SP Newsletter No.203
Many workers have welcomed the news that Labor Party PM, Kevin Rudd is going to ‘dismantle’ the previous Howard government’s industrial relations laws. The reality of the situation is that far from dismantling the laws, Rudd plans to leave most of Howard’s Work Choices legislation intact.

The following article is an in depth analysis of the situation in Pakistan post the elections. It has been written by Khalid Bhatti from the Socialist Movement Pakistan (SMP). The SMP is the sister organisation of the Socialist Party in Pakistan and Khalid will be the keynote speaker at our Socialism 2008 event being held [...]

Two of the detained student leaders of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife were released from prison on February 21 after their bail conditions had been met earlier in the day. Olatunde Dairo, the Public Relations Officer of the Students’ Union, and Taiwo Hassan Soweto, Coordinator of the Education Rights Campaign, both members of the Democratic Socialist [...]

In January of this year, the government of Sri Lanka returned to pursuing full scale war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Contrary to claims at the time by the Sinhala chauvinist president, Mahinda Rajapakse, its unilateral withdrawal from the Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) had nothing to do with violations of the by [...]

The formal resignation of Fidel Castro as President of Cuba opens up a new chapter in the history of Cuba and its revolution. Since his original illness in 2006 (an intestinal problem) intense discussion has been engendered about Castro’s role, linked to the future of Cuba.
By Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party

SP Newsletter No.202
Australia is the 19th richest country in the world with a trillion dollar economy. The total wealth of the top 200 people is $126 billion. In 2007 these top 200 richest people increased their wealth by 26.7%!

By SP Councillor, Stephen Jolly
Tuesday night saw at the first Yarra Council meeting for 2008. It was dominated by a debate on the failed new policy to effectively offload resident noise and public behaviour concerns onto a disinterested and distracted police force.

The resignation last week of Hollywood film director Steven Spielberg as artistic advisor to the Beijing Olympics has shaken the Chinese regime, which has invested enormous prestige in this event as a means to boost its global image and increase support at home.
By chinaworker.info reporters

Almost 150 residents from the inner city Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy rallied on Sunday February 17 to save one of the only parks in the area - Condell Park.
By Socialist Party reporters Melbourne

Next month will see the fifth anniversary of the US-led war against Iraq that started years of bloody, destructive imperialist occupation. A hellish half decade has seen unending death and destruction for the people of Iraq.
By Socialist Party reporters