Luca Tavan

The case for socialist organisation

To win socialism, we will need to build a force as powerful as the political and ideological institutions of the capitalist class.

By Luca Tavan

/ 7 Sep 2026

Rebel teachers taking their campaign against the Labor government all the way to parliament

Rebel teachers are taking the energy and inspiration of their industrial struggle against the Victorian government into the state election this November.

By Luca Tavan

/ 12 Aug 2026

Rebel teachers taking their campaign against the Labor government all the way to parliament

Melbourne vice-chancellor undermines his own attempt to slander the Palestine movement

Sometimes a little bit of the truth slips out amid the lies at the royal commission. So it was in this week’s testimony from the acting University of Melbourne vice-chancellor Glyn Davis.

By Luca Tavan

/ 16 Jul 2026

Melbourne vice-chancellor undermines his own attempt to slander the Palestine movement

Why are Australia’s union leaders the most enthusiastic defenders of the status quo?

The ACTU acts as a lobby in reverse: rather than lobbying the government on behalf of its members, it lobbies its members on behalf of the government.

By Luca Tavan

/ 1 Jul 2026

Why are Australia’s union leaders the most enthusiastic defenders of the status quo?

Horrific violence is the basis of empire

The US empire has committed unspeakable crimes as the dominant imperialist power over the last 80 years—but today we are in a new, dangerous phase.

By Luca Tavan

/ 21 Mar 2026

Horrific violence is the basis of empire

/ 17 Nov 2025

Labor’s student clubs and Palestine activism

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Luca Tavan

The case for socialist organisation

Rebel teachers taking their campaign against the Labor government all the way to parliament

Melbourne vice-chancellor undermines his own attempt to slander the Palestine movement

Why are Australia’s union leaders the most enthusiastic defenders of the status quo?

Horrific violence is the basis of empire

US workers shut down everything to stop ICE

Liberals’ hate speech hypocrisy after Bondi

Greens capitulate to right-wing campaign against the Palestine movement

Worldwide revolution is possible and necessary

Who is Socialist Alternative?

Five lessons from 2025

Labor’s student clubs and Palestine activism