Here's my report for @solidarity-aus.bsky.social about the crummy EBA deal ANMF SA leaders are promoting to public sector nurses and midwives. There are links to a Vote No campaign at the end of the article. Please share with any contacts you have in the union. solidarity.net.au/highlights/s...

6 pm South Australian time this Thu 4/6, join @solidarity-aus.bsky.social online to discuss how Aus unions helped the fight for Indonesian independence through a boycott on Dutch shipping. Message 0447 362 417 for the Zoom link. Flyer shows 11/6 meeting “How can unions fight for Palestine?” too.

Mobilising everyone outraged by One Nation’s gains in South Australia, not recruiting to one party, is key to beating the racists. #auspol amassofothergerms.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/f...

Fight One Nation “Together”, not with just one party

On 28 March, a march of half a million people flooded the streets of London to declare their opposition to racist hatred and its British electoral party, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, under the banner …

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"Why the rich wanted Whitlam sacked—and how workers fought back". Lifelong socialist & witness to these events Phil Griffiths will speak via Zoom this Thu 13 Nov 6 pm SA time. Meeting hosted by Solidarity. Contact 0447 362 417 for Zoom link. #dismissal1975 #whitlam #TheDismissal

Hey Keir Starmer. Watch out for this extremist over there, protesting the killing of Palestinians. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 73 reported killed while waiting for food

Pontiff also speaks of anguish over Israeli strike on territory’s only Catholic church, which killed three people

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This Tue & Sun, Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide: We’ll discuss why the West hates Iran and US/Israeli bombing does nothing to help democracy inside Iran. The meeting will be run twice: • 6 pm Tue 22 July: inner south west • 3:30 pm Sun 27 July: State Library of SA Contact 0447 362 417 for more info.

'Marxism-Leninism' is neither, as a new book and this podcast from @solidarity-aus.bsky.social explain. "To make the case for socialism from below, we talk to David Camfield, author of 'Red Flags: A reckoning with Communism for the future of the left'." soundofsolidarity.podbean.com/e/busting-th...

My main frustration with #TheHandmaidsTale seasons 2-6 was that the US citizens were portrayed as the heroic Christian saviours, when it was them who created Gilead in the first place. The call is coming from inside the building, guys. The original HT needed a Canadian to see that. #EyesOnGilead

These discussion meetings are this Sunday and Tuesday. See link for background reading solidarity.net.au/mag/back/202...

No need for alternative military spending plans – Solidarity Online

David Glanz explains why proposals for weapons to ‘defend Australia’—such as from The Greens—are no alternative to AUKUS and mean buying into warmongering against China.

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Robert Stainsby@rurob2.bsky.social · last yr.

AUKUS nuclear subs and Australia's US alliance make the world more dangerous and are a colossal waste of money. The Greens and others advocate arms to ‘defend Australia’ as the alternative. Join this discussion on Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide about why socialists reject this nationalist solution.

AUKUS nuclear subs and Australia's US alliance make the world more dangerous and are a colossal waste of money. The Greens and others advocate arms to ‘defend Australia’ as the alternative. Join this discussion on Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide about why socialists reject this nationalist solution.

Onto the second part then #auspol

David Shoebridge from the Greens is arguing for a $4 billion strategy to defend Australia. We argue why this is mistaken. Workers have nothing to gain from buying into the global arms race.

No need for alternative military spending plans – Solidarity Online

David Glanz explains why proposals for weapons to ‘defend Australia’—such as from The Greens—are no alternative to AUKUS and mean buying into warmongering against China.

solidarity.net.au

If you’re on on Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide, please join me at these informal discussions for @solidarity-aus.bsky.social. Donald Trump is causing chaos and pain in the US and abroad. What's his relationship to fascism? How can he be fought? Join us to discuss these and other pressing questions.

A response to those supporting the Greens’ plan to give $4b of taxpayers’ money to arms companies, or otherwise supporting defence of Australia. amassofothergerms.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/n...

Not one cent to arming Australia

To those supporting the Greens’ plan to give $4b of taxpayers’ money to arms companies, or otherwise supporting defence of Australia: what exactly are you proposing to defend? Against whom? Is Chin…

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In this week's episode, Phil Griffiths debunks the idea that tariffs have ever been good for workers, discusses how Trump is using tariffs to remake US imperialism and argues that workers have to look to global solidarity.

Outside Uni of Adelaide, as part of a national day of action by Academics for Palestine against the new Universities of Australia definition of antisemitism. The vigil was preceded by an on-campus action where staff celebrated Palestinian culture. Background in reply. www.flickr.com/photos/12444...

26 March 2025, Silent Vigil for Academic Freedom

Adelaide – South Australia photography by Fernando M. Gonçalves

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F*ck the Greens wanting to start a domestic war-industrial complex. Gonna email my Greens MP to tell her she's lost my vote.

We need working class internationalism and a fight against all those profiting from war, not funding for those companies. This is shameful nationalist warmongering from the Greens party that claims to stand for non-violence. Shows where electoralism leads. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

Greens promise $4b for 'self-defence' missiles in first defence spending policy

Australian industry would receive $4 billion to manufacture drones and missiles under a new Greens party policy, which would come from scrapping billions of dollars in US contracts.

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Hey, that’s me! Give this a listen.

Solidarity@solidarity-aus.bsky.social · last yr.

Robert Stainsby outlines the socialist view on elections. He argues that while it is important to vote for Greens and then Labor, real change can come about only through workers' struggle.

A rare blog post from me about calls for people in Australia to boycott American firms. The instinct to act against Trump is healthy. But allying with Australian bosses to protect their profits is a mistake. amassofothergerms.wordpress.com/2025/03/17/a...

Aussie nationalism no way to fight Trump

I’m seeing lots of calls for people in Australia to boycott American firms. The instinct to act against Trump’s rampage of hatred of anyone who isn’t a straight white conservative, and the longstan…

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Join me for one of these meetings on Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide to discuss the life and work of pioneering Polish-German socialist Rosa Luxemburg, and the lessons for today. Search ‘rosa luxemburg fighter’ at solidarity.net.au for background reading.

Unscientific poll: If you are asked to “bring a plate” (bring food to share, potluck, whatever it’s called elsewhere) for an activist meeting, does that make you: • more likely to attend • less likely to attend, or • makes no real difference?

Join @solidarity-aus.bsky.social on Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide to discuss “Can we win social change by voting?” Two sessions, both at Cafe Brunelli 187 Rundle St: • 4 pm Sunday 23 February • 3 pm Tuesday 25 Feburary For more info contact 0447 362 417 or adelaide@solidarity.net.au

Debates in politics today around Labor, elections Palestine and the CFEMU were foreshadowed in this pamphlet by Russian revolutionary Lenin back in 1920. In this talk from Solidarity’s recent national conference, David Glanz draws out the lessons. soundofsolidarity.podbean.com/e/left-wing-...

Donald Trump's inauguration as US President was a horror show of reaction. He used it to unleash a barrage of attacks—on migrants, trans rights, climate action, public services and more.

Trump inauguration a horror show of reaction – Solidarity Online

Donald Trump used his inauguration as US President to unleash a barrage of attacks—on migrants, trans rights, climate action, public services and more.

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Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) from Semaphore South Australia, on Kaurna land, last night Mon 20 Jan. #shotoniphone14pro with a tripod between 9:30 and 10 pm. The comet could also be seen with the naked eye, but not as easily as in the photos. #Comet #CometATLAS #astrophotography #alwayswasalwayswillbe

Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS as seen on Jan 18 from Bacchus Marsh, Australia! Could easily be seen unaided as a point of light at the head of a pencil-like tail. ☄️🔭

“Every young man who gets involved in revolutionary politics imagines he is going to be Australia’s Lenin.” —A perceptive observation from pioneering socialist Tom O'Lincoln in the 1980s, worth keeping in mind today 😏

An actual thing that helps your privacy if you're an Apple user that you can do right away is to turn on Advanced Data Protection. This will encrypt your iCloud data, like backups, messages, photos, notes etc. in a way Apple can't access it.

Superb online seminar about Syria this morning hosted by US Spectre journal, with lots of discussion about the interaction of struggle inside Syria and wider politics, notably including Palestine. www.youtube.com/live/iuMrc4t...