A teacher at Labor Notes 2026

In Australia we can learn a lot from Labor Notes and their approach to discussion and organising. This year I had the pleasure of attending the biannual Labor Notes conference in Chicago from Thursday June 11 to Sunday June 14, 2026. Labor Notes is a US-based training organisation and network […]

I Wattenberg

A farewell to our comrade Isaac

Isaac deserved to live in the world he believed in, the world he fought for—the world without classes, without government, without the bosses and cops and bureaucrats and everything else our species is presently saddled with. It is because of people like him that all of this can be more […]

Photo of anti-migration rally

Neo-Nazis cling to a dying Australia

The Nazis might find confidence in their isolated fight clubs and men’s retreats, but we can find our confidence in the multicultural working class that actually makes this country run.

March for Australia and rebuilding an antifascist movement

On Sunday, 31 August, various far-right nationalist groups ranging from conspiracy theorists and “sovereign citizens” to the openly neo-Nazi National Socialist Network (NSN) staged coordinated rallies across Australia under the banner of March for Australia. Rallying around a central demand of ending “mass immigration”, the size of these demonstrations caught […]

Raphael Pouget / Climate Visuals Countdown

How much is the planet likely to warm this century?

An exploration of climate futures for working class militants. Modelling the future of global warming is a deeply difficult exercise. There are two main sources of uncertainty. One is uncertainty in the geophysical climate models. We know that increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions warm the planet, but the complexities of […]

CGT members

Why socialists need a better strategy than electoralism

One of the most distinctive aspects of anarchism is its anti-electoralism. When the doctrine was first coming together in the 19th century, our hostility to parliaments and electoral socialism was one of our key defining traits. Against both revolutionary and reformist social-democrats, anarchists argued for direct action and class organisation […]

Anarchist workers gathered at an assembly of the Argentinian carters' union, 1904

Popular power or class power?

The especifist tendency’s retreat from class analysis is not just a theoretical mistake – it in fact cuts them off from understanding the only thing that might actually realise anarchism.

Warrnambool City Council fails to shut down anarchist meeting

On Saturday, 8 February 2025, members of Geelong Anarchist Communists (GAC) and curious locals gathered under the shelter of Warrnambool’s Civic Green. Posters adorning the coastal towns’ streets promoted an Introduction to Anarchism workshop. These were the only signs of radical politics in Warrnambool, the words anarchism and communism enough […]

Organising workers under anti-union laws

Back in December, Woolworths distribution workers took a deal after 17 days of strike which cost the company upwards of $140 million dollars. The strategy of organising undertaken by the United Workers Union (UWU) demonstrates what it means to walk the daggers edge between exercising workers power by fighting bosses […]