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A monthly publication of Marxist critique, and an advocate for re-founding the Communist Party in Australia.

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The Spartacist League of Australia has sent a letter to the Revolutionary Communist Organisation (RCO) calling for unity and stating their desire to join the RCO.

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July 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
OUT NOW: Partisan #9 (Democracy Blues). All about communists and The Election.

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May 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Every election is a competition for power, though the Left is split on what orientation we should take to them. Edith Fischer analyses the electoral parties at play and makes the call to vote socialist in this upcoming federal election.
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Election 2025: What way for the working class?
Australia’s federal election has been called for May 3rd, 2025. Every election is a competition for power, though the Left is split on what orientation we should take to them. Edith Fischer analyse…
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April 3, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Every election is a competition for power, though the Left is split on what orientation we should take to them. Edith Fischer analyses the electoral parties at play and makes the call to vote socialist in this upcoming federal election.
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Election 2025: What way for the working class?
Australia’s federal election has been called for May 3rd, 2025. Every election is a competition for power, though the Left is split on what orientation we should take to them. Edith Fischer analyse…
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April 3, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The NSW branch of the Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) was the most militant union in Australian labour history, and gained popular support for their boycott of harmful projects. Brunhilda Olding recounts the background behind the BLF’s rise and fall.

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From dust to dust: A history of the BLF, and the fight for Green Bans
The NSW branch of the Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) was the most militant union in Australian labour history. Under disciplined rank-and-file leadership, they gained widespread popular suppor…
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December 19, 2024 at 1:26 AM
The Central Committee of the RCO has released an open letter analysing the seizure of power in Syria by the Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led Opposition, arguing that this is not an end to the Civil War and that the liberation of Syria can only be won by workers.

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CC Open Letter: Assad Has Fallen!
The Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Organisation outlines its perspective on the recent capture of the Syrian state by the Opposition led by Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The CC states tha…
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December 15, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Michael Ruhl critiques the Left's response to the alleged assassination of a healthcare CEO by Luigi Mangione.

Ruhl claims that this attack has done nothing to alleviate the U.S. healthcare crisis, and that industrial organising is the only way forward.

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LETTER: Deny, Defend, Depose? Healthcare, Assassinations, and Workers’ Power
Michael Ruhl, Brisbane The assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was immediately met with praise and jubilation the world over. Bullet casings left behind were engraved with the word…
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December 12, 2024 at 10:12 AM
In their most recent letter, Max J explains the necessity of communist involvement in protest events like Rising Tide; it is to draw potential comrades away from opportunist radical liberal projects such as the Greens, and towards communist politics.

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LETTER: “People’s Blockade” is no Blockade at all – so why should we go anyway?
Max J, Newcastle Rising Tide is an up and coming ‘civil disobedience’ activist group which hosts the “People’s Blockade”, an activist festival which involves rafts and…
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December 10, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Cassie Barnes explains how the wins of the queer and women’s movements in the Global North have come at the expense of intensifying patriarchal rule in the Global South; arguing that feminism must be revolutionary, proletarian, and universal.

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The Capitalist Law of Conservation of Gendered Oppression
Cassie Barnes explains how the wins of the queer and women’s movements in the Global North have come at the expense of intensifying patriarchal rule in the Global South; arguing that feminism…
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December 9, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Presenting the editorial piece for "Partisan 5: On Fire": "The Soil and the Worker". In this article, the editors of the Partisan set the scene for the theme of the issue, that of environmental degradation by Capital, and the liberal responses to it.

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The Soil and the Worker
The Editorial Board of Partisan introduce Partisan 5: On Fire. Worker of the Soil, John Edward Costigan, 1932. In 1875, the Social Democratic Party of Germany began their founding program by statin…
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December 7, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Announcing the release of our fifth issue: "Partisan 5: On Fire". This issue critiques capital and environmental degradation, as well as the liberal environmental movement (including the Greens!).

You can find a downloadable PDF copy of the issue below:

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December 6, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Right-wing election wins are increasingly blamed on "attacks" on young men by women. This rhetoric must not be seen as separate from the concurrent rise of patriarchal violence and femicide.

Michael Ruhl dismisses this logic as a reactionary cult in his letter:

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LETTER: The stupidity of the cult of “disenfranchised young men”
Michael Ruhl, Brisbane Least surprising of the many demographic trends observed in the voting of this year’s US election was the continued rightward shift of young men. This has been promoted by li…
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December 5, 2024 at 5:31 AM
The Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Organisation declares its solidarity with the ongoing United Workers Union strike at Woolworths distribution centres, calling on comrades to ensure the strike's success.

You can read the open letter below:

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Solidarity with striking Woolworths workers!
The Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Organisation declares its solidarity with the ongoing United Workers Union strike at Woolworths distribution centres. Woolworths workers picketi…
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December 3, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Edith Fischer presents her key takeaways on what the 2024 US elections show about the class dynamics at play (and not at play) in the United States today.

In her article "Sometime the Wolf", she explains what "Bidenism" was, and what it may be giving way to.

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Sometime the Wolf: Theses on the 2024 US Elections
Edith Fischer presents her key takeaways on what the 2024 US elections show about the class dynamics at play (and not at play) in the United States today. Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya…
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December 3, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Michael Ruhl explores the class composition and history of the Australian Greens, and explains why they are not a viable way forward for the Left.

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What about the Greens?
Michael Ruhl explores the class composition and history of the Australian Greens, and explains why they are not a viable way forward for the Left. Greens party leader Adam Bandt at a campaign event…
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December 1, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Socialist Alternative (SAlt) have no shortage of critics both outside of, and inside the left. Max J rejects some of the more popular criticisms of SAlt whilst providing their own.

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SAlt Derangement Syndrome and the People Who Have It
Socialist Alternative (SAlt) have no shortage of critics both outside of, and inside the left. Max J rejects some of the more popular criticisms of SAlt whilst providing their own. Left: Socialist …
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December 1, 2024 at 7:14 AM
Announcing the launch of the website of Partisan! Partisan is the official publication of the Revolutionary Communist Organisation (RCO), and we endevaour to become a platform of open critique and debate among the socialist Left.

Our introductory article:

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Introducing: Partisan Magazine
The Partisan Editorial Team introduce the first issue of the magazine. The Revolutionary Communist Organisation’s (RCO) second General Conference took place in Brisbane on the weekend of the 6th to…
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November 30, 2024 at 6:02 AM