Issue 28 — Summer 2024

Labor’s long embrace with apartheid Israel

Nick Everett unpacks the Australian Labor Party's long history of support for the state of Israel.

Empty promises: the ANC’s failure to deliver freedom in South Africa

Tom Bramble explains why the post-apartheid government has failed to deliver justice for the people of South Africa.

The United Nations is no friend of the Palestinians

Owen Marsden-Readford reviews the dismal record of the United Nations on Palestine and concludes that the UN, dominated as it is by the imperialist powers, can never offer any solutions.

Let a hundred flowers wither: the many failures of Western Maoism

April Holcombe discusses the destructive influence of Maoism in the West, and how it derailed the development of a genuinely revolutionary anti-Stalinist left. In the 1960s and ’70s.

Why the Kenyan youth revolted: interview with a Kenyan socialist

Matt Laidlaw interviews a Kenyan socialist in the wake of weeks of militant anti-government protests, including the storming of parliament.

Review: China in global capitalism

April Holcombe reviews an important new book that discusses the development and character of the imperialist rivalry between China and the US, a rivalry that threatens to erupt in war.

Review: Zombie Kautskyism

Luca Tavan reviews a critical study of the ideas of Karl Kautsky and the revival of Kautskyanism among sections of the left.

Review: The hidden history of revolutionary politics in Africa

Matt Laidlaw reviews a recent book that uncovers the neglected history of revolutionary currents in Africa in the 1960s and ’70s.