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Rally in support of Cuba, Perth. Issue #2104

Solidarity in an unequal world

The following is a speech given by Cuban Ambassador of Ireland, Bernardo Guanche Henandez, at this year’s James Connolly Commemoration at Arbour Hill in Dublin:...

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A 3D render of the Sopho street apartment project, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Issue #2087

Kim Jong Un policy speech

This 15 January, Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic...

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Half the Sky column logo Issue #2109

HALF THE SKY

Julia Clare Marino “I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man; I will not … If he [Abbott] wants to know...

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Introductory speech by the WFTU General Secretary, in the 2025 WFTU Presidential Council Meeting. Issue #2136

Speech by Pambis Kyritsis

Speech by Pambis Kyritsis – General Secretary, World Federation of Trade Unions, Presidential Council – Hanoi, March 2025 Comrades, Before I begin my speech, I...

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Issue #2017

Class struggle is primary

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an edited version of a speech delivered by CPA Assistant General Secretary David Matters on the reissuing of comrade Jack...

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The anti AUKUS-WA protest held at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle, WA. Issue #2063

CPA’s Elly Hulm to CPUSA International Conference

Dear Comrades On behalf of the Communist Party of Australia, I thank the CPUSA for inviting us to speak and I send our fraternal greetings...

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The names of the victims of the Tempi rail crash. By writing the names in public spaces including the surroundings of the parliament, people ensure that their memories are never erased. Issue #2145

Blood on their hands

Speech given by Agapi Pashos, Secretary of the Greek Democritus Workers League at a May Day event in Naarm/Melbourne. Comrades , I am here tonight...

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Issue #2142

Israel’s policy: fascist genocide

An address by Vinnie Molina, president of the Communist Party of Australia, to the 2025 International Anti-Fascist Forum Distinguished delegates, I would like to begin...

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Washington DC Capitol, USA. Issue #2110

Netanyahu in Washington: Protest and delusion

Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington and his address to the Congress is just one more shameful indictment of America. While there were those in the...

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CPA Canberra Branch marching. Issue #2093

‘A properly liberated socialist nation’

8 March International Women’s Day was celebrated by the Communist Party of Australia. The Guardian is proud to present an excellent speech made on the...

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Romina Bietsen with Andrew Irving at the gates of Pine Gap 2016. Issue #2103

Fighting for our lives

A speech from Romina Beitseen of the Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament (CICD) to the Eighth International Seminar for Peace and for the Abolition...

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CC executive member Warren Smith addressing the Congress. Issue #2182

The choice before humanity

Speech by Warren Smith at the opening of the Communist Party of Australia’s 15th National Congress. Comrades, friends and honoured guests, Tonight we meet not...

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Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel inspiring speech. Issue #2098

Diaz-Canel: friendship, peace, solidarity, and unity

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel made an inspiring speech at the closing ceremony of the International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba and against imperialism, at the...

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Issue #2176

Peace is union business

The Guardian is pleased to publish this speech given by Comrade Warren Smith to the 2025 Peace is Union Business conference in Sydney. Comrades, friends,...

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Cuba May Day Issue #2191

Cuba: the socialist character of our revolution

Excerpts from a speech by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the...

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Ark Tribe march Sydney 2009. Issue #2110

Attack on CFMEU – Solidarity is the key

Not all delegates at the NSW ALP conference rose to their feet for PM Anthony Albanese. Electrical Trades Union (ETU) representatives remained seated, and when...

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March for action to fight climate change, Paris, September 2025. Issue #2165

Trump’s climate colonialism

US president Trump stunned and alarmed delegates with his arrogant and reckless one-hour rant to the UN’s 80th General Assembly on 23 September. Most notably,...

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