The surge of support for One Nation has shaken up Australian politics and blown apart the idea that we are immune to the advance of the far right. In this editorial Tom Bramble looks at how changes in Australian politics over decades has laid the basis for One Nation's rise.
In this important article, Mick Armstrong compares the rise of Pauline Hanson in the 1990s and the surge for One Nation today.
The feeling that migrants are the cause of the housing crisis is widespread. Right-wing politicians frequently blame “unsustainable immigration” for the lack of affordable housing. In this article Jordan Humphreys debunks this racist myth...
In June last year a unanimous decision was made by the Victorian Socialists’ conference to establish a nationwide organisation known as the Socialist Party. The enthusiastic welcome that this new party has received has exceeded many expectations.
Liz Ross reviews a new book on the proud history of union organising in the Pilbara, and the subsequent government and employer attacks that have seriously weakened union power.
Nick Everett unpacks the Australian Labor Party's long history of support for the state of Israel.
Eleanor Morley documents the attacks that have produced the biggest fall in working-class living standards in half a century – supported and implemented by Labor and Liberal governments, with only rhetorical resistance from the Greens and the unions – and argues for the urgent need to rebu...
Omar Hassan critiques the abysmal performance of the Albanese Labor government so far.
Vinil Kumar explores the little known history of class struggle in Fiji, the Solomon Islands, PNG and Bougainville.
Omar Hassan explores the social and political ramifications of inflation and rising interest rates, growing geopolitical instability and the prospects for working-class resistance.
Jordan Humphreys examines the political implications of the recent expansion of the Indigenous middle and capitalist classes.
Nick Everett reviews Labor’s abysmal record on Indigenous rights: a history of repeated betrayals and failure to challenge racism or achieve fundamental improvement.
