SP Newsletter No.213
The Victorian Labor government is continuing with its campaign to further criminalise protest activity. Last month ten people who participated in the protests against the Melbourne G20 summit in November 2006 were sentenced in the Magistrates Court. (more…)

Socialist Party member, Dave Nellist, has re-won his council seat in Coventry with an increased majority. Dave’s result was an exception to the general trend across the country where Labour suffered big losses.
By Hannah Sell, Deputy Secretary Socialist Party England & Wales (more…)

SP Newsletter No.212
Protest against the climate criminals! Meet at BHP Billiton HQ at 4pm this Friday May 2nd, 180 Lonsdale St City. Say NO to big business destroying the planet for profit. For more information contact 0396399111. (more…)

The Socialist Party has just published a new pamphlet called Socialism and the Environment. It is a collation of material written by members of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) in Australia, Britain and the United States. SP is the Australian section of the CWI. (more…)

SP Newsletter No.211
The Anzac Day holiday this year has once again prompted pages and pages of articles in the capitalist press claiming to ‘honour the bravery and sacrifice’ of the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). (more…)

SP Newsletter No.210
BHP Billiton is the world’s largest resources company and the biggest company in Australia. It has over 100 operations in 25 nations across 6 continents. Last year it posted a record annual profit of $US13.42 billion! (more…)

SP Newsletter No.209
Without rapid and significant reductions in green house gas emissions we will face a near-apocalyptic situation very soon. It is well and truly time for working people to take radical action to defend our futures from the profits of the big business polluters. (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…)

SP Newsletter No.208
“We will not be intimidated! Unions must continue to stand up for people. As a union leader let me make this clear, I will not pay a $33,000 fine for asking for people to be treated fairly.” These were the fine words of then ACTU Secretary Greg Combet at the mass rally against Howard’s IR laws on November 15, 2005. (more…)

SP Newsletter No.207
The NSW state Labor government’s plan to sell off public electricity is theft on a grand scale. While the Iemma government is going ahead with the plan, opposition from the trade unions and the general public is growing. The Socialist Party stands totally opposed to this and all other privatisations. (more…)