In the last Radical Women Supplement, of Freedom Socialist Bulletin # 30 (Summer/Autumn 2004), Radical Women published its letter to the Socialist Alliance National Executive explaining its decision not to formally affiliate to Socialist Alliance (SA) but to instead remain autonomous while actively supporting SA as a united front. We publish below the subsequent discussion… Read more »
socialism
Socialist Alliance Senate candidate & health worker blows the whistle on the woeful state of women’s health
Lalitha Chelliah works as a community health nurse in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. A health worker for 25 years, she has worked in India on an AIDS prevention project. Lalitha, who is the lead Senate Candidate for the Socialist Alliance in Victoria, was among a panel of speakers to address a Radical Women meeting in April… Read more »
Socialist Alliance has healthy solutions!
Socialist Alliance bases its policy on health promotion, disease prevention and timely treatment of illnesses and includes promoting good health. A healthy life depends on a healthy environment and safe working conditions. It will be based on the concept of hope and community control. Socialist Alliance will restore and extend Medicare. Medicare is not just… Read more »
Revolutionary Integration: A Marxist Analysis of African American Liberation
My hometown, Guilford Connecticut, had one African American family. The only other family of colour was from Puerto Rico, brought in as cheap labour for Pinchbeck’s prosperous rose farm, just down the road from my house. We kids went to primary school together. Our education system didn’t provide much for special needs, so my eighth… Read more »
Your Say
Pensioners demand a say DSP Australia Inc, an organisation representing invalid pensioners, is very concerned about proposed changes to the Disability Support Pension (DSP) and its effects on pensioners who are vulnerable and open to abuse. We advocate that the “Welfare Reform” process in Australia is itself reformed. The consumer at the grassroots level must… Read more »
The Revolutionary Party Is A Vital Tool For Twenty-First Century Organising
When the Democratic Socialist Party first proposed to turn Socialist Alliance (SA) into a “multi-tendency party,” it commenced a process which culminated in the adoption of a resolution to do just that. At SA’s May National Conference, the resolution was moved by a group of Socialist Alliance members known as the “Non-Aligned Caucus” (NAC). Differences… Read more »
Maximus: Maximising Profits at the Expense of the Poor
The Federal Government wants out of the “welfare business.” John Howard thinks that “the family” is the best provider of welfare. He would love to dump the entire responsibility for raising children and caring for the sick, the elderly and people with disabilities squarely onto the unpaid shoulders of women — if only he could… Read more »
“Money Now Goes Into the Pockets of Big Business”: A Welfare Warrior Speaks Out
Pat Gowens is an activist with the Milwaukee-based welfare rights organisation, Welfare Warriors. Alison Thorne spoke to Pat about the impact of Welfare Reform and resistance mounted by Welfare Warriors. How did Clinton’s 1996 “welfare reform” impact on welfare recipients? Welfare Reform has caused the loss of millions of dollars to poor communities, resulting in… Read more »
Socialist Alliance Debate sparks discussion about Revolutionary Regroupment
Note: Links in this article may not be active. There is a discussion inside the Socialist Alliance about which way forward. In late August 2002, the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) announced plans to dramatically change how it would work as part of the Socialist Alliance. The DSP outlined a process which would result in its… Read more »
War of Ideas – September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives Reviewed
Just weeks ago, travelling to the U.S., I had a dose of the “anti-terror” measures introduced as a result of the shocking events of 11 September 2001. From Melbourne onwards, each airport was effectively a military checkpoint. I particularly remember Honolulu, on the way home, where the only passengers pulled out of the line-up for… Read more »
