Lisbeth Latham

Hughenden Strike Camp, Queensland, 1891. State Library of Queensland.

Working class support for One Nation (Part II): In defence of the explanation

Lisbeth Latham looks at criticisms of the labour aristocracy thesis, arguing that they rest on analytical errors worth examining carefully as they illuminate why the left struggles to explain working class support for One Nation.
Caption: Imperial Federation: Map of the World Showing the Extent of the British Empire in 1886 (cropped). Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Working class support for One Nation (Part I): Towards an honest explanation

Lisbeth Latham argues the surge in support for One Nation has forced a question the Australian left has avoided answering honestly: why do some workers support a politics that appears to cut against their own material interests?

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