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The CPA (M-L) recently created a discussion site for the printing of articles that are relevant to the work of the Party, but not necessarily reflective of a considered Party viewpoint, and for the raising of questions of the Party by members and supporters.
This is a moderated website and not a site for endless and pointless posts.
The most recent article is by respected Australian Marxist historian Humphrey McQueen which responds to a view that talking of an impending crisis of capitalism is “crying wolf”.
The article can be found by following this link to the home page of the discussion site: http://ozcom.ucoz.org/
Members and supporters are asked to read the “How to use this website” post through a link on the top left hand side of the discussion site’s home page.
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Brexit, 5 Eyes and One More: Japan?
(Contributed) 21 January 2019
When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited his British counterpart, Theresa May, there was far more on the main agenda than common economic considerations with Brexit.
Following diplomatic formalities there were serious agenda items which included:
Firstly, implications arising from Japan now having been ...
Government “generosity” a barrier to reef protection
Nick G. 18 January 2019
The Australian National Audit Office report on the $444 million grant from the federal government to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation ignores the most important aspects of this uncharacteristic generosity.
Controversy surrounding Senator Fraser Anning attending a far-right political rally in Melbourne in early January has highlighted how those concerned, in collaboration with their neo-Nazi admirers, are still able to make a nasty, unpleasant contribution to political discourse in contemporary Australia.
The anti-Adani fight has been a touchstone in the struggle for sovereignty. This unfolding story is the fourth in a series investigating ruptures in a carefully fostered pro-corporate united front among First Nations Peoples.
Workers Organising - A Strong Base for Winning an Independent, Socialist Australia
Ned K. 15 January 2019
In the struggle between capital and labour in Australia since 1788, the working class has overcome all sorts of obstacles put in its path by the ruling colonial and imperialist powers and their various layers of governments. Laws at state and federal levels have ...
This is the third article investigating ruptures in a carefully fostered pro-corporate united front among First Nations Peoples. It updates and revisits previously published material on mining industry interference in First Nations’ communities and issues.
Injustice within the Law means Resistance is always our Duty
Danny O. 10 January 2019
We are told that the law is impartial. That all stand equally before it, and that it arbitrates fairly and with justice. But it doesn’t. Our lived experiences show us that’s a lie.
Cheap Labour and Regional Migration Schemes have a long history in Australia
Ned K. 8 January 2019
2019 is an election year in the federal parliamentary three-year cycle. Immigration is likely to be blown up out of all proportion as an election issue. One idea already thrown up by the Morrison Government is forced regional migration as a condition of entry ...
Announcements from Canberra that the Lombrum military base on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, will be upgraded have included a wealth of information about US-led initiatives to counter the growing influence of China in the South Pacific. What has been less well publicised, however, has been ...
Longford workers still standing up and fighting back
Nick G. 5 January 2019
A picket line at Longford in Victoria epitomises the determination of the Australian working class to stand up and fight back. The makeshift camp was established by unions near the entrance to the Longford gas plant in June 2017 after 230 Esso maintenance workers effectively ...
US imperialists order Australia to confront China over South China Seas
(Contributed) 3 January 2018
Following a dramatic boost to Japan’s military budget, at the behest of the United States, the Pentagon has now issued an important regional directive for Canberra to follow. It was not coincidental.
When I read "Explaining China: How A Socialist Country Took the Capitalist Road to Social- Imperialism" posted on the CPA-ML web site, I thought how timely it would be for Vanguard readers to read Mobo Gao's latest book, "Constructing China - Clashing Views Of The People's Republic" (published ...
Japan’s “defence” budget serves US plans to counter China’s rise
(Contributed)
In mid-December, the Japanese government announced a new five-year defence plan with an increased budget. The brief nature of the small media release could easily have missed the attention of readers of the capitalist press here in Australia. Nevertheless, it provided insight into the bigger picture of US-led regional ...
Hungarian workers rebel against overtime “slave law”
Nick G.
While the eyes of class-conscious workers in Australia have been focussed on the continuing “yellow vests” movement in France in recent weeks, a significant movement led by the working class has broken out in Hungary. The right-wing, overtly fascist government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban decided to introduce ...
Solidarity message to the Communist Party of the Philippines 50th anniversary
The Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist) warmly congratulates the leadership and members of the Communist Party of the Philippines on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the CPP.
Diplomatic apprehension on the part of the Indonesian government of President Joko Widodo about the proposed US-led military planning with Australia to upgrade the Lombrum naval facilities on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, has revealed three important considerations:
The following is the text of Marxist historian Humphrey McQueen’s presentation on the Bond market and the capitalist economy from 3CR’s Solidarity Breafast program for 15 December 2018
Security Officers fight exploitation by multinational corporations
Ned K.
The private security services industry has become a growth industry in the 21st century following the events of September 2001 in New York city with the destruction of the twin towers.
