One Nation must be fought relentlessly. That has to be the lesson the left and the working-class movement takes from the victory of Hanson’s far-right racist party in the Farrer by-election.
The industrial workers of India, so often written off by academics and paternalistic union bureaucrats alike, are once more proving themselves to be a fighting force.
Three months in, the numbers emerging from the latest war waged by Israel and the US are harrowing. More than 1,600 civilians have been killed in Iran since 28 February, and 3.2 million people are internally displaced.
As we take stock of our forces on May Day, working-class power, international solidarity and socialist politics are still forces that can move the whole world. In fact, they are the only true sources of realistic hope.
