The Socialist Party sends condolences to the friend’s, family and comrades of Terry Fields. Terry was a member of the Militant Tendency in Britain and a brilliant representative of working people as a Labour MP between 1983 and 1992.

Magistrate: “Civil disobedience is merely a euphemism for breaking the law”
A boss who drove a semi-trailer through a group of protesters, endangering the lives of several people, walked free from court this week without so much as a slap on the wrist.
By Socialist Party reporters Melbourne

SP Newsletter No.219
The honeymoon with the Federal Labor government may not yet be over, but the working class and Kevin Rudd are sleeping in separate beds!

A boss who drove a truck through a picket line during an industrial dispute last year faced court today in Melbourne. About 50 trade unionists rallied outside the court calling for the boss to face the full force of the law.
By Socialist Party reporters Melbourne

In April, death row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal was denied a new trial. The appeal was based on evidence that showed the systematic use of racism during the original frame-up trial where Jamal was convicted of killing a Philadelphia cop in 1981.
By Jesse Lessinger, CWI (United States)

The EU Council met on Thursday 19 June in Brussels to discuss its reaction to the Irish No vote in the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. The sister party of the Socialist Party in Belgium, the Linkse Socialistische Partij’s, organised a protest action to make clear that, “No does not mean Yes!”. The protest was [...]

SP Newsletter No.218
This Saturday, thousands of people around Australia will gather in support of indigenous self-determination and demand an end to the racist Northern Territory intervention. See below for the details of actions taking place in all of the major cities.

George Bush’s recent visit to Belfast was met with protests wherever he went. Hundreds of people, enraged that this warmonger should be welcomed by our local politicians, met outside City Hall and Stormont to vent their anger.
By Paddy Meehan, Socialist Party Northern Ireland

UNITE, the Victorian union representing fast food and retail workers, has exposed a video shop owner who offered young workers DVD hire instead of wages.
By Socialist Party reporters Melbourne

Price of petroleum is set in casinos of finance capitalism
We have been hit by a tsunami of energy price rises. A flood of speculative activity in oil markets has produced a huge bubble that will inevitably collapse in coming months.
By Lynn Walsh, Socialist Party