Australia
Protecting democracy in an increasingly digital world
Lizzie O’Shea argues that Big Tech and states are seeking to crush democracy, but there are clear opportunities for our side to land a counterpunch.
Working class stratification, education and politics in Australia
Nick Fredman and Jonathan Strauss examine new mass left-wing formations, such as the Australian Greens, and explore the political effects of the changing nature of education under late capitalism.
What the anti-Hanson movement of the 1990s achieved — and what it didn’t
A movement declared victorious while the politics it was fighting are being institutionalised is not a movement that won, argues Lisbeth Latham.
Why Australian governments support Israel — and why it is important to get that right
Arguments that the pro-Israel lobby has subordinated the Australian government to Israeli state interests are common. Lisbeth Latham explains why this is not just wrong but detrimental for building a pro-Palestine movement that can win.
Working class support for One Nation (Part II): In defence of the explanation
Lisbeth Latham looks at criticisms of the labour aristocracy thesis, arguing that they rest on analytical errors worth examining carefully as they illuminate why the left struggles to explain working class support for One Nation.
Working class support for One Nation (Part I): Towards an honest explanation
Lisbeth Latham argues the surge in support for One Nation has forced a question the Australian left has avoided answering honestly: why do some workers support a politics that appears to cut against their own material interests?
No to war, no to distortion: A critique of ‘limitless unity’ within the anti-Iran war movement
Mitra Mahmoudi discusses the dangers of blurring political boundaries between the anti-war movement and Islamic Republic supporters in the name of “broad unity”.
Two tactics in the anti-Iran war movement
Ali Keshtkar asks: how can Iranian socialists best oppose a war being waged against a regime they are in political struggle against?
Revolutionary degrowth in the Anthropocene
Peter Boyle — Any significant revolutionary change that takes place this century will have to do so amid catastrophic global climate change.
India: Rajnath Singh faces Australia test as far right hold protests against diaspora
N Sai Balaji — Will Rajnath Singh, who is part of a political party with a conspicuously similar anti-immigrant political approach, intervene to assure some diplomatic security to the Indian community in Australia?
Partido Lakas ng Masa — Exercise Alon 2025 thrusts the Philippines into the frontlines of the US-led strategy to contain China, undermines sovereignty and endangers peace in the region.
Australia: Fighting AUKUS in Wollongong
Alexander Brown reflects on Wollongong Against War and Nukes’ campaign to oppose militarism and the plan to turn Port Kembla into a nuclear submarine base.