Ecosocialists discuss the Australian election

Why did the Greens gain? Was this a shift to the left? What should left-greens and green-lefts do now? How can the fight for radical social change be moved forward?

Green Left Weekly, Australia’s wost widely-read radical paper, is encouraging broad progressive discussion in the comments section below these initial assessments.

WE DIDN’T GET WHAT WE DESERVED
by Fred Fuentes

‘GREENSLIDE’ A SHIFT TO LEFT:
NEITHER MAJOR PARTY WINS MAJORITY MANDATE

by Peter Boyle

THE POLITICAL RECORD OF THE INDEPENDENT MPs
by Graham Matthews

ANTI-INTERVENTION VOTE HIGH IN NT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
by Peter Robson

CREATING THE DEMOCRACY WE DON’T HAVE YET
by Tim Anderson

LOOKING BEYOND THE ELECTIONS
by Peter Boyle