Another world is possible.
We need to fight for it.
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WHAT WE STAND FOR
Capitalism is destroying the planet.
It is a system built on exploitation and oppression.
Billionaires exist only at the expense of poor and working class people. The wealthy and their politicians in the major parties take more and more from us to line their own pockets. They are a wealthy minority who create war, poverty and climate destruction.
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Return of the beast
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Thirty years of failure on climate: How did it come to this?
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Israel’s war on Lebanon: ‘a mortal threat to the whole region’
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Australia and the drive to war with China
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The militarisation of Victoria Police under Labor
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Labor’s budget fills pockets of the rich, crumbs for workers
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ON YOUR CAMPUS
Students have played a critical role in every major social struggle of the last 100 years. We want to continue that tradition. Drop us a line to find out if we're on your campus and how to get involved.
AT WORK & IN YOUR UNION
Conditions for workers in Australia are at a historic low. Union leaderships are hopelessly devoted to the Labor Party and status quo. The need for militant union activism has never be greater - be part of it.
OUR CAMPAIGNS
We're part of progressive campaigns in cities across the country. If you've been to a left-wing protest lately, we probably had something to do with making it happen.
Our goal is to overthrow capitalism, while organising to fight against oppression in the here and now.
We’re trying to put together the basis for a revival of the revolutionary working-class socialist movement.
We organise street protests and trade union campaigns, study groups on socialist theory, and public forums.
PUBLICATIONS
SOCIALISM
A system in which society is democratically controlled by the working class. Only socialism can rid the world of poverty and inequality, stop imperialist wars, end oppression and exploitation, save the environment from destruction and provide the conditions for the full realisation of human creative potential.
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What is socialism?
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REVOLUTION
Socialism cannot be won by reform of the current system or by taking over the existing state. Only the revolutionary overthrow of the existing order and the smashing of the capitalist state apparatus can defeat the capitalist class and permanently end its rule.
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We need a revolution to put an end to today’s wars
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Revolution is the heart of socialism
Sarah Garnham
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Could there be a revolution in Australia?
Ben Hillier
Red Flag Newspaper
CLASS STRUGGLE
The emancipation of the working class must be the act of the working class itself. Socialism cannot come about by the actions of a minority. The struggle for socialism is the struggle of the great mass of workers to control their lives and their society, what Marx called “a movement of the immense majority in the interests of the immense majority”.
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What is social class?
Danica Rachel
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Australia’s modern working class
Eleanor Morley
Red Flag Newspaper
Does the Australian working class have the power to change society?
Tom Bramble
Marxist Left Review
ORGANISATION
For workers to be won to the need for revolution, and for the working class to be organisationally and politically cohered into a force capable of defeating the centralised might of the capitalist state, a revolutionary party is necessary. Laying the basis for such a party is the key strategic task for socialists in Australia today.
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Why be a socialist today?
James Plested
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We need a party to win revolutions, not elections
D. Taylor
Red Flag Newspaper
What’s the point of being politically organised?
Editors
Red Flag Newspaper
MARXISM CONFERENCE 2025
EASTER WEEKEND
17 APRIL — 20 APRIL, 2025
MELBOURNE (VENUE TBA)
Hear hidden stories of crisis and revolt. Examine controversies and wrangle with rival theories. Discuss the best way forward. Each session will have time for comment and debate.
As Australia’s biggest annual anti-capitalist gathering, the Marxism Conference is an essential opportunity for the socialist left to learn, discuss and organise.
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PROGRAM NOW LIVE
With over 100 sessions across 3 days, Marxism Conference 2025 has something for anyone interested in challenging the system.
Socialist Alternative organises in cities across the country. We host public meetings, conferences, Marxism discussion groups and organise and take part in progressive protests.
Follow your city's Socialist Alternative social media pages to stay up to date with what's going on near you.
RED FLAG NEWSPAPER
We support Red Flag, an anticapitalist voice in Australia's right-wing, Murdoch-dominated media landscape. We also want to provide an educational resource: we cover the hidden history of class struggle and the core concepts in Marxist theory. We raise awareness of international struggles, and we try to make a contribution to international debates on the socialist left.
LATEST FROM RED FLAG
The MAGA tech oligarchy
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D. Taylor
Appalling Albanese gives Dutton a clear run
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Tom Bramble
Trump spells out plan for ethnic cleansing in Gaza
6 Feb 2025
Josh Lees
Werribee: left to rot by Labor
6 Feb 2025
Rayan Hassan
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MARXIST LEFT REVIEW
The Marxist Left Review is a peer-reviewed theoretical journal published twice yearly by Socialist Alternative. We aim to engage with theoretical and political debates on the Australian and International left, making a rigorous yet accessible case for Marxist politics. We also seek to provide analysis of the social, political and economic dynamics shaping Australian capitalism.
LATEST FROM MARXIST LEFT REVIEW
Editorial: Amidst a genocide, solidarity with Palestine grows
Issue 27 — Autumn 2024
Omar Hassan
Socialist alternatives: The Portuguese Revolution
Issue 27 — Autumn 2024
Joel Geier
Hamas: A Marxist appraisal
Issue 27 — Autumn 2024
Omar Hassan
Palestine and the classless politics of settler colonial theory
Issue 27 — Autumn 2024
Jordan Humphreys
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MARX TALKS
Browse 700+ talks from Socialist Alternative's conferences, including Marxism Conference, Socialism Sydney and more.
ARCHIVES
We've archived some resources from now discontinued publications, from Socialist Alternative, the Revolutionary Socialist Party and other socialist organisations.