The Pope’s visit to Sydney last month brought not only the right wing agenda of the Catholic Church, but also prompted the New South Wales state Labor government to introduce a new raft of laws aimed at expanding police powers and further undermining democratic rights.
By Gary Duffy, Socialist Party Sydney (more…)

Speakers: Rob Stary, Dave Kerin & Anthony Main
This Wednesday July 27 the Melbourne Branch of SP will host a public meeting - The lessons of the Eliott dispute. Both Kerin and Main were witnesses at the trial of Melbourne boss Anthony Eliott who violently drove a truck through a picket line nearly killing workers. Eliott ended up getting off without even a slap on the wrist! This meeting will discuss all the political, legal and organisational issues surrounding the dispute. (more…)

Over 200 residents attended a rally in Fitzroy yesterday despite the cold weather and drizzling rain. The rally was organised by the Yarra Campaign Against the Tunnel (YCAT) to protest against the State Government’s plans to build a tunnel linking the Eastern Freeway to Melbourne’s western Suburbs. (more…)

The Kurds of northern Iraq saw the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq and the autonomy that was granted to them by the US-backed Iraqi government, as a path to achieve freedom and independence. However, the result has turned out to be the opposite of what the majority of the Kurds expected.
By Rozh Ahmad (more…)

SP is urging all of our supporters to attend the rally organised by the Yarra Campaign Against the Tunnel (YCAT). YCAT was formed to help organise the campaign against the Victorian State Government’s plans to build a tunnel linking the Eastern Freeway with Melbourne’s western suburbs. (more…)

SP Newsletter No.223
Recently the CSIRO warned that the price of petrol could rise to $8 per litre within 10 years! In the past year alone we have already seen petrol prices jump nearly 20 percent. It is estimated that this is eating into the average family’s pay packet to the tune of more than $700 per year. (more…)

The Events in Tiananmen Square May-June 1989
The following pamphlet was written by Stephen Jolly in 1989 after the world famous events in Tiananmen Square. Stephen visited China on behalf of Militant (the forerunner to the Socialist Party). This pamphlet has been out of print for some time but will be republished again soon. Contact the SP National Office for copies. (more…)

Last week Socialist Party Councillor Stephen Jolly was interviewed several times on Channel Seven about the State Government’s plans to build a tunnel linking Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway to the western suburbs. Below is the video footage of one of the news items. It also includes footage of the Yarra Campaign Against the Tunnel (YCAT) action at the July Yarra Council meeting. (more…)

Symptom of growing crisis in world capitalism
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, twin pillars of US housing finance, have been plunged into crisis. Only three months after the meltdown and bailout of Bear Stearns, the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve have once again been forced to intervene with emergency measures to forestall a potential crash in the global finance system.
By Lynn Walsh, Editor Socialism Today (more…)

Live Working or Die Fighting: How the working class went global
The recent revelation that child labour has been used in the production of clothes bound for British high street chain Primark proves that Paul Mason’s book, published last year, is an important work that will only become more relevant as globalisation causes more acute class conflict.
Reviewed by Edd Mustill, Socialist Party (more…)