The new year holidays remind us of the transcience of life under bourgeois civilisation. For this reason, writes Antonio Gramsci (translated by Alberto Toscano) in 1916, News Years day sucks. Every morning, when I wake again under the pall of the sky, I feel that for me it is New Year’s day. That’s why I […]

The Spartacist League of Australia condemns the terrible attacks at Bondi Beach some two weeks ago, as well as the wave of state repression due to come against innocent Muslims and the Palestine Solidarity Movement. The response to the despicable 14 December Bondi killings will be brutal. More gun control. More draconian laws against protests. […]

Below is the third installment of our publication of Loren Goldner’s essay on the agrarian question in the Russian revolution. We hope that it provides some insight into the thorny topic of agrarian revolution in the 20th century, and today. – Edith Fischer, Editor 1905–1907: Ideology Meets Reality In January 1905, Father Gapon, Orthodox priest […]

Noor Sadaque, Cox’s Bazaar Camp In the crowded shelters and narrow lanes of Cox’s Bazaar, more than a million Rohingya refugees continue to endure unimaginable hardship. Years after fleeing violence, their lives remain trapped in limbo, surrounded by bamboo walls, barbed wire, and a deep uncertainty about the future. The crisis has faded from global […]

Far from a purely excessive spectacle of American military violence, Antonio Garcia argues that the ongoing naval-air campaign against Venezuela amounts to the American bourgeoisie’s desperate gasp for profitability in a climate of uneasy speculation. The Ongoing Farce The last year has, to put the matter mildly, seen a degeneration in US-Latin American relations. Since […]

Originally presented at Marxism Fringe in 2025, Brunhilda Olding presents a revised history of the Partyist Tradition. The following is part one of a two-part transcript. Now I wish I could come up here and say that the presentation I’m about to give is something entirely new and unheard of, that I’m breaking some mystical […]

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has continued since February 2022. While there have been developments for both Russia and Ukraine, there is no path to military victory for either side in the short-to-medium-term. Roland Thompson gives an update on the situation in Ukraine and its implications for both sides. We are now fast approaching the fourth […]

Max J, Newcastle I appreciate Mila taking the time to reply to my first letter. However, I think she neglects some key points I make, and I feel the need to clarify some things. I wrote my letter in reply to the CC’s letter to the Rising Tide protestival. When it was sent in and […]

Echoing the larger stakes of the RCO-Spartacist League/Australia merger, Steve M., a supporter of the Spartacist League, criticises the RCO’s understanding of the role political leadership and the managerial class plays in determining working-class ideology Editor’s Note: Only slight grammatical corrections have been made; all else remains unabridged. The RCO’s response to The Road to […]

The September 2025 Pukpuk Treaty uniting the Australian and PNG militaries has drawn newfound attention to the worsening geopolitical situation in Oceania. Antonio Garcia argues these developments validate longstanding ideas about financial consolidation and inter-imperialist conflict: from Marx to Lenin, Luxemburg and Bukharin. In Case You Missed the News… In September of this year, the […]