Union response to genocide inadequate

“Passivity is the same as defending injustice” – Deepak Chopra.

DURING the past 50 years in Brisbane Magandjin Queensland police have never dared to attack a rally on May Day.… Go to Article

Radical Australia

“I think Mussolini was a good politician. Everything he did, he did for Italy, she told the interviewer. And we haven’t had any politicians like that in the past 50 years.”… Go to Article

Brisbane renters protest rent hikes, profiteering landlords

Yesterday (Saturday the 22nd of April), members of the South East Queensland Union of Renters (SEQUR) organised a rally and march where speakers made demands of State and federal governments after an acknowledgement of country by Sam Woripa Watson.… Go to Article

No War

This is a review of this excellent book: “Charting our own course“, questioning Australia’s involvement in US led wars and the Australian United States Alliance.… Go to Article

Report from Palestine

In this report we have Ken Davis, International Programs Officer at Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA who has been working in Palestine on an agricultural project.… Go to Article

True believers

The price of wool was falling in 1891.
The men who owned the acres saw something must be done.
“We’ll break the shearers’ union and show we’re masters still,
And they’ll take the terms we give them or we’ll find the men who will!”… Go to Article

Renters are on the march

On 20 October 2020 the Southeast Queensland renters union (SEQUR) process it outside a housing summit called by the government which was stacked in favour of Real Estate agents developers landlords and militated against the rights of tenants.… Go to Article

You say you want a revolution

alma mater (literal in latin = a kind and nourishing mother) a school, college, or university at which one has studied and, usually, from which one has graduated.… Go to Article

Jewel Towers over Moving Sands

‘All that glitters is not gold‘ – ‘The Merchant of Venice’ by Shakespeare.

On that stretch of beach known for decades as Surfers by the locals and badged as the Gold Coast for international consumption hump back and western wright whales pass by every year in winter, more than in living memory.… Go to Article

Philistines at the Gates: Coaldrake’s millions

 Coaldrake wrestles with his conscience every day and wins!
                                  - former QUT employee

… Go to Article

Rally in defence of Bob Carnegie!

On Monday 11 February 2013 Bob Carnegie will be appearing in the Federal Defend Bob Magistrates Court in Brisbane on 54 charges of criminal contempt arising from his role as community leader of the 9-week strike at the Queensland Children’s Hospital construction site in August-October last year.… Go to Article

May Day in Brisbane 2012

The organisation of the May Day 2012 celebrations in Brisbane is in disarray and needs to be fixed. It has become a mates day at the beer tent for union organisers and a few rank and file – a pub with rides for the kids.… Go to Article

Theses on the Party

‘The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles’

— Marx and Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party

Theses on the Party

by Dave Eden

I would like to thank comrades for inviting me to speak at this meeting and the comradely attitude it displays.… Go to Article

‘The Golden Age wound down during 1854…’

[Editor’s Note: Here is another excellent story of how the workers of Kyneton, a central Victorian town, fought back against economic depression in the middle of the 19^th century.… Go to Article