Poland: The politics of Pope John Paul II
Friday, April 15 @ 19:02:51 CDT

Pope John Paul II died Saturday 2 April - the first ever Polish pope and first non-Italian since 1523.
By Karl Debbaut, CWI

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Taiwan: Political theatre reveals deepening crisis
Friday, April 15 @ 18:59:57 CDT

A flurry of diplomatic initiatives and counter-initiatives from Taiwan’s sharply divided political establishment – the anti-independence pan-blue bloc and formally pro-independence pan-greens – has shifted the cross-strait issue (i.e. relations with China) into overdrive.
By Laurence Coates in Taipei

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Anti-Terror raid on Collingwood: SP Public Meeting in Melbourne
Friday, April 15 @ 18:53:37 CDT

This Wednesday, April 20th, at 7.30pm at the Union Club Hotel, 164 Gore St, Fitzroy the Northern Suburbs branch of the Socialist Party (Melbourne) is hosting a public meeting on the raid with Stephen Jolly SP Cllr as the main speaker. Please come along to discuss this and what the lessons are for the future.

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Latest report from Socialist Party Yarra Cllr Stephen Jolly
Friday, April 15 @ 18:47:59 CDT

Comrades
The last week has been one of the most intense of recent times in the Yarra City Council area. It's not every week that the Mayor, myself, and Yarra Council are on the TV news, the Age, all the radio stations, and the local media over not one but two main stories. The heightened political interest was reflected in the Council meeting on Tuesday which went from 7pm to 11.37pm with up to 100 local people in attendence.
What are the issues?

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Abortion as a socialist issue
Tuesday, April 05 @ 08:16:48 CDT

As socialists we argue that it is always the right of a woman to make decisions about her own fertility. This includes the right to choose to terminate her pregnancy and to have access to a safe accessible public health system.
By Samantha Ashby, SP Newcastle, NSW (from latest issue of The Socialist)

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Iraq: End the Occupation!
Tuesday, April 05 @ 08:14:45 CDT

To ordinary working people in Iraq the situation seems to degenerate daily. While workers in Australia, the US and around the world have seen their governments go to amazing lengths to follow their corporate agenda.
By Erinn Sales, SP Melbourne City branch (article in latest issue of The Socialist)

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Storms ahead in Australia
Tuesday, April 05 @ 08:12:52 CDT

Editorial from latest issue of The Socialist

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Making socialism relevant
Tuesday, April 05 @ 08:11:26 CDT

First of a regular column in The Socialist from SP Councillor Stephen Jolly, Yarra City Council, Langridge Ward (Collingwood, Fitzroy, Abbotsford, Clifton Hill, Alphington and South Fairfield in Melbourne)

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Rosa Luxemburg: What Are the Origins of May Day?
Tuesday, April 05 @ 02:09:02 CDT

The happy idea of using a proletarian holiday celebration as a means to attain the eight-hour day was first born in Australia.

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Germany: Four hundred meet to discuss resistance against social cuts and capital
Monday, April 04 @ 05:28:58 CDT

On Easter weekend about 400 people took part in the Socialism Days of the Sozialistische Alternative (SAV; German section of the CWI) in Berlin to discuss about the worldwide resistance against social cuts, war and capitalism.
By Nico Weinmann, Sozialistische Alternative, Germany

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Australian ruling class conference last week
Monday, April 04 @ 02:35:22 CDT

Last week political, business and media representatives of the ruling class met in Melbourne at the Sustaining Prosperity Conference, sponsored by Murdoch's Australian newspaper. Members of the Socialist Party participated in a rally outside the event on the day it was addressed by Federal Education Minister, Brendan Nelson.
All politically conscious workers and youth should take an interest in the deliberations of this "National Conference" of our ruling class.

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Kyrgyzstan: Mass protests clear out corrupt neo-liberals
Friday, April 01 @ 21:33:27 CST

“I’m tired of this life. I just want to live quietly and well” was the comment of one pensioner taking part in the protests in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzia (Kyrgyzstan) last week.
Rob Jones, Sotsialisticheskoye Soprotivleniye, Moscow

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New SP survey: What are the Greens?
Tuesday, March 29 @ 04:09:59 CST

Have your say on the Green Party phenomena on our new survey on front page of SP web site
Results of last poll:
Can Labor recover?
Yes, they will and must recover. I support them 11.11% (15 votes)
Yes - in votes - but we need a new workers' party 39.26% (53)
No, they are dead. Greens are only option 10.37% (14)
No, they are dead. We need a new workers' party 39.26% (53)
Total Votes: 135

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CWI: Building a mass socialist international
Monday, March 28 @ 03:13:25 CST

A reply to the Democratic Socialist Perspective (DSP), Australia
By Peter Taaffe, CWI
The following article is a reply, by Peter Taaffe, from the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI), to an article by John Percy, National Secretary of the Australian Democratic Socialist Perspective (DSP - formerly the Democratic Socialist Party), carried in the DSP’s journal, ‘Links’ (Links no. 25, January to June, 2004).

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How the Socialist Party runs its meetings
Monday, March 28 @ 02:41:29 CST

By Lorraine Lockhart, Socialist Party Melbourne
The aim of this document is to help new comrades understand how the Socialist Party conducts its meetings. Also how a meeting can be conducted to be more inclusive, democratic, organised and most importantly, effective in its decision making.

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Mass protests shake China
Wednesday, March 23 @ 23:15:09 CST

IN A sensational victory for Chinese workers and international campaigners, ten young workers (the oldest is 23 years old) in Guangdong province, jailed for protesting against pay cuts and medieval conditions at shoe factories owned by Stella International, were freed on New Year’s Eve.
By Laurence Coates

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Yarra Council Banco mass meeting report-back
Wednesday, March 23 @ 18:51:37 CST

Last night's Council's-run public meeting on the Banco development was a great success for the community. 200+ locals piled into Collingwood Town Hall past an excellent Socialist Party stall and banner, and reading the SP leaflet on the issue at hand.

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Iraq: 2 years since invasion
Sunday, March 20 @ 19:56:10 CST

Two years ago, the US regime promised a short war to 'liberate' Iraq - 'operation shock and awe'.
By Manny Thain, Socialist Party England and Wales

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Successful child care action meeting in Yarra
Sunday, March 20 @ 05:16:36 CST

A meeting of child care users and advocates met today, Sunday 20th March, in North Fitzroy to discuss the crisis. There are 500 families without places in Yarra at the moment and we want Council to work hard to fix the problem, which can't get around the question of spending money on the issue. A second organising meeting is to be held next week, with a Picnic Rally in May. Watch this space.


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3 important events in Yarra - socialism mobilising the community!
Thursday, March 17 @ 03:25:18 CST

1. Just Fix it! Meeting to discuss and act on the child care crisis in Yarra. This Sunday 20th March, 3pm, Holden St Neighbourhood House, Holden St, North Fitzroy
2. Say no to Banco! Say yes to a community-based alternative plan for the Smith St area. Yes to low cost housing, child care and neighbourhood houses, open space and strict height limits. Mass meeting called by Yarra Council, Wednesday 23rd March, 7pm, Collingwood Town Hall, Hoddle St, Collingwood
3. Transport: Time to take on the Car Lobby! Public meeting with SP, Greens, PTUA, CBC Melbourne and more on Thursday 7th April, 7.30pm, Bowling Club, Edinburgh Gardens, St Georges Rd, North Fitzroy

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Skills shortages and migrant labour – What’s the solution?
Tuesday, March 15 @ 00:06:57 CST

By Anthony Main, AMWU shop steward
After years of demonising migrants John Howard is now so worried about Australia running out of workers that he now wants to embark on an international recruitment drive.

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Northern Ireland: Crisis for republicans - political alternative needed
Monday, March 14 @ 19:12:36 CST

From the Socialist Party in Northern Ireland
The Northern Bank robbery in Belfast, Robert McCartney's killing and the attempt to cover it up, and then the allegations about the multi-million pound criminal empire run by the IRA have put the leadership of the republican movement in Ireland under intense pressure.

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Time to Fight – If we don’t fight we lose
Saturday, March 12 @ 04:00:32 CST

Text of SP leaflet for upcoming mass workers' meeting in Melbourne, Wednesday 23rd March
By Anthony Main
In the name of ‘being realistic’ Greg Combet and his mates at the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) are preparing to sell our hard earned conditions back to the bosses for a song. Our working lives as we know them are on the brink of a huge overhaul and the so called ‘official leadership’ of the union movement is running scared.

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Lebanon: Hariri’s assassination triggers crisis
Saturday, March 12 @ 03:51:28 CST

Huge 8 March demonstration marks setback for US imperialism
By Robert Bechert, CWI comment and analysis

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Report on 2nd Yarra Council meeting for 2005
Thursday, March 10 @ 21:44:22 CST

From Socialist Party Councillor Stephen Jolly


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Review: My Side of History by Chin Peng
Monday, March 07 @ 17:54:54 CST

Memoirs of Malaysian communist guerrilla leader holds many lessons for today
Reviewed by Peter Taaffe, CWI
Published by Media Masters, Singapore, 2003. 527 pages

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Murdoch media apologies to SP Cllr Stephen Jolly
Sunday, March 06 @ 21:06:15 CST

Today's Melbourne Yarra Leader (7th March 2005) has a front page article entitled "City to clear drunks" that says: "Cr Jolly said Stanley St residents were also angry about litter being dumped by people gathering at the corner of Smith and Stanley streets."

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International Women’s Day 2005
Thursday, March 03 @ 04:16:13 CST

Make poverty and inequality history
Fight the system of poverty and inequality
Fight capitalism!
CWI statement, 2 March 2005.

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The principles behind how we run the Socialist Party
Thursday, March 03 @ 03:37:46 CST

What is Democratic Centralism?
Speech by Samantha Ashby, SP Summer School February 2005

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New SP Council web site/blog!!!
Sunday, February 27 @ 17:40:57 CST

Comrades,
Go to https://socialistpartyaustralia.org/council/ for the new SP Councillor Stephen Jolly's web site/blog on Yarra City Council issues and being a socialist councillor. Or if you are lazy click here

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