“ #Cartelparties do not focus on attempting to win victories for the interests that formed them – as #socialdemocratic #parties once did for #organisedlabour. Instead, they focus on #triangulating to win votes without ever challenging the vested interests that favour the #statusquo.”

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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1919 #RosaLuxemburg's corpse was identified, five months after she was murdered & thrown into the Landwehr Canal in Berlin. Her killers were #FarRight #Freikorps, acting on orders of the #SocialDemocratic #SPD to break the #socialist #GermanRevolution.

“The Essential poll and other published polls have continued to show rising support for One Nation since at least October, despite mounting controversies – including the party’s decision to employ convicted rapist Sean Black until this month, Hanson’s inflammatory comments about Muslims, her stunt of wearing a burqa in the Senate, and scrutiny about transparency and her relationship with billionaire Gina Rinehart.” (Source: The Guardian)

Gowwd help us all, especially those twits who responded to that poll. We either all wake up soon and stop this foolhardy fling with the #PHON. All those twits need to do is open their eyes and look at #MAGA #USA. Or we’ll plunge into the chaos that is a#Tyrranical regime sooner or later. Is that what they want for #AUS ? Am I being a tad hysterical here? Please tell me there is hope we’ll stay with #SocialDemocratic ideals.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/28/pauline-hanson-one-nation-leadership-guardian-essential-poll-ntwnfb
#AusPol #EssentialPoll

Guardian Essential poll: more Australians approve of Hanson’s party leadership than Albanese or Taylor’s

One Nation outperforms the Coalition for the first time, while the rightwing populist party’s leader has a positive rating among all age groups

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An anecdote that summarises the building of the #welfare state. A young aide to a long-time Finnish Social Democrat prime minister Kalevi Sorsa once despaired of yet another boring, bureaucratic meeting. Sorsa said "son, that's what good #SocialDemocratic #politics are - concrete grey and boring."
After reading about Finland's #SocialDemocratic history & the building of the Nordic #welfare states, one thing is painfully clear: they were build by serious, pragmatic team players willing to do the boring work. Flashy, self-aggrandising contrarians who loved their own voice were *useless.*

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The oldest active #PoliticalParty in the world, the #DemocraticParty of the US, was formed #ThisDayInHistory in 1828 as a vehicle for #genocidal #populist #AndrewJackson. It has been #conservative for most of its existence, though occasionally #liberal and/or #SocialDemocratic.
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“the #N.D.P., the #social-democratic party, which has deep and distinguished roots in Western Canada, was almost extinguished, in part because the #progressive vote migrated to the #Liberals.” #Canada www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

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"As a young man, Bebel apprenticed as a carpenter and joiner in Leipzig.[2] Like most German workmen at that time, he travelled extensively in search of work and he thereby obtained a first-hand knowledge of the difficulties facing the working people of the day. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Bebelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Bebel

#SPD #SocialDemocratic #AugustBebel

#Fussi #SocialDemocratic #Austria

BTW: Hab das alles grad via X in der Online Krone gelesen - also muss es stimmen.

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