star

Giving links in comments, as the title comes from a News Corp article, and the GetUp page doesn't contain that $400k claim.

GetUp - Stop One Nation in Farrer (page has the ad video^[YouTube]^ and a description of the campaign)

We’ve just finished producing a new TV ad that could defeat One Nation in Farrer. It’s called Trump’s War, and it showcases the links between Trump and Hanson in light of the recent fuel crisis. Test results from the electorate show that 41.4% of persuadable One Nation voters changed their mind after seeing the ad.

If One Nation wins Farrer, it will be a huge boost to their momentum and could change the political map of this country – and pave the way for Pauline Hanson as PM. But if we stop them in a seat they're leading, in the regions they claim to own – we break their momentum and their story.

Here's what your donation will help fund:

• Keeping our hard-hitting TV ads on air across the electorate exposing One Nation's real record and links to Donald Trump
• Digital ads targeted at the persuadable voters who will decide the race
• Billboards in key locations across the electorate so no one misses our message

news.com.au - GetUp launches $400k Trump-themed anti-Hanson campaign in Farrer

The campaign centres on the populist leader’s affinity for Donald Trump and links her to the rising costs that rural voters are most vulnerable to, including fuel and fertiliser.

The campaign also purportedly seeks to debunk the One Nation leader’s claim of “standing with everyday Australians” by pointing to her voting record on health care, age pensions, child care and corporate tax cuts.

“ … her political support comes from some of the wealthiest and most powerful interests in the country. And her record in power tells a different story,” the campaign website WhoisHanson.com reads.

GetUp aims to spend at least $600,000 on the anti-Hanson campaign by the time the polls close on May 9. The funds so far raised were donated by the organisation’s active membership base, which grew by over 100,000 people last month alone

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/31109683

This was published a couple of weeks ago, but I hadn't seen it here. I think it's an excellent pitch.

This was published a couple of weeks ago, but I hadn't seen it here. I think it's an excellent pitch.

In the 1940s, the Communist Party of Australia was approaching the peak of its power as the largest and most influential left-wing organisation in Australian history.

The Communist Party of Australia demanded far more of its members than an average political organisation. To be a communist, you were expected not just to become an activist and an organiser, but to read and study deeply, and to understand often complex theoretical texts. And so with thousands of new members flocking to it, the Communist Party established one of the most ambitious systems of adult education ever seen in Australia – the Marx Schools.

Based in several capital cities, the Marx Schools ran from 10am to 10pm every day of the week, and offered CPA members and sympathisers extensive, in-depth courses in socialist and Marxist theory, in the practicalities of union organising, in how to chair meetings and give public speeches, in anti-fascism and women’s rights, and in art, economics, philosophy and literature. With a pedagogy far more advanced and participatory than most universities, and in an era when most Australians had no formal education beyond age 13 or 14, the Marx Schools taught thousands of workers how to both understand the world and how to change it.

To discuss this remarkable experiment in Australian adult education, we’re joined in this episode by Bob Boughton, a former academic and social worker who’s done extensive research on the Marx Schools.

Boughton’s PhD thesis about adult education in the Communist Party of Australia:

https://www.academia.edu/19259023/Educating_the_Educators_The_Communist_Party_of_Australia_and_Its_Influence_on_Australian_Adult_Education

edit: changed proposed title to /c/aussocialism. Thanks Zagorath!

There are a few users on here, including myself, who discuss socialist politics. While some topics are interesting and relevant enough to post in other news and politics communities, others might only be interesting to other socialists, such as updates on local political organisations, discussing how theories apply to our economy, or drier historical questions. Consider /r/AustralianSocialism for some examples.

This community will be strictly for Aus/Oceania-specific posts, as there are plenty of communities on other instances for general memes, overseas politics, etc.

This comes after recent laws and advice from the former NSN leader to avoid associating.

UPDATES: (newest to oldest)

[photograph of a lone shoe on a footpath]

Solidarity to everyone that attended invasion day and focussed on de-escalation.

Today is a day of mourning, not antifa bravado.

That being said, two overly confident newbies to creatine and weights attempted to storm through the rally, assaulted multiple blackfullas and migrants unprovoked and tried to take some Aboriginal flags whilst yelling antisemitic and racist nonsense.

These two rodents sharing one brain cell, lost said shared brain cell when community self defence ensued.

After a bit of night night time on the intersection opposite flinders station, reports suggest their faces looked completely altered and one was missing a shoe.

We care about lost and found here, if this is your shoe please contact us with your full name, contact information and a picture of the other shoe so we can complete the pair.

Thank you for your attention on this matter.

P.S the lost boys of the NSN lost more boys 😢

https://t.me/AFAAlertsNaarm/17

We have been advised there are 20+ former NSN members at the front escalating to violence and shoving/intimidating random civilians on the march now hitting La Trobe

https://t.me/AFAAlertsNaarm/16

They are headed north up Elizabeth street

https://t.me/AFAAlertsNaarm/15

[Former] NSN have taken point of the MFA

As expected, this is an NSN rally and they have not disbanded as a group

https://t.me/AFAAlertsNaarm/14

“Former” national socialist network members are all at flinders in a bloc associating at flinders for MFA.

Names include but aren’t limited to:

• Ian Lomax (disgraced former dentist)
• Ethan Hendren
• Will Casdorff
• Zeke Hatfield
• Dylan Garnett

And many more.

Many of them were present at the attack on camp sovereignty but seemingly not all charged for the very clear involvement they had.

Stay safe.

161

https://t.me/AFAAlertsNaarm/13

Get the word out to the public. These violent neo-Nazis cannot be tolerated, and Sydneysiders need everyday people to be involved if they want to keep their city safe.

From the anti-fascist alert Telegram channels (these can be converted to RSS feeds):

• Naarm-Melbourne: AFA Alerts Naarm
• Sydney: Anti-Fascist Alerts Sydney
• Meanjin-Brisbane: Anti-Fascist Alerts Meanjin

• Yes, the major city protests were run by known and open neo-Nazis. Yes, the designated speakers were consistently and explicitly advocating European/"White" supremacy. These are pro-fascist protests by design, and it's concerning that many people didn't recognise the previous one for what it evidently was.
• They are planning to run a third March for Australia rally on 26th Jan, and other similar far-right/fascist protests have been planned between now and then. And if we don't continue to grow the counter protests and stamp this out like last time, the fascists will keep escalating.

Blinded by racism.

Video (instagram): https://imginn.com/p/DQAZcNNk1VW/

Article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/20/peter-drew-aussie-posters-adelaide-anti-immigration-march

As the article mentions, the most famous poster in their series is of Monga Khan. Wikipedia mentions:

Because Khan arrived in Australia prior to the introduction of the Immigration Act 1901, better known as the White Australia policy, when he wished to return to India he obtained a Certificate of Exemption to the Dictation Test (C.E.D.T.) which proved he had been domicile in Australia before 1901 it enabled him to leave Australia and be re-admitted on his return

Counter rallies countrywide are being held on October 19th. Share the word. Bring as many friends as you can. Numbers are our strength.

Journalist Tom Tanuki gives an outline of the fallout following the "March for Australia" in August, reiterates that the protest is primarily organized by self-professed neo-Nazis and white nationalists, discusses a couple of the state organizers, and notes that the NSN are falsely claiming they won't be attending this one, which in reality simply means they won't be in uniform, just like last rally when they claimed they would come in uniform and most members were privately instructed instead to come in plain clothes.

Here's Tom's reupload of their copyright-striken video summarising the NSNs tactics, including having members as official marshals and having members work as plainclothes confederates to feign regular support, as well as highlighting some of the resistance to the NSN by duped M4A speakers and attendees, and by antifascists.

This GreenLeft page lists many of the protests. Don't treat that page or the following image as official, it's possible for it to be outdated, so find your local event's page for any organiser updates (typically a Facebook page, unfortunately).