On NYE 2019 a bunch of mates in Rocky got on the cans together in a suburban backyard. Imbued with revolutionary fervor and fermented hops they declared intentions to start a radical reading group. These reprobates constitute the vibrant countercultural punk milieu thriving in the shadows of CQ. After smashing vegan paella cooked on a butane camp stove, washed down with cold mid-strength lager drunk from yellow cans, everybody soon forgot about the plan as midnight struck. Five years later they finally got their shit together to organise Rad Rocky: an every-other-week event when denizens and dapifers of Darumbal Country meet to discuss radical writing they are reading. This page contains information and materials for the group.

The first text we are reading is a banger: The Manifesto of the Communist Party, written by Karl Marx and Fred Engels in November 1847 at the behest of the Communist League, printed in February 1848 a few weeks before revolutions toppled monarchies across Europe.

Why start with this text? Sure, it’s a classic but is it really relevant today?

Poet and philosopher Ezekiel Ox offers a response at the very end of this tune from the legendary band Mammal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H70essrdlQ0

‘Here’s hopin’ comrades’