Issue 2017 March 11
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SOCIETY The working class and globalisation
Catalyst editor William McKenzie and Rod Dreher, of The American Conservative, discuss the disaffection of the U.S. losers from globalisation. McKenzie: You have written about working-class Americans, especially white working-class Americans. Why have so many of them pushed back against the forces of globalisation? Dreher: It doesn’t make sense to talk about overall economic gains to the American economy when so many of…
GENDER POLITICS Parliamentary stalemate on same-sex marriage
After a year-long rainbow alliance campaign for a parliamentary vote on same-sex marriage, the Federal Government’s policy is still for a plebiscite, while Labor has shifted onto other issues. Despite the Senate blocking a people’s vote on the issue late last year, Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed that a plebiscite remains his Government’s policy. Mr Turnbull recently told the 60 Minutes program: “We took…
