Live Working or Die Fighting: How the working class went global
The recent revelation that child labour has been used in the production of clothes bound for British high street chain Primark proves that Paul Mason’s book, published last year, is an important work that will only become more relevant as globalisation causes more acute class conflict.
Reviewed by Edd Mustill, Socialist Party (more…)

Lynn Walsh, Editor of Socialism Today, reviews The Trillion Dollar Meltdown, By Charles R Morris.
Angry shareholders at the annual meeting (27 May) of Société Générale denounced the management for turning the bank into a casino. (more…)

The English Premier League continues to grow in popularity here in Australia. Now that the season has drawn to a close, with the battle for the Premiership title having been fought between the usual clubs, John Reid, author of ‘Reclaim the Game’ reviews the current state of football in England. John is also a member of the Socialist Party in England & Wales. (more…)

The Bright Lights of America reviewed by Iain Dalton, Socialist Party
To me Anti-Flag have always been the quintessential anti-war band. In September 2001 they were half-way through recording an album when the 9/11 events occurred. Like most people the events stunned them. (more…)

Dear Solidarity comrades,
During last years federal election campaign the Socialist Party challenged the Australian section of the International Socialist Tendency (IST), then called the International Socialist Organisation (ISO), to a debate around the topic of ‘How should socialists relate to the Greens?’ (more…)

Are the ideas of Keynesianism back on the agenda? Below Peter Taaffe, General Secretary of the Socialist Party in England & Wales, reviews the latest book by economist and commentator Paul Krugman, ‘Conscience of a Liberal’.
As the pace of the intractable crisis of world capitalism speeds up and deepens, so the frantic rush to find solutions gathers pace. (more…)

Reviewed by Michael O’Brien, Socialist Party
This is probably Pilger’s most overtly political book. Like his previous works Hidden Agendas, Heroes and Distant Voices this one contains a series of stand alone pieces highlighting the plight of oppressed people around the world whose voices are so seldom heard is the establishment media. (more…)

Below two new members, Jocelyn Hunter and Matthew Paton, from the Socialist Party in Melbourne explain what led them to join the party.
The world we live in is a wealthy place. We have the ability to land on the moon, and yet when we look around, there are people dying of starvation, others are homeless and others working inordinate hours in terrible conditions for less than living wage. (more…)

Son of Nun (SON) is a former Baltimore City School teacher and current MC, he performs class-conscious, revolutionary hip-hop. In addition to building for the next show, SON is also active in the anti-war movement as well as being an activist with several other causes. Our comrade Joshua Koritz from the US recently interviewed SON, below is the transcript. (more…)

The publication of ‘My life – Fidel Castro’, (in English in 2007) was extremely timely, as Castro was to resign as president only a few months later. Based on over 100 hours of interviews, the answers given by Castro to the French writer and editor of Le Monde Diplomatique, and founder of ATTAC, Ignacio Ramonet, are very revealing and illuminating about the Cuban revolution and world events since 1959. They also reveal much about the political outlook and method of Fidel Castro.
By Tony Saunois, CWI (more…)