Melbourne protest against Work Choices, September 2007.
Australia
On November 3, 2013, Brian Manning -- veteran Northern Territory communist, trade unionist, campaigner against racism,
The photo above (Sydney, c 1975) shows (from left): Joy Ecclestone, Dave Holmes, Doug Lorimer
Anti-TPPA protest outside Malaysia's parliament on July 16.
June 27, 2013 -- Green Left TV -- B
Socialist Alliance national convenor Peter B
Photo by Alex Bainbridge.
The following talk by Socialist Alternative member Jorge Jorquera was presented on June 9, 2013, part of the panel on “Socialism in practice: Bridging socialist theory and social movement struggles” with Socialist Alliance’s Dave Holmes. It was a session of the “Organising for 21st century socialism” seminar organised by Socialist Alliance and held in Sydney on June 8-9. The seminar also featured US socialist Paul Le Blanc. See also Dave Holme's contribution, "How should a united socialist party work?"
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By Jorge Jorquera
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Invariably some comment on the current period is a good place to start any conversation on the left. Both Socialist Alternative and Socialist Alliance generally concur on the basic contours of the Australian political situation.