A War in the Pacific is a War on the Working Class: Statement from NWBCW Sydney

The war in Ukraine has already claimed an enormous human toll and imperialist tensions the world over only continue to tighten while the corpses pile up. We have heard already from media and political talking-heads that the war in Ukraine is a fight between democracy and autocracy. In truth, this conflict is the product of […]

NSW Elections: No Matter Which Party Gets in Power, It’s Capital Who Wins

The last bastion of the Liberal Party is the state of New South Wales. Despite this, Labor has not been able to make the cost-of-living crisis go away, either on a state or national scale. Chris Minns, although condemning the wage cap introduced by the Liberals, has not confirmed whether wages would even increase if […]

Malignant Ulcers of Capitalism: The Proletarian Struggle for Reproductive Freedom (Part 3)

In our first two pieces on reproductive struggles in class society we highlighted the family unit, prostitution, sex-selective abortions, sterilization, religion, bourgeois laws, and some of the facts and dangers surrounding abortion and contraception. This piece examines sexual violence in times of imperialist conflict and the impact that the climate crisis is having on reproduction. […]

Cuba: The Real Fight Against State Repression Begins with Workers’ Self-Organization

Political events in Cuba since the July 11 protests Currently the political and social climate within Cuba is bleak. On July 11 of this year there were turbulent protests against the government which saw the latter employ all its repressive muscle and issue a call, out of sheer desperation, to its own supporters through national […]

Anti-lockdown Protests and Working-Class Activity in Australia

As this statement is being written the number of active COVID-19 cases in Australia currently stands at just over 23,000, with New South Wales and Victoria accounting for the bulk of that. Between the two states, cases are averaging around 2000 per day. The number of deaths is now nearing 1400 since the beginning of […]

AUKUS: Another preparation for imperialist war

The world may have been consumed by a pandemic for more than a year and a half, but imperialism takes no holidays. All through this time, there has been a developing arms race between the US and China, brinkmanship by both sides in the South China Seas, military exercises by China aimed at Taiwan as […]

Neither Israel, Nor Palestine: No War but the Class War

Déjà vu? We have been here before. Precisely three times before, since Hamas seized control of Gaza 15 years ago. The pattern is always the same. Israel makes yet another move to create “facts on the ground” such as the planned eviction of Palestinians from parts of East Jerusalem. Then Hamas fires off all the […]

Prisons and Police Brutality: Last Line in the Defence of Exploitation and Oppression

(The following piece of writing contains the names of people who have died at the hands of the bourgeois state) The role that law enforcement plays around the world is not simply one of preventing crime or ensuring the safety, health and belongings of all members of society as some common views, definitions and media […]

Solidarity with Firefighters, Paramedics, and Hospital Workers!

(The following has been written for adaptation as an agitational flyer at a South Australian protest rally for Firefighters and Paramedics on 1 April 2021) The Situation While the South Australian Marshall government announces the building of a new $700 million indoor stadium and just recently provided an additional $93.2 million in funding for the […]

8 Historical Working Women Moments for 8 March

(The following was written in collaboration with comrades sympathetic and affiliated to the ICT) For what was once International Working Women’s Day, before it became International Women’s Day upon being co-opted by the UN and its corporate sponsors, we have written on 8 struggles throughout history in which working women played a vital and influential […]