Dialectics sounds complicated. But David Glanz explains how analysing the world dialectically helps us change it. He explains the development of the concept and gives two examples of how dialectics can help us untangle common problems for the left.

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Phil Griffiths looks at how racism took root in the dispossession of Indigenous people and how our rulers have targeted migrants and refugees since. But he argues that a history of racism is also a history of resistance, which shows the potential to destroy racism once and for all.

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This talk was given at a Melbourne meeting of Solidarity on 18 June 2026.

Mike Grewcock looks at the rise of Australian militarism, the connection to AUKUS and Labor's drive to strengthen arms manufacturing. 

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This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 4 April 2026.

Sophie Cotton (NTEU) and Matt Maher (NSWTF) draw on their experience at the University of Sydney and as a teacher about how to be an effective revolutionary at work.

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This session was recorded at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 5 April 2026.

Lisa Natividad (Guahan Coalition for Peace and Justice) describes the impact of US bases on Guam/Guåhan and tells how the CHamoru people are fighting for independence and an end to militarism. Maeve Larkins (Solidarity) puts that struggle in the broader picture of imperialist rivalry in the Pacific.

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This episode was recorded at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 5 April 2026.

Paddy Gibson explains why the strategy of the united front is central to successful resistance to the right and to revolutionaries increasing their influence.

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This talk was given at Solidarity's conference in Sydney on 1 February 2026.

David Glanz discusses the long history of Australian racism behind Pauline Hanson's argument for a monoculture and argues we should look to the proud record of working class unity in struggle across ethnic divides.

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This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 2 July 2026.

Ian Rintoul looks at how climate change, increasing droughts and rivalry between nation states intersect and argues that dealing with the crisis will mean overcoming the capitalism system.

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This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 5 April 2026.

Teacher and AEU member Jonathan Sherlock tells how Teachers and School Staff for Palestine was built in Victoria, winning official union backing, mobilising hundreds of teachers on Palestine rallies and laying the basis for a rank-and-file network, Fight the Crisis.

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This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 11 June 2026.

Paddy Gibson explains the function of the police in keeping down workers and the oppressed and argues that a fight to abolish the police is part of the fight to overthrow capitalism.

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This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Sydney on 26 March 2026.