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Find out more about Solidarity

Visit Solidarity Online | A socialist organisation in Australia for news, analysis and theory.

And, of course we're on Facebook, X, Instagram and Bluesky.

Solidarity | Facebook | Solidarity (@soli_aus) / X | Solidarity ▪ Activism (@solidarityau) • Instagram photos and videos | Solidarity (@solidarity-aus.bsky.social) — Bluesky

Responsibility for election comment is taken by James Supple, 410 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010.

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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.

Read more about Iran.

Find out more about Solidarity.

This talk was given at the Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 12 March 2026.

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