And this idea worked “wonders” in Lenin’s Soviet Union…Not.
In response to the announcement by General Motors from its corporate headquarters in Detroit that it will discontinue vehicle and engine manufacturing and significantly reduce its engineering operations in Australia by the end of 2017, the Socialist Alliance calls for the immediate nationalisation of GM Holden plants under workers' and community control.
This process should be extended to Ford as well as Toyota, which has already warned it cannot survive if the other two car companies close down. Under public ownership and control, the entire car industry should be re-tooled to manufacture public transport vehicles, electric cars and infrastructure for a rapid shift to renewable energy.
Bringing Venezuelan economics bit by bit to Australia. If you want to see socialism in action, look no further than Venezuela – as they have the honour of running out of toilet paper.
