Magazine of the Socialist Party in Australia

Bush and Howard talk in Canberra: The implications for the working class of a Free Trade Agreement. Publicly it’s all back-slapping over their phyric …

Nearly 100 years ago, Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, a harrowing exposé of the meatpacking industry’s repugnant abuse of workers and animals. According to …

Irish Times columnist misses Joe Higgins and ridicules main parties. The following humorous article was published in the Irish Times newspaper today.

Jacquiline Depru, ACTU delegate and SP member (name changed to stop victimisation) reports on a Congress opened by a police band and addressed by …

Many young people today find it hard to see the point in joining a trade union. Unions often seem outdated and out of touch. …

Two decades of privatisation and deregulation have seen the undermining of the traditional blue-collar base in manufacturing along with the great impoverishment of the …

MP Joe Higgins and councillor Clare Daly sent to Mountjoy Prison today! Their ‘crime’ is defending the poor in the fight against the Bin …

Let’s stop the rip off of casuals! UNITE is a new campaign fighting for the rights of casual workers, starting with a campaign on …

BUILDING sites in Perth are to grind to a halt as unionists strike over safety. Unionists at sites, including the Perth Convention Centre, Whitford …

On June 26, the federal parliament passed the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2002. This bill marks the end of some …

Whale Rider, is one of the most stunning and thought provoking films released this year. Director Niki Caro sensitively weaves together realistic storytelling and …

Michael Franti and Frontline. Everyone Deserves Music Michael Franti has become a cultural icon of revolution amongst a growing number of musicians who feel …