Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has continued since February 2022. While there have been developments for both Russia and Ukraine, there is no path to military victory for either side in the short-to-medium-term. Roland Thompson gives an update on the situation in Ukraine and its implications for both sides. We are now fast approaching the fourth […]

Max J, Newcastle I appreciate Mila taking the time to reply to my first letter. However, I think she neglects some key points I make, and I feel the need to clarify some things. I wrote my letter in reply to the CC’s letter to the Rising Tide protestival. When it was sent in and […]

Echoing the larger stakes of the RCO-Spartacist League/Australia merger, Steve M., a supporter of the Spartacist League, criticises the RCO’s understanding of the role political leadership and the managerial class plays in determining working-class ideology Editor’s Note: Only slight grammatical corrections have been made; all else remains unabridged. The RCO’s response to The Road to […]

The September 2025 Pukpuk Treaty uniting the Australian and PNG militaries has drawn newfound attention to the worsening geopolitical situation in Oceania. Antonio Garcia argues these developments validate longstanding ideas about financial consolidation and inter-imperialist conflict: from Marx to Lenin, Luxemburg and Bukharin. In Case You Missed the News… In September of this year, the […]

Raven, Online Comrade editor,  I am very grateful for John Blackford’s often wry account of the dissolution and reformation of Socialist Alliance, SAlt and associated entities. I have little knowledge of the attempts at left reformulation in the period following the CPA’s self dissolution in ’91, quite clearly with hindsight a significant failure of Marxist […]

Owen Hsi speaks to Ryan, a key organiser of the Trade Unionists for All (TUFA) group based in Perth, WA. Trade Unionists for All (TUFA) is a new initiative that was launched after an inaugural meeting at the Boorloo activist centre in Perth, WA. This inaugural meeting took place on October 22nd, and was attended […]

Mila V, Canberra In a recent letter to Partisan, comrade Max J criticised the RCO Central Committee’s letter to Rising Tide attendees. They argued against attempting to turn Rising Tide communist, against green politics, and against the idea that climate change is bringing an end to the world. I would like to respond to these […]

The following is the second part of Loren Goldner’s 2016 article on the agrarian question and theoretical underdevelopment in the Russian Revolution. We hope that it is of use to comrades, as we puzzle through the agrarian question and its relationship to the struggle for socialism today. I will allow Goldner himself to speak on […]

In a statement published by the Spartacist League of Australia, O. Dziga argues that if the Indonesian working class is to succeed, it must be led by an authentically socialist vanguard. “In the Global South, where there is no fat to cut, an offensive by the U.S. will have devastating consequences that will likely provoke […]

Max J, Newcastle At the end of this week, Rising Tide’s yearly blockade will start. For those who live outside of Newcastle, Rising Tide hosts a yearly blockade of the Newcastle coal port, the largest in the country. At least, that’s what they tell you. In reality, they host a yearly music festival which may […]