Recognising the Democratic Party as one of the chief pillars of a system that maintains exploitation and oppression in US society is the first step toward building a socialist alternative to it.
The power of Marx’s economic writing means that frequently, and sometimes deliberately, his political insights are overlooked. But Marx was, first and foremost, a revolutionary, an activist and a radical.
Fifty-three-year-old Tamil asylum seeker Uthayakaran Periyathamby died in his sleep on 16 July after more than ten years stuck in the torturous limbo of Australia's anti-refugee regime.
Many of the recent media allegations against the CFMEU attempt to paint legitimate industrial tactics as criminal activity. However, not all the allegations can be so easily dismissed.
The French ruling class has persisted in winding back democracy to force neoliberalism onto an unwilling population. Its refusal to accept the electoral results is just the latest example, and the growth of the far right is one of the results.
When momentous events happen in a media-saturated society, one of the first casualties is any sort of historical perspective. This became clear in the wake of the 14 July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
