The Sound of Solidarity

Paddy Gibson explains why the strategy of the united front is central to successful resistance to the right and to revolutionaries increasing their influence. Read more on the united front. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at Solidarity's conference in Sydney on 1 February 2026.

David Glanz discusses the long history of Australian racism behind Pauline Hanson's argument for a monoculture and argues we should look to the proud record of working class unity in struggle across ethnic divides. Read more about the fight against Hanson. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 2 July 2026.

Ian Rintoul looks at how climate change, increasing droughts and rivalry between nation states intersect and argues that dealing with the crisis will mean overcoming the capitalism system. Read more about climate change. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 5 April 2026.

Teacher and AEU member Jonathan Sherlock tells how Teachers and School Staff for Palestine was built in Victoria, winning official union backing, mobilising hundreds of teachers on Palestine rallies and laying the basis for a rank-and-file network, Fight the Crisis. Read more about rank-and-file organising. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on...

Paddy Gibson explains the function of the police in keeping down workers and the oppressed and argues that a fight to abolish the police is part of the fight to overthrow capitalism. Read more about the police. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Sydney on 26 March 2026.

The fight against genocide in Gaza and the West Bank has brought millions on to the streets. But how can we turn the movement into one that opposes all imperialist wars? Julie Monteiro looks back to the movement against the Vietnam War for inspiration. Read more opposing war. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at a Solidarity branch meeting in Melbourne on 21 May 2026.

Mililma May (Dangglaba Kulumbringin Tiwi organiser) describes the ongoing crisis of police and state repression against Indigenous people in the Northern Territory. Luke Ottavi (Solidarity) introduces the session. Read more about Indigenous resistance. Find out more about Solidarity. These talks were delivered at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 4 April 2026.

Erima Dall explains the developments in AI and the threats they pose. She argues that workers need to fight to bring AI under our control. Read more about AI. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 5 April 2026.

Geraldine Fela, author of the award-winning book Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis, talks about the role that health workers and patients play in the battle for bodily autonomy and dignity in the health system. Read more about the fight for LGBTI+ rights. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 4 April 2026.

Madison Lee outlines how Western imperialism has made continual efforts to control Iran but has been confronted with revolt and revolution, from the constitutional revolution of 1905 to the 1979 revolution and the recent waves of protest against the Islamic regime. Read more about Iran. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 30 April 2026.

The left internationally has generally supported the right of small nations to national independence. Should that also apply to Taiwan in any conflict with China? Griffin Philips introduces the politics of “One China” and “Taiwanese independence” and discusses their impact on the class struggle in Taiwan and globally. Read more about Taiwan. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at S...

US socialist and long-time campaigner for migrant rights, Victor Fernandez, tells how mass organising has pushed back ICE and laid the basis for a working class fightback against Trump. Read more about the US. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 4 April 2026.

Professor Clinton Fernandes is in the Future Operations Research Group at UNSW. His latest book is Turbulence: Australian Foreign Policy in the Trump Era. In this episode he discusses the US-Israel war on Iran. Read more about Iran. Find out more about Solidarity. Get a copy of Turbulence: Australian Foreign Policy in the Trump Era.

Judy McVey describes the building of a movement in 1970s Queensland that beat back the banning of street marches by the Joh Bjelke-Petersen government. She draws out the lessons for the Palestine movement today. Read more about fighting Bjelke-Petersen. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 19 March 2026.

David Glanz looks at why the US and Australia invaded Iraq in 2003, how it blew up in their faces and how anti-war activists responded to the crisis. He draws lessons for opposing war today. Read more about the Iraq War. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 26 March 2026. The background noise in the first half of the talk was caused by an exce...

Liz Grosshans explains how the Stalinist politics of the German communist party -- and the reformism of the German socialist party -- allowed Hitler to come to power over the strongest working class in the world. She draws out lessons for today, including the need to build a united front between revolutionaries and reformists against the far right. Read more about fighting Hitler. Find out more ab...

Riley Hogan explains Labor's deep commitment to US imperialism and its watchdog in the Middle East, Israel. Read more about Palestine. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given in Melbourne on 19 February 2026.

Liam McMullen explains the imperialist pressures that are driving the US and Israel, backed by countries including Australia, to bomb Iran. He criticises the "campist" idea that to oppose the US we need to back the Tehran regime and argues that revolt from below is the hope for the region. Read more about Iran. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at the Solidarity meeting in Melbou...

Ken Davis, a '78er who took part in the first Sydney Mardi Gras, and Jean Parker from Solidarity discuss the lessons from 1978, when the first Mardi Gras protest march demanding LGBTIQ+ liberation was violently attacked by police with 53 arrests and people severely beaten.   Mass defiance not only strengthened the fight against discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people but also triggered a campaign to...

Robert Stainsby looks at a world in crisis and outlines the socialist solution in this talk introducing the politics of Solidarity. Find out more about Solidarity.

David Glanz discusses the resurgence of One Nation today and looks back to the 1990s, when mass protests and campaigning defeated Pauline Hanson and pushed One Nation back. Read our pamphlet of fighting Hanson from 1996. Read how One Nation was beaten. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given in Melbourne on 5 February 2026.

Solidarity editor James Supple looks at Labor's continuing shift to the right and what it means for struggles today. Read more about Labor. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at Solidarity's annual conference on 31 January 2026.

Ian Rintoul looks at how Trump's break with the so-called "rules-based order" is reshaping imperialism today ... and making it ever more dangerous. Read more about imperialism. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at Solidarity's conference on 31 January 2026.

Tom Fiebig explains how Donald Trump's kidnapping of the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife was a nakedly imperialist attack to assert US power in Latin America, push back Chinese influence and make the region a playground for US corporations. Read more about Venezuela. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given in Melbourne on 15 January 2026.

Rouzbeh, an Iranian socialist, explains why mass dissent has erupted in Iran and how the majority on the streets are saying no to the Ayatollah and no to the Shah. Read more about Iran. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Sydney on 15 January 2026.