Julie Monteiro explains how the Democrats paved the way for Trump and how building mass resistance is the key to turning the tide on reaction. Read more about US politics. Find out more about Solidarity.

Thirty years ago, in September 1994, students at the Australian National University in Canberra occupied the chancellery building for eight days.  Tom Orsag was working in Canberra at the time and was an active supporter of the occupation. Here he tells the story of the struggle. Read more about student struggles. Find out more about Solidarity.  

Paddy Gibson looks at the potential for revolt against Israel's genocide and also against the Arab leaders who are helping make it possible. Read more about Palestine. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at Solidarity's Resist and Rebel conference in Sydney on 24 August 2024.

On 11 September 2000 (known as S11), 10,000 people surrounded the World Economic Forum in Melbourne and shut it down. In the wake of the recent action against Land Forces, David Glanz discusses the lessons of S11 for organising effective direct action today. Read more about direct action. Find out more about Solidarity.

In this episode, Graham Willett and Geraldine Fela share stories about how the union movement has stood up against homophobia. Graham Willett is a recovering academic, a socialist and an historian. He has been involved in groups as diverse as the Gay Community News collective, ACTUP and the Australian Queer Archives. Geraldine Fela is a labour movement historian and author of Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis. She is also a member of Solidarity. Read more about...

Julie Monteiro discusses how oppression can bring people into the struggle for liberation but why organising primarily on the basis of identity can be a dead end. Read more about the fight against oppression. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at the Resist and Rebel conference in Melbourne on 24 August.

Far right and fascist parties are on the rise across Europe, from the National Rally in France to Austria’s Freedom Party and the German AfD, while in the US Donald Trump still has a chance of taking back the Presidency. Adam Adelpour explains the difference between fascist parties and other forms of far right politics -- and why it matters for how we resist them. This talk was given at Solidarity's Sydney branch on 5 September. Read more about fascism.   Find out more about Solidarity.

Labor is pushing a rightwing agenda -- attacking the CFMEU, leaving refugees to rot, spending billions on nuclear submarines and the military, and more. Maeve Larkins unpacks why the ALP is putting Australian capitalism first. Read more about Labor. Find out more about Solidarity.

David Glanz looks at the dangers posed by the rise of the far right and argues that the left has to avoid the trap of "lesser evilism" and instead build a united front of revolutionaries and reformists to stop our common enemies. This talk was delivered at Solidarity's Resist and Rebel conference in Melbourne on 24 August. Read more about fascism. Find out more about Solidarity.

Cooper Forsyth outlines how imperialism has shaped the Middle East and laid the basis for Israeli war and genocide. He explains how Leon Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution can point a way forward for Palestinian liberation. This talk was delivered at Solidarity's Resist and Rebel conference in Melbourne on 24 August. Read more about Trotsky. Read more about Palestine. Find out about Solidarity. 

Solidarity's Ian Rintoul argues why we need to organise to defend the CFMEU. Midhat Jafri, an activist for Palestine and Solidarity member at UNSW, discusses the way forward to defeat imperialism and gain Palestinian liberation. Read about the CFMEU. Read about Palestine. Find out more about Solidarity.

Hundreds marched on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's office in Sydney in a rally organised by Stop the War on Palestine. Solidarity member Manu brings us the voices of those who spoke up that day. Read more about Palestine. Find out more about Solidarity.

Labour movement historian Geraldine Fela talks about her new book, which discusses the vital political role nurses played in turning back the spread of AIDS, and of homophobia. Geraldine is a member of Solidarity. The book, Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis, is published by UNSW Press, $49.99. Read more about nurses organising. Find out more about Solidarity.

We talk to journalist and author Nic Maclellan, who has been reporting on New Caledonia/Kanaky for four decades, about the Kanak struggle for independence from French colonialism. Read more about Kanaky. Find out about Solidarity.

Tom Orsag, a Solidarity member and retired CFMEU member, argues why we need to unite in defence of the construction workers' union, the CFMEU. This talk was recorded on 25 July. Read more about the CFMEU. Find out more about Solidarity.

Refugees and asylum-seekers in Melbourne are protesting 24 hours a day - first outside the office of Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil and then, when she was shuffled out of the role, outside the Department of Home Affairs. We spoke to three Iranian women about why they're fighting back. The Department of Home Affairs in Melbourne is at 808 Bourke Street, Docklands. Support is welcome at any time of the day or night. Read more about the fight for refugee justice. Find out more about Solidarity.

Defenders of Israel cannot justify the slaughter in Gaza so they resort to smearing supporters of the Palestinians as antisemitic. Tami Gadir, a Solidarity member and anti-Zionist Jew, takes apart their arguments and shows how fighting for Palestine and fighting antisemitism go hand in hand. Read more about Zionism. Find out more about Solidarity.

Erima Dall talks about the waves of revolutionary struggle that have rocked the Middle East and points to the importance of rebuilding the socialist tradition of struggle from below. This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 30 March. Read more about imperialism and resistance in the Middle East. Find out more about Solidarity.

Sophie Cotton explains how growing inequality and racism in the US, together with the failures of the pro-big business, pro-Israel Democrats, is opening the door for another Trump presidency. The response by working class people and students has to be struggle in the workplaces and the streets. Further reading: How does Trump survive? California workers strike for Palestine US workers begin to flex some industrial muscle More about Solidarity

Adam Adelpour looks at how inter-imperialist rivalry has turned Ukraine into a bloody quagmire and points a way forward based on workers on both sides rejecting their rulers' war. Read more on Ukraine. Find out more about Solidarity.

Chris Breen looks at the failure of international talks to halt global warming, why capitalism can't solve the problem it's caused and how ordinary people can organise and win against fossil fuels. Read more on fighting climate change. Find out more about Solidarity. 

Rosa Luxemburg was one of the giants of the socialist movement at the beginning of the 20th century. She argued for revolution against reformism and celebrated the power of the mass strike. But, as Caitlin Doyle outlines, she failed to understand the need for independent revolutionary organisation, with terrible consequences. Read about Rosa Luxemburg. Find out about Solidarity.

The Kanak, the Indigenous people of Kanaky-New Caledonia, have risen up against their French colonial masters. Paddy Gibson explains why we should draw inspiration from their resistance and build solidarity across the Pacific with all struggles for liberation. Read more about the Kanak struggle. Find out more about Solidarity.

The Radical Jewish Tradition is an important new book that debunks the claim of Israel and its apologists to represent Jews everywhere. Solidarity hosted a book launch that heard from the two co-authors, both anti-Zionist Jews: Donny Gluckstein in Scotland and Janey Stone in Melbourne. Solidarity member and anti-Zionist Jew, Tami Gadir, was the final speaker. In Australia, the book is available from Interventions, elsewhere from Bookmarks. Read more on the fight against Zionism. Find out more...