SP Newsletter No.295
With the worst economic crisis in 80 years rocking the world many workers and young people are starting to question the capitalist system. Capitalism, which dominates the globe, is a system that allows a tiny minority of bosses to own and control the vast amounts of wealth that is produced by billions of [...]

Bankers to pocket $100 billion in bonuses, while impoverished Haitians struggle to cope with disaster
The humanitarian catastrophe that has befallen Haiti beggars belief. The powerful earthquake that struck on 12 January left many thousands dead, with estimates running to 200,000 and more. The flimsy slum dwellings in Port-au-Prince, the capital, collapsed, as did public buildings, [...]

SP Newsletter No.294
When clothing manufacturer Pacific Brands announced in February last year that it would be moving offshore and sacking 1850 workers, people were clearly angry. But when it came out soon after that Pacific Brands chief executive Sue Morphet would have her pay increased from $685,775 to $1.8 million that anger turned into outrage. [...]

For more than 25 years the Tote Hotel in Collingwood has been at the centre of Melbourne’s live music scene. The venue has helped launch some of Australia’s best known bands and played host to a long list of international acts. The pictures and posters that adorn the walls of the bar and band room [...]

SP Newsletter No.293
The Rudd Government, who boast about their concern for human rights, have ignored the plight of over 250 Sri Lankan Tamil-speaking refugees held in a small boat near Merak, Indonesia.

Socialist MEP condemns Rudd
Tamil refugees moored at the port in Merak contacted Socialist Party officials this morning with the tragic news that a young man died last night at about 11.30pm local time.
By Socialist Party reporters
Jacob Christin, aged 29, had been trying to go to hospital for the last two days but the IOM [...]

SP Newsletter No.292
International students in Australia have a reason to be concerned: aside from the ongoing violence and the unscrupulous employment practices that many have been subject to, it has recently emerged that 41 private education institutes across Victoria will be audited due to widespread scams taking place in the sector.

More than 20,000 Australia Post workers walked off the job yesterday as part of a nationwide strike. Australia Post management said there was a significant backlog of post with about 4.1 million letters and parcels remaining undelivered.
By Socialist Party reporters Melbourne

SP Newsletter No.291
The Labor Party’s approach to climate change is about pretending to do something while in reality protecting the big polluters. It is a policy of spin instead of substance. At least the climate change deniers in the Coalition are honest!

SP Newsletter No.289
Almost two years ago Mr Ward, an Aboriginal elder from the north of Western Australia (WA) was cooked to death while in custody of the WA police and prisoner transport company GSL (now G4S). As a result of his horrific death a campaign was built by the Deaths In Custody Watch Committee (DICWC) [...]