Living the Dream - Last Drinks in (the workers) Paradise?

In this episode of Living
the Dream Jon (@JonPiccini) and Dave( @withsobersenses) talk about the
meltdown of politics in Queensland and the failure of the ALP government to
carry out a coherent plan to address the decline in capital accumulation and
facilitate social reproduction.  Rob
Pyne resigning from Labor(#corbynofcairns ?), candidates
sending dicks pics and the shared
anti-political language of both sides of the referendum campaign show a
political class in freefall and deeply out of touch with the concerns of
everyday people.

Should we care? Or just point and laugh? What is the
relationship of the political to capitalism on a whole and to our struggle against
it? How much of this is this a broader and global phenomenon and what can it
tell us about life in Queensland?

Articles we refer to include:

The State
Infrastructure Plan

Humphrey McQueen - Queensland:
a state of mind

Kathleen McLeod 
-  “I
Will Protect You With My Body” The Case For A Radical Sanctuary Movement To
Protect Asylum Seekers In Australia

Andy Paine - Rewriting
the political script

Chris O’Kane - State
Violence, State Control: Marxist State Theory and the Critique of Political
Economy

Mario Tronti – The Political
(1979)

Left Flank and An Integral State