A tiny coterie of ultra-wealthy sociopaths rules our world. But trying to understand them primarily through their psychology or morality leads nowhere. We need to understand how capitalism creates and sustains them.
The Palestine movement has become the core issue animating a bitter anger at the system among a new layer of leftward moving young people and millennials. And, significantly, those who march have felt themselves part of an international struggle.
The Socialist Party has grown from a membership of less than 1,000 to more than 5,000 in the space of half a year. No other Australian socialist formation in the 80 years since the end of World War Two has come close to such rapid growth.
