Red Anti-Imperialist Collective

Capitalism–with its endless wars, exploitation, structures of servitude and humiliation–is at odds with the needs of humanity and the planet. As socialists, we argue that this system can be defeated when working people take power into their own hands and build a new future.

Red Ant Statement of Principles and Perspectives

Red Anti-Imperialist Collective (Red Ant for short) is an organisation of socialists united by the goal of building a Marxist-Leninist cadre party rooted in internationalism and anti-imperialism. Armed with the understanding that capitalism is a global and inherently exploitative economic, political and social system, Red Ant works towards its overthrow by a revolutionary movement based on the power of the working class.

In a wealthy imperialist country like Australia, any genuine and successful revolutionary movement must be foundationally anti-imperialist. The world today is starkly divided: a small bloc of rich nations prospers by dominating and exploiting the vast majority of humanity that comprises the Global South. The same nations that grew rich from the horrors of colonialism are those that now safeguard the structures that perpetuate global inequity.

The working class requires a strong, disciplined socialist party to secure both immediate gains against capitalism and the long-term goal of building socialism itself. Red Ant is engaged in the work of building such an organisation, comprised of cadre who are well versed in Marxist theory, practically engaged in struggle, and who constantly seek to develop their understanding of the concrete conjuncture.

However, it takes time to develop a serious organisation of this kind. The process of party-building and cadre formation requires patience, discipline, and clarity of direction. In the imperialist countries, the organised left is only now beginning to rebuild itself into a significant social force.

Red Ant draws on the contributions of Marx, Engels and the Russian revolutionaries, while also learning from the experiences of revolutionary struggles across the Global South—in China and Vietnam, Cuba and Ghana, Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau, India and Peru Egypt and Palestine, and elsewhere.

Capitalism has annexed and intensified all kinds of oppression: based on race, gender, sex, caste, and ability. These oppressions have been deepened by colonialism and imperialism. Socialism entails their complete abolition, and demands that their present forms be resisted both within revolutionary ranks and within broader society.

Australian capitalism was built upon the genocide of Indigenous peoples and the destruction of their societies. This genocide is not merely historical but ongoing. Revolutionary struggle in Australia must therefore be both Marxist and Indigenous, directed against a capitalist-imperialist system that enables and perpetuates colonialism and genocide.