Iraq: A colonial war of subjugation
Tuesday, May 25 @ 01:48:09 CDT

Saddam’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison is now a US-run centre for the subjugation of the Iraqi people.
Peter Taaffe's brilliant new article on the latest from Iraq, put in an historical context...

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Indian election: The awesome verdict
Sunday, May 23 @ 22:37:35 CDT

“Not only has the country been stunned by the awesome verdict, the entire free world must learn from the courage of the poor, illiterate, the voiceless and the underprivileged of the earth’s largest democracy as they punish rulers who thought their realm consisted of only 150 million for whom India was definitely ‘shining’.” Editorial of the Indian weekly, ‘Outlook’.
Jagadish Chandra, New Socialist Alternative (CWI-India)

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New poll on our home page!
Friday, May 21 @ 23:13:21 CDT

What do you think a Latham Labor government would be like? If you are voting or preferencing Labor is it enthusiastically or just to get rid of the Coalition government? Vote now (see left hand side of this web page)
Results of last poll:
Who will win the Federal election?
Coalition by a landslide: 11.11%
Coalition narrowly: 15.94%
Labor narrowly: 34.75%
Labor by a landslide: 17.39%
Labor minority government, backed by the Greens: 20.77%
Thanks to the 207 people who voted

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15th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre
Friday, May 21 @ 08:07:11 CDT

This June marks the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China.
The Socialist Party's Stephen Jolly spoke to 500,000 people at the Square days before the massacre at the founding meeting of a new democratic and independent trade union movement. He also witnessed the massacre.
He is addressing meetings in Melbourne (Trades Hall, 7pm, Tuesday 1st June) and Ballarat (4th June) to mark the anniversary. See latest SP newsletter for details.
Click here to read Stephen's eyewitness report from Tiananmen Square, taken from a speech he made in London soon after the events of 1989.

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Ireland: ''One Joe Higgins more effective than 5 Sinn Fein TDs''
Tuesday, May 18 @ 23:23:56 CDT

With Joe Higgins set to visit Australia in August, we thought SP web page visitors would find this fascinating.
The following article is taken from the ‘Irish Examiner’ (12/05/04) newspaper. It shows that even the right wing, social democratic Labour Party in Ireland cannot fail but to be impressed with the role of Joe Higgins, the Socialist Party (cwi) TD (member of Irish parliament) for Dublin West. Joe is nationally known as a fighter of working class people and for standing for working class unity and socialism, in the South and North of the country.

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Sinking deeper into the Iraq quagmire
Tuesday, May 18 @ 23:13:20 CDT

"The photos that lost Bush the war". That was how one US commentator referred to the images of torture and sexual abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US troops. Beamed across the globe, these appalling photos have provoked international outrage.

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Iraq: Torture allegations turn to anger
Saturday, May 15 @ 05:12:56 CDT

From latest issue of UK SP paper, The Socialist. Click here

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Turning point in Iraq
Saturday, May 15 @ 05:09:20 CDT

Recent days have seen a turning point in the situation in Iraq. Peter Taaffe, General Secretary of the Socialist Party in England and Wales, reports...Click here

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The truth of Socialist Alliance
Saturday, May 15 @ 04:56:06 CDT

Fascinating article by a disillusioned ex-ISO member on the crisis in Socialist Alliance and its domination by the DSP. Uses facts and figures to back its argument.

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2nd Rally at Borders Books in Melbourne
Tuesday, May 04 @ 22:34:55 CDT

If you worked for a multibillion dollar company and were paid less than $15 an hour, without penalty rates, wouldn't you want a Border Union
Rally Against Low Pay
At Borders Books, 380 Lygon St, Carlton
1pm Saturday 15th May 2004
Organised by Unite


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Craig Johnston on trial - Support militant unionism!
Tuesday, May 04 @ 21:06:19 CDT

The Socialist Party calls on all trade unionists and concerned members of the community to support Craig Johnston against the trumped up charges.
Attend the Mass Rally on Monday the 10th of May, 9am outside the County Court in Melbourne. Cnr.William & LaTrobe Streets.
Also be sure to visit the campaign web site at www.defendcraigjohnston.info

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2004 CWI May Day Statement
Thursday, April 29 @ 23:03:39 CDT

The struggle against imperialist occupation and capitalism
For a socialist alternative

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Why I'm coming to Australia
Wednesday, April 28 @ 20:43:36 CDT

Joe Higgins TD explains why he's coming to Australia in August...

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Joe Higgins TD (MP) to tour Australia in August
Wednesday, April 28 @ 20:38:07 CDT

Joe Higgins, Socialist Party TD for Dublin West, is to tour Australia in August. He will be speaking to the Irish community, trade unionists, at workplace and campus meetings and at public meetings in Perth, Newcastle, Sydney and Melbourne. He has jailed last year for his part in the to stop the anti-working class bin tax in Dublin.
He will address the Socialist Party National Conference in Melbourne on Saturday August 21st.


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Letters to the Socialist Party
Thursday, April 22 @ 21:11:31 CDT

2 letters - one is an appeal for help from Tasmanian workers and the other is on the issue of depression and what socialists think about this growing problem

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Why I joined the Socialist Party
Thursday, April 22 @ 21:07:27 CDT

By Billie (Nadine) Brown, 30, Socialist Party Melbourne and construction worker

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Book Review: Empire Defeated
Thursday, April 22 @ 21:05:35 CDT

Marisa Bernardi, Socialist Party Sydney, reviews Peter Taaffe's Empire Defeated
The horrific Vietnam War, which reached its heights in the late 1960’s, aroused world wide opposition to the intervention. Then, as now, Australia’s conservative Liberal government jumped on the bandwagon to invade a country which the US had in its sights.

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What does the US/Aus Free Trade Agreement mean for workers?
Thursday, April 22 @ 21:02:55 CDT

By Renate Cumalkovs, Socialist Party Perth
For many workers it is difficult to understand the real implications of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Both ruling classes participating in the negotiations have responded in terms of self-interest, that is, all seem interested in pursuing goals that will have the most effect in filling their own pockets.

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Footy Rapes
Thursday, April 22 @ 20:58:35 CDT

By Stephen Jolly, Socialist Party Melbourne
Professional footballers are treated like thoroughbred race horses or gladiators of old. As the late Peter Ustinov’s gladiator trainer character said in the classic movie Spartacus: “A gladiator is like a stallion. It must be pampered. You’ll be oiled, bathed, shaved, massaged, taught to use your heads. Approximately half our graduates live for five, ten...ten years.”

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Howard's attack on women
Thursday, April 22 @ 20:52:31 CDT

By Samantha Ashby
Socialist Party, Newcastle
In the run up to the federal elections Liberal and Labor have ‘family values’ at the center of their campaigns. So are they going to change the lives of working class families? No - they are planning some superficial changes that won’t impact on the real issues.
The biggest issues that improve family life are full employment and decent wages, good education for all children and a supportive benefit system that supports older people and those with illnesses, and families leaving their countries as refugees. The following article reveals the real state of family values in Australia and puts forward the Socialist Party’s agenda for change.

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Aboriginal Australia at a crossroads
Wednesday, April 21 @ 20:49:19 CDT

By Gary Duffy, Socialist Party Sydney
Arrests have continued after tensions between police and Aboriginal youth in Sydney’s inner city suburb of Redfern broke out into open clashes on the night of 15/2/04 following the death of a young Aboriginal boy believed to have been being chased by police.

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MedicarePlus Deals a Deadly Blow to Bulk-Billing
Wednesday, April 21 @ 20:47:41 CDT

By Greg Bradshaw, Socialist Party Melbourne
Health Minister Tony Abbott proudly declared the passing of the ‘MedicarePlus’ package as a “watershed moment for Medicare", in reality it is a shift towards an US-style scheme where your wallet is checked before your pulse.

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NSW Labor a warning of what Latham would be like
Wednesday, April 21 @ 20:45:42 CDT

By Robyn Hohl, Socialist Party Sydney
After spending a record $11million on their successful reelection campaign last year, the Carr Labor Government in NSW is becoming increasingly on the nose as the truth about our hospitals and rail services, starved of the adequate funds, staff and capable management they so desperately need, continues to emerge.

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Time to take stock in the student movement
Wednesday, April 21 @ 20:44:18 CDT

Last month about 1,000 students participated in the all-Melbourne student rally against the increasing in fees by the vast majority of Australia’s universities. In Sydney there were similar numbers.

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Unite action on May Day
Monday, April 19 @ 19:50:31 CDT

Comrades
Unite has called a May Day Action on low pay and casualisation. More and more people are now talking about the unchecked rise in casualisation and the resulting problems of low pay, job insecurity and exploitation. Even Today Tonight this week had a special on the issue as well as articles this week in the Age.

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Spanish bombing/Iraq: It's Australia's time bomb
Monday, April 19 @ 01:34:32 CDT

Editorial in April/May 2004 issue of the The Socialist

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Howard has to go!
Monday, April 19 @ 01:18:30 CDT

After 8 long years the wait is almost over. That man who said “never, ever” when questioned about a proposed GST, whose raised eyebrows frowned upon “those evil illegals” throwing their children overboard and who would have us believe that invading Iraq was for the benefit of the Iraqi people, will be replaced as Prime Minister when Australians go to the polls later on this year.
By Andrew Calleja, Socialist Party Melbourne

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Sri Lanka: Election to end crisis ends in new crisis
Sunday, April 18 @ 06:26:55 CDT

United Socialist Party (CWI in Sri Lanka) achieves record result
Last weeks General Election in Sri Lanka saw a record number of candidates, a record number of parties and a record number of voters. Still it failed to give either of the major party alliances a majority in parliament. The United Socialist Party (CWI in Sri Lanka) scored its highest ever number of votes in a general election and was referred to on the BBC World Service as "The emerging new left party in Sri Lanka today".

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Where are our trade unions going?
Saturday, April 17 @ 02:53:00 CDT

Europeanisation is the return of militant unionism after decades of right wing leadership doing the work for the bosses. 2004 has seen the beginning of Europeanisation of unions in Australia.
By John Gowland, Socialist Party Perth

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Trade unionist facing trumped up charges
Saturday, April 17 @ 02:49:13 CDT

Almost two years ago an industrial dispute arose at a company in Melbourne’s Eastern Suburbs called Johnson Tiles. The company decided to sack 29 maintenance workers and replace them with scab labour from a body hire firm called Skilled Engineering.
By Anthony Main, Socialist Party Melbourne

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