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22/05/2013: How Ireland is used as a tax haven by multinational corporations while
the government is preparing to steal the property tax from people’s
wages, social welfare and pensions
22/05/2013: Union-agreed rates could bring Amazon workers 9000 euros more a year
21/05/2013: Anti-racist campaign needed against corrupt ruling elites and capitalism
21/05/2013: An expressway to attacks on democratic rights! For democratic mass
working peoples’ defence committees!
20/05/2013: This year’s G8 summit will be held in County Fermanagh, Northern
Ireland, on 17th – 18th June. This gathering brings together the heads
of government of eight of the world’s largest capitalist economies to
discuss how they can further the interests of those they represent – the
super-rich, big business and the bankers.
19/05/2013: Increasing concerns and contradictions
18/05/2013: Workers and Socialist Party calls for one-day-general strike
18/05/2013: Iran’s June 14 presidential election takes place against the background
of deep divisions in society and the regime.
17/05/2013: Australia’s federal environment minister Tony Burke gave the go ahead to
Toro’s $270 million uranium mining project in the Wiluna region of
Western Australia.
15/05/2013: Working class unity needed to defend rights and living standards
14/05/2013: We shouldn’t let either of the major parties tell us that ‘tough
decisions’ or ‘hard cuts’ are required.
13/05/2013: Bus workers take strike action over savage wage cuts and attacks on
conditions
12/05/2013: 15 DSM members arrested at May Day rallies
12/05/2013: How can a state be realised?
11/05/2013: The latest events that have happened in Italian politics mark a new
phase of development in the crisis in the third European industrial
power.
11/05/2013: On 8 May the PKK has begun to withdraw from Turkey. Millions are hoping
now for an end to oppression and for democratic rights.
10/05/2013: Ruling Barisan Nasional’s widespread fraud enrages opposition supporters
and young people
10/05/2013: On 2 May the neo-fascist Golden Dawn attempted to distribute food in
Syntagma square in Athens to people holding proof of Greek nationality.
10/05/2013: Time for a new mass workers’ party
09/05/2013: New clashes on the horizon
08/05/2013: Big landlords, capitalists and influential families are calling the shots
08/05/2013: The United Socialist Party’s May Day demonstration passed successfully
through a number of populous areas of Colombo, ending at Grand Pass
Junction.
07/05/2013: Union representatives declare a “half success” with a pay rise of 9.8
percent – but important issues are unresolved
06/05/2013: ’Get a job!’ is the constant refrain of privileged Tory ministers and
vicious right-wing tabloids. A million unemployed young people are the
subject of a relentless campaign of smears and lies.
05/05/2013: Great event remembers the ’47’ struggle
05/05/2013: Christine Thomas’ book outlines how inequalities and discrimination
against women have not disappeared and women’s struggles must be bound
up with wider class struggle to be successful. Read the complete book
online here.
04/05/2013: Those who created the crisis should be forced to pay.
03/05/2013: The last set of DSM members still in the detention of the state security
service (SSS) in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria, and Ibadan Oyo state,
Southwest Nigeria, as of yesterday, has been released.
03/05/2013: Progressive Workers Federation (PWF), TURCP and SMP organised and
intervened in the May Day activities across the country
03/05/2013: It is said that where labour is cheap, life is cheap. This is never more
so than in the recent horrific deaths of over 400 garment workers
crushed in a collapsed building in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
03/05/2013: Li Ka-shing owns 13 percent of the world’s port capacity and much more
besides…
02/05/2013: ‘Defend pensions! Stop corruption!’
02/05/2013: Photos of May Day demonstration in Sindh
02/05/2013: DSM comrades arrested and detained
01/05/2013: CC rules budget illegal for second time, government declares war against
it
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|  17/05/2013, Australia’s federal environment minister Tony Burke gave the go ahead to
Toro’s $270 million uranium mining project in the Wiluna region of
Western Australia.
Socialist Party (CWI Australia) reporters Perth
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|  14/05/2013, We shouldn’t let either of the major parties tell us that ‘tough
decisions’ or ‘hard cuts’ are required.
Editorial comment from ‘The Socialist’, paper of the Socialist
Party (CWI Australia)
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| 04/05/2013, Those who created the crisis should be forced to pay.
Editorial comment from the May 2013 edition of ‘The Socialist’, paper of
the Socialist Party
(CWI Australia) |
|  05/11/2012, Socialists increase vote and retain Stephen Jolly’s seat
By Socialist Party (CWI in Australia) reporters Melbourne
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|  19/08/2012, Australia’s Labor Government worked hand in hand with the
Liberal/National opposition to pass legislation to restart the offshore
processing of refugees.
Chris Dite, Socialist Party (CWI Austalia)
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|  09/08/2012, On July 1 the highly controversial carbon tax was introduced in
Australia amidst overwhelming public disapproval.
Editorial from the August edition of The Socialist, paper of the Socialist
Party (CWI Australia)
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|  23/07/2012, Full union support needed to win dispute
By Socialist Party (CWI Australia) reporters
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|  24/04/2012, Socialist Party members are involved in establishing a new campaign to
fight against the increasing cost of living.
Socialist Party (CWI
Australia)
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|  08/03/2012, In the Australian Labor Party (ALP) leadership crisis Prime Minister
Julia Gillard was able to fend off a challenge from Kevin Rudd, her
former minister for Foreign Affairs and predecessor as Prime Minister.
The underlying issues that led to the tensions remain.
Socialist Party
(CWI Australia) reporters
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|  22/11/2011, Almost a third of Australian workers are employed in casual jobs. If you
include labour hire and short-term contract work, insecure jobs make up
40% of the workforce.
Socialist Party (CWI Australia)
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|  21/11/2011, Interview with Siritunga Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan socialist leader
Mel Gregson, Socialist Party (CWI Australia)
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|  15/11/2011, Violence and intimidation from management and police
Socialist Party (CWI in Australia) reporters
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|  01/11/2011, Most vicious attack on unions in 13 years
Kirk Leonard, Socialist Party (CWI in Australia)
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Further articles on 'Australia':2010: - 06/12/2010: Australia: Ruling Labor Party punished at Victorian State election
By Socialist Party
(CWI Australia) reporters, Melbourne - 07/11/2010: Australia: Reject the major parties in Victorian state election
Socialist Party (CWI
Australia) - 24/10/2010: Australia: New crises, contradictions, political conflicts and struggles
Socialist Party (CWI
Australia) - 07/10/2010: Australia: Northern Territory Intervention - 3 years of hell for
Indigenous people
ByCorey Snoek, Socialist
Party (CWI Australia) - 02/10/2010: Australia: Privatisation contributes to bushfire disaster
Andrew Grant, Socialist
Party (CWI Australia) - 25/09/2010: Western Australia: Bosses threaten workers with massive fines
David Suter, Perth, Socialist
Party (CWI Australia) - 21/09/2010: Australia: Victorian State Election - We need a fighter on Spring Street
Socialist Party (CWI Australia) - 20/09/2010: Australia: Victorian ETU ditches Labor
Socialist Party (CWI Australia) - 28/08/2010: Australia: Neither big business party given mandate to govern
Socialist Party (CWI Australia) - 04/08/2010: Australia federal elections: The bosses have two parties
Editorial from the August edition of ‘The Socialist’, newspaper of the
Socialist Party (CWI Australia) - 03/08/2010: Australia: Victory for striking textile workers in Melbourne!
Socialist Party (CWI
Australia) reporters Melbourne - 25/06/2010: Australia: Gillard replaces Rudd but nothing replaces right wing policies
Socialist Party (CWI
Australia) - 17/06/2010: Australia: Interview with UNITE union for young workers
chinaworker.info - 29/05/2010: Australia: Original nation passports issued to Tamil refugees
Socialist Party (CWI Australia), www.socialistpartyaustralia.org - 17/03/2010: Immigration: Is Australia full?
By Corey Snoek and Mel Gregson, Socialist Party (CWI in Australia)
2009: 2008: - 23/12/2008: Australia: Green/Labor coalition on Yarra City Council award themselves
25% ‘allowance’ rise
Steve Jolly, Socialist Party (CWI) Councillor for Langridge Ward, City
of Yarra, Melbourne - 08/12/2008: Australia: Socialist Party councillor re-elected in Yarra, Melbourne
Anthony Main, Socialist Party (CWI in Australia), Melbourne - 01/12/2008: Australia: Socialist councillor tops poll to re-win Yarra Council
(Melbourne) seat
Socialist Party (CWI Australia) reporters - 10/11/2008: Australia: Can Australia avoid a recession?
Anthony Main, Socialist Party (CWI in Australia) - 13/10/2008: Australia: Socialist Party local election campaign launched
socialistworld.net - 27/05/2008: Australia: Labor government’s first budget a boon for big business
Anthony Main, Socialist Party (CWI Australia), Melbourne - 06/05/2008: Australia: May Day in Sydney and Melbourne
Socialist Party, CWI in Australia - 28/03/2008: Australia: “This is not a ‘war on terror’ but a war to oppress and
terrorise the working class”
Socialist Party (Australia CWI) reporters, Melbourne - 25/02/2008: Australia: Labour government apologies to Aboriginal people
Socialist Party reporters Canberra, Sydney & Melbourne
2007: - 27/11/2007: Australia: Labour wins landslide election victory
Socialist Party reporters, Melbourne - 08/10/2007: Australia: Liberals v Labour - no choice for working people in federal
election
Editorial from the October 2007 issue of ‘The Socialist’ (newspaper of
the Socialist Party – CWI Australia) - 11/09/2007: Australia: APEC talk shop achieves nothing
Socialist Party reporters Sydney & Melbourne, cwi Australia - 16/08/2007: Australia: No money for health & education - but 170 million US $ to
’protect’ Bush at APEC!
Socialist Party, CWI Australia, Melbourne - 01/08/2007: Australia: Draconian anti-terror laws expose right-wing government
Anthony Main, Socialist Party, Melbourne - 18/07/2007: Australia: Mass protests planned for Bush visit to Sydney
Anthony Main, Socialist Party, Melbourne - 10/07/2007: Australia: Rightwing government attacks Aboriginal rights under cloak of
deep social problems
Socialist Party (CWI in Australia) Statement - 18/04/2007: Australia: Public opposes big business takeover of Qantas airline
Editorial of April edition of The Socialist (Socialist Party (CWI),
Australia) - 07/03/2007: Australia: ‘Socialism 2007’ - Making socialism relevant
Socialist Party reporters, Melbourne - 01/03/2007: Australia: Socialists hold protest at visiting minister’s meeting
Anthony Main, Socialist Party (CWI) National Organiser, Melbourne
2006: - 29/11/2006: Australia: Why Labor won the Victoria State elections
Socialist Party reporters, Melbourne - 27/11/2006: Australia: Socialist Party trebles its vote in Victoria State elections
Socialist Party reporters, Melbourne - 19/09/2006: Australia: Cracks show in John Howard government
Editorial, ‘The Socialist’ (newspaper of the Socialist Party, Australia) - 15/09/2006: Australia: Successful solidarity protest with locked-out NZ shop
distribution workers
UNITE reporters, Melbourne - 30/06/2006: Australia: 300,000 march against Industrial Relations legislation
Anthony Main, Melbourne - 31/05/2006: Australia: Launch of rebel union, Unite, hits headlines
socialistworld.net - 10/05/2006: Australia: Mass picket brings workers’ victory at Melbourne engineering
plant
Socialist Party (cwi) members, Melbourne - 10/04/2006: Australia: ‘Labour Relations’ laws a major attack on workers’ rights
Anthony Main, Socialist Party (CWI Australia) - 10/02/2006: Australia: First Socialist Party Summer School a big success
Socialist Party (CWI Australia) reporters, Melbourne - 10/02/2006: Australia: Succesful solidarity meeting against racism
Socialist Party (CWI Australia) reporters, Melbourne
2005: - 15/12/2005: Australia: Racial clashes erupt in Sydney
Anthony Main, Melbourne, Socialist Party Australia - 17/11/2005: Australia: 15 November “a brilliant display of workers’ strength”
Eyewitness report from Anthony Main, Socialist Party (CWI), Melbourne - 16/11/2005: Australia: Over half a million workers strike and protest
Niall Mulholland, cwi - 09/11/2005: Australia: Socialist Party holds anti-Iraq occupation protest at US
Embassy
Anthony Main, Socialist Party (CWI), Melbourne - 12/10/2005: Australia: Yarra Council defends workers’ collective agreements
Socialist Party, Australia - 13/07/2005: Australia: After workers’ mass action against Howard’s Industrial
Relations…
Editorial (2 July) from the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party,
Australia - 07/07/2005: Australia: Nation-wide workers’ protests against government
Anthony Maine, Socialist Party (CWI), Melbourne - 01/07/2005: Australia: 100 000s of workers bring Melbourne to a halt
Steve Jolly, Socialist Party Councillor, Yarra City Council, Melbourne - 27/06/2005: Australia: Five hundred students strike against Howard government
Anthony Maine, Socialist Party, Melbourne - 27/05/2005: Australia: Campaigning, socialist representative shakes up Yarra
Council, Melbourne
socialistworld.net - 12/05/2005: Australia: Howard government gunning for Medicare
Kylie McGregor, Socialist Party, Melbourne - 19/04/2005: Australia: Time to fight government’s ‘reforms’ â€" If we don’t
fight we lose!
Anthony Maine, Socialist Party (CWI), Melbourne - 18/04/2005: Australia: Making socialism relevant
Councillor Steve Jolly, Yarra City Council - 16/04/2005: Australia: Storms ahead
The Socialist, Australia
2004: - 30/11/2004: Australia: Fighting record puts Socialist on the council
Socialist Party (cwi), Melbourne, Australia - 11/10/2004: Australia: Right wing Liberals wins federal elections
Socialist Party, Australia - 21/09/2004: Australia: Federal elections - a ‘choice’ of Tweedledum or Tweedledee
John Gowland, Socialist Party, Australia - 25/08/2004: Australia: Joe Higgins visit to Australia a great success
Socialist Party members, Australia - 24/08/2004: Australia:: Joe Higgins TD speaks to thousands of workers
socialistworld.net - 08/08/2004: Australia: Workers need a new Party!
Editorial from The Socialist, Australia - 11/06/2004: Australia: Australian imperialists steal East Timorese natural resources
Socialist Party, Australia, Tuesday, June 07 - 08/06/2004: Australia: Unite campaign in Australia wins major victory against low pay
Stephen Jolly, Australia - 07/06/2004: Australia: Bullets in the head, bullets in the letter box.
Socialist Party, Australia - 01/05/2004: Australia: A warning of what Latham would be like
Robyn Hohl, Socialist Party Sydney - 30/04/2004: Australia: Howard must go!
Andrew Calleja, Socialist Party Melbourne - 18/04/2004: Australia: Unite, casual workers’ conference
Report by Socialist Party members, Australia - 22/02/2004: Australia: The ‘Block’ explodes in anger
Socialist Party, Sidney
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