Issue 6 — Winter 2013

Diane Fieldes looks at the impact on the family of women's increased participation in the paid workforce.

Vashti Kenway looks at why Australia is so close to Israel.

In the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution, the newly formed Communist International  attempted to develop a revolutionary approach to union work in the West. Mick Armstrong looks at the application of that strategy in Australia and Britain.

Rebecca Barrigos explains how both the rise of the modern higher education system and the erosion of free education under the impact of neoliberalism have served capitalism.

Roz Ward argues that "community policing" is just another form of coercion which does nothing to halt the brutalit of state police forces.

Tom O'Lincoln argues that Australia's interventions in Asia after World War II were the hallmark of a developing imperialist country determined to dominate the surrounding region.

A response from Socialist Alliance to "What kind of organisation do socialists need?" published in the last issue of Marxist Left Review.