You Can’t Fight Trump and Turnbull with Shorten and Di Natale! Defend Refugees by Opposing Imperialist War!
11-02-2017 – Selective outrage is flavour of the week. In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s executive order banning the entry of people from 7 Middle Eastern and African Muslim majority countries, protests have materialised at US airports and other locations around the world. Claiming to oppose racism and Islamophobia, these actions have focused attention on the first weeks of the Trump Administration. Australian … Continue reading You Can’t Fight Trump and Turnbull with Shorten and Di Natale! Defend Refugees by Opposing Imperialist War!
Change the Date! For Aboriginal Liberation through Workers Unity!
26-12-2017 – 229 years after the first British colonialists landed in Sydney Cove, what became the Australian nation state still “celebrates” the beginning of a genocide against the original inhabitants, who had tended this continent for upwards of 50 000 years. A war of near extermination was carried out by the colonialists for 150 years against the Aboriginal people, first with guns and unimaginable cruelty, … Continue reading Change the Date! For Aboriginal Liberation through Workers Unity!
What’s wrong with protesting the Trump Inauguration?
by Paul Nave If you think there is something slightly odd about protesting the result of an election, you are not alone. The result of the election may not be what you desired – but whoever heard of protesting because the majority did not vote for what you wanted? Undeterred, some left parties are pressing ahead organising a protest against the inauguration of US President … Continue reading What’s wrong with protesting the Trump Inauguration?
Which strategy for Aboriginal Liberation?
By Paul Nave In the wake of the horrific footage of youth detainees being abused by guards at the Don Dale detention centre, aired by the 4 Corners television program, Aboriginal activists and their supporters took to the streets to protest yet another indicator of the oppression Australia’s indigenous people face on a daily basis. While one of the detainees was white, the overwhelming … Continue reading Which strategy for Aboriginal Liberation?
The Limits of a “People’s Movement”
By Kurt Unmack The election of Donald Trump in the United States, coupled with the re-emergence of Pauline Hanson and One Nation in the Australian parliament is yet another wake-up call for working people and those who see themselves as part of the political left. Although Trump and Hanson are not explicitly fascist themselves, neo-Nazi elements which are attracted to this far-right populism form a … Continue reading The Limits of a “People’s Movement”
Russia: Friend or Foe?
By Adam Baker The New Cold War is raging. Day after day, the world’s working people are bombarded with Western propaganda targeting Russia, and it’s President Vladimir Putin. Hilary Clinton, the now defeated US presidential candidate, in 2014 compared Russia’s moves to hand passports to Russians outside Russia’s borders, as being akin to what Hitler did in the 1930s.[1] The supreme irony of Clinton attempting … Continue reading Russia: Friend or Foe?
The Liberation of Syria – a Victory against the Empire
17-12-2016 – As we go to press, the Russian and Syrian armed forces are on the verge of the complete liberation of Aleppo from being held hostage by Western backed mercenaries. This is after five years of arguably the most criminal war waged against a sovereign country in modern history. It is an open secret that the governments of the United States, France, the United … Continue reading The Liberation of Syria – a Victory against the Empire
Demand Public Housing and Public Space! Down with the Profit System!
15-12-16 – The image of media with cameras filming the eviction of homeless people from under the Go-Between Bridge in October tells a damning story. The fact that the Brisbane City Council was proud to broadcast its callousness speaks volumes about an administration which plays its part in creating homelessness, and then punishing those who become homeless. The local councillor for the area, the Greens’ … Continue reading Demand Public Housing and Public Space! Down with the Profit System!
Public Space, not Privatisation! No to Mega-Casinos!
05-12-2016 – Make no mistake, Brisbane is being privatised before our very eyes. Huge slabs of public land are being sloughed off the public asset register by Labor and Liberal governments alike. The massive Queens Wharf Mega-Casino is just the latest instalment of a drive to enrich pathological corporations, at the expense of working people – the people who built this city. In the middle … Continue reading Public Space, not Privatisation! No to Mega-Casinos!
Fidel Castro – Red Salute!
Statement of the Workers League 29-11-2016 – Fidel Castro has left this world, but his legacy will live on. Fidel was a colossus of the socialist movement, and a monumental figure of 20th century history. Arguably, the revolution which overthrew the US backed Batista regime in 1959, and the introduction of socialism which has led Cuba since, would not have succeeded without Fidel’s leadership. Possessing … Continue reading Fidel Castro – Red Salute!
Red Fire 