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May Day Rally & March, Sydney 2016
Jamie C.
Although by the standards of the Moratorium years, the Sydney May Day rally last Sunday was relatively small, it was certainly no less enthusiastic. Workers and supporters in their thousands marched with their unions or with political & single-issue organisations to which they were affiliated.
May Day: Build the revolutionary movement for independence and socialism!
Nick G.
May Day is the day for international celebration of the socialist objective of the working class. It is a day born of the struggles and sacrifices of working class activists, a day immersed in the contemporary struggles of the working class, and a day which defines the future and ...
The double dissolution election being set up by Prime Minister Turnbull will at least spare us from the endless detailed reports of point-scoring in the American primaries.
BCA plan: “a new architecture for Aboriginal affairs”
Louisa L.
A Maori representative once told Narungga Elder Tauto Sansbury, “If you're not at the table, you're the menu. “Right now,” Tauto says, “we're being chopped up into little pieces.”
The basic needs of the working class can only be guaranteed by socialism
Bill F.
In Australia’s capitalist society the working class and all working people have common needs – employment, housing, healthcare, education and reliable transport are critical issues for workers, their families and their communities.
North Korea is a small country compared to the USA and by population about half the size of South Korea. South Korea hosts US troops and large military bases. North Korea is called 'the hermit kingdom" because it does not embrace the imperialist 'free trade' in goods and ...
PNG Supreme Court rules Australian “Guantanamo” illegal
Nick G.
By unanimous decision of the Full Bench of the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court, the Australian concentration camp for asylum seekers on Manus Island has been declared illegal, unconstitutional and a breach of asylum seekers’ human rights. The Australia and PNG governments have been ordered to close the ...
Prime Minister Turnbull has just announced that 12 new submarines will be built in Australia by a French consortium. On the surface, this is a significant victory for the Australian people.
Public meeting strongly denounces Trans Pacific Partnership
Alice M.
The exposure of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) as a tool of US government and its biggest multinational corporations and banks to increase the exploitation of people and plunder of the environment outrages people around the world.
Future of Steel Production at Whyalla Raises Issues about the Nature of Australian Independence
Ned K.
The future of steel production at Whyalla in South Australia is uncertain with Arrium being in administration and governments at state and federal levels looking for a bail out that will delay big job losses past the next election cycle.
Women Workers in the Health Sector Lead the Way in Rebuilding Unionism in Australia
Ned K.
The Friday 8 April edition of the Australian Financial Review included an article headed "Nurses buck unions' long term demise". It explained that while overall union membership density in Australia continued to decline, union membership among nurses grew by 12% in the last two years and the AN&MF ...
Building and Construction Workers Stay Strong Despite On-Going Attacks from Big Business
Ned K.
Nearly 30 years to the day (Wednesday 13 April) of the de-registration of the BLF, construction workers at a Lend Lease construction site in Brisbane went on strike when Lend Lease removed the workers' Eureka flag (symbol of their union CFMEU) from the site.
Whyalla steel a casualty of free trade agreements and global over production
Max O. Australia's steel producing industry may soon come to an end with Arrium steel company's collapse in Whyalla. The steel company's $4.3 billion debt caused its bankruptcy and put it into voluntary administration. Now 2,000 jobs in the South Australian regional city of Whyalla are endangered, with 7,000 workers ...
“The day is coming when we can replace teachers with IPads and computers,” a corporate education spruiker told Angelo Gavrielatos, Project Director with Education International, a while back.
The Australian Tax Office, under increasing pressure from community groups and unions to shed light on tax evasion by the corporate sector, has once again published data on companies privately owned in Australia.
The Weekend Australian Easter edition in the Business Review contained a revealing article about the deceptive marketing ploys of multinational owned wineries in Australia.
Malcolm Turnbull said earlier this year that there was never a more exciting or never a better time to be an Australian. I would have to agree with him and go one further by saying that there was never a better time to be (as Marx saw himself) ...
The Irish Liberation Struggle: some issues arising
Josh S.
1916 is the100th anniversary of the Irish Easter rebellion. It is timely to explore some of the lessons and implications of the Irish revolt and subsequent liberation struggle and independence negotiations.
Education corporations 'want to mine our kids for profit' says campaigner
Louisa L.
“Global capital is on the move and it wants to take over education,” Angelo Gavrielatos, Project Director with Education International (EI), the peak body of the world's teacher unions, told the state Council of the NSW Teachers Federation on March 12.
