Socialist Party newsletter Wednesday 7th June 2000 Produced every Wednesday PO Box 1015, Collingwood 3066 Ph: (03) 9417 0805 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web address: http://home.mira.net/~sp/ Newsletter back on track The Socialist Party newsletter has been revived, and it will go out on the email and by post every second Wednesday. Issue 4 of Voice out Our newspaper Voice comes out tomorrow. The centre page spread is on the Fiji and Solomon Islands coups with maps, background factual information, a history, and two main articles on the current situation from a socialist perspective on the two coups. Other articles include Aceh, British Council elections, Howard's racism, the new Young Workers Association, campaign updates, Reith's 3rd wave, the Olympics, an editorial on the collapse for the National Party, an article from a new member on why he became a socialist and more. Take out a subscription at the new special annual rate of $10. Contact us now! Young Workers Association (YWA) Our new youth campaign, YWA, was launched last month. For $1 young workers can join and get access via a telephone hotline to legal and industrial advice (we have developed a relationship with better elements in WorkCover and JobWatch) and if necessary direct action against their employer. Up to 90% of young workers in the private sector (including retail and hospitality) are outside the union movement. This is a long term campaign for us to get more support from youth, and help organise youth at work. It is potentially the most important campaign we have launched. On the first recruitment drive on Friday 26th May we did Brunswick St, Fitzroy and got a great response from staff in the many cafes and pubs in the area. Some joined on the spot. The next recruitment drive is next Wednesday at 4pm on Smith St, Collingwood. We meet at 4pm outside radio station 3CR. The Melbourne branch last night decided to buy a special new phone line for the YWA hotline instead of using the SP phone number as is currently the case. Angela's Ashes next week Next week's Melbourne SP branch meeting is cancelled because members are supporting the Community Campaign for Heroin Reform's fundraised on that night, June 13th. At 6.45pm at the Westgarth Cinema in High St, Northcote we are showing Angela's Ashes. Tickets $13/$10 concession, including a light meal. Phone 9417 08085 for tickets or pay on the night. New John Pilger movie The Melbourne SP branch is showing the new John Pilger movie on Iraq at its branch meeting of Tuesday June 27th at 7pm at Trades Hall, cnr Lygon and Victoria Sts, Carlton South. Phone 9417 0805 for details. When first shown on British TV in March it caused a sensation in its exposure of the West's cruel sanctions against innocent Iraqi people. National Trade Union camp The Progressive Labour Party have agreed to co-sponsor a joint national trade unioncamp for militant unionists with the SP. We will also approach the Greens and DSP to join in. The camp will be held later in the year in Melbourne, probably at Camp Eureka. Watch this space for details Sydney Olympic Coach The Coach from Melbourne to the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony's protest in Homebush leaves at 6pm Thursday September 14th; returning Saturday 16th. Deposit for a ticket is $20, the final cost will be around $50. Tickets can going fast, so book now. s11 campaign On Monday September 11th the World Economic Forum meets at the Crown Casino, Melbourne for three days. It is a collection of the world's capitalists and government chiefs who will as a prelude to the Olympics in an attempt to find new ways to exploit the environment, the Third World and our wages and conditions. There will be a Seattle-style protest out the front. The SP is supporting the S11 campaign as it prepares for the three days. We are calling a high school strike on the Monday. Phone in for leaflets for your school or to get to school students you know. School student contingent will meet at 9am Monday 11th September at Flinders St Railway Station, for a rally followed by a march to the Crown Casino. Fighting Fund Nearly $80 was raised inpaper sales and fighting fund at the Corroborree 2000 walk last month. Well done Sydney comrades! In Melbourne the CCHR rally last week diverted us from the usual good sales in the city. Better effort with the new paper this week! In Perth comrades are distributing old copies for free to potential contacts and in working class areas. CWI news The Committee for a Workers' International unites over 30 socialist parties (including ours) around globe. *Congratulations to the Irish comrades, one of their members has just been elected as President of the biggest white collar union in the Irish Republic. *The two Nigerian student comrades arrested last month have been released. *We won a seat inCoventry (making 3 SP members on the local council) in the recent English council elections. *A leading Swedish Central Committee member will be visiting the Melbourne branch in June for five months, studying at Monash University. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
