The Sound of Solidarity
A podcast series brought to you by Solidarity, a revolutionary socialist group in Australia. www.solidarity.net.au
Episodes
Mililma May (Dangglaba Kulumbringin Tiwi organiser) describes the ongoing crisis of police and state repression against Indigenous people in the Northern Territory. Luke Ottavi (Solidarity) introduces the session.
Read more about Indigenous resistance.
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These talks were delivered at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 4 April 2026.
Erima Dall explains the developments in AI and the threats they pose. She argues that workers need to fight to bring AI under our control.
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This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 5 April 2026.
Geraldine Fela, author of the award-winning book Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis, talks about the role that health workers and patients play in the battle for bodily autonomy and dignity in the health system.
Read more about the fight for LGBTI+ rights.
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This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 4 April 2026.
Madison Lee outlines how Western imperialism has made continual efforts to control Iran but has been confronted with revolt and revolution, from the constitutional revolution of 1905 to the 1979 revolution and the recent waves of protest against the Islamic regime.
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This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 30 April 2026.
The left internationally has generally supported the right of small nations to national independence. Should that also apply to Taiwan in any conflict with China? Griffin Philips introduces the politics of “One China” and “Taiwanese independence” and discusses their impact on the class struggle in Taiwan and globally.
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This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on...
US socialist and long-time campaigner for migrant rights, Victor Fernandez, tells how mass organising has pushed back ICE and laid the basis for a working class fightback against Trump.
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This talk was given at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 4 April 2026.
Professor Clinton Fernandes is in the Future Operations Research Group at UNSW. His latest book is Turbulence: Australian Foreign Policy in the Trump Era. In this episode he discusses the US-Israel war on Iran.
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Get a copy of Turbulence: Australian Foreign Policy in the Trump Era.
Judy McVey describes the building of a movement in 1970s Queensland that beat back the banning of street marches by the Joh Bjelke-Petersen government. She draws out the lessons for the Palestine movement today.
Read more about fighting Bjelke-Petersen.
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This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 19 March 2026.
David Glanz looks at why the US and Australia invaded Iraq in 2003, how it blew up in their faces and how anti-war activists responded to the crisis. He draws lessons for opposing war today.
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This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 26 March 2026. The background noise in the first half of the talk was caused by an exceptionally heavy rain burst. Blame g...
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.
Read more about fighting Hitler.
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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.
Read more about the West Bank.
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