Australians lose more money to gambling than any other nation on earth, per capita. That an industry can prey on some of the most vulnerable people in society should be a national scandal.
US socialist Hal Draper wrote Two Souls of Socialism in 1966 while working as a librarian at the University of California Berkeley. It remains a valuable contribution.
The Victorian wing of the Australian Socialist Party is running a candidate in every seat in the November state election. Jasmine Duff, the candidate for Footscray, joins RF Radio to talk about the campaign.
Less than eighteen months ago, Western Australian Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia comfortably held the seat of Secret Harbour, in Perth’s southern suburbs, with a two-party preferred vote of 61.5 percent in the state election. The by-election on Saturday wasn’t even close.
Labor’s attacks on unions that lack a legal monopoly is an attempt to prop up decrepit union machines—including the SDA—but not limited to them. The attacks should be opposed by everyone who supports unions as organisations dedicated to advancing the interests of workers.
