Working out how to avoid abandoning revolutionary politics for reformism, without alienating workers and students influenced by the new left parties, is a real challenge. What is certain is that this phenomenon can’t be ignored.
To win socialism, we will need to build a force as powerful as the political and ideological institutions of the capitalist class.
In 1913, two years before he was executed by the US state of Utah in a frame-up, Joe Hill wrote the song “Should I ever be a soldier”. The
Socialist Alternative is trying to build an organisation of people committed to this goal—but what does that mean in practice?
Students today are operating in a campus climate of almost unprecedented repression. What does it mean for socialist students trying to build political organisations in the universities? The last great
Anti-capitalists are often accused of a double standard: you hate the system, but want to enjoy its benefits. The latest to employ this supposed gotcha is none other than
The attempt to apply socialist ideas without consideration of the movement's historic practice—and the way that practice can best be applied in contemporary contexts—is among the worst, and most frequently committed, errors socialists can fall into.
Women today have achieved formal equality in most spheres of life. They have much greater choice about what to do with their lives. But they are still a long way from being equal to men, and even further from liberation.
Vladimir Lenin, leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution, is one of history’s most well-known figures, and one of its most maligned. Mainstream culture vilifies him as a despot.
In his first statement released following the ousting of Jacinta Allan, Victorian Premier Ben Carroll promised “a new direction” for Victoria. So far, it’s been the longitudinal equivalent of prostrating yourself at the feet of the bosses and hoping for a better ride in the media.
Working out how to avoid abandoning revolutionary politics for reformism, without alienating workers and students influenced by the new left parties, is a real challenge. What is certain is that this phenomenon can’t be ignored.
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