http://www.socialistpartyaustralia.org Socialist Party - Australian section of the Committee for a Workers' International Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:15:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en National question remains unresolved The war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan government’s armed forces has come to an end. It went on for close to 30 years and originated from the unresolved national question in relation to the minority Tamil population. Government forces were ... http://www.socialistpartyaustralia.org/archives/1970 SP Newsletter No.269 As the economic downturn gets worse, thousands of workers are losing their jobs or being forced to cut their hours. Big business is trying to make ordinary people pay for the crisis through unemployment and pay cuts. But one of the best ways to fight unemployment is to ... http://www.socialistpartyaustralia.org/archives/1968 In June 2003, the then Gallop State Labor Government in Western Australia passed an Act of Parliament to evict the Aboriginal people living in their homes at the Swan Valley Nyungah Community in Lockeridge Perth. By Neil Gray, Socialist Party Perth This followed a campaign by the media and government ... http://www.socialistpartyaustralia.org/archives/1966 SP Newsletter No.268 The Melbourne Branch of the Socialist Party will be holding a day school on Saturday July 4. The school will be a good introduction to the basic ideas of Marxism and will be of interest to new members or to people who are keen to find out more ... http://www.socialistpartyaustralia.org/archives/1961 Splits in ruling Islamist-capitalist class deepened The mobilisations of more than one million people on the streets of Tehran alongside open splits in the ruling Islamist-capitalist class marks a revolutionary crisis in Iran. People have lost their fear. By Per-Åke Westerlund, CWI Sweden The enormous hatred of today's political system and the ... http://www.socialistpartyaustralia.org/archives/1959 This pamphlet by James Connolly has introduced millions of workers to the basic ideas of socialism. We are reprinting it so that workers and young people today can continue to read it and learn from its arguments. It is also available from in hard copy for only $2 from the ... http://www.socialistpartyaustralia.org/archives/1955 SP Newsletter No.267 June 17 saw over 250,000 people take to the streets in more than 80 cities across Germany. They were protesting for a better education system and their main demands were for smaller classes, 100,000 more teachers and the abolishment of tuition fees. In Berlin, 27,000 young people marched ... http://www.socialistpartyaustralia.org/archives/1953 The Socialist Party has launched an exciting new campaign to turn the Fitzroy Town Hall into a centre for the arts, music and culture in the City of Yarra (Melbourne). By Stephen Jolly, Socialist Party Councillor City of Yarra Yarra Council has spent about $8 million to spruce up the ... http://www.socialistpartyaustralia.org/archives/1951 New phase of struggle opens up Mass protests and demonstration have erupted in Iran in protest at the apparent rigging of the Presidential elections by the Mahmoud Ahmedinejad regime. According to reports, the largest anti-government demonstration of over one million people took place in the capital Tehran. By Tony Saunois, CWI Reports ... http://www.socialistpartyaustralia.org/archives/1949 The current economic crisis has fuelled waves of anger around the world. Prime targets are the top bankers and stock market dealers who epitomise the rampant, ultra-free market policies of the last 20 years. Backed by their political accomplices, they gorged themselves while workers’ conditions worsened, and finance capital drove ... http://www.socialistpartyaustralia.org/archives/1946