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Covid, the Left and radical democracy
Sparrow, Jeff http://overland.org.au/2021/09/covid-the-left-and-radical-democracy/
Publisher: Overland
Date Written: 24/09/2021
Year Published: 2021
Resource Type: Article
Recent events in Melbourne confirm something many of us have been arguing for months: the far right is growing alarmingly during the pandemic.
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After the attacks on the CFMEU building, some union supporters blamed the violence on #faketradies, outsiders who donned high-viz vests to discredit a movement to which they didn’t belong. We shouldn't shelter behind comforting fictions. The conspiracist mob certainly contained familiar numpties from the racist right. But they were backed by at least some blue-collar workers who in happier times would be associated with the union vanguard.
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