On Class Hatred and Solidarity Here and Now: A Brief Critical Reflection – Proletarios Revolucionarios

[We present here our English translation of an exceptional text from our comrades in Proletarios Hartos De Serlo (a.k.a Proletarios Revolucionarios). The original can be found on their website in Spanish.] The aim of this text, which, from a communist perspective, criticises both syndicalism and charitable “anarchist” activism, is not to polemicise for the sake […]

Lead, Shrapnel, Prison – Bilan

[In the lead up to the 85th anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War, we share the following text, which we translated from Bilan – Journal of the Italian Communist Left in exile in Belgium and France.] Lead, Shrapnel, Prison: This is how the Popular Front Responds to the Workers of Barcelona who […]

Capitalism, Migrants, Imperialist War

As internationalist communists, we recognise that the working class is a class of migrants whose home is not a single country but rather the entire world; we are wage-labourers with no fatherland to defend. Hence, we denounce the efforts made by the ruling class to control us – and keep wages down across the board […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Malignant Ulcers of Capitalism: The Proletarian Struggle for Reproductive Freedom (Part 2)

(This is the second installment in a series of articles that we have written with the Internationalist Workers’ Group in the United States) In our first part on reproductive struggles in class society, we highlighted some of the facts and dangers surrounding abortion and contraception. We also commented on the family unit and prostitution – two phenomena […]

A Quick Glimpse at the Current State of the Pandemic in Oceania

The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the world, infecting tens of millions, killing over a million so far and leaving many survivors with recurring or permanent health conditions. The region of Oceania has had tens of thousands of virus cases and around a thousand deaths. However, it has been hit even harder in the form of […]

Malignant Ulcers of Capitalism: The Proletarian Struggle for Reproductive Freedom (Part 1)

(This is the first installment in a series of articles that we have written with the Internationalist Workers’ Group in the United States) In this first piece on reproductive struggles in class society we bring to focus some of the facts and dangers surrounding abortion and contraception, as well as the family unit and prostitution, […]

Get Rid of Militarised Police Units? Get Rid of Capitalism and All Police Forces!

For years now, the Australian public has been facing increasing militarisation of the police; with many frontline officers and specialist units across the country being trained in military-style thinking and tactics.[1] There has also been the introduction of military-grade weapons and protective gear. The Lindt Café siege in 2014, the Paris terror attacks of 2015, and the […]