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Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to read R. Lee’s letter ‘Getting the Law Right,’ a response to my pamphlet, ‘A Marxist Introduction to the State and the Law.’ In the typical fashion of our magazine, it provided an alternative, critical, perspective to the one I pushed in my own work. However, unlike many […]
Jean O’Donnell reviews David Pakman’s The Echo Machine. The Echo Machine: How Right-Wing Extremism Created a Post-Truth America is a short book by David Pakman, a popular social democrat podcaster and youtuber, whose background is very apparent within the context of this book. This is both a positive and negative, as it’s clear he’s used […]
The following is the second part of our republication of Loren Goldner‘s 2008 series of articles in the journal Historical Materialism. The articles concern the Bolivian National Revolution of 1952 and the strategy of the socialist movement in the context of the national liberation struggle. We consider this debate to be of considerable importance, and […]
With the growth of the Democratic Socialists of America, American socialism has exploded back onto the national stage. David Passerine reports. Over the past few months, it has become increasingly apparent that the victory of then New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in the 2025 Democratic Primary for Mayor of New York City marked the […]
The following is the first part of our republication of Loren Goldner‘s 2008 series of articles in the journal Historical Materialism. The articles concern the Bolivian National Revolution of 1952 and the strategy of the socialist movement in the context of the national liberation struggle. We consider this debate to be of considerable importance, and […]
Brian de Palma’s 1974 film Phantom of the Paradise was met with shrugs by most critics, becoming a cult classic soon after. Max J revisits the comedy-musical and what it has to say about the human cost of fame in the culture industry. In the myth of Faust, German alchemist Johann Georg Faust sells his […]
R. Lee Antonio Garcia has written a clear and articulate article about Marxism, law and the state, which is to be commended. Unfortunately, because of the way the article is phrased as an ‘Introduction’ rather than an expression of personal opinion, I am worried that some people will take the article as representing Communist Unity […]
Anthony Furia, Melbourne Comrade Brunhilda’s article “Australia’s ‘foreign legion'” is a strong discussion of the history of Australian militarism (as intimately tied as it is with colonial and imperialist ambitions) in the Pacific. Unfortunately, due to focus and scope, it neglects to provide critical detail on what, precisely, Australian imperialism is. That is, what structure […]
The question of the state, and subsequently the theory of law and politics, is central to Marxist theory. Antonio Garcia endeavours to give a general introduction. “What is the state?” The state is, at its most essential, the embodiment of the ruling class’ privileged position in a society, and the enforcer of that position. It […]
The following text was written in 1979 by Mansoor Hekmat, leading figure in Sahand, a precursor organisation to the Communist Party of Iran. In it, he argues that in the epoch of imperialism, the national bourgeoisie is no longer able to play a progressive role in social development, and are instead subordinate to and dominated […]
Even in the wake of the collapse of the European left populist projects, one form of populism or another still seems the order of the day. Brunhilda Olding mounts a criticism of this trend, with reference to a recent book on the topic by C. Derrick Varn and Daniel Tutt. The Australian historian Humphrey McQueen […]
The erstwhile Australian Communist Party (ACP) have renamed themselves the Republican Workers Party. However, as Joey X. argues, this turn towards left nationalism will not save them. For the past two years, the Australian Communist Party (ACP) has been dying a slow death. Its membership has dwindled, its infamous kitchens are closing, and few now […]
What is the communist press, and why is it important? Max J argues that such a press, made up of robust publications, is crucial for spreading communist politics and for building a counter-hegemonic, revolutionary pole.See also: Reflections on the RCO’s three years of publishing William F. Dunne’s 1924 article The Revolutionary Role of Workers Correspondents […]
