Workers are desperate to get rid of the Howard government at the election. However they face a terrible dilemma in that the ALP opposition offers no meaningful alternative and it fully supports the main neo-liberal policies of the Coalition.
Editorial from the October issue of ‘The Socialist’ newspaper (more…)

Ozonomics, Andrew Charlton’s new book on the Australian economy, is written in a light, almost pop-economics style. Yet it has some great insights, useful facts and figures, and demolishes economic myths pushed by the Coalition and other myths pushed by ‘leftwingers’ like Doug Cameron and the leaders of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU).
By Stephen Jolly, Socialist Party Melbourne (more…)

The Socialist Party is standing Kylie McGregor for the federal seat of Melbourne in the upcoming election.This seat takes in the municipalities of both the right-wing run City of Melbourne as well as the City of Yarra, which has the first ever Socialist Party Councillor, Stephen Jolly. Kylie is the President of Unite, the new militant union established last year to organise fast food and retail workers in Victoria. (more…)