The Guardian • elections
Issue #2011
French legislative vote
Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his party France Insoumise (France unbowed (to the neoliberal turn)), the socialists, communists, and others have pulled off the electoral stunner of...
Read moreOfficial applauds HK’s new electoral system for balancing social interests, promoting democracy
Hong Kong’s overhauled electoral system balances the interests of the city
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Issue #2014
Left victory in Colombia
The electoral victory of Gustavo Petro in Colombia is, without a doubt, one of the most significant political developments in Latin America in the last...
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Issue #2031
“Brazil Is Back,” Says Lula After Election Victory
“Today, we are telling the world that Brazil is back and is too big to be relegated to the sad role of a pariah,” he...
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Issue #1958
Lula cleared to run against Bolsonaro after Supreme Court ruling
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is clear to run against Jair Bolsonaro in next year’s presidential election ...
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Issue #2003
CP of Pakistan: statement on current situation in Pakistan
The new setup in Pakistan has been established with the democratic parliamentary facade that has brought an unceremonious end to the Imran government. But the...
Read morePeru elects a left-wing president
Pedro Castillo has been confirmed as the next President of Peru after a neck and neck election, defeating Keiko Fujimori.
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Issue #2003
Macron and Le Pen face off in the 2022 French presidential election
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will once again face off in the second round of the French presidential election in a repeat of the...
Read more“We deserve respect and peace”
The Nicaraguan government has expressed concerns over foreign interference in its upcoming 7th November general election to determine the next President ...
Read moreBrazil: Caught between hope and despair
Brazil’s next general election is scheduled to be held next year, on the 2nd October. Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers’...
Read moreWhole-process people’s democracy is a high quality democracy
While the US is dragging some of its so-called “valued allies” to hold the Summit for Democracy, the world is increasingly troubled by questions such...
Read morePeru’s electoral authority declares presidential runoff June 6
On a more than 10-hour election day, Peruvians went to the polls to elect their new president; however, the campaign will be extended until June 6 with the second-round runoff.
Read moreChile: Poll favours communist candidate in presidential election
According to a survey released on Monday, Daniel Jadue, the candidate for the Communist Party of Chile, is positioned at the top of the polls for the upcoming presidential elections of next November 21.
Read moreBritain’s local elections will see largest number of communist candidates since 1980s
On May 6, voters in Britain will go to the polls in local elections that will see the largest number of candidates representing the Communist Party (CPB) since the early 1980s.
Read moreNew rules set to target minor parties
The Morrison Government has introduced a raft of bills that will make it more difficult for minor parties to enter the nation’s Federal Parliament.
Read moreLETTER
Dear Editor, I am very happy about the recent victory of Lula in regaining the presidency of Brazil, but he has a lot of work...
Read moreFar-right surges as French elections draw near
With the French presidential elections little over two months away, the first round scheduled for the 10th April, polls show a surging far right and...
Read moreCoalition, ALP condemn communism as “Extreme”
On the 3rd of February, the Senate, unfortunately, passed a motion to condemn “all […] extremist groups which seek to promote fascism, communism, anarchism, violence and bigotry in our community.”
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Issue #2004
Timor-Leste elections 2022
In a conclusive victory in the recent Timor-Leste presidential elections, José Ramos-Horta, a former foreign affairs Minister, Prime Minister and President, became the new President...
Read moreElection 2022: where do the major parties stand on housing?
Heading into the 2022 Federal Election on 21st May, housing is once again a major issue. The cost of housing increased by twenty-five per cent...
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Issue #1996
Brisbane branch campaign against AUKUS, casualisation, and climate change
There is no rest for the Brisbane Branch of the CPA as we continue our campaign against the IR omnibus Bill, the AUKUS nuclear submarine...
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Issue #2059 03-07-2023
GLOBAL BRIEFS
SRI LANKA: Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is accused in a report of tampering with police records in a bid to hamper investigations into mass graves...
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Issue #2067
GLOBAL BRIEFS
SPAIN: Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s candidate for the speaker of the Congress of Deputies won the vote for the position in Sanchez’s first trial in...
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Issue #2033
Workers’ rights up for grabs
Ahead of the upcoming Victorian State Election on the 26th November, labour rights are on the ballot once more. The Andrews Labor government has made...
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Issue #1991
Season’s greetings and for a better 2022: the people need socialism more than ever
As we approach the end of 2021, we must reflect on how almost two years of COVID-19 have changed people’s lives.
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Issue #2007
Back the call for a 5.5 per cent wage increase
Earlier this month, amid predictable outcry from the Coalition, Anthony Albanese voiced his support for a 5.1 per cent increase in wages, to keep pace...
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Issue #2004
Macron beats Le Pen but growth of French fascism continues
French President Emmanuel Macron has won re-election against far-right rival Marine Le Pen. The first French president to be re-elected in twenty years, Macron’s margin...
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Issue #2005
Preparing for war does not preserve peace
Everyday in our news cycle the drums of of war become louder. Last month, however, that messaging received a massive boost when Defence Minister Peter...
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Issue #2035
Labor wins Victorian state election
Victorians went to the polls on 26th November to decide their next state government. In the wake of the past three years, with the pandemic...
Read moreWA election a double-edged sword for workers
Western Australians went to the polls on the 13th of March in a historic state election. The Australian Labor Party (ALP), coming from a substantial majority in the last election, obliterated the two other major parties, and Premier Mark McGowan retained his seat for another term.
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Issue #2007
Keep money out of politics
Climate action has been at the centre of the 2022 Australian Federal Election. The two major parties are flexing their climate credentials, with the Coalition...
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Issue #2054
GLOBAL BRIEFS
JAPAN: Dozens of anti-nuclear activists protested to demand Japan scrap its plans to dump radioactive waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean...
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Issue #1997
Why the WA newspapers fight matters to all of us
In our democracy, we value the principle of one person, one vote. We would be outraged if the richer you are the more votes you...
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Issue #2068
GLOBAL BRIEFS
RUSSIA: The Kremlin last week rejected allegations that it was behind a plane crash that is presumed to have killed mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin. Kremlin...
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Issue #2008
Looking ahead to a Labor government
It’s official: Anthony Albanese has been sworn in as Australia’s 31st Prime Minister. At the time of writing, no seats in the House of Representatives...
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Issue #2009
Dingo
Hedge fund shark George Soros’ speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos last week was essentially an anti-communist diatribe, seeing communism correctly as a...
Read moreVale Fred Paterson
Born on the 13th June 1897 on a pig farm at Gladstone, Fred Paterson became the first communist elected to a state parliament in Australia.
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Issue #2016
Climate action looming as first Parliamentary sitting approaches
Parliament is meeting at the end of this month for the first time since the 2022 Federal Election with promises of significant reforms, including climate...
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Issue #2007
Who rules Australia?
One of the striking features of federal elections is their increasingly undemocratic nature and Americanisation. Much of the electioneering by major parties has been short...
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Issue #1996
Where’s our federal anti-corruption commission?
There were many issues driving the 2019 federal election – wages and the cost of living, climate change, and negative gearing, among others. One issue,...
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Issue #2008
Smashing the two-party system is possible
The Communist Party of Australia predicted a government where Greens, progressives and independents would play an important role. At the time of making this statement...
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Issue #2053
GLOBAL BRIEFS
INDIA: The Indian state of Karnataka held the most crucial state election before parliamentary elections due in 2024. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered...
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Issue #2004
Jobs jobs jobs! Liberals ignore quality over quantity
Once again, one of the LNP’s go-to slogans for the upcoming federal election is “Jobs Jobs Jobs!” After Labor leader Albanese was raked over the...
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Issue #2006
Toothless tiger in the capitalist jungle
The question of the integrity of government has emerged as a major issue in the lead-up to the May 21st federal elections as Prime Minister...
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Issue #2008
Fight for change
“We want change,” was the message to the major parties. The Liberals copped a routing as millions of people sought change. Most of the Murdoch...
Read morePoliticians treat marginalised peoples as props
E Lennon As the two major parties press towards a 21st May election day, their treatment of marginalised peoples worsens. People with Disability Australia (PWD)...
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Issue #2048
NSW: Coalition booted out
The message from NSW voters on 25th March was loud and clear. The Perrottet Coalition government took a hit, losing twelve of its 47 seats...
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Issue #2009
Feet on the ground
After nine years of corrupt, anti-people, climate deniers in office, the newly elected Albanese Labor government faces many challenges. Expectations of real change are high,...
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Issue #2004
For a workers’ democracy
At the end of this month, Australians will participate in another federal election. Our elections, an expression of bourgeois democracy, are often presented as an...
Read moreMorrison gov’t wants to restrict your vote
Our democracy is, yet again, under attack.
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Issue #2006
VOTE THEM OUT
The Coalition Morrison government has got to go. On Saturday 21st May vote them out! The Communist Party of Australia rejects the undemocratic electoral system...
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Issue #2004
Boot the Coalition out!
The Coalition government has comprehensive plans to destroy militant trade unions and give employers arbitrary powers and unfettered rights over workers in the workplace. The...
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