SEP (Australia) Melbourne by-election campaign
Melbourne voters speak to WSWS
By our reporters, 23 July 2012
Workers and young people at polling booths on Saturday spoke to SEP supporters about the Melbourne by-election.
Labor Party narrowly wins Melbourne election
By Patrick O’Connor, 23 July 2012
The crisis of Julia Gillard’s federal government overshadowed every aspect of the official campaign.
Vote 1 for Patrick O’Connor and the SEP in Melbourne
Socialist Equality Party (Australia), 20 July 2012
A vote for the SEP is support for a socialist alternative to the pro-business agenda of the Labor Party, Greens and other parties of the political establishment.
The Australian pseudo-left and Greece’s SYRIZA
By Patrick O’Connor, 20 July 2012
The enthusiasm of the ex-lefts in Australia for the rise of Greece’s Coalition of the Radical Left points to the reactionary political role that they will play here as social struggles develop.
End the blight of homelessness and housing stress
Patrick O’Connor and SEP candidate for Melbourne, 18 July 2012
The roots of this social disaster lie in the pro-market agenda imposed by successive state and federal governments, Labor and Liberal alike.
Australian Greens manoeuvre for coalition government in Victoria
Patrick O’Connor and SEP candidate for Melbourne, 17 July 2012
The Greens’ campaign has underscored their role as crucial props for the existing political setup.
SEP holds final election campaign meeting
By our reporters, 16 July 2012
Patrick O’Connor and SEP assistant national secretary James Cogan outlined the socialist and internationalist perspective underlying the party’s election campaign.
SEP candidate outlines socialist perspective at residents’ forum
By our reporters, 13 July 2012
O’Connor exposed the posturing of both the Labor and Greens’ candidates as opponents of Premier Ted Baillieu’s spending cuts.
Melbourne election triggers federal Labor government infighting
Patrick O’Connor and SEP candidate for Melbourne, 12 July 2012
The rifts that have emerged in the Melbourne by-election campaign over the Greens reflect the enormous crisis wracking the Labor Party and the entire political establishment.
Coles warehouse strikers speak with Patrick O’Connor
By our reporters, 11 July 2012
At a Coles national distribution centre in Melbourne, 600 striking workers are enforcing a 24-hour picket, blocking trucks entering the facility.
Video: SEP candidate opposes Ford Australia stand-downs
By our reporters, 10 July 2012
Patrick O’Connor discussed the devastating impact of the current stand-downs with Ford workers and local residents in Broadmeadows.
Socialist Equality Party wins support in Melbourne election campaign
By our reporters, 9 July 2012
Hostility among ordinary people toward the political establishment was palpable, and disillusionment in the Labor Party was especially pronounced.
Final SEP Melbourne election meeting on July 15
9 July 2012
The Socialist Equality Party will hold its final public meeting for the Melbourne state by-election on Sunday, July 15 at 2:30 p.m.
The Labor-Greens carbon tax hoax
Patrick O’Connor and SEP candidate for Melbourne, 6 July 2012
What has been billed as a major environmental and social reform is in fact a regressive pro-business measure that does nothing to address the climate change crisis.
Construction workers protest in Melbourne
By Zac Hambides, 5 July 2012
Socialist Equality Party candidate Patrick O’Connor spoke with workers about the need for a political struggle against both the state Liberal and the federal Labor governments.
Video: SEP candidate defends WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange at Melbourne rally
By our reporters, 4 July 2012
Patrick O’Connor outlined the policies required to defend Assange and defeat the broader attacks on democratic rights.
SEP holds election campaign meeting
By our reporters, 2 July 2012
SEP candidate Patrick O’Connor explained the party’s socialist policies to an audience of workers and young people, including a number of international students.
SEP candidate speaks with high school teachers
By Zac Hambides, 30 June 2012
“In education, there is a concerted drive by all governments to smash up the public school system and promote a privatised, user-pays model.”
The reactionary politics of Australian “border protection”
Patrick O’Connor and SEP candidate for Melbourne, 28 June 2012
Refugee deaths at sea will end only when asylum seekers are assured of safe passage to Australia.
Public housing residents speak with Patrick O’Connor
By our reporters, 26 June 2012
The Socialist Equality Party’s candidate in the Melbourne by-election, Patrick O’Connor, spoke with tenants in the suburb of Flemington.
The Liberal-Labor-Greens austerity consensus
Patrick O’Connor and SEP candidate for Melbourne, 25 June 2012
The Labor Party and the Greens fraudulently posture as opponents of the state government’s budget cuts, but would impose similar measures if they took office.
Oppose the exploitation of international students
Patrick O’Connor and SEP candidate for Melbourne, 22 June 2012
The conditions of international students in Melbourne and throughout Australia testify to the contempt of the major parties for the conditions of youth.
The Australian Labor government—a key accomplice in the vendetta against Julian Assange
Patrick O’Connor and SEP candidate for Melbourne, 21 June 2012
From the beginning of the US drive to silence Assange and WikiLeaks, the Australian government has provided unstinting support to the conspiracy against its own citizen.
“Capitalism has failed. The only viable alternative is socialism”
Patrick O’Connor speaks with WSWS about key issues in by-election
By Richard Phillips, 19 June 2012
SEP candidate explains essential elements in the party’s election campaign.
SEP campaigns at Melbourne’s Victoria Markets
By our reporters, 18 June 2012
The SEP team spoke with many workers, students, and young people over the weekend about the issues they confront.
Oppose the Ford Australia shutdown
Patrick O’Connor and SEP candidate for Melbourne, 16 June 2012
The company is attempting to make workers bear the brunt of its sweeping restructuring as part of the ongoing reorganisation of the international auto industry.
Socialist Equality Party (Australia) launches Melbourne by-election campaign
Socialist Equality Party, 15 June 2012
Our campaign provides workers and young people with a revolutionary alternative to the political program and parties of big business and finance capital
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