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This podcast is a collation of talks and lectures given by Padraic Gibson since 2012. Paddy lives on stolen Bidjigal land in Sydney and is member of Solidarity, a revolutionary socialist organisation with branches across Australia. Most of the podcasts will be 20-30 minute recordings of introductions given by Paddy to educational meetings hosted by Solidarity, examining a range of historical and theoretical topics from a Marxist perspective. Paddy is also a Senior Researcher at the Jumbunna Institute at the University of Technology in Sydney with a research focus on the history of the labour movement and its relationship to struggles for Aboriginal rights. Some podcasts are recordings of academic lectures on this topic, along with theoretical discussions about Australian capitalism and Aboriginal oppression.
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Thursday Mar 26, 2026
Thursday Mar 26, 2026
This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Sydney on March 26, 2026 titled "Violent, racist, sexist: Why socialists oppose the police". It outlines a Marxist analysis of the historical formation of the police to control the emerging industrial working-class. There is discussion of the settler-colonial context in Australia where police forces were also created as part of a genocidal war against Aboriginal people.
The talk discusses the role of the police in contemporary capitalism and reflects aftermath of a recent major protest in Sydney against visiting Israeli President Isaac Herzog that was brutally attacked by police.
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