Featured News
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What to do about the housing bubble?
By Kirk Leonard “Sex for rent” ads in Sydney and on the Gold Coast which target struggling women are becoming more prevalent. Social ulcers like this indict the chaos in the housing sector, which sees affordability at crisis levels and growing alarm amongst commentators about a huge price bubble. The […]
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Panama Papers: Build a political alternative to stop the tax cheats
Editorial comment from the forthcoming edition of ‘The Socialist’ Early April saw the biggest data spill to date with more than 11 million documents leaked from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. Dubbed the “Panama Papers” the leak, revealed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), exposed some of […]
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Capitalism and drug reform
By Meredith Jacka The past 12 months have seen a growing and increasingly militant movement to change the way police and politicians view the issue of drug use. Physicians, lawyers, public health and social workers, and the families of people who use drugs, are publicly calling for a move away […]
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Oppose Turnbull’s TAFE deregulation plan
By Conor Flynn The Turnbull government is set to overhaul the TAFE system. News of the move came from a leaked document, marked “in confidence”, circulated to state governments ahead of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in March. Under the proposal, the federal government would take over TAFE […]
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US election turmoil
By Tony Saunois, CWI Secretary Bernie Sanders campaign – an opportunity to build a new party of the 99% The US Presidential election campaign represents a turning point in US society and the struggles of the working class, the middle class, young people and all those exploited by capitalism. US […]
World News & Analysis
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France: Workers and youth on the streets
By Clare Doyle, CWI A new period of struggle has opened up in France. Until recently,...
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Hong Kong’s Kwok brothers profit from refugee misery
By Socialist Action reporters in Hong Kong The Panama Papers, leaked documents from...
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US election turmoil
By Tony Saunois, CWI Secretary Bernie Sanders campaign – an opportunity to...
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Belgium: Far right attack vigil for Brussels victims
Eyewitness report from members of Linkse Socialistische Partij/Parti Socialiste de...
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Socialist planning the alternative to capitalist free trade
By Tim Tran The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement was signed in New Zealand...
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Bernie Sanders’ campaign at a crossroads
The anti-big business and pro-worker message of Democratic Party ‘socialist’...
Australian News & Analysis
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No cuts to education!
Below is the text from a leaflet produced by Socialist Party students. It is being...
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What to do about the housing bubble?
By Kirk Leonard “Sex for rent” ads in Sydney and on the Gold Coast which target...
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Panama Papers: Build a political alternative to stop the tax cheats
Editorial comment from the forthcoming edition of ‘The Socialist’ Early...
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Capitalism and drug reform
By Meredith Jacka The past 12 months have seen a growing and increasingly militant...
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Oppose Turnbull’s TAFE deregulation plan
By Conor Flynn The Turnbull government is set to overhaul the TAFE system. News of...
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Wage growth slowest for decades
By Dane Letcher Wage growth was at the slowest pace on record for 2015, according...
Theory & History
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Ireland: 100th anniversary of Easter 1916 Rising
By Cillian Gillespie, Socialist Party (Ireland) This weekend marks the centenary...
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Womens’ and LGBTIQ liberation in revolutionary Russia
By Emma Quinn (Socialist Party, CWI in Ireland) Millions of people internationally...
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New movements, old dilemma: Reform or Revolution today
By Paul Murphy, Socialist Party TD in Ireland The election of the Syriza government...
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ALP: From socialist origins to capitalist tool
How the early ALP was transformed The Australian Labor Party (ALP) may have long...
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The Whitlam sacking 40 years on
40 years ago on November 11, 1975 Gough Whitlam’s Labor government was dismissed...
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1890s depression: Strikes defeated, new workers party created
Attacks on living standards and workers rights in periods of economic downturn are...
Reviews & Letters
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Film review: ‘Trumbo’
From the red carpet to the blacklist and back again Imagine losing your job for...
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Film review: The Big Short
By Mel Gregson The Big Short is a Hollywood comedy about some of the people involved...
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Review: Revisiting Animal Farm
Allegory of the terrible betrayal of the Russian revolution Andy Ford, from Socialism...
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What the Hunger Games has taught us
The release of Mockingjay Part 2 – the final instalment of the Hunger Games series...
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10 Marxist classics every socialist should (eventually) read
There are no short cuts to understanding Marxism in all its complexity. To apply...
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Film review: Straight Outta Compton
Reviewed by Eljeer Hawkins, CWI in the US The theatrical release and commercial success...
Socialist Party News
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A reply to former comrades in New Zealand
On the 23rd February 2016 the Socialist Party received a letter of resignation from...
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Why I joined the Socialist Party
It has been said before that we have a stark choice – between either socialism...
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Statement from Socialist Party National Committee
The Socialist Party received a letter of resignation on 23rd February 2016, signed...
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Why I joined the Socialist Party
My decision to join the Socialist Party started in May 2014. I was watching Joe Hockey...
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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...