Stop the Public Housing Selloff
The Victorian Labor government is planning to privatise nine public housing estates, selling off the land to private developers in a deal that would see only 50% of this land returned to public housing. It…
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Romper Stomper fails to understand the rising tide of racism in Australia
In the lead up to its streaming debut Romper Stomper, a sequel to the 1992 film of the same name, has been heavily promoted and it has been impossible to escape its advertisements both online…
The right to march MUST be defended
Over the past four days we have watched with horror, disgust and anger as Papua New Guinean police, immigration and navy, under the effective direction of the Australian government, have beaten and brutalized refugees detained…
What happened in Melbourne yesterday?
Yesterday’s Manus solidarity rally in Melbourne did not “turn violent”, it was attacked first by a known fascist and then by the police. The racist violence of the Australian state, directed at Indigenous peoples, Muslims,…
From ‘Anarchist Affinity’ to ‘Collective Action’ – A brief history and future directions.
Over the past year, the members of Anarchist Affinity have discussed changing our name so that we can adopt a label that better reflects our understanding of anarchist communist politics and vision for social change….
Why you should boycott Australia Day
By Jacqui The National Australia Day Council describes Australia Day as “a day to reflect on what we have achieved and what we can be proud of in our great nation,” and a “day for us…
The Wages for Housework Campaign and ‘Women’s Work’ Under Capitalism
Published 13 August 2016 By Rebecca Winter and Jasmina Brankovich “Why has woman’s work never been of any account? […] Because those who want to emancipate mankind [sic] have not included woman in their dream…
Our Consumer Choices Won’t Save the Planet
By Kieran. The climate catastrophe is capitalism. Surely if we were all more committed to buying green, fair trade, or ethically produced products, there would be less environmental and economic exploitation in the world, right?…
Living in a Monopoly
By Jacqui In 1903 Lizzie Magie patented the ‘Landlords Game’ – originally intended as an anti-capitalist critique of monopolistic corporate greed. “It is a practical demonstration of the present system of land-grabbing with all its…
Means and Ends: Anarchist vs. Marxist praxis
By Mitch “The very revolutionaries who claim that they are against the state, and for eliminating the state…see as their central task after a revolution to build up a state that is more solid, more…