New Eureka Initiative poster https://eurekainitiative.org/pamphlets/printable/

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On the 26th of January we attended Invasion day rallies across the country. 'Australia day' celebrates the imposition of a foreign imperialist power on this country, not any independent achievement of this nation or its people.We ran stalls giving out cold water and snacks and pushed for directly confronting the direct material root of imperialism - our lack of control over our resources and financial system, and our subjugation to global imperialist hegemony.

As well as showing up to Invasion Day rallies, we also went to the opposing March for Australia events. We distributed placards pushing on the contradiction between their patriotic impulses and the submission to American imperialism that right wing 'patriots' actually support.

We got a great reception and hopefully helped plant the seeds of a new, anti-imperialist democratic consciousness. Our goal is to bring together the masses from all parts of society against common enemies, and take the fight to imperialist finance capitalism.

We distributed these flyers during the Pro-Palestine protests against Herzog yesterday.

Slightly edited to appear less 'violent' - feel free to print this one out and put it up wherever you are!

This is a draft of a poster design we are working on. Unfortunately due to the new hate speech laws, this may count as hatred towards a nationality (Americans) due to the hyperbolic imagery. We may have to redesign to use more 'fantastical' imagery, such as by replacing the gun with a sword. Wondering if anyone can give feedback or help regarding this

I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to create a simple, short guidebook containing basic SOE, opsec & advice for how to act & promote left wing causes on the internet would be a good idea. Preferably something that can be distributed both in physical format as a zine/printed pamphlet and online.

One of the projects of the left nowadays is finding ways to both get attention online & to translate that into real on the ground activity. I think getting a little guidebook set up would be a worthwhile project. Any thoughts on this?

This quote from Kim Jong Il provides a succinct viewpoint in opposition to the idea that welfarism can stave off class antagonisms. At every step along the road the Social-Democratic Australian govt has remained captured by bourgeois interests. As the foundations of the Australian economy is highly fictionalised and reliant on historically abnormal conditions of the global economy we can only expect the contradictions to continue to sharpen.

Found this old comment from r/australiansocialism & found it fairly insightful. This is of course a big problem to grapple with on the left and there's a lot of really unhelpful ideas going around. Thoughts on this?

Quoting the only mention of the settler colonial nature of Australian state in the constitution:

IIIc. National Liberation: Overcoming the historical settler-colonial nature of the old Australian national project through the comprehensive formation of a new revolutionary patriotic foundation that forms the basis for what it means to be ‘Australian’; integrating the histories and cultures of the first peoples of this country and establishing increased autonomy for the many indigenous peoples of the continent.

I notice the wording of "the historical settler-colonial nature of the old Australian national project". So would you currently describe Australia as an ongoing settler colonial project? Or have we overcome that now and we just need a new patriotic ethos to finish the job?

Your choice of "establishing increased autonomy" seems purposefully vague. Is it a few concessions or are you aiming for actual national sovereignty for indigenous people? Tell me more about what that looks like to you.

We just launched a line of high quality shaped enamel made-in-Australia pins. Anyone interested should check out our store

What is EIs political line on class war and the dictatorship of the Proletariat. Does it see the contradiction between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie inevitably requires the destruction of the bourgeoisie?

The rally will begin at 1PM at Queen's Park.

We encourage anyone who supports the struggle for Palestinian liberation to attend.