The following theses were drafted by Edith Fischer and adopted by a plenary session of the Central Committee of Communist Unity in May, 2026. Communists and Parliamentary Participation Communists in Parliament Practical Tasks

Tasmania is often far from the national limelight, but its political dynamics expose systematic contradictions in the organised left. William van Tasman tackles the Socialist Alliance problem within the Tasmanian context. The Communists do not form a separate party opposed to the other working-class parties. They have no interests separate and apart from those of […]

Partisan and its siblings are gossip rags, says the sectarian left. But, Max J counters, what Partisan aims to do is far above gossip: it aims to do journalism. An easy and lazy way to dismiss publications like Partisan is to dismiss them as “gossip”. After all, you could argue, reporting on sectarian squabbles, splits […]

David Clarke’s latest article on the Red Ant blog argues that US imperialism is detrimental, not beneficial, to Australia. Anthony Furia argues instead that US imperialism benefits Australia to such a degree that the Australian state is unquestioningly in lockstep with Washington. In May, an article by David Clarke, a member of the NSW Teachers […]

Rodrigo Paz may go down in Bolivian history as one of the country’s shortest presidencies, after that of Bolivar and Soto. Brunhilda explains that the mass protest movement spreading across the country represents an important juncture in the struggle against capitalism and imperialism in Latin America. Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz’s six month tenure has been […]

Ewan Tilley summarises the orientation of the organic party towards internationalism, electoral work, fraction work, and the development of cadres. 1. The organic party’s adequacy is not demonstrated by its internal constitutional arrangements. It is demonstrated by its capacity to act as a genuinely international, strategically coherent political force. That capacity is only as good […]

Fox Luces presents a series of theses on the newly formed Australian Socialist Party and its limitations, and outlines a possible alternative. “The working class ought not to exaggerate to themselves the ultimate working of these everyday struggles. They ought not to forget that they are fighting with effects, but not with the causes of […]

The following report was written and delivered by Brunhilda Olding, and presented to the Fourth General Conference of Communist Unity, January 2026. “To face reality squarely; not to seek the line of least resistance; to call things by their right names; to speak the truth to the masses—no matter how bitter it may be; not […]

The following is the text of a speech delivered by comrade Pauline Slaughter at Marxism Fringe 2026 in response to the question of “What do we mean by communist unity?” . We mean the reforming of a communist party whereby the current sects and tendencies of the communist movement find their expression not via independent […]

Ewan Tilley takes a look at how factions and tendencies should operate within a communist party for State & Confusion. The Distinction The party recognises two forms of organised internal political life beyond the individual membership: the tendency and the faction. The distinction between them is not one of political seriousness or organisational legitimacy. Both […]

Recently, a former member of Communist Unity published a manifesto against partyism on the website of the Red Anti-Imperialist Collective (Red Ant). Brunhilda Olding encourages him to think again. It is a damning indictment of the international communist movement that Haig Kisherian’s “Partyism and the Limits of Liberalism” was published at all. This is not […]

The case of Ben Roberts-Smith exposes the hypocrisy at the heart of the liberal bourgeoisie. Edith Fischer covers the case. Benjamin Roberts-Smith, Special Air Services Corps (SASC) officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, was charged with war crimes on the 19th of April. This charge brings to a head a scandal that has been […]