Author(s): Niall Lucy

Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs

This title argues that the real opponents of democracy are conservatives, whose attack on the left reveals hostility for their ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity. "The War on Democracy" focuses on the published ideas of seven of Australia's most influential conservative media commentators, analysing how each one tries to discredit those they label extremists journalists, academics, rights activists, unionists as a way of disguising their own self-interested support of the powerful and the privileged.