Jim McIlroy

  • Action needed against Centrelink job threat, say workers

    Action needed against Centrelink job threat, say workersBRISBANE — Staff and community leaders have expressed outrage over reported plans by the federal government's social welfare delivery agency, Centrelink, to slash up to

  • What's behind the rise of One Nation?

    BRISBANE — The growth of the racist One Nation party, behind figurehead MP Pauline Hanson, is a result of the capitalist economic crisis, which has pitched workers into unemployment and poverty, ruined small businesses and driven

  • Can the working class make a revolution?

    One of the central tenets of the Communist Manifesto states: "Of all the classes that stand face to face with the bourgeoisie today, the proletariat alone is a really revolutionary class". This fundamental proposition of Marx and

  • Science versus capitalism

    Science versus capitalismThe ideologists of contemporary capitalism claim that the fall of communism was significantly contributed to by the west's superiority on the science and technology front. Star Wars

  • CPSU members debate Centrelink agreement

    BRISBANE — The campaign by Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) members in Centrelink, the federal government's new "one-stop shop" services delivery agency, for improvements in a draft agency agreement, is coming to a

  • Curragh miners hold the line against ARCO

    BLACKWATER Striking Curragh coal miners remain defiant despite attempts by the company, ARCO, to break their picket line and intimidate workers. The strike has entered its 15th week, as ARCO steps up its pressure on the miners to

  • Queensland public servants stop work

    Queensland public servants stop workBRISBANE — Federal public servants throughout Queensland stopped work for half a day on May 29 as part of the Community and Public Sector Union's national campaign to protect Australian

  • DSS bans over system failure

    DSS bans over system failureBRISBANE — Union members at Department of Social Security offices and teleservice centres around the country have launched a campaign of bans and reduced public contact hours over

  • The preferences row: what strategy for greens?

    BRISBANE — Third party candidates, especially the Greens, had an unprecedented impact in the recent state election. Yet the bitter controversy over preferences threatens to split the environment movement in a very damaging way.

  • Queensland Labor pays the price

    BRISBANE — Counting in doubtful seats proceeded at a snail's pace after the July 15 state election, however the ALP appears likely to fall over the line by a seat or two. As of July 22, the Labor Party had 43 seats, the

  • Massive swing against ALP in Queensland

    BRISBANE — The result of the Queensland state election hung in the balance on July 16, following a huge swing against Labor. The swing of 5.5% statewide shocked observers, who had generally predicted a moderate protest vote

  • 'A wasted six-year opportunity'

    'A wasted six-year opportunity'BRISBANE — "Whichever way the final result goes, the Goss Labor government has wasted a priceless six-year opportunity for major reform in Queensland", Democratic Socialist candidate for