The Sound of Solidarity

Dr Stephen Gapps has just published Uprising: War in the colony of New South Wales, 1838–1844. Here he is in conversation with Solidarity member Paddy Gibson. Read more about Aboriginal resistance. Find out more about Solidarity. Buy a copy of Uprising. This talk was recorded at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 20 April 2025.

Angus Dermody explains why the logic of capitalism is taking us to the brink of disaster and how we can challenge the system to fight back for the planet. Read more about climate action. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 20 April 2025.

Stalinism and Maoism continue to attract new supporters. To make sense of this, and to make the case for socialism from below, we talk to David Camfield, the author of a new book, Red Flags: A reckoning with communism for the future of the left. Find out more about what's wrong with Stalinism. Find out more about Solidarity. Buy a copy of Red Flags: A reckoning with communism for the future of the...

James Supple analyses Israel's onslaught on Iran, how it fits with the aims of imperialism in the region and how mass revolt from below can stop the war. Read more about Iran. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was delivered at a Solidarity meeting on 19 June 2025.

The majority of European Jews looked to socialist ideas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. David Glanz argues Zionism was a fringe movement for decades and can be challenged again. Read more about anti-Zionism. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was delivered at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 19 April 2025.

Paddy Gibson speaks about a new edition of Tom O'Lincoln's book, Into the Mainstream: The Decline of Australian Communism, for which he has written the introduction. Paddy describes how the book charts the CPA's strengths, but also how its Stalinist politics led to its decline. He draws lessons for revolutionaries today. Copies of the book are on sale at Solidarity branch meetings or by contacting...

Adam Adelpour looks at the 1905 revolution in Russia and argues that the development of democratic workers' councils, known in Russian as soviets, was critical to the workers' victory over capitalism in October 1917. Read more about soviets. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was delivered at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 20 April 2025.

Jordi Pardoel discusses the ideas we need to win the fight against capitalism and argues that Stalinism and Maoism are dead ends for the struggle. Read more on Trotsky. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 19 April 2025.

Lucy Honan explores the concept of neurodiversity, why capitalism puts people into defined boxes and how we can fight for a world where we live our fullest lives. Read more about capitalism and disability. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was delivered at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 20 April 2025.

Los Angeles-based socialist Clare Fester talks about the Trump government's racist offensive and the growing movements of opposition. Read more about the fight against Trump. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 20 April.

Ian Rintoul looks at how the Labor-style SPD has paved the way for the rise of the far right in Germany and draws lessons for the federal election in Australia. Read more about Germany. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was recorded at the Keep Left conference on 19 April 2025.

Dr Nora Amath, the Executive Director of the Islamophobia Register Australia, reports on the horrific wave of racism affecting Muslims in Australia. She explains how the anti-Palestine agenda of mainstream politicians and the media encourages hatred. Read the latest Islamophobia Register Australia report. Read more about fighting Islamophobia. Find out more about Solidarity.

Liz Grosshans tells how, together with the heroic resistance of the Vietnamese, mass revolt by students, soldiers and workers fragmented the US war machine and opened the way to national liberation for Vietnam and an end to the war. Read more about the movement against the Vietnam War. Find out more about Solidarity.

Five hundred years ago, the German-speaking lands of central Europe were gripped by mass revolt. Beginning in 1524 and continuing into 1525, the German Peasants' War involved hundreds of thousands of the poor. Martin Empson, a member of Solidarity’s sister organisation in Britain, the Socialist Workers Party, has just published a book that brings this story of revolt to life, entitled The Time of...

In February 1965, University of Sydney students held a “freedom ride” through northwestern NSW, exposing rampant racism against Indigenous people and putting Indigenous rights on the agenda. Hall Greenland (Freedom Ride participant), Paul Silva (Indigenous activist) and Paddy Gibson (Jumbunna Institute and Solidarity) discuss its impact and relevance today. Read about the Freedom Ride. Find out mo...

Phil Griffiths debunks the idea that tariffs have ever been good for workers, discusses how Trump is using tariffs to remake US imperialism and argues that workers have to look to global solidarity. Read more about tariffs. Find out more about Solidarity.

Robert Stainsby outlines the socialist view on elections. He argues that while it is important to vote for Greens and then Labor, real change can come about only through workers' struggle. Read more about democracy. Find out more about Solidarity.

Jasmine Ali explains why Donald Trump is ending the US proxy war with Russia in Ukraine. She argues that the Russian invasion and three-year war that followed are products of inter-imperialist rivalry. This talk was delivered in Melbourne on 6 March 2025. Read more about Ukraine. Find out more about Solidarity.

Trans rights are under attack. Casey Forsyth explains why our rulers are so keen to promote transphobia and how we can defeat it and win a world of trans liberation. Read more about the fight against transphobia. Find out more about Solidarity.

Robodebt saw more than 526,000 people told they had Centrelink debts, even though it simply wasn’t true. To unpack this piece of bureaucratic bastardry, we talk to journalist Rick Morton, who has written a book about Robodebt called Mean Streak, published by HarperCollins. Rick is the Saturday Paper’s senior reporter. He won two Walkley Awards for his coverage of the Robodebt royal commission and...

Solidarity editor James Supple assesses a world in turmoil, the impact of Trump's election and the potential for a fightback against the rise of the right. Read more about Trump. Find out more about Solidarity.

John (Janusz) Ebel was a student at La Trobe University in 1970 and active in the movement against the Vietnam War. He burned his draft card, helped lock up a Liberal Minister, was shot at and took part in the Battle of Waterdale Road, when police ambushed and bashed student activists. Read more about the Vietnam War. Find out more about Solidarity.

David Glanz discusses Lenin's 1920 pamphlet, Left wing communism: an infantile disorder, its importance then and its relevance today. Read the pamphlet. Find out more about Solidarity.

Jonathan Sherlock discusses Trump 2.0 - how Trump won, the threat he poses and the potential for resistance. Read more about the fight against Trump. Find out more about Solidarity.

Jean Parker looks at how the debates between reformists and revolutionaries played out in the Second International, the grouping of socialist parties on the eve of the First World War, and their relevance for today. Read more about the Second International. Find out more about Solidarity.