One hundred years ago, in October 1920, working class militants and revolutionary activists founded a Communist Party in the hopes that one day it could lead a workers' socialist revolution in Australia.
In the middle of the 1950s, many thought the world had only two political options: Western-style capitalism, or Stalinist bureaucratic "communism". When the working class of Hungary launched a workers' revolution against the Stalinist dictatorship, they proved both sides wrong.
The voices of bosses and business lobbyists are dominating the mainstream media's discussion of Victoria's lockdown and reopening. And it's not just the Murdoch press that's at fault. The entire spectrum of capitalist outlets, including the ABC, are playing along.
The two presidential campaigns of Bernie Sanders have culminated in the US left coming under enormous pressure to fall in behind the neoliberal Joe Biden. Where did it all go wrong?
