German election results suggest any hoped-for social democratic revival will be short-lived, says Trevor Cook
Guy Rundle: The past and future of the Left
The ‘Left’ that has emerged as victorious is one whose ambitions are defined and delimited by the political culture of capitalism. So what’s actually left? asks Guy Rundle.
Guy Rundle: The Australian can’t tell its left from right
The thinkers that The Australian chose for its left series weren’t leftists, they were labourists – submitting their intellectual abilities to the pre-ordained goal of selling a stunningly unambitious political programme.
Ronnie Biggs: England’s own Ned Kelly
The divergence of views over Ronnie Biggs is emblematic of the left-right split, says Charles Richardson in the same way as the Australian debate over Ned Kelly: rebel outlaw hero, or bank robber and murderer?
