Latin American politics is marked by polarization. The new left government in Chile has suffered a series of defeats from a revived right wing. Lula has been re elected in Brazil in a rejection of the far-right leader Bolsonaro but remains committed to the same neoliberal economics as his predecessor. Argentina has seen the rise of a new far-right party as the centre-left struggles with skyrocketing inflation and responds only with austerity. Peru and Colombia have seen protest movements while in other countries the level of struggle remains low. This talk will explore the varied nature of contemporary Latin American politics caught between the past and an uncertain future.

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Australia is one of the most expensive places to live in the world. Data shows that the cost of housing has increased 412% over the past 25 years. After an endless construction boom, housing is more unaffordable than ever, mortgage and rental stress have increased and homelessness is on the rise. How did it come to this? This talk will explain the market failure at the heart of the housing crisis.

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For Marxists, class is about more than the divide between rich and poor. Class plays a fundamental role in determining what gets made, how we live, the ideas that dominate society, and even the ways oppression is enforced. Find out what class really is, how it functions, and how recognising the divide between the working class and the capitalist class is the starting point for socialist politics.

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Marxism 2024

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The Revolutionary Socialist League is a Marxist organisation, founded in Kenya in 2018 by radicals who rejected the pro-China politics of the Communist Party of Kenya. This session will feature RSL activists who will outline their struggle to build an internationalist and socialist left in Africa.

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From Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine to growing US-China tensions threatening conflict between two nuclear-armed superpowers, we are faced with constant reminders that war is in the DNA of capitalism. This session will explain why the capitalist system produces war, and how socialists have historically fought against militarism.

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Marxism 2023

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Marxism 2023

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The tensions between the US and China have been steadily escalating under the Trump and Biden administrations. Nowhere is this more evident than in the field of microchips, where the US has been making it increasingly difficult for China to acquire cutting edge equipment and knowhow. This matters because chips are vital to nearly every sector of the economy, from AI and telecommunications through to the military-industrial complex. At the same time, China is the biggest customer for the major US chip firms. This talk explored the implications of these various conflicts and contradictions for the future of the world system.

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Marxism 2023

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