First Socialist Party summer school held in Melbourne
120 people paid to attend the first ever Socialist Party Summer School at Melbourne's Trades Hall last weekend. With its success, we plan to make this an annual public event...
Statement on the future of Socialist Alliance
An on going debate has been taking place in the workers movement as to which is the best way forward towards building a new workers party. The Democratic Socialist Perspective...
2005 National Conference marks steps forward
The weekend of 23-24th July saw a highly successful Socialist Party National Conference. Members from around Australia converged on Trades Hall in Melbourne to discuss the current political situation, our...
CWI: Who we are & what we fight for
THE COMMITTEE for a Workers' International (CWI) is an international socialist organisation fighting for the interests of working class people and youth across the globe. We believe that it is...
How the Socialist Party runs its meetings
The aim of this document is to help new members understand how the Socialist Party runs its meetings. We aim for all meetings to be conducted in an inclusive, democratic...
The principles behind how we run the Socialist Party
What is Democratic Centralism? A speech by Samantha Ashby delivered at the Socialist Party Summer School February 2005. For those who dont know what democratic centralism is it is the...
The first weeks as a Socialist Party Councillor
We have decided that concrete victories for ordinary people in the area are the most important goals. At the first (and last for 2004) Council meeting of the new councillors...
First Socialist Party Councillor elected!
The Socialist Party is proud to announce that Stephen Jolly won a seat in Langridge Ward in the Yarra City Council elections on Saturday. This is the first electoral victory...
Why I joined the Socialist Party
I have always believed in socialist policies and the need to build a socialist alternative to the major parties. So the question for me was which socialist organisation should I...
2004 National Conference report
Our best ever Conference - in terms of its political analysis, attendence, recruitment, money raised and morale... The Conference was held at Melbourne's Trades Hall and was opened by John...
Why I joined the Socialist Party
Although I was skeptical and cynical when I first came into contact with the Socialist Party, expecting hypocrisy and shallow banners. What I found was progressive ideas, a strong network...
Why I joined the Socialist Party
I've never been much of a one for doing the right thing, usually because it doesn't occur to me at the time. I consider myself the Crown Prince of what...
Why I joined the Socialist Party
I was forever winging about how stuffed up the world is and after continually witnessing appalling unfairness and inequality in this rotten system we live under, I thought I've gotta...
Why I joined the Socialist Party
I first came in contact with the Socialist Party as a hospitality worker wanting to find out about and participate in the UNITE campaign. I later joined the Socialist Party...
No return to low level of struggle
Report from international socialist meeting The Committee for a Workers International (CWI) is the international organisation to which the Socialist Party (SP) is affiliated. The CWI is organised in over...
Why I joined the Socialist Party
Three new members explain why they joined the Socialist Party. Since a child I have always been interested in politics. My parents were and still are full-on Labor Party voters...
A brief history of the Socialist Party
The Socialist Party began in Australia in the mid-1980s. We trace our roots through a group called Militant in Britain, which helped set up the Committee for a Workers’ International...