Lessons to be learned.

Whilst having the knowledge that parliament, whether state or federal, represent little more than a facade of democracy, put up for show by the imperialists, the fact that the working people of New South Wales are certainly going to turn to the ultra-capitalist Liberal Party after dumping the disastrous Labor government is an indication of the hold that parliamentarism and bourgeois ideology has over the Australian people. This is a justification of the fact that the current level of struggle requires communists to build links deep within the working class, sowing the seeds for a revolutionary proletariat. To paraphrase Mao, "The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea". We mustn't seek to be the sea. We, as activists need to be deeply immersed in working class struggle, not seeking to take ownership of these struggles or be know alls, but observe the situation at hand, learn from the working class, their material reality, and how this should shape our strategy. We should aim to point out slowly, and educate the working class about the fact that almost all struggles they face are linked to the imperialist domination of Australia, and that true National Independence is the only way to eradicate these issues.

Egyptian Revolution

The courageous actions of the people of Egypt must be saluted by all freedom loving people. Their stand in the face of violent repression from the police and army has knocked off the U.S neo-liberal lackey Mubarak and his vice president Sulieman. However, the battle is not over yet, the people must continue to fight to ensure that the army doesn't reconstitute a similar regime minus the figureheads. We have faith in the ability of the people of Egypt to do so. They must, and will battle for an independent people's democracy that rejects U.S hegemony, and supports the right of the Palestinian people for self determination and an end to the Israeli apartheid.


Power to the people of Egypt!

Flood Crisis/Cyclone Yasi

This response is well late, apologies for that. The flood crisis that has ravaged the Eastern states, in particular Queensland was in no uncertain terms a natural disaster almost without precedent in terms of personal property damage in Australian history. What has truly shown through in the aftermath, is nothing less than glorious working class solidarity and spirit, with members of affected communities banding together to rebuild, and some coming from far flung areas to help out those in need. All of this is in spite of the pathetic, sickening greed of the Insurance giants, refusing to pay out to those who have lost everything, in spite of having insurance policies that claimed to be covering everything. What is needed to combat this, is a people's insurance fund as part of a national people's bank, which would be motivated by the genuine need to support the people in their times of greatest need, rather than ruthless, immoral profiteering.

While this post was being written, North and Central Queensland are currently bunkering down in preparation for tropical Cyclone Yasi, a category five storm, to hit the shores. We can only hope that this storm does not live up to the expectations, which suggest it could be as bad as 2006s Cyclone Larry, which decimated the banana industry up north, or even Cyclone Tracy, which destroyed Darwin. Our thoughts are with you over the next harrowing few days.