Do they exist? please forgive but this old man when a 15 year old, with his age up to 18 thought he was one.
Dad[ALP TO THE BONE] would have killed me, I however did not live at home and he never found out.
A union, well and truly in dads words a red rag one, indoctrinated me.
Please forgive my youthful stupidity.
A good man , Tom Uren was both a minister in the Whitlam Labor government,and a communist.
He suffered greatly as a POW of the Japanese.
1956, 11 years old, I should have paid more attention as Hungery, then Checks, suffered, by the time solidarity a union, won in Poland, to me at least it was clear communism is no friend of workers.
So why am I charged with being a communist?
How has progressive and even Liberal become swear words? can it be the center is the new left?.
Let us talk about the left and what it is

There's nothing left of communists except in Chinese jails. Belly you won't be forgiven until you go down on bended knees and apologise to your Queen.

The nearest thing that we have to Communists today are the Greens, and they are inept and more keen on talk than action.

But they need to be watched in case they ever get a leader with vision and brains.

Communists are still around - see http://www.cpa.org.au
But I think the younger generations abhor the the tribalism of supporting dictators because they're communist or anticommunist.

>Let us talk about the left and what it is
The left is a political philosophy based on social justice (aka a fair go for all).
Unlike much of the right, which regards government as an obstacle to prosperity, the left recognises the government can increase prosperity by removing the economic obstacles that hold people back. Generally the left would like there to be more wealth redistribution than there currently is.

The left tend to be more socially libertarian than the right, though that's not a defining feature.

"How do you tell a communist? Someone who has read Marx and Lenin. How do you tell a non-communist? Someone who has understood Marx and Lenin". ( Ronald Reagan)

In starting this thread I truly want to see others opinions.
My thoughts is Russia these days has more links to the Mafia than communism.
China more capitalist than communist, both however want world power.
North Korea is a nation of slaves ruled by a dictator willing to [well as the three are] murder its own and any other people it wants to.
So let this left of center progressive Liberal [remember our meaning of that word lead to Sir Robert Menzies forming our party with that name] wants to know if any one dislikes communism, slavery for the masses, more than me.
So is the American center the new left?
Am I center of my party as we move toward the center, a lefty?