Abbott’s plan of attack: what can we expect?
Tony Abbott outlined precious few plans for government before the election. His immediate plan is to implement new punitive refugee policies. He wants to introduce legislation to repeal the...
Mad cap Clive a beneficiary of discontent
One of the shocks of the election was the performance of Clive Palmer’s new party. It took 11.3 per cent of the vote in Queensland and looks set to...
Cruel new government, cruel new refugee policies
Tony Abbott has made asylum seekers a touchstone for the success or failure of his Coalition government. One of Abbott’s first declarations was that within three years, he would...
TPV refugee speaks: ‘it was a psychological battle’
Tony Abbott is planning on reintroducing Temporary Protection Visas (TPVs), a Howard government policy initially proposed by Pauline Hanson. TPVs mean that those granted refugee status will be denied...
Why refugee activists should support open borders
Thousands of people have rallied in recent months to welcome refugees arriving in Australia by boat. Yet there remains a common sense idea that we need to set some...
Sydney Uni staff determined to break pay cap
Sydney University staff will strike for three days in early October, after a decision at a members meeting of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) on campus. Staff have...
Four hundred sacked miners vow to fight
Four hundred workers have been stood down by a Queensland coal mine, in a dispute the mining union says could become the “Patrick’s of the outback”.
The company is refusing...
Australia’s brutal history of colonial rule in PNG
Australia is again imposing its wishes on PNG today through having it warehouse refugees. Australian direct colonial control of PNG lasted from 1906 to 1975. Like European colonialism everywhere,...
Don’t bomb Syria: no Australian support
US air strikes on Syria have been delayed to allow President Bashar Al-Assad the chance to surrender his stockpiles of chemical weapons. But US President Barack Obama is still...
Syrian dictator Assad is no anti-imperialist
The Syrian regime has postured as part of an “anti-imperialist” alliance with Iran and Hezbollah and is seen as a supporter of the Palestinians.
But it has never consistently opposed...
Who’s who in Syria’s revolution?
The Syrian revolution began with peaceful mass demonstrations in the city of Deraa in April 2011. More than 60 protesters were shot in the first fortnight.
Local Coordinating Committees (LCCs)
In...
Fijian sugar workers win international solidarity
Fijian sugar workers, who have gone without a pay rise for seven years, are poised to strike against Fiji Sugar Corporation to win higher wages. According to the Fiji...
Revolutionary victimised by Egyptian military
The Egyptian military is moving to deepen its crackdown on opposition, hoping to wipe out the revolution that has swept the country since February 2011.
Well-known labour lawyer and Revolutionary...
First term fightback: How struggle nearly buried Howard
As Abbott takes the reins, James Supple looks at the mass anger against Howard’s cuts and racism that nearly toppled his government in its first term
John Howard's election in...
Reform or revolution: 40 years since the coup in Chile
The coup in Chile showed how far the ruling class will go to maintain their rule, and why only workers’ power can challenge them, argues Ken Olende
Chile's experiment with...
The real roots of Labor’s crisis
The explanation for Labor's unpopularity this election goes deeper than recent history, writes James Supple
Labor's primary vote this election sunk to 33.8 per cent, its lowest vote since the...
Undesirable alien: Zuzenko and the early days of the Communist Party of Australia
Undesirable: Captain Zuzenko and the workers of Australia and the world
Kevin Windle, Australian Scholarly Press
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Alexander Zuzenko arrived in Brisbane in 1911, exiled after taking part in the 1905...
