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.
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.
Nick Everett reviews Labor’s abysmal record on Indigenous rights: a history of repeated betrayals and failure to challenge racism or achieve fundamental improvement.
Phoebe Kelloway surveys the development of the healthcare system in Australia in the post-war years. She recounts how capitalists and doctors fought against universal care, how Labor repeatedly walked away from its progressive commitments, and how nurses have struck to fight back.
Liz Ross reviews Terry Irving's new book on the life and thought of Vere Gordon Childe.
Jack Crawford reviews Liz Ross’ new book about workers’ resistance to the Prices and Incomes Accord.
Tony Belcher examines the Australian economy during the 1980s, arguing that the Australian capitalism was in a weak position going forward.
Tom O'Lincoln recounts the rise and fall of Australia's last reforming government, finding that the myths of Whitlam's radical policies do not reflect the more pragmatic reality.
Tom Bramble reviews the weakened state of workers' organisations in Australia after a decade of the Accord.
