Julie Monteiro tells how students and workers turned France upside down, with student protests helping trigger a 10 million-strong general strike. She looks at how the ruling class was able to reestablish "order" and discusses the political lessons we can draw today.

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This talk was delivered at Solidarity's Melbourne branch on 31 July 2025.

A Chinese student activist and Griffin Phillips explain how the revolution unfolded and draw lessons for the struggle today. For security reasons, the student's voice has been replaced. 

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This talk was delivered on 29 May 2025.

Solidarity editor James Supple looks at the agenda behind Trump's erratic behaviour and argues that to fight him, we need to take on the logic of the system he represents.

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This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 19 April 2025.

A Palestinian student activist from the West Bank and Chris Breen (Teachers & School Staff for Palestine and Solidarity) discuss the way forward for liberation.

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These talks were delivered at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 19 April 2025.

Karina Lester (Yankunytjatjara woman and anti-nuclear activist) is a descendant of Indigenous people who experienced nuclear testing in South Australia. She talks about the horror of that time and its consequences. Caitlin Doyle (Solidarity) argues why nuclear tensions are increasing and how we can resist today.

Apologies that the sound quality of this recording is poor but the content is great -- please stick with it!

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Buy Solidarity's anti-nuclear pamphlet, Atomic Ambitions.

These talks were delivered at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 20 April 2025.

Phil Griffiths looks back at how the Communist Party rebuilt a fighting union tradition in the 1930s and draws lessons from today, from both their successes and weaknesses.

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This talk was delivered at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 20 April 2025.

Dr Stephen Gapps has just published Uprising: War in the colony of New South Wales, 1838–1844. Here he is in conversation with Solidarity member Paddy Gibson.

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This talk was recorded at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 20 April 2025.

Angus Dermody explains why the logic of capitalism is taking us to the brink of disaster and how we can challenge the system to fight back for the planet.

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This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 20 April 2025.

Stalinism and Maoism continue to attract new supporters. To make sense of this, and to make the case for socialism from below, we talk to David Camfield, the author of a new book, Red Flags: A reckoning with communism for the future of the left.

Find out more about what's wrong with Stalinism.

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Buy a copy of Red Flags: A reckoning with communism for the future of the left.

Read Hal Draper's The Two Souls of Socialism.

Listen to David's podcast, Victor's Children.