Emeritus Professor Judith Brett has spent much of her academic career writing about the Liberal Party. She argues that the Liberals face an existentialist crisis but that Labor is failing to take advantage of the moment.

Judith's books include Robert Menzies’ Forgotten People, published in 1992, and Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class, from 2003. Her most recent book, published last year, was on the Australian feminist, Beatrice Faust.

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Dr Sara Cheikh-Husain discusses her research into Islamophobia in Australia and argues that it cannot be understood separately from the imperialist agenda of the West and the attempt to silence the voices of Palestinians and their supporters.

She is the author of an upcoming book, The politics of anti-Islamophobia in Australia: The case of the Muslim community organisations. 

Read Sara's article in Overland.

Find out about her book. Academic books are, unfortunately, very expensive. Ask your library to order it.

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David Glanz discusses the fragile nature of the ceasefire and why it brings no respite, let alone peace, for Palestinian people. He looks at why Israel agreed to the ceasefire and how the movement here and overseas should respond.

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This talk was delivered at a Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 30 October 2025.

Casey Forsyth looks at the dynamic driving colonial settlement on this continent and draws lessons for the struggle for Indigenous rights and in solidarity with Palestine.

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This talk was delivered at the Resist and Rebel conference in Melbourne on 30 August 2025.

Victor Fernandez, an LA-based activist and member of Solidarity's US sister group, Marx21, talks about Trump's racist ICE raids and the growing resistance to them.

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This talk was given at the Resist and Rebel conference in Sydney on 23 August 2025.

Michael Grewcock, a retired lecturer in criminal law and criminology, speaks on the history of capitalism, settler colonial law and the police in Australia.

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This talk was delivered at Resist and Rebel in Sydney on 23 August 2025.

Liz Grosshans introduces the ideas of Alexandra Kollontai, a Russian revolutionary who argued that liberation for women was tied to the fight against capitalism. In a socialist society private domestic drudgery would be replaced by public services for all.

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This talk was given at the Resist and Rebel conference in Melbourne on 30 August 2025.

There have been waves of protest against the Prabowo government in Indonesia. Solidarity spoke to Indonesian socialists about the issues. Neysia is from the Socialist Youth Organization and Aldi represents the Perserikatan Sosialis or Socialist Union.

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This interview was recorded on 10 September 2025.