In the past three months, we have seen attack after attack on the socialist and workers’ movement, all under the new watchword of the bourgeois order – “social cohesion”. “Social cohesion” is the battle cry of the capitalists as they unleash hate speech laws to cripple anti-imperialist solidarity with Palestine. It is the cry of […]

With the movement of the USS Abraham Lincoln into the Arab Gulf and increasingly bellicose sputterings from the President, it seems an attack on Iran by the imperialists is imminent. The American imperialists, in their desperation to keep the peoples of the world bent beneath their boot, want to take advantage of the crisis in […]

Originally presented at Marxism Fringe in 2025, Brunhilda Olding presents a revised history of the Partyist Tradition. The following is part two of a two-part transcript. “The Communist Party of Great Britain is not dead. Our Party founded in 1920 has parted company with those elements who attempted to hijack the party, who dragged its banner […]

Fox Luces reports on the 2026 conference of the West Australian Socialists, the WA branch of the federal The Socialists. Day One There was a decidedly hopeful air in the conference room of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) last weekend, as it slowly filled with a hundred or so committed socialists, eager to […]

The following is the final instalment of our republication of Loren Goldner’s exceptional study into the agrarian question in the Russian revolution. While the editor has some objections to Goldner’s characterisation of Bolshevism (particularly his understanding of What is To Be Done?, which is unfortunately marred by a Cold War-era reading, we think our readers […]

Antonio Garcia, Online Since the horrific Bondi shooting last December, PM Anthony Albanese has repeatedly reiterated his desire to restore ‘social cohesion’ and ‘national unity.’ What methods has he employed to do so? He created a toyal commission to look into the attack, passing the burden of decision-making and action onto others. He stood behind […]

Dave Eden explains how inflation impacts cost of living, compounding an already widespread crisis. Originally published in With Sober Senses. On February 3rd the Reserve Bank of Australia raised interest rates in response to inflation. Over the Christmas period everywhere I went there was a common conversation: the high cost of living. Whilst inflation growth […]

Both left-wing and right-wing pundits have exploited the horrific events of the Bondi shooting in 2025 for their own means. Left-wing pundits in the “anti-colonial” camp, such as Matt Chun, argue that the shooting is settler colonialism’s comeuppance. Max J & Porco argue that Matt Chun’s contribution to the Bondi shooting discussion demonstrates a nihilistic […]

Porco, Sydney The February 9th peaceful protest against Isaac Herzog’s visit was met with extreme police violence. Videos and photos of police assaulting the elderly, children, praying Muslims and Palestinian protesters are widespread across social media. All of this is horrible. And we should be horrified. Under Chris Minns, NSW Police has been directed to […]

On February 9th, NSW Police launched a horrific assault against peaceful protesters in Sydney. Charlie G., a rally attendee, reports. February 9th saw more than six thousand protesters descend on Town Hall Square in Sydney in protest of Israeli president Issac Herzog’s visit to Australia following the Bondi Beach terror attack in December. The protest […]