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Melbourne: Protest in solidarity with the Merak refugees

100 days and counting…Time for Rudd to act!
As part of an international day of action, the Tamil community and a range of progressive groups will be holding a protest at 5.30pm Monday January 18th outside the State Library in Melbourne. (Corner of Swanston and Latrobe Streets in the City)
The protests are demanding that the [...]

Where is the world economy going?

Is the worst post-war economic downturn coming to an end? Are the green shoots of recovery really visible, as many politicians would have us believe? Opinion is divided, with some commentators counting down to the next crisis. What is clear, is that this is a time of acute economic instability. Any growth is likely to [...]

Review: Trotsky, a Biography by Robert Service

A ‘dis-Service’ to Leon Trotsky
This book is very thick – running to 600 pages – but is very thin when it comes to an honest political examination and analysis of the ideas of Leon Trotsky, the subject of Service’s tome. His justification? That this book is, allegedly, the first “full-length biography of Trotsky written by [...]

Public meeting: The crisis facing world capitalism

SP Newsletter No.281
The Socialist Party will be holding its National Conference on October 2/3 at Trades Hall in Melbourne. At 7pm on Friday October 2 we will host a public meeting titled ‘The crisis facing world capitalism’.

UNITE wins back pay for 7-Eleven workers

SP Newsletter No.280
UNITE’s year long campaign against convenience store giant 7-Eleven is literally starting to pay off! $112,000 in unpaid wages has been recovered for 7-Eleven workers in Melbourne and a further $55,000 has been recovered in Sydney.

SP Day School: Introduction to Marxism

SP Newsletter No.268
The Melbourne Branch of the Socialist Party will be holding a day school on Saturday July 4. The school will be a good introduction to the basic ideas of Marxism and will be of interest to new members or to people who are keen to find out more about the politics of SP.

Tiananmen 1989: Public Meeting in Melbourne

SP Newsletter No.264
The Socialist Party will be holding a public meeting in Melbourne on Wednesday June 3 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Speaking on the night will be Stephen Jolly who witnessed the events first hand. We will also be relaunching our pamphlet ‘Eyewitness in China’.

Socialism 2009 this weekend in Melbourne!

SP Newsletter No.254
The Socialist Party will once again be holding its annual educational event - Socialism 2009. This year the event will take the form of a day school which will be held on Saturday March 21 at Trades Hall in Melbourne. The theme of the school will be ‘Capitalism in crisis: Understanding the economic [...]

Public Transport in public hands

SP Newsletter No.253
Public Meeting in Melbourne: Bring public transport back into public hands!
Featuring: Greg Barber, Greens MP, Stephen Jolly, Socialist Party Councillor & Tony Morton, Public Transport Users Association.
7pm Wednesday March 18th at Trades Hall in Carlton South.

SP National Conference 2008

The crisis facing world capitalism
SP will be holding our 2008 National Conference in Melbourne on Friday October 10 & Saturday October 11. On the opening night of the Conference we will host a public meeting featuring Kevin McLoughlin, the General Secretary of the Socialist Party in Ireland. The meeting will discuss the international situation and [...]