Concrete Gang - 27th November 1977 program

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• Special Program focusing on fascism, beginning with some amendments of last week’s program.

• Definitions of fascism, and the conditions under which it arises, with some examples of how fascist states have attracted mass support, at least in the beginning, with false promises of a panacea for the working class under capitalism.

• Rejecting U.S. imperialism and calls for working classes of the West to tighten our belts in the post-war period.

• SONG: ‘The Ballad of 1891’, a Reedy River Musical production recording. 

• Drawing links with Whitlam’s dismissal on November 11th 1975, the Arbitration Act, and an explanation of Fraser's amendments to the Trade Practices Act and breaking down other repressive legislation being enacted by the Federal and State Governments.

• Uranium mining and the Atomic Energy Act, the Crimes Act, and more.

• SONG: Italian antifascist song composed by one of the prisoners in jail under Mussolini.

• All the machinery for a fascist state in Australia is already there, but potential if not fought. Solidarity to the working class, and some notes on strategy in the fight against fascism.

Presenters: ‘Willie’, ‘Mario’, ‘Bruce’, ‘Colin’and more.

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