Marxist Left Review #21

Issue 21 of the Marxist Left Review surveys some of the key moments in the history of the left: with pieces on the Paris Commune the origins of the Communist Party of Australia and a look at the origins of Indigenous oppression and resistance today. The full list of articles is: Pandemic politics: 2020 in hindsight and a perspective on 2021 by Omar HassanCelebrating the Paris Commune of 1871: Glorious harbinger of a new society by Sandra BloodworthCapitalism colonialism and class: A Marxist explanation of Indigenous oppression today by Jordan HumphreysBetween syndicalism and reformism: Founding the Communist Party of Australia by Mick ArmstrongReds at the blackboard: Militancy in the teacher unions by Tess Lee AckEconomic crises are unavoidable under capitalism by Rick KuhnFrom rising tide to Govetts Leap: The socialist life of Gordon Childe by Terry IrvingReview: Gordon Childe and the fatal lure of politics by Liz RossReview: The real history of WWI by Ryan StantonReview: Radical Australian trade unionism by Diane FieldesReview: The making of Australias security state by Emma NortonReview: Victor Serges final words by Ian Birchall