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Australian capitalism 1972-2002: the triumph of liberalism. (Economics).

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| November 01, 2002 | Catley, Bob | COPYRIGHT 2002 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

THE 1972 Pelican book Australian Capitalism: Towards a Socialist Critique (edited by John Playford and Douglas Kirsner) represented one of the highlights in the brief history of the Australian New Left. It appeared shortly after the beginning of the military withdrawal from Vietnam and just before the election of the Whitlam Labor government. At that time the Left in general was insurgent against the backdrop of a successful anti-war campaign. It comprised the modestly leftist Labor Party, three communist parties (one pro-Moscow, one pro-China and one "independent"), numerous Trotskyite parties, and a raft of single-issue organisations ranging from anti-conscription ...

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