Albanese: Telling it Straight
Anthony Albanese presents himself as a bit of a maverick, somewhat different to other politicians. He’s hosted Rage and has played DJ sets at …
Book review: Generation Less
Anthony Main reviews Jennifer Rayner’s new book, ‘Generation Less: How Australia is cheating the young’. Jennifer Rayner is a 29 year old Labor Party …
Book review: Bill Shorten’s “For the common good”
In reviewing “For the common good”, former Liberal prime minister Tony Abbott described Bill Shorten as a “sentimental socialist”. Unfortunately nothing could be further …
Review: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
By Domino LaMarr My Uncle, a total jock that ran yards for touchdowns instead of studying to get through high school, told me once …
Review: Revisiting Animal Farm
Allegory of the terrible betrayal of the Russian revolution Andy Ford, from Socialism Today (Issue 192 October 2015) A success almost from the start, …
10 Marxist classics every socialist should (eventually) read
There are no short cuts to understanding Marxism in all its complexity. To apply Marxism to current day struggles and processes we must read …
Packed book launch in Melbourne
On May 22 around 150 people packed out the Collingwood Gallery in Melbourne for the launch of the new book ‘Beating the big end …
Book review: Beating the big end of town
Reviewed by Chris Dite The East-West toll road was going to be one of the largest infrastructure projects in Australian history. Its defeat – …
Review: Edward Snowden, the NSA and the US Surveillance state
Reviewed by Tony Saunois, CWI This powerful, gripping and incisive book was first published on 13 May 2014. Glenn Greenwald and, of course, his …
Lindsay David’s Australia: Boom to Bust
Reviewed by Stephen Jolly, Socialist Party “Lindsay David published his book in April of this year, called Australia: Boom to Bust, yet no journalist …
Book review: Eleanor Marx – A life
Clare Doyle reviews ‘Eleanor Marx – A life’ by Rachel Holmes Eleanor Marx was an extraordinary woman – youngest daughter of an extraordinary man, …
Book review: Vogliamo Tutto
The first English translation of the 1971 Italian novel Vogliamo Tutto (We Want Everything) has just been released. The author, Nanni Balestrini, was a …
Thomas Picketty: The new Marx?
Review: ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ The poorest fifth of Britain’s households are among the most economically deprived in Western Europe with living standards …
Book review: How to make trouble and influence people
Book by Iain McIntyre Reviewed by Meredith Jacka, Socialist Party ‘How to make trouble and influence people – Pranks, protests, graffiti and political mischief …
Book Review: The New Capitalist Elite
Plutocrats: The rise of the new global super-rich and the fall of everyone else By Chrystia Freeland Published by Allen Lane, 2012 Reviewed by …
Book review: Drone Warfare
The super-villain in a secret hideout, while his invulnerable robots pick off his enemies, is a science fiction standard. But in the world of …
Book review: Looking for the light on the hill
“Plagued with leadership anxiety”, “suffering from an identity crisis”, and “dying internally”, this is Troy Bramston’s analysis of the situation facing the Labor Party …