January 9, 2010 -- Sydney -- The Socialist Alliance conference -- held January 2-5, 2010 -- was attended by representatives of a number of parties and organisations overseas, who presented verbal greetings to the conference. These were:
Abelardo Curbelo Padron, ambassador to Australia for the Republic of Cuba;
Sivaranjani Manickam, Socialist Party of Malaysia;
Reihana Mohideen, Party of the Labouring Masses, Philippines;
Peter Hughes, Socialist Worker New Zealand; and
Mike Treen, Unite, New Zealand.
The greetings below were sent by organisations and activists unable to attend the conference.
[Just prior to the Socialist Alliance conference, the Democratic Socialist Perspective voted to merge with the Socialist Alliance to strengthen left unity in Australia. For reports see HERE and HERE.]