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.
EVENTS
IN YOUR CITY
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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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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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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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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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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Socialist Alternative organises in cities across the country. We host public meetings, conferences, Marxism discussion groups and organise and take part in progressive protests.
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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.

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.
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