Happy new year.

A big year is facing the working class and it's allies in Australia. As was seen in spotfires throughout 2011, such as the Qantas dispute (tied in directly with ambitions to shift Qantas into a foreign company), the big blue and eventual victory of the workers at the Baiada chicken plant in Laverton and finally to the lockout of workers at the Schweppes plant in Tullamarine, the imperial capitalist class is looking toward 2012 as the year in which they make even more open their intent to dominate the working class and indeed the majority of Australian society. So, in 2012, we must heed the words of the slogan of the old Builder's Labourers Federation: 'Dare to struggle, Dare to win!, if you don't fight you lose!'.