Our unions in crisis: how did it come to this?
Tom Bramble, drawing on decades of research and active involvement in the labour movement, argues that 35 years of passivity and class collaboration rather than an emphasis on militant, class struggle unionism is the core reason our unions are in crisis.
Why Queensland is different
Rebecca Barrigos digs into the history of economic development, ruling class strategies and the labour movement of Queensland to explain why the state has its own distinct political traditions.
The lost workers' revolution: Finland 1917-18
Duncan Hart contributes to an ongoing debate on the international left about the significance of the little known revolution in Finland in 1917-1918.
Commodity exchange is nine-tenths of the law: the life and work of a Bolshevik jurist
Justen Bellingham paints a picture of the life, times and work of the Bolshevik jurist Evgeny Pashukanis
Review: Tom Freeman, 'Lenin’s Interventionist Marxism'
Russia 1917: gender, class and the Bolsheviks
Sandra Bloodworth looks at the impact of identity politics on some of the best feminist and social historians of the Russian revolution.
Between Como and confinement: Gramsci’s early Leninism
Rjurik Davidson, winner of the Ditmar Award, author of Unwrapped Sky, The Stars Askew and other fiction, examines Antonio Gramsci’s political practice in his early years.
US vs Free Syrian Army vs Jabhat al-Nusra (and ISIS): History of a hidden three-way conflict
Michael Karadjis answer the “comic-book view widely expressed in tabloid journals of the mainstream, left and right", that alleges the Syrian rebellion against the dictatorship of Bashar Assad is a conspiracy of incompatible forces.
Kautsky: the abyss beyond parliament
Darren Roso contributes to debates about what kind of parties the revolutionary left needs and the role of Karl Kautsky, the leading theorist of the Second International before World War I.
Foucault’s 'History of Sexuality': A Marxist engagement
Jordan Humphreys argues that Foucault’s explanation of sexuality under capitalism can be incorporated into a Marxist understanding of sexuality and serve to clarify and enrich it.
Review – Joseph Daher, 'Hezbollah: The political economy of Lebanon’s party of god'
Joseph Daher's book is a breath of fresh air and provides a detailed picture of the most important party in Lebanese politics, says Omar Hassan.
British Labour, Australian Labor: splits and insurgencies
In the context of the rise of Jeremy Corbyn, Tom Bramble compares the history of splits and struggles in the Australian Labor Party with those of its British counterpart.