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Why is One Nation rising?

The Australian political scene has been subject to a shake-up never seen before. The once steady Labor-Coalition duopoly has become massively discredited in the eyes of the working masses. Labor has failed to improve the lives of workers at home and has backed the Israeli state while it carries out its genocide on Gaza and atrocities in the West-Bank, while the leadership of the Liberal-National coalition have floundered about. Consequently, One Nation has seen a serious bump in the polls, primarily due to its anti-establishment veil. Why is One Nation rising?

AI and Australia’s data centre boom

AI is seeing a huge growth of investment due to stagnant growth in the global economy generally. It is largely an attempt by industrial monopolists to lower the cost of production and remain competitive as the global market marches towards decline. The short-sighted nature imposed by private ownership and competition leads our economic overlords not to actually solve the crises, but to put off the effects until a later date, ‘kicking the can down the road’. Contradictorily, the massive investment undermines the very consumer base these profits are realised from by cutting jobs in the pursuit of profit and thus reducing the purchasing power of the average worker, not to mention the inflation eroding real wages due to its lack of meaningful use to the economy. AI and Australia’s data centre boom

The State of Trade Unions

The Australian trade union movement today finds itself in a peculiar position. It remains, despite everything, the largest organised expression of the working class in this country. More than a million workers remain union members. The State of Trade Unions

Australia faces “nightmare scenarios” after ruling class backs Iran War

The economic and social consequences of US and Israeli imperialism’s war on Iran continue to rip through Asia and the Pacific. Australia, formerly a bastion of stability in the region, is facing its worst economic crisis in years, and the ruling class is becoming increasingly desperate. What for many was previously unthinkable has now become reality. Alarm bells are sounding across the ‘Lucky Country’. Australia faces “nightmare scenarios” after ruling class backs Iran War

The Ukrainian war: an internationalist class position- RCI Statement

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

2026 kicks off to the sound of imperialist war drums and class struggle

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

Iran War leaves Asia reeling

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.

Iran War leaves Asia reeling

Disability care and the limits of reformism

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.”

Disability care and the limits of reformism