Yes - remember the lessons of the seat of Indi!! - Van Badham on the weekend marches: {quote} These were not greatly experienced activists – the Melbourne rally organizer did not even own a mobile phone. But those who think that the movement lacks a “credible” programme or is crowded with too many issues are missing the point. The organic, decentralized movement of non-partisan mass participation is its programme in itself. All of March in March’s many policy positions are simply an electoral yearning for community values – of inclusion, infrastructure and sustainability – to be the informing principle of government policy. As a movement that has landed more than 100,000 Australians on the streets because they feel excluded, ignored, neglected and abandoned by Abbott’s government, Abbott’s blurted retort that the only march he knew about “was St Patrick’s Day” was as politically idiotic as it was galvanizing. Political parties are no longer the channel of activism in this country; they have become its target. To ignore those willing to nationally organize and march is to ignore those willing to fundraise, leaflet, doorknock and campaign to bring about the representation they feel is denied them. Or have the Coalition forgotten so soon the lessons of Indi?
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:23:15 +0000