On Sunday April 2, UNITE held a benefit gig to raise money for the Trade Union Rights Campaign - Pakistan (TURC-P). TURC-P has been doing some fantastic work providing relief to thousands of earthquake victims in working class communities across Pakistan. TURC-P has already provided thousands of dollars worth of blankets, tents, food, water and medical aid to those who have been left stranded by the local and international ruling elite. (more…)

Harassment, unpaid overtime, below award wages and irregular shifts, sound familiar? Fast food, retail and hospitality workers have been on the wrong side of the system for many years. But for John Howard these levels of exploitation are not enough. His new industrial relations laws further attack Australia?s lowest paid workers, many of whom are under the age of 25. (more…)

Message from the Parti Sosialis Malaysia.
We are calling on all socialists for solidarity and support in our struggle for the right to exist as a Party. Below you will see the background to the application for registration finally reaching the courts on April 10th. We are organising a huge gathering outside the court on that day and we are also getting a number of organisations to do a watching brief.

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In the council and provincial elections which took place on Thursday, 30 March, the United Socialist Party (CWI in Sri Lanka) won one seat and massively improved its vote in many other areas.

By Clare Doyle, CWI (more…)

This month a Socialist Party-inspired motion at the Yarra Council meeting in Melbourne was passed by 7 votes to 1. The motion opposed the recent listing of the PKK (Kurdish Workers Party) as a terrorist organisation by the Federal government. Only an ALP Councillor voted against, using statements from Federal Attorney General Philip Ruddock’s web site to back his case! Even the local paper saw the irony in that.
Here is the full resolution: (more…)