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Social Action is Better than Direct Action

Feb 13th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Headline

The current debate concerning the merits or otherwise of an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is being shifted by the opposition leader Tony Abbott’s focus on how to reduce carbon output per se.  It is interesting that Mr. Abbott has used the term ‘direct action’ in facilitating this outcome.  ‘Direct Action’ is a Marxist concept concerned [...]