Its their system so make the bosses pay!
Almost every day we hear more bad news about the state of the economy: market volatility, hedge funds collapsing, rising oil and food prices and investors losing confidence. One thing is for sure and that is that the bosses want working people to bear the brunt of any economic downturn.
By Dean Roberts, Socialist Party (more…)

Ten years ago today, security officers accompanied by guard dogs stormed into 17 ports across Australia owned by Patrick Stevedores. This came after its chief executive, Chris Corrigan, sacked his workers, sparking a month-long lockout. Today the Maritime Union of Australia mark the anniversary with a short stop work while Corrigan has been quoted today as saying “this was a war we had to have”. Below we publish our own account of the events written by SP National Organiser Anthony Main. (more…)

Son of Nun (SON) is a former Baltimore City School teacher and current MC, he performs class-conscious, revolutionary hip-hop. In addition to building for the next show, SON is also active in the anti-war movement as well as being an activist with several other causes. Our comrade Joshua Koritz from the US recently interviewed SON, below is the transcript. (more…)

“The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win.” This ringing battle cry was issued 160 years ago by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in their Communist Manifesto. Christian Bunke looks at the conditions which existed in Germany when the Communist Manifesto was published. The Communist League adopted the slogan “Proletarians of all countries unite!” and 1848 saw revolutionary movements across Europe. (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…)

The publication of ‘My life – Fidel Castro’, (in English in 2007) was extremely timely, as Castro was to resign as president only a few months later. Based on over 100 hours of interviews, the answers given by Castro to the French writer and editor of Le Monde Diplomatique, and founder of ATTAC, Ignacio Ramonet, are very revealing and illuminating about the Cuban revolution and world events since 1959. They also reveal much about the political outlook and method of Fidel Castro.
By Tony Saunois, CWI (more…)

After the imposition of the free trade agreement (TLC – Tratado del Libre Comercio) between Costa Rica and the United States, ratified by a national referendum on 7 October 2007 which was marred with irregularities and denunciations of fraud, the government of Oscar Arias has intensified its repression of trade union leaders who are active amongst those where resistance against the free trade agreement, and its implementation, was the biggest.
Appeal from the Revolutionary Workers Party, Costa Rica (more…)