Throughout the self-proclaimed ‘civilised’ western world, the ruling classes have banded together to denounce Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 October and have rallied around Israel’s ‘right of self-defence’ as it bombs Gaza to smithereens. But this is not the first time we have been told to accept a bloody war against an oppressed people in the name of the oppressor nation’s ‘self-defence’.
Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza is reaching a pivotal stage. The horrifying images of butchered civilians have provoked a wave of revulsion across the world. Thousands have taken to the streets in capitals throughout the Middle East, demanding action in support of Gaza, while hundreds of thousands of people in the West have protested the complicity of their governments in Israel’s crimes.
Palestine: the failure of the two-state solution and the communist alternative
The first casualty of war is truth. This is also the case of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Marxists need to be able to cut through the fog of lies and war propaganda and analyse the real reasons behind the conflict; what has caused it; and the real interests that lie behind the excuses and justifications of the different parties involved. Above all, we must do so from the point of view of the interests of the world working class.
The Ukrainian war: an internationalist class position- RCI Statement
This February, the leadership of the Revolutionary Communist International met in Italy to assess the world situation and how the forces of communism are being gathered and trained around the globe, and to plan ahead. Below we publish a transcript of a talk on the world situation by Jorge Martín of the International Secretariat of the RCI, assessing where the world is going in these turbulent first months of 2026.
2026 kicks off to the sound of imperialist war drums and class struggle
The war in the Middle East, ignited by the US and Israel’s full-scale attack on Iran, has dealt a hammer blow to the world economy. Asia, though bearing no responsibility for Trump and Netanyahu’s reckless adventure, is among the heaviest casualties of the economic fallout. As the war rages with no end in sight, Asian workers must be ready to resist any attempt by the ruling class to make them foot the bill.
The US-Israeli war on Iran exposes the depth of Australia’s integration into the global imperialist order. Behind the language of ‘security’ and ‘human rights’ lies a ruling class whose interests are tied directly to the global dominance of American capital.
Hands off Iran: why Australia’s ruling class backs US war on Iran
On 11 November 1975, the democratically-elected Labor government under Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was forcibly dissolved by the British monarchy. This unprecedented ‘constitutional coup’, carried out by the obedient lackeys of British imperialism, was an unvarnished attack on democracy that starkly reveals the depths of hypocrisy to which imperialism is willing to sink, in order to defend its interests.
Fifty years since Whitlam’s dismissal: lessons for revolutionaries today
When the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was launched in 2013, it was sold as proof that the state could be compassionate toward the working class. It promised “choice and control.” Then Prime Minister, Julia Gillard called it “a fundamental social reform that will change our nation,” ensuring that “people with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else to participate in work and in the community.”
Australia has become a flashpoint in the intensifying rivalry between the United States and China. For Australia’s ruling class, balancing these two powers grows increasingly complex. The nature of the bourgeoisie, since its inception, is marked by short-sightedness, speculation, and a consistent loyalty to whichever imperialist power dominates.
Every two years the RCI holds a 5-day long World Congress in Italy. Here, comrades and delegates from over 40 countries attend to share updates and perspectives from their corner of the world and learn from others. 2025 is the first year that we had an Australian delegate attend- a significant moment for us as a growing group of the RCI. This has been an important few months for our group, with the release of our first issue of The Communist on 8th August. Copies of the paper were divided up and sent to our comrades in Australia with branches being formed in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. The World Congress is a staunch reminder that we are part of a single, international movement and has heavily inspired our work in Australia.
The planet is burning. The seas rise, the air thickens with smoke, and the workers’ human life and soul bend and warp under the crushing weight of capitalist decay. Every sharpening contradiction: the ecological, the economic, the social and psychological – dialectically echoes and reverberates another, because they are born of the same parent: The capitalist system that subordinates that essence which makes us human, to profit. In Australia, as in every capitalist nation, this rot reaches into our most intimate spaces. Behind closed doors, in the homes that capitalism once called “the heart of society,” domestic violence festers and grows. It is not an anomaly. It is a product of the system itself.
Domestic Violence in Australia: an Analysis, a Vision and the Way Forward
The climate crisis poses a catastrophic threat to the future of life on Earth. The capitalist classes of the world have beyond proven themself incapable of tackling this problem.
The Greens and Reformism: False Solutions to a Burning Planet