The political issues posed by the Australian election crisis

The ruling elites, whether in Australia or around the world, cannot return to the stable and predictable parliamentary forms through which they ruled in the past. The systemic breakdown of world economy, ever mounting geopolitical conflicts, the rising danger of war, and, above all, the political radicalisation underway within the working class and youth, preclude that possibility.

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Join and Build the IYSSE at University of Melbourne!
10 October 2016
The IYSSE will hold its Inaugural General Meeting at University of Melbourne on October 13 at 1pm.
US seals military basing deal with Australia
10 October 2016
The cost-sharing pact will mean billions of dollars being spent on upgrading facilities across Australia for the US military.
Australian politicians hold sham hearings on banks’ “unethical behaviour”
8 October 2016
Thousands of working class people, retirees, small business owners and family farmers have been ruined by the banks.
Australian union imposes 10 percent pay cut on steelworkers
8 October 2016
The Australian Workers Union is playing the central role in the destruction of the jobs, wages and conditions of steelworkers.


Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
8 October 2016
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Australian Labor Party restates call for military challenge to China
8 October 2016
Labor’s statements indicate frustration within the US and Australian establishments over the Turnbull government’s refusal to order an operation in the South China Sea.
Fifteen years of the war in Afghanistan
7 October 2016
The US has been the central instigator of the Afghan tragedy for a period that now spans 38 years, with a toll in dead and wounded that numbers well over a million people.
Australia: Dean of arts college quits amid student protests
4 October 2016
The moves to close Sydney College of Arts are one expression of a broader assault on the social rights to education and culture.