Porco, Sydney The February 9th peaceful protest against Isaac Herzog’s visit was met with extreme police violence. Videos and photos of police assaulting the elderly, children, praying Muslims and Palestinian protesters are widespread across social media. All of this is horrible. And we should be horrified. Under Chris Minns, NSW Police has been directed to […]

On February 9th, NSW Police launched a horrific assault against peaceful protesters in Sydney. Charlie G., a rally attendee, reports. February 9th saw more than six thousand protesters descend on Town Hall Square in Sydney in protest of Israeli president Issac Herzog’s visit to Australia following the Bondi Beach terror attack in December. The protest […]

Around a hundred activists and locals gathered at civic park for the protest against the visit of Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog. A lead activist at the protest detailed that the event was “not organised by any single organisation…”, reflecting the total lack of prior planning. Marshalls were appointed moments before the protest started, and spent […]

James Eisen, Canberra Australian Capital Territory politics was recently graced by the rare event of something almost happening, with the ACT Greens and Canberra Liberals briefly entertaining the idea of ousting Andrew Barr’s twenty-year Labor government in favour of a Green-Blue alliance, long confined to the nightmares of Labor rusted-ons. This proposal, brief as it […]

Dear Comrades of Communist Unity (formerly the Revolutionary Communist Organisation), I was delighted to learn that your organisation successfully held its 4th General Conference just over two weeks ago, yielding rich and productive discussions on political, social, and organisational questions. The conference also marked the first experience of organised factional activity, which was handled in […]

Reporting from a protest held by the WA branch of the Renters and Housing Union (RAHU), Cameron K. writes on the success of the protest in preventing an eviction. For the first time in Western Australian history, a tenants’ union — namely the Renters’ and Housing Union (RAHU) WA branch — has taken action to […]

Anthony Furia and Christina Veselovskiy report on Communist Unity’s Fourth General Conference, summarising and critiquing the perspectives of all those involved, both major and minor. The Revolutionary Communist Organisation (RCO) held its 4th General Conference over the weekend of January 17th to 18th. Over two eight hour sessions, the organisation debated key political and social […]

Pauline Hanson’s political career has been full of ups and downs. After a decade of downs, it seems like Pauline is heading toward some ups. James Eisen analyses Hanson’s political career, the bumps in One Nation, and puts forward the question: where is Hanson going? Future books on Australia’s political history will likely begin their […]

We have compiled for our readers a series of statements and communiques published by the revolutionary movement within Iran. In the face of state terror, and opposing both domestic reaction and imperialist conspiracies, the Iranian working class is engaged in a heroic battle. We publish these dispatches with the aim of elucidating the chaotic political […]

The Slingers Collective is the international arm of Manjanigh (Catapult), a revolutionary communist organisation operating inside Iran. We publish their reporting on the recent uprisings, as well as their commentary on the previous Jina uprising, to help deepen the understanding of the revolutionary movement inside Iran on the Australian and Anglophone Left. – Edith Fischer, […]