On dissolving the people: Living the Dream on #ausvotes2016

In this episode of LivingThe Dream Jon (@jonpiccini) and Dave (@withsobersenses) have a chat aboutthe recent election. It isn’t a chat about if the result is ‘good’ or ‘bad’but rather how does it fit into, and what does it tell us, about the current momentin capitalism in Australia and class struggle?We also try to work out therelationship between the electoral return of Pauline Hanson and the deepcurrent of racism in Australia. 

These articles are some we either mention or are on topic

 

TheElection That Solved Nothing – Tad Tietze

 

TheAnti–Industrial Relations Club – Frank Bongiorno

 

The Greens are aparty of the affluent middle classes – Ben Hillier

 

Howwe stopped Pauline Hanson last time – Tess Lee Ack

 

TheyDon’t Represent Us: The Populist Moment – Richard Seymour

 

Crisisand the Return to the Nation: Dismantling the Right Ecology in Germany –Ben L

 

Fourwomen arrested in WestConnex protest – Wendy Bacon

 

Watch Ask Sarkar's The Unbearable Whiteness of Brexit - Race, class & the EU Referendum on the streets of Barking.

 

Colgan, Paul. 2016. Australian Voters Just Put The EntirePolitical Establishment On Notice. Business Insider [cited 14th July 2016].Available from http://www.businessinsider.com.au/australian-election-result-voters-put-political-establishment-on-notice-2016-7.

Phillips, Ben. 2016. Trends in Household Living Standards in Australia: 1990 to 2016.ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods [cited 14th July 2016]. Availablefrom http://rsss.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/Living_Standards_Mar_2016.pdf.