Ebook: Left Turn: Political Essays for the New Left

Introduction: Zombie Politics in an Everyday Apocalypse; 1 The Science Cannot Save Us; 2 What's the Future for the Australian Greens?; 3 More Time! More Space!; 4 The Toxicity of Smugness; 5 Media War Junkies Unite; 6 Avoiding an Era of Symbolism in Indigenous Affairs; 7 'Now is the Time that Can Be Tomorrow'; 8 The Unbearable Whiteness of Being in Australia; 9 Seduced by Panic; 10 Cooperation or Combat?; 11 Violence, Non-violence and Aboriginal Australia; 12 Economic Crises Aren't Accidents; 13 Smoke, Mirrors and Human Rights Progress in Australia;The 2008 financial crisis opened the door for a bold, progressive social movement. But despite widespread revulsion at economic inequity and political opportunism, after the crash very little has changed. Left Turn is aimed at the many Australians disillusioned with the political process. It includes passionate and challenging contributions by a diverse range of writers, thinkers and politicians.