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A monthly publication of Marxist critique, and an advocate for re-founding the Communist Party in Australia. https://linktr.ee/partisanmagazine
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The mood on the picket line at the Allied Pinnacle factory in the Melbourne suburb of Altona North is infectious. The workers sing and dance, get to know each other, fire up the barbeque and have a great time. redflag.org.au/article/bakery…
The Spartacist League of Australia has sent a letter to the Revolutionary Communist Organisation (RCO) calling for unity and stating their desire to join the RCO. partisanmagazine.org/2025/07/23/spa…

Platypus Affiliated Society hosts Oceania conference in Melbourne over weekend of July 11th to 13th. partisanmagazine.org/2025/07/15/pla…
The RCO's recent rhetoric shift of "why the fuck are all leftist organisations so allergic to productive discussion" is an absolutely lethal line they should absolutely run with because yeah? Why the fuck ARE they all so monolithic? What's up with that???
Olga K writes on the 2025 VS Conference and the insights gained into the internal functioning of the Victorian Socialists, and its leading force: Socialist Alternative. partisanmagazine.org/2025/07/09/no-…
Olga K writes on the 2025 VS Conference and the insights gained into the internal functioning of the Victorian Socialists, and its leading force: Socialist Alternative. partisanmagazine.org/2025/07/09/no-…
“In 2002, at the age of 15, Daniel Andrés López looked up ‘socialism’ in the phone book.” Everything you always wanted to know but were too afraid to ask about my work on Lukács and its relation to my political involvements! partisanmagazine.org/2025/06/30/lop…
Maya Kaufmann writes on Socialist Alternative’s pivot back toward anti-“raunch culture” busybodying, and how it reflects a conservative turn in International Socialism/Cliffite Socialism. partisanmagazine.org/2025/07/03/wom…
In the midst of a world-wide attack against the democratic rights of LGBTQ+ people, particularly in the liberal-democratic countries. Under a regime of heterosexual hegemony, Edith Fischer answers the question: is gay liberation still subversive? partisanmagazine.org/2025/06/02/ero…
Release Ehsan Ali and other activists! Hands off Awaami Action Comittee Gilgit-Baltistan! Defend the left & minorities in Pakistan against repression! @RCI_Australia @revcomintern #releaseehsanali #defendehsanali #GilgitBaltistan #pakistan #kashmir @rcipakistan
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Labor is all smoke and mirrors, and communists need to make serious moves to build a party of their own. Porco writes. partisanmagazine.org/2025/05/29/lab…
Communists often misunderstand queer oppression, which gives communist politics a frosty reception in queer social movements. Luca writes. partisanmagazine.org/2025/05/28/com…
The Queer movement’s devotion to liberal democratic rights-first politics is a ball-and-chain on queer liberation politics. Mila Volkova explains how queer liberation is incompatible with queer liberalism, which is the “politics of injury”. partisanmagazine.org/2025/05/28/que…
OUT NOW: Partisan #9 (Democracy Blues). All about communists and The Election. patreon.com/posts/partisan…
Frustrations with the Left are hardly few and far between. Max J analyses the situation with the Left in Newcastle (NSW) and makes a direct call for socialists there to wake up and get serious. partisanmagazine.org/2025/04/25/dea…
Announcing the second official Marxist Trivia Night on the 5th of May! Comrades are encouraged to come along and bring your Marxist (and non-Marxist) friends to compete in a test of memorisation abilities, historical facts, and Revolutionary Marxist Intellect.
Every election is a competition for power, though the Left is split on what orientation we should take to them. Edith Fischer analyses the electoral parties at play and makes the call to vote socialist in this upcoming federal election. partisanmagazine.org/2025/04/02/ele…
V writes a letter to Partisan about the failures of the Palestine solidarity movement, and future prospects. partisanmagazine.org/2025/03/30/let…
The 1975 dismissal of Labor PM Gough Whitlam was a watershed moment in post-war Australian politics. Porco writes about the dismissal and what it means for communists in Australia today. partisanmagazine.org/2025/03/27/com…
Maya Kaufmann writes in about the new defence policy posited by the Greens and what this means for the Green Party. partisanmagazine.org/2025/03/26/let…
Porco writes a letter replying to Anthony's previous letter about the Stop Killing Women rally - and reflects on how the communist movement overlooks important aspects of the women's movement. partisanmagazine.org/2025/03/24/let…