What is progressivism and how does it map onto the issues and ideas that drive Australian politics?
Join our speakers as they grapple with the competing priorities of people who call themselves progressive and the hard decisions they have to make at election time.
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Some Velvet Morning (formerly Dexter bar/cafe), 123 Queens Pde Clifton Hill
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45 minute presentation, 45 minute open discussion
Week 1:
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NATURALLY SOCIALIST / MATERIALLY ACQUISITIVE: An introduction to progressive Australia
Week 2:
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PROGRESSIVE POLITICS AND THE MEDIA: The view from the New Media crossroads.
Week 3:
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PROGRESSIVES AND RADICALS
Week 4:
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CAN ONE BE BOTH PROGRESSIVE AND A LIBERAL?
Week 5:
THE CONTENDERS: Cath Bowtell **(ALP) and **Alison Parkes (The Greens )
Week 6:
‘THE AUSTRALIAN UNION MOVEMENT: The spaces between a better world and a bigger share of this one’ ?** **
**also**
**Week 7 - 09.10.12 **
ARE REPORTS OF LABOR’S DEATH SOMEWHAT EXAGGERATED?
Dennis Altman (La Trobe Uni) in conversation with a special guest
