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China under Xi Jinping

April Holcombe

“No force can shake the status of this great nation”, declared Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Mending the metabolic rift: Marxism, nature and society

Police terror and mass resistance: the Genoa G8 summit 20 years on

A third coronavirus wave is washing over the world

For NSW's bosses, profits are always 'essential'

North America’s heatwave hell

Introduction to Marxism Discussion Groups

The COVID-19 Crisis

A third coronavirus wave is washing over the world

Ben Hillier

In countries where public health restrictions were in place, they were half-baked or have been lifted too soon. Where they are imposing them now, it’s too late; the Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging around the world.

Australia

How the pandemic is being used to strangle Australia Post

An Australia Post worker

Australia Post has been in the news.

Debate, comment and reviews

Democracy, apartheid, settler-colonialism: what is Israel?

Daniel Taylor

Israel is one of the strangest countries in the world. Its supporters say that it’s the only democracy in the Middle East, a beacon of liberal values in a repressive and superstitious region.

Gender and sexuality

Brazen Hussies and the weaknesses of the women’s liberation movement

Diane Fieldes

Brazen Hussies, a documentary about the women’s liberation movement in Australia, gets off to a promising start.

History

Police terror and mass resistance: the Genoa G8 summit 20 years on

Kerri Parke

Twenty years ago, on Friday 20 July 2001, 23 year old anarchist Carlo Giuliani joined 50,000 others on the streets of Genoa to protest against the G8 summit taking place in the Italian city.

Introduction to socialism

Marxism vs anarchism: how can we save the environment?

Grace Hill

Marxist theory

Mending the metabolic rift: Marxism, nature and society

James Plested

Karl Marx’s analysis of capitalism provides the key to understanding the environmental catastrophe we’re witnessing, and to gaining a clearer picture of what’s needed to repair our damaged relationship with the Earth.

Oppression and liberation

Jacob Zuma’s jailing shows up South African government’s failures after end of apartheid

Charlie Kimber

Forty minutes before midnight on 7 July, Jacob Zuma’s motorcade sped out of his mansion to hand himself into custody.

Racism

Chauvin's conviction is a victory for the movement. Winning justice will require a revolution

Daniel Taylor

Derek Chauvin has been convicted of the murder of George Floyd. How much should we celebrate?

Revolts and uprisings

Cracks emerge in Israeli apartheid: now is the time to make our voices heard

Nick Everett

Israel’s settler colonial project today faces a profound crisis of legitimacy, writes Nick Everett.