Shout out to comrade Josh Lees - a socialist and leading member of the Palestine Action Group in Sydney - featured in an attempted hit piece published today in the Daily Telegraph. As Josh aptly put it, "I'd rather be a serial protester than a serial killer...
“We are doing this because no matter what odds we are against, we have to keep trying, because the moment we stop trying is when we lose our humanity.” -@GretaThunberg
Bec is a member of Queensland Socialists and teacher unionist activist, addressing workers from the construction industry! Join us if you support unions fighting back!
Great to see our comrades in the @Qld_Socialists up and running already. Help us bring socialism to the sunshine state. Sign-up today: https://t.co/4a2yghEqym.
The Victorian Socialists tell 6 News that they are ready for branches in every state and territory, after yesterday announcing they would expand Australia-wide following an increased federal election result
WATCH HERE: https://t.co/UC5T8j72Eg
Today - 15 May - is Nakba Day, which marks the anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel in 1948 and the first violent expulsion of the Palestinians from their land. 🧵
Shout out to the people of Footscray where across the main four polling places Victorian Socialists candidate Jasmine Duff averaged a first preference vote of 17% while the Liberals averaged 7.9%.
Some very solid booth results for VS candidate Omar Hassan in Melbourne's working-class outer north within the electorate of Scullin - such as 19.6% at Campbellfield, 17.4% at Epping Views, and 15.1% at Thomastown. These were areas where the far right was expected to surge.
Yet they still don't think they're being paid enough because they compare it to the millions being 'earned' by the capitalists they serve, rather than to the salaries of working-class people.
The US is on the verge of a 2nd Trump presidency. If Labor had a shred of left-wing principle remaining they would take the chance, now, to cancel AUKUS and break the US Alliance. 🧵
Whatever ultimately happens here we're very happy to see VS candidate Cat Rose - a nurse and long-time community activist - getting 32% of first preference votes so far in Darebin South West Ward. 🙌