The following is the second of a four part series by Mike Macnair, originally printed in the Weekly Worker in 2022. We are sharing the article for the benefit of our readers, in the context of Mike Macnair’s recent presentation on the topic at Crisis&Critique 2026, hosted by Communist Unity. In the first part of […]

Responding to a letter by O. Dziga, Joey X. argues that communists cannot place the revolution in cultural life to one side. In his letter “Idealism or Liberation?”, O. Dziga criticises Volkova’s arguments as being fundamentally moralist, liberal, and idealist. Ironically, in criticising these trends, Dziga ends up reproducing a position which is fundamentally moral, […]

Charlie G. reports on the coming cycle of flood and drought set to plunge Asia into chaos. It has been widely reported that the 2026 El Niño weather event is shaping up to be the most intense one in ‘living memory’. El Niño is part of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a natural weather cycle […]

The following talk was delivered by Mila Volkova as part of Crisis & Critique 2026, the annual theoretical conference of Communist Unity. The Non-Debate In the socialist movement in Australia, there seem to be two kinds of position on migration. On the one hand, we have the idea that any expression of anti-migrant sentiment is […]

Drawing partially on a series of articles in the Weekly Worker by Mike Macnair (New proscriptions for old, Socialism requires democracy & Break with diplomatic self-silencing), Tomas A. defends factions as a key part of the Communist Unity vision for a renewed Communist Party of Australia. As Communist Unity (CU) continues along the long road […]

S. Owens, Online I recently read in the editorial that “…the bond markets…are in panic…” Panic? Really? The yield on a 10-year treasury note today is 5.23%, which is roughly in line with its 50-year average. What would represent panic on the bond market? Well, not the interest rate, which in 1981 was pushed to […]

The following is the first is a four part series by Mike Macnair, originally printed in the Weekly Worker in 2022. We are sharing the article for the benefit of our readers, in the context of Mike Macnair’s recent presentation on the topic at Crisis&Critique 2026, hosted by Communist Unity. In this series I shall […]

A series of floods and landslides have struck the mountain nations of Nepal and Tibet. F. Vos reports. Nepal and Tibet have been struck by a vast flood disaster, becoming the latest region affected by the escalating climate crisis. A glacier weakened by years of changing climate conditions collapsed on August 26, falling 1.4km from […]

The Spanish State has been rocked by a working class mobilisation against rentierism and for the provision of public housing. Maya Kaufmann reports. The once popular Pedro Sanchez government has called elections following a massive upswell of working class anger in the Spanish State. The conciliator government of the reformist Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE), […]

Writing for the Next Recession, Michael Roberts explains the serious challenges facing the Japanese economy. Back last February, I posted about the state of the Japanese economy when Sanai Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister called a snap general election, which she won in a landslide. Takaichi, who models her views on Britain’s Margaret Thatcher […]

The following is the text of a talk given by Brunhilda Olding at Crisis&Critique 2026, the yearly theoretical conference of Communist Unity. It has been edited for clarity. We know only a single science, the science of history. – Karl Marx, and Fredrich Engels The struggle to forge the Communist International is often understood as […]

Olliver Tyler, Brisbane On the 30th of September Edith Fischer published an updated essay arguing for the inclusion of wages for schoolwork as an important demand for any revolutionary program. I am very sceptical of this and I am unconvinced that ‘wages for students’ are in any way superior to free education and a stipend […]