The AUKUS agreement, nuclear-powered submarines and US nuclear-capable B52 bombers in the NT. Is this a simple case of US domination? Clinton Fernandes, whose book Sub-Imperial Power: Australia in the International Arena has just been published, discusses the issues. Clinton is a professor of international and political studies at the University of New South Wales.

This talk, recorded in 2015, provides an historical account of the invasion by British imperialism of Eora and Darug Country, what is now known as Sydney, Australia. Paddy Gibson discusses the dynamics driving the invasion and the war of resistance waged by Aboriginal people defending their homelands. Since this talk, historian Stephen Gapps has published a major book The Sydney Wars which is highly recommended.

Jonathan Sriranganathan, a Greens councillor on Brisbane City Council, talks about why Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe is being hounded by the establishment. He discusses the hypocrisy behind the attacks and why everyone on the left should stand with Lidia Thorpe.

Up to 14,000 refugees are living in a hellish limbo in Indonesia, unable to build their lives locally and barred from coming to Australia. Margaret Sinclair, a Refugee Action Collective activist in Melbourne, has just returned from a factfinding trip and tells us what she found.

For decades, governments have tried to find places to dump radioactive waste in Australia. The latest proposal focuses on Kimba in South Australia and is being fought by Barngarla Traditional Owners. Dave Sweeney, the Australian Conservation Foundation’s Nuclear Campaigner, talks about the dangers of the nuclear industry and the campaign to stop the Kimba dump.

The courageous struggles in Iran right now reflect a long tradition of resistance. David Glanz recaps current events and then looks back to the 1979 revolution against the Shah for inspiration and for lessons we can use today.

Paddy Gibson outlines the anti-colonial politics of the early years of the Communist International (Comintern), formed in the wake of the Russian Revolution in 1919. He explores the way the Comintern theorised the relationship between workers' revolution in imperialist countries and anti-colonial revolts shaking the world, particularly the importance of anti-racism and commitment to the defeat of imperialist forces.

Climate science tells us that the planet is at risk but greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. Now a group of scientists have published a call for a moratorium on climate research to highlight the urgent problem. We talk to Professor Tim Smith, a co-author of the appeal. Tim is a human geographer and professor of sustainability at the University of the Sunshine Coast. You can read the full paper here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17565529.2021.2008855 

What's been the impact of the overturning of Roe v Wade? Hear from Virginia Rodino, executive director of the Coalition of Labor Union Women and a member of Solidarity's US sister group, Marx21. Solidarity member Matilda Fay gives an introduction looking at abortion rights in Australia.

Early educators, members of the United Workers Union, joined rallies around the country demanding better pay, lower workloads and respect. "We're educators not babysitters" was one of the chants. Solidarity spoke to early educators and parents at the rally in Naarm or Melbourne.