Communist Party of Australia

June 19, 2019 - click here for index of articles.

Climate action now!

Last week Angus Taylor, federal Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, wrote a newspaper article praising to the skies a product that will increase carbon emissions rather than reduce them. He also created the impression that marketing the product – liquid natural gas (LNG or methane) – will virtually solve the climate change crisis. more ...

Let’s build the real alternative

The election of Anthony Albanese as the leader of the Labor Party, his personal performance last week with a rejection of the union movement as redundant unless it’s there to help the ALP be elected to government is an example of the ALP’s arrogance and contempt for the unions and by extension working people in general. more ...

Lessons from the Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution did not begin as a socialist revolution; in fact the original Cuban communist party, the PSP (People’s Socialist Party), denounced the attack on the Moncado Barracks in 1953 as a “putsch,” and, while engaging with the rebels during the guerilla campaign, it did not fully align with them, believing instead in building mass support in the cities. more ...

“A different kind of freedom”

Cubans are a fiercely independent people. They showed that when they kicked out the Spanish colonisers in the 1890s and then their US Mafia successors, after many attempts, in the 1959 revolution of Fidel, Raul, Camilo and Che. more ...

Shorter hours and the USA

I took a straw poll recently among an admittedly small selection of employees at Gosford Hospital (nurses, pink ladies, etc). The question I posed was simple: who works the longer hours – Australian workers or workers in the richest capitalist country on Earth, the USA? There was some initial hesitation on the part of some participants while they thought about it, but the answer was always the same: American workers, no question about it. And they were right. more ...

Climate rebellion gaining momentum

Nestled in the shadow of kunanyi, South Hobart, is one of the more hip areas of Australia’s southern-most capital city. Young families and university students populate this suburb of federation-era cottages, trendy cafes and boutique dental surgeries. The locals walk designer dogs down streets lined by luxury European sedans that are conveniently on show due to a lack of off-street parking. more ...

The Stolen gather on Sorry Day to reflect on the past

On a cold, blustery day in Melbourne’s inner-city, the stolen children gather. They are Aboriginal people who were removed from their mothers and families as part of the policies of assimilation enforced by past Australian governments. more ...

The revolutionary life of Anita Torrez

It’s a lonely two-lane stretch of Arizona desert highway from Phoenix to Tucson. To your left and to your right greenish-brown desert brush, solitary cacti, and tan, rocky valleys and hilltops seem to dance before your eyes. A mirage. more ...

A more emotionally intelligent economy

Have you ever noticed that we often talk about and even measure the effectiveness of our economy in emotional terms? The University of Michigan periodically reports on “consumer confidence,” producing that metric as a supposed indicator of the health of the economy. The metric itself can and does move markets because feelings have a reality. more ...

High-rises still at risk

BRITAIN: Stark warnings have been projected onto “unsafe” tower blocks across Britain to mark the second anniversary of Grenfell Tower blaze tomorrow. more ...

Abortion rights one laugh at a time

An office comedy – set in an abortion clinic. That’s the main concept of the returning short form series CTRL ALT DELETE. The idea is extremely relevant in our current political climate, which features a full-fledged attack on reproductive health rights. The series, with its second season debut this year, seeks to normalise the idea of abortion with levity and balance, while incorporating the office comedy formula that is a beloved standard in mainstream entertainment. more ...