The Sound of Solidarity
A podcast series brought to you by Solidarity, a revolutionary socialist group in Australia. www.solidarity.net.au
Episodes
Liz Grosshans explains how the Stalinist politics of the German communist party -- and the reformism of the German socialist party -- allowed Hitler to come to power over the strongest working class in the world. She draws out lessons for today, including the need to build a united front between revolutionaries and reformists against the far right.
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This talk was deliv...
Riley Hogan explains Labor's deep commitment to US imperialism and its watchdog in the Middle East, Israel.
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This talk was given in Melbourne on 19 February 2026.
Liam McMullen explains the imperialist pressures that are driving the US and Israel, backed by countries including Australia, to bomb Iran. He criticises the "campist" idea that to oppose the US we need to back the Tehran regime and argues that revolt from below is the hope for the region.
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This talk was given at the Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 12 March 2026.
Robert Stainsby looks at a world in crisis and outlines the socialist solution in this talk introducing the politics of Solidarity.
David Glanz discusses the resurgence of One Nation today and looks back to the 1990s, when mass protests and campaigning defeated Pauline Hanson and pushed One Nation back.
Read our pamphlet of fighting Hanson from 1996.
Read how One Nation was beaten.
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This talk was given in Melbourne on 5 February 2026.
Solidarity editor James Supple looks at Labor's continuing shift to the right and what it means for struggles today.
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This talk was given at Solidarity's annual conference on 31 January 2026.
Ian Rintoul looks at how Trump's break with the so-called "rules-based order" is reshaping imperialism today ... and making it ever more dangerous.
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This talk was given at Solidarity's conference on 31 January 2026.
Tom Fiebig explains how Donald Trump's kidnapping of the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife was a nakedly imperialist attack to assert US power in Latin America, push back Chinese influence and make the region a playground for US corporations.
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This talk was given in Melbourne on 15 January 2026.
Rouzbeh, an Iranian socialist, explains why mass dissent has erupted in Iran and how the majority on the streets are saying no to the Ayatollah and no to the Shah.
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This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Sydney on 15 January 2026.
Professor Penny Green has recently returned from the West Bank. She describes the horror there.
Penny is a professor at Queen Mary University of London, the Director of the International State Crime Initiative and editor of the State Crime Journal.
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Julie Monteiro explains the unfolding genocide in Sudan. She argues that today's horror is a result of the race by regional powers to grab Sudan's resources following the defeat of the 2019 revolution.
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This talk was delivered in Melbourne on 20 November 2025.
David Glanz, an anti-Zionist Jew and Palestine solidarity activist, argues that the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the crimes of imperialism are root causes of the antisemitic massacre at Bondi beach.
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This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 18 December 2025.
Liam McMullen discusses the failure of the COP30 climate talks despite the mounting evidence of global warming and climate change. He argues that the drive to profit means capitalism can't offer real solutions to the climate crisis.
Read more about fighting for climate action.
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This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting on 4 December 2025.
Tara Burnett, former Greens candidate for Cooper and an AEU member, and Solidarity member Jasmine Ali discuss how Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York has generated hope. But they also warn that, since his election, Mamdani has started to soften some of his positions and draw conclusions for the struggle ahead.
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This talk was delivered in Melbourne on 27 November 2025.
The Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) has recently released a report on anti-Palestinian racism in Australian schools. Zakaria Saleh, Wasim El-Haj and Chris Breen discuss the issues. Zak was a high school student in 2024 and is now studying at Western Sydney Uni. Wasim and Chris are both teachers. Chris is active in Teachers and School Staff for Palestine and a member of Solidarity.
Phil Griffiths, labour historian and Solidarity member, explains the forces at work behind the dismissal of the Whitlam Labor government on 11 November 1975.
He describes how workers immediately walked out on strike, with a push to shut down the country until Whitlam was reinstated, and draws conclusions for our struggle today from the defeat.
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, ...
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.
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.
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