Marxist Left Review 30: The resistable rise of the monsters

by Omar Hassan (Editor)

120 pages, Paperback

Published April 27, 2026

Reviews

[Edward]

A highlight from this edition is the editorial explaining One Nation’s surge in Australian politics. Tom situates it in the context of right wing politics more broadly and the collapse of the Liberal Nationals as the main institution of rightwing, pro capitalist politics. ON’s recent rise, although potentially approaching its electoral peak for now, is not a reflection of some passing ‘protest’ sentiment. It’s a reflection of a deeper, lasting radicalisation to the right taking place - normalising and popularising more extreme far right politics. ON are now the centre of gravity (see the Liberals chasing on migration), and their serious attempts to build a party apparatus while attracting support from the ruling class only adds to the danger.

One Nation won’t be stopped now with street protests alone. What’s needed is a broad political response, building a socialist movement, with roots in working class and migrant communities across the country, that can take the fight to the system that uses the far right to divide and rule us all.

[Danica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating this 5/5 because I wrote approximately 4% of it