Starting with left debates about the nature of the Korean War, Ian Rintoul describes how British Marxist Tony Cliff defended the centrality of working class power to our understanding of socialism. He talks about how the argument is still vital for dealing with issues raised by war today.
Imperialism and Ukraine: NATO’s proxy war in Europe
Music and politics: Hip hop, hippies and the homeless
Climate, capitalism and catastrophe
No to war: Australia, China and the new imperialism
Has enterprise bargaining killed the right to strike?
Music and politics: the protest song
The Palestine Laboratory
Is Putin all-powerful?
In defence of drag queen story time
Music and politics: dance music
Inflation, crisis and the world economy
Spain 1936: when anarchism failed
Why universities should boycott Israel
Red in the rainbow – sex, gender and the system
Labor’s climate cover-up
Trotsky and the Chinese revolution
Crisis and revolt in the Middle East
Unions: building rank-and-file power
Art and revolution
Can Israel change from within?
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