CPA launches by-election campaign in the Port

The Port Dock Brewery Hotel was packed on Saturday afternoon as the CPA launched its campaign for the seat of Port Adelaide. Among the crowd was Pas Forgione from Left Unity who spoke first on the need to continue building strong and united left coalition in South Australia. Pas relayed Left Unity's support for the CPA campaign before Bob took the stage to introduce the CPA's election platform. Follow this link to read Bob's speech (PDF).

Adelaide Protests Indigenous Intervention...

About a hundred people braved the blustery weather in Adelaide last Saturday to attend a protest on the steps of Parliament against the Howard Government’s attack on the rights of remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. The gathering was called at short notice by the Pablo Neruda Cultural Committee and the Adelaide Co-ordinating Committee of the FMLN in Adelaide. The representatives of the Chilean and El Salvadorian communities felt moved to call the protest because of experiences in their homelands of the oppression of Indigenous communities. Click here to read more.