Featured News
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Still no plan to address climate change
Earlier this year former Prime Minister Tony Abbott claimed that Australia “doesn’t get enough credit for the emissions reduction work that we have already done” (The Age, July 13). It’s unclear whether Abbott wanted credit for Australia being the highest emissions-per-capita country in the world, or for being the only […]
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Britain: Corbyn elected Labour leader
By Socialist Party (England & Wales) reporters This is a historic moment. Nothing will be the same again. For decades Westminster politics has meant nothing but right-wing, pro-big business politics. A handful of left Labour MPs like Jeremy Corbyn voted against austerity, war and the undermining of democracy but their […]
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Refugee crisis: Defend the right to asylum
Millions upon millions displaced, forced to flee, living in appalling conditions, facing brutality from state forces and sectarian militias while putting their lives at risk as they seek safety; this is the reality of the wars that have followed years of foreign, imperialist intervention in the Middle East and defeats […]
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Refugee detention centres are inhumane, but profitable
The hypocrisy of our government The harrowing images of 3-year-old refugee Aylan Kurdi washed up on a Turkish beach have shaken the world. Alongside his father and brother, Aylan fled the northern Syrian city of Kobane attempting to find refuge in Europe. Aylan, his brother and his father are just […]
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7-Eleven half pay scam laid bare
In late August a joint Fairfax and Four Corners investigation shone a spotlight on one of Australia’s biggest corporate scandals. The convenience store giant 7-Eleven was exposed for being complicit in wage theft worth tens of millions of dollars. By Anthony Main The rort commonly known as the ‘half pay’ […]
World News & Analysis
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Britain: Corbyn elected Labour leader
By Socialist Party (England & Wales) reporters This is a historic moment. Nothing...
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Refugee crisis: Defend the right to asylum
Millions upon millions displaced, forced to flee, living in appalling conditions,...
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Greece: What does “Popular Unity” stand for?
Interview with Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI in Greece), by Lucy Redler, SAV (CWI...
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China crisis triggers panic on global markets
“Black Monday” exclaimed China’s official news agency Xinhua as China’s stock...
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Corbyn’s challenge a welcome upheaval in British politics
As the British Labour Party prepares to send out ballot papers to the over 610,000...
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Japan: 70th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bomb
Seventy years ago, on 6 August 1945, a single bomb dropped by a US bomber on the...
Australian News & Analysis
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Still no plan to address climate change
Earlier this year former Prime Minister Tony Abbott claimed that Australia “doesn’t...
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Renewable Energy Target Cuts
On June 23, the government voted to reduce the Renewable Energy Target (RET), from...
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Refugee detention centres are inhumane, but profitable
The hypocrisy of our government The harrowing images of 3-year-old refugee Aylan...
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7-Eleven half pay scam laid bare
In late August a joint Fairfax and Four Corners investigation shone a spotlight on...
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Border Force back down
In late August the Abbott Government’s Australian Border Force announced it would...
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Vic: Metro Trains dispute drags on
Melbourne rail operator Metro is continuing to insist that railway workers give up...
Theory & History
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The radical history of Lalor
For the first 18 years of my life I lived in Lalor, an outer northern suburb of Melbourne....
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60 years since ‘The Split’ in the ALP
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) suffered its biggest ever split 60 years ago in...
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Marxism and World War Two
This article looks at what led to the worst slaughter in human history and the events...
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History: Australian trade unions in the 1930s depression
The great depression was like a ‘king-hit’ to the Australian trade unions....
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The Balmain ironworkers’ strike of 1945
Remembering Australian working class history 70 years on The following two articles...
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Pamphlet: The Balmain Trotskyists
The need for a revolutionary leadership: 1933 This pamphlet was originally published...
Reviews & Letters
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Packed book launch in Melbourne
On May 22 around 150 people packed out the Collingwood Gallery in Melbourne for the...
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Successful gig against racism
The venue, Whole Lotta Love, in East Brunswick (Melbourne) was nearly full on Sunday...
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Book review: Beating the big end of town
Reviewed by Chris Dite The East-West toll road was going to be one of the largest...
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Review: Edward Snowden, the NSA and the US Surveillance state
Reviewed by Tony Saunois, CWI This powerful, gripping and incisive book was first...
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Lindsay David’s Australia: Boom to Bust
Reviewed by Stephen Jolly, Socialist Party “Lindsay David published his book in...
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Book review: Eleanor Marx – A life
Clare Doyle reviews ‘Eleanor Marx – A life’ by Rachel Holmes Eleanor...
Socialist Party News
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Why I joined the Socialist Party
Three new members explain why they joined the Socialist Party I have identified...
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Come to Socialism 2014!
Socialism 2014, an activist day school organised by the Socialist Party, will be...
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New opportunities for socialist ideas
In late July the Socialist Party held its annual National Conference in Melbourne....
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Why I joined the Socialist Party
Growing up I never really understood politics. I always had a vague sense of what...
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Why I Joined the Socialist Party
I joined the Socialist Party after being inspired by the ideals that the party advocates....
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2014 Socialist Party National Conference
The Socialist Party will hold its 2014 National Conference in the Melbourne CBD on...
Photo Galleries
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Videos from the Anti-East West Toll Road Campaign
A brief overview of the campaign July, 2013: Socialist Party called a community...
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Community pickets against the East West Link – Melbourne
Stop the East-West Tunnel – Invest in public transport! from Socialist...
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Rally for same-sex marriage rights – No to homophobia!
Rally for marriage equality from Mel Gregson on Vimeo.
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High school student rally against education cuts – Melbourne
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World Refugee Day
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National Student Strike May 14 – Melbourne rally