Imperialist war is class war
Imperialist war is an extension of the class war waged by capitalists against workers in the world’s industrial heartlands.
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Chris Minns’ anti-protest laws struck down. Again!
The campaign to criminalise the Palestinian solidarity movement has suffered a serious blow, with the latest of the NSW government’s anti-protest laws being struck down in a constitutional challenge
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Josh Lees
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Socialism 101
How does Socialist Alternative fit into the socialist tradition?
Socialist Alternative is trying to build an organisation of people committed to this goal—but what does that mean in practice?
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Socialists in the student movement
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
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Tess Lee Ack
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Is it hypocritical for socialists to use iPhones and buy stuff on Temu?
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 Meg
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Luca Tavan
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Why history matters for socialists
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.
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Capitalism can’t end women’s oppression: we need a revolution
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.
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Lenin in his own words: five key texts
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. But
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Jess Lenehan
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What is the Australian state?
For most people, the word “politics” brings to mind the workings of the state: who will win the next election, what laws politicians are debating, how well or badly the
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What is social class?
A recent Essential poll found that 79 percent of Australians believe social classes still exist in Australia. This is unsurprising, given the distribution of wealth. For example, the Australia Institute’
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The National Defence Strategy and the collapse of the centre
The US military views this continent as little more than an “unsinkable US aircraft carrier”. You get the sense that this is well understood among those running the country, but that the ruling class here has made its bed with the US empire, for better or worse.
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Ben Hillier
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A new space race and the omen of war
The crew of Artemis II will not land on the Moon. But the launch has fired the starter’s gun for a scramble that will play out over the next decades as the US and China compete to be master of the universe.
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