I'm trying to find out more about this, I know about Chinese support for Pol Pot, but there seems to be even less on the Chinese supplying weapons to the Sri Lankan state against LTTE

Hi I'm not sure if promotion is allowed, but i also need reviews and help from my comrades in Australia. Me and my friend have started a new party recently and we feel we are steering in a good direction but w8sh for some feedback from some possibly more educated comrades. We have been reading what we can where we can and want to know if our works represent the current climate and feeling of Australia? Unitedrevolutionaryparty.com

Thank u very much and sorry if not allowed

Hey comrades! Just letting you all know about our upcoming Marxism Summer School.

Organised by our Perth branch, the sessions will be at UWA's Reid library from 6 pm. There will be a Zoom option for everyone outside of Perth - you can catch the sessions at 9 pm AEDT.

Each class will feature a 30-45 minute introductory talk, followed by an open discussion about the content and readings. The summer school will be an exciting opportunity to get to know Red Ant and our politics, but we are equally excited to get to know all of you!

We will be presenting the following introductory sessions:

1. Marxism: The Science of Liberation - 29th January
2. From Capital to Colony: Understanding Anti-Imperialism - 12th February
3. Art and Revolution - 26th February
4. How to make a Revolution - 12th March
5. Beyond Equality: Feminism as Class Struggle - 26th March

You can register here: https://forms.gle/k6QDHWggQM7TLY1s8

You can check out Red Ant's other activities here: https://redantcollective.org/

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

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It's been awhile since I got one, considering it's meant to be coming out every three months. Just wondering if it's been delayed or if mines been lost in the mail or if there a bigger problems going on at the Australian Communist Party.

Thanks in advance comrades.

just thought i would ask here as i have been doing some resurch in to lgbtq socialist history and just thought I would inquire here as I've always been interested in learning about all the diffrent socialist
communities we have in Australia

Hey all, was reading this shocking article about how little rights undocumented Australians have, even compared to their western counterparts(even possibly the US) , is this true from what you’ve seen and what can be done about it?

Baby boomers retire liquidate their stock portfolios and superannuation to pay down expenses like age care. What then happens to the Australian economy and workers?

just curious as i’m interested in joining but i can’t seem to find much about anything going on in sydney (western sydney)

What made you a Socialist/How did you become class concious?:

• Were these seperate things for you?
• Was it a single event or moment you can recall, or in your opinion more gradual?
• How would you define your politics beforehand if you are comfortable sharing, as in left/centre/right or broadly apolitical?
• How would you have ideologically described yourself?
• Were you already sympathetic to socialism, or were you the opposite?
• How would you define yourself now (Anarchist, ML, Trostkyist, Cliffite) and how did your experiences influence this?
• What organisation are you now in, if any? How did this relate to the above, if it all?

Feel free to answer just part of this, rather than all the questions above if you dont care for it.

Ive been thinking alot about how this occurs lately, thinking about if more theory could be developed on exactly how this occurs in people, on a social and psychological level.

Im also just very curious to hear about peoples experiences across the Australian Left!

Does anyone have more information on the origins of the RCO?

I’ve been curious about the origins of the RCO and tried looking into it, but I only found a couple of sources. The most informative one was a Spotify podcast by Platipus, where they interview members of the RCO.

The Spotify Podcast in question for those curious.

In the podcast, they mention that the RCO emerged as a project to unite the left after COVID, however specifically, it grew out of a split with the Socialist Alliance, with a reading group forming around this division, eventually evolving into the RCO. However, if I remember correctly, they don’t go into detail about what caused the split or what the disagreement was about, and that’s something I’d like to know more about. We can of course speculate extensively based on this, but it would be good to have some more concrete details.

Does anyone, perhaps from the Socialist Alliance or RCO, have more details on this?

I'm Brisbane based and want to get more involved in real world actions rather than online spaces. What is the best way for me to go about that and who are the groups to look into?

Dear r/AustralianSocialism,

As many of you will now know, a minority faction of Red Ant, calling itself “Red Spark”, has departed from the collective, seizing and taking with them nearly all of the collective's assets, including our website, bank account and some of our social media accounts. Our full statement concerning these events can be found on our new website, redantcollective.org.

We, the majority who remain in Red Ant, including both newer members and founding members, have been greatly heartened by the solidarity and unity we have generated and sustained among one another at this difficult time. Red Ant remains committed to the two principles that constitute the basis of our unity, and the basis on which we joined Red Ant: anti-imperialism and Marxist-Leninism. Our project remains the same: to build socialist forces in Australia adequate to our conjuncture in order to bring about the socialist transformation of society. To those who also share these aims, we extend our hand, and look forward to organising with you in 2025.

Red Ant Collective

I only drink Hammer and Tongs.

Full disclosure I'm not a member of Red Ant, Red Spark or any group in that broad tradition, I'm in the RCO and just keep an eye on Red Ant.

At roughly 7 today I checked my emails and found this from the ex-Red Ant email.

Dear friends,

I am writing to inform you that the majority of the founders of Red Ant have decided to pursue the original project under a new name, Red Spark.

2024 was a successful year for the Red Ant Collective. After the tour of respected international socialist Vijay Prashad, the collective saw a rapid influx of new members. With this influx came many new ideas, some of which were significantly different from those Red Ant had been pursuing over the previous years.

At the December 2024 Red Ant Conference, it became clear that these significant differences were irreconcilable. The founders of Red Ant have decided that rather than continue with a destructive debate, it would be best to continue Red Ant as a new project: Red Spark.

Red Spark remains committed to the same ideas that Red Ant was founded on. We are resolutely anti-imperialist, socialist, and intent on moving toward a more organised political group inspired by the ideas of those from the Marxist and Leninist traditions.

We hope you’ll continue supporting the Red Spark project, just as you supported the Red Ant before it. We invite you to continue subscribing to our regular Red Spark newsletter, which will keep you informed about all our upcoming projects. You don't need to do anything to continue to be a subscriber.

We look forward to seeing you at our future events.

Yours Truly,

Max Lane, National Chairperson of Red Spark, on behalf of the collective.

P.S. All financial contributions to Red Ant will be returned to Red Ant members in proportion to their contributions over the course of Red Ant's existence. Red Spark will consequently be starting from a lower financial base, so any future contributions will be extremely welcome.

What this means and if a rump Red Ant group will continue is unknown but this is a very interesting event. Particularity around who sent this email, the implications of major infighting within Red Ant. Personally my theory is the split between the ex-DSP/RSP members and the increasingly pro-PSL Marcyite position resulted in the split but we'll see.

The about us on the website has also changed quite extensively with the new one here being very different in tone and content from the old one. As it stands this is all the public info but more could come out.

Hi all :)

Do y'all have and recommendations for book about the history of the genocide of Aboriginal people from an anti-colonial/anti-imperialist perspective?

Hey all. I'm based in Campbelltown and looking to get involved In a socialist organisation. If anyone has any suggestions or advice on organisations locally I'd love that. I've been looking into potentially joining RAHU but they seem based mostly in Melbourne. And "Riseing Tide" seams to be doing some good work on fighting for serious action on climate change.

Also a side question on the issue of housing. Does a general housing strike, Renters and mortgage payers refusing to pay seem like something that would be effective in pushing for the decomodification of housing? I'm currently paying a mortgage but I would rather a society where everyone had free or affordable, secure housing. Even if that meant I technically didn't own my home (not that I own it now, the bank owns 80%).

There is someone at my work who believes transgender folks are either: mentally ill with chemical unbalances; hopping on the bandwagon; mostly regret transitioning (especially by middle age); or are experiencing more external than internal influence on their perception of their gender.

Needless to say this is not my position, however I am ignorant on the hard evidence and sources, which is something im trying to fix, and have mostly just fell back on a basic attitude of “its not my place to say, its their choice” which obviously is a pathetic attempt to defend my comrades.

For the past few months I've seen posts on tiktok from an aussie socialist account called adu (@actuallyadu) that makes generally pretty good socialist commentary with a focus towards Australia and has great production quality (same for his YouTube and xtwitter accounts).

Just wondering if anybody knows the background behind this account, specifically whether it's just a random anonymous guy making socialist content for the love of it or whether he's actually affiliated/supported by any socialist organisation. Thanks!

Keen for a list of lesser known ones to sing on May Day next year. I play bush music, Irish trad with a slight avant garde element.

Even poems I could convert to songs.

Ned K looks at the latest ABS stats on union membership. See: Vanguard - Communist Party of Australia Marxist Leninist

See: Vanguard - Communist Party of Australia Marxist Leninist

See: Vanguard - Communist Party of Australia Marxist Leninist

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