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A review of two books on the topic of working class responses to Stalinism in the USSR.

If wage growth stagnates while global supply chains fracture and commodity prices rise, Australians face reduced purchasing power

From the column: "I believe Putin would like to rule the world — or at least the part of the world close to Russia."

Amidst the war in Ukraine, the Putin regime is continuing its crackdown on all efforts to uncover the crimes of Stalinism.

Three weeks after the start of the Ukraine war, all sides are taking ever greater risks. The previously unthinkable, a nuclear exchange in Europe, is being openly considered and built up as a threat.

The past few years have seen the rise of political extremism at home and abroad. Violence is the hallmark of extremism, violence by mobs or by armies. We have become

The past few years have seen the rise of political extremism at home and abroad. Violence is the hallmark of extremism, violence by mobs or by armies. We have become

Michael Kazin’s book What It Took To Win: A History of the Democratic Party is as unoriginal as it is wrong

Backed by popular support for the Zero-COVID policy that has continuously prevented infections and deaths, the Chinese government is mobilizing vast resources to quell the outbreak and save lives.

The death of Alain Krivine on 12 March, aged eighty, saw the passing of the last of the leading ‘68ers who had remained faithful to the revolts of his youth, mixing anti-imperialism, anti-Stalinism and anti-capitalism. He combined his fidelity to his cause with a clear integrity, at odds with sectarianism or the lust for power.