National Conference: testing the limits of party democracy
The draft National Platform is out and delegates are being elected – except where they are appointed, writes Iain Kerr.
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Democracy strained: NSW Socialists pre-selections
Clarrie Lewis, a member of the Bread & Roses caucus, reports on a tense process to choose candidates for next year’s state election.
Why the war on Iran was no accident
Ali Keshtkar challenges the idea that Trump was ‘tricked’ into the war with Iran by Israel.
Iran: is our issue a war of flags?
A reply to Ali Keshtkar from Reza Akbari, a member of Iranian Revolutionary Marxists’ Tendency living in exile in Australia.
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Bureaucracy bites in NSW Socialists
Socialist Alternative leaders in the new electoral front want to ban caucuses from identifying with the party in public. NSW Socialists member Clarrie Lewis reports.
Two tactics in the anti-war movement
Australian-Iranian leftist Ali Keshtkar offers this contribution to how we can build a principled mass movement against the Iran war.
Iran and the US economy
Donald Trump has released an economic genie with his war on Iran. British Marxist economist Michael Roberts looks at repercussions for the US economy.
‘Workers in Iran are not our enemy’
Statements on the US-Israel assault on Iran by the Maritime Union of Australia and Australian Manufacturing Workers Union.
Imperialist meddling in Iran-Iraq since 1980
Michael Karadjis looks at how the US and Israel has sought to manipulate Iran, Iraq and the whole region since the Iranian revolution of 1979-81.
Will AI robots steal our jobs?
Atlassian just announced it is cutting 1600 jobs due to AI. Michael Roberts looks at how AI could fuel capitalist crises.
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