Communist Party of Australia

March 21, 2018 - click here for index of articles.

Change the Rules – Defeat anti-union laws

Ever since its election in September 2013 the Abbott/Turnbull government, with the backing of its employer mates, have pursued a union-bashing agenda. Each new piece of legislation has robbed workers and their trade unions of basic rights once taken for granted. Last week Unions Australia launched a campaign to Change the Rules, to give trade unions and workers the basic means to defend and fight for their rights. more ...

Editorial – Time to end private school funding

The 1962 decision of the Menzies Liberal government to fund near-bankrupt Catholic schools in Goulburn NSW had disastrous consequences. Under current education policies the richest private schools now receive lavish government cash handouts while public schools struggle to make ends meet. more ...

US Hands off Venezuela! – Pacha Guzman visit to Perth

Pacha Guzman of the Bolivar & Zamora Revolutionary Current visited Perth on March 12-15 as part of her Australian tour. The tour was organised by the Latin American Solidarity Network, LASNET and supported by several organisations including the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Communist Party of Australia, CPA. more ...

Treaty, sovereignty, autonomy

On May 26, 2017, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from across the country delivered the Uluru Statement from the Heart to the Australian people and the following month on June 30, the Referendum Council delivered its Final Report to the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten both of whom poured cold water on the Statement and Final Report. more ...

Shattering the illusion

A worker being told they are getting their equivalent wage relating to their work is being held captive by an illusion that in reality leads to a non-equivalent exchange, which is what the capitalist pays to the worker in the form of wages and what they keep as profits: the surplus value. more ...

Resistance to a dirty war

Palm Sunday rallies used to be about protesting war and demanding nuclear disarmament until the focus shifted over the past many years towards championing the rights of refugees. Yes, it is a humanitarian necessity, but the greater task is to expose and restrain the role played by the Anglo-American alliance (including Australia) in fuelling the proxy-wars that created the vast majority of those who were made refugees in the first place, but for that the consciousness of the west needs to be weaned off a saviour-complex that sees third-world societies as comprised of “victims” who need to be saved, and “tyrants” who need to be defeated. more ...

Poisonous plot – As British as afternoon tea

The British are well known for their dramatic flair when it comes to stories of Cold War espionage and murder mystery. Think Ian Fleming, John Le Carré and Agatha Christie. But last week’s episode of a former Russian spy being poisoned on a public park bench in a quaint English town has suspiciously a tad too much drama about it. more ...

Culture & Life – “There are two Puerto Ricos”

WASHINGTON – Five months after Hurricane Maria hit, Puerto Rico is still a mess. And the US federal response to the catastrophe that struck the island commonwealth’s 3.2 million US citizens is both terrible and ideologically slanted. more ...