Candidate forum: A night to meet with mayoral, council candidates

Australia: SEP candidate for Werriwa, Mike Head, addresses university forum

As part of the Socialist Equality Party’s campaign for Werriwa, in Sydney’s outer southwestern suburbs, SEP candidate Mike Head spoke at two candidates’ forums this week. On Wednesday, he addressed a University of Western Sydney (UWS) Students Association forum at the Parramatta campus entitled “The Federal Elections and the Future of UWS”. As well as Head, representatives from Labor, the Democrats, Greens and the Socialist Alliance spoke. Local…

Candidate forum: A night to meet with mayoral, council candidates

By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck voters got a chance to meet with, and hear, candidates for mayor and city council, and one of the top questions posed on social media is: Who is Mister Bangladesh? Unfortunately, Mister Bangladesh, who is running for mayor, was a no-show at last Friday’s candidate forum at the public library. So the question remains unanswered and the mystery grows. We do know this, however: that is indeed his real, legal name. Acco…