https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/icfiSubCategory/aussephttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/12/udfy-m12.htmlThe meetings will outline the socialist perspective needed to halt the descent into global war and the accompanying onslaught on the conditions of the working class.Tue, 12 May 2026 05:09:15 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/87c64810-b1bd-454c-b9a4-d9cae647bc0N/udfy-m12.html2026-05-12T05:09:15Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/19/cobj-m19.htmlThe election underscores the absence of any alternative for working people within the existing political establishment.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:40:29 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4eced237-1e8b-41fb-b342-6ee854c0830H/cobj-m19.html2026-03-19T04:40:29Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/09/dbyy-m09.html“The Socialist Equality Party in Australia unequivocally condemns the imperialist war of aggression being waged against Iran.”Mon, 09 Mar 2026 01:59:48 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c26f02f4-7606-4920-9d1d-b1a1ce6279fA/dbyy-m09.html2026-03-09T01:59:48Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/07/bckg-m07.htmlThe Australian Labor government is directly implicated in the war crime that claimed over 140 lives and in the broader barbaric US-Israeli war against Iran of which it is a part.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 05:15:58 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8dd5548e-b773-4584-b1d6-ce59237ad70J/bckg-m07.html2026-03-07T05:15:58Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/24/lwpp-j24.htmlOn January 18, the Socialist Equality Party held a memorial meeting to celebrate the life of Ken Mantell, a member of the Trotskyist movement for more than 40 years.Sat, 24 Jan 2026 04:38:05 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/19451e52-1de8-4c13-9a84-9a108b15aa4P/lwpp-j24.html2026-01-24T04:38:05Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/13/nfhm-j13.htmlSpeakers Oscar Grenfell, Cheryl Crisp and chair Max Boddy exposed both the reactionary character of the mass shooting and the ruthless exploitation of the tragedy by the political establishment, led by state and federal Labor governments, as a pretext for a deepening assault on democratic rights.Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:21:57 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b45cc520-87e2-4386-8544-be23b6c8a05E/nfhm-j13.html2026-01-13T05:21:57Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/30/rebz-d30.htmlThe meeting will examine the political significance of the Bondi terrorist attack, which is being exploited to implement a raft of anti-democratic measures that will inevitably be used against the working class.Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:22:11 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a8424fb2-00ad-46d4-b805-838caec492eJ/rebz-d30.html2025-12-30T04:22:11Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/20/oqmm-d20.htmlThe Socialist Equality Party calls on workers and youth to take matters into their own hands and come to the aid of Jewish people or any community that comes under racialist attack. Establish independent rank-and-file committees in working-class suburbs to protect basic democratic and social rights!Sat, 20 Dec 2025 03:44:10 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/09ce4b9f-d485-4cf1-9fca-98012efe56cK/oqmm-d20.html2025-12-20T03:44:10Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/04/krnf-d04.htmlIt was as a steel fixer that Ken joined the Socialist Labour League, the precursor to the Socialist Equality Party, in the early 1980s. Once convinced of the program and the need to build the revolutionary party, he never wavered.Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:07:32 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f5ac6169-2134-407b-84b8-7a70864204fF/krnf-d04.html2025-12-04T05:07:32Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/22/hpil-o22.htmlLabor’s plan to bulldoze public housing is not a matter of mistaken decisions, as the Greens and pseudo-left claim. It is an expression of the all-out assault on the social position of the entire working class amid a deepening global crisis of capitalism.Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:31:12 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7713b8e8-ac46-4723-bd84-c6583727d2bJ/hpil-o22.html2025-10-22T03:31:12Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/03/jcui-s03.htmlThis is the third part of the lecture “Internationalist Socialism vs. Nationalist Reformism” delivered by Clara Weiss, Chris Marsden and Peter Symonds to the 2025 Summer School of the Socialist Equality Party (US) on the history of the Security and the Fourth International investigation. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:38:56 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9b7c6992-572a-49df-b84f-d21150ee7ceJ/jcui-s03.html2025-09-03T23:38:56Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/07/31/pykj-j31.html“What is urgently required is the development of a political movement rooted in the working class—residents, workers, students—fighting for the total ban of the demolition plan.”Thu, 31 Jul 2025 04:38:07 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/bcc2d6ec-9337-4cd4-85a9-10a594130c8B/pykj-j31.html2025-07-31T04:38:07Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/07/19/lulb-j19.htmlLabor’s profit-driven demolitions—the largest destruction of public housing in Australian history—is part of a sweeping assault against the entire working class.Sat, 19 Jul 2025 04:26:57 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b906d4f0-53e3-41e1-b1e7-a6bd7233b31C/lulb-j19.html2025-07-19T04:26:57Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/06/09/mkfz-j09.htmlThe AEC’s escalated reasons for refusing to release the information—claiming that it would not be in the “public interest” to do so—further underscore the anti-democratic nature of its ban on the SEP registration.Mon, 09 Jun 2025 02:53:30 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/86f43688-8d51-47cd-b1a7-7c014b7f2cdF/mkfz-j09.html2025-06-09T02:53:30Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/05/17/tagj-m17.htmlAt Thursday’s meeting, speakers Oscar Grenfell and Cheryl Crisp, as well as chair Max Boddy, presented a Marxist analysis of the May 3 federal election.Sat, 17 May 2025 02:17:24 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c58c8a35-4585-4087-8c94-e9ef748c1bdK/tagj-m17.html2025-05-17T02:17:24Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/05/07/idxx-m07.htmlAt the online meeting, Thursday May 15 at 7 p.m., the Socialist Equality Party will discuss the way forward for workers after the federal election.Wed, 07 May 2025 05:47:35 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/237fe4a8-9ebb-44c6-a775-c6f042973a8I/idxx-m07.html2025-05-07T05:47:35Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/05/02/pyuy-m02.htmlThe candidates addressed questions posed by viewers in the lively text chat, as well as others that have emerged as key issues among workers and young people in the course of the election campaign.Fri, 02 May 2025 03:59:24 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2e5aaa1e-c59e-4fee-9a54-4380cf8ccedG/pyuy-m02.html2025-05-02T03:59:24Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/05/01/zrou-m01.htmlThe SEP stresses that the decisive question is building an independent and socialist movement of the working class, directed against Labor, the Coalition, the Greens and the entire capitalist political establishment.Thu, 01 May 2025 04:45:37 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8b2a2ee8-737c-4790-8750-4dbc5804e22D/zrou-m01.html2025-05-01T04:45:37Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/30/imrb-a30.html“Labor and the Coalition are open parties of war, marching in lockstep to transform Australia into a frontline state for US imperialism. The Greens and the pseudo-left have become their accomplices.”Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:52:21 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d23c2424-c285-41ad-8d7e-2a95dee613eN/imrb-a30.html2025-04-30T04:52:21Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/28/pckb-a28.htmlSEP national secretary Cheryl Crisp explains in this video why our candidates appear on the ballot papers in Victoria, NSW and Queensland without their party affiliation.Mon, 28 Apr 2025 06:53:11 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4eb3e56b-f59e-4a13-a250-84814e9ef07D/pckb-a28.html2025-04-28T06:53:11Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/28/vxtf-a28.htmlAt the online meeting, this Thursday at 7p.m., SEP candidates will speak on the socialist alternative to war, austerity and dictatorship.Mon, 28 Apr 2025 05:55:13 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9c9be475-b6bd-4d89-8beb-2efad4187f0O/vxtf-a28.html2025-04-28T05:55:13Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/28/hbyx-a28.htmlThe Socialist Equality Party candidate opposed the nationalism and militarism of the Labor, Liberal-National, Greens and pro-Trump “Trumpet of Patriots” representatives.Mon, 28 Apr 2025 04:44:32 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3f5c77fe-4d68-4403-bed8-d1d567694a9M/hbyx-a28.html2025-04-28T04:44:32Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/28/rnyy-a28.htmlThe electorate is a microcosm of the social crisis caused by the onslaught on workers’ jobs and wages, presided over by Labor and the union bureaucracy.Mon, 28 Apr 2025 04:19:48 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/94ae6eab-3f38-4f4f-9475-eadfdb66a8bF/rnyy-a28.html2025-04-28T04:19:48Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/26/whyg-a26.htmlPeach spoke strongly on issues that are being covered up by every other party in the official election campaign, including the immense threat of a nuclear world war.Sat, 26 Apr 2025 04:43:28 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d287ca25-6a6f-4cc7-9133-96e0f54e07dE/whyg-a26.html2025-04-26T04:43:28Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/25/yzbq-a25.html“All these parties, Labor, Liberal, whatever, it’s just a façade. At the end of the day they all want the same thing.”Fri, 25 Apr 2025 05:31:07 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7622dc3f-89ec-4741-b3ed-aa704e3105dD/yzbq-a25.html2025-04-25T05:31:07Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/22/gpkm-a22.htmlWe urge workers and young people looking for an alternative to the lies and misinformation of Labor, the Liberal-Nationals, the Greens and the media to attend.Tue, 22 Apr 2025 05:27:29 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d9723b96-26cc-48fd-91d7-e6ab3ecc2c3I/gpkm-a22.html2025-04-22T05:27:29Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/21/ykby-a21.htmlThe Victorian Socialists are not fighting to build an independent and socialist movement of the working class but to block its emergence.Mon, 21 Apr 2025 06:18:45 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2117b7b1-8268-4bd0-aaa5-df5dfc4669fI/ykby-a21.html2025-04-21T06:18:45Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/18/tsgy-a18.html“I support the SEP because I care about freedom of speech, I don’t support the war and I want genocide to end.”Fri, 18 Apr 2025 05:50:40 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/088cb884-3396-4bd1-92ea-bb754386cf7O/tsgy-a18.html2025-04-18T05:50:40Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/18/jegp-a18.htmlA Labor-Greens government would collaborate with the fascist Trump, intensify the plans for war with China, continue supporting the Gaza genocide and attack the social and democratic rights of working people.Fri, 18 Apr 2025 03:48:51 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0437e091-27f6-49ec-a2ba-679265690f9N/jegp-a18.html2025-04-18T03:48:51Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/12/muae-a12.htmlThe meeting exposed the fraudulent character of claims by all the parliamentary parties and the corporate media that Australia is an “exception” to the crisis unfolding worldwide.Sat, 12 Apr 2025 04:34:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/6424e448-dc80-444c-ae33-14c05ba95a3P/muae-a12.html2025-04-12T04:34:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/09/eyti-a09.htmlAlbanese and Dutton touted their miserable cost of living policies and promised a “better future,” under conditions of a meltdown of world capitalism triggered by Trump’s trade war.Wed, 09 Apr 2025 05:09:54 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e1370ea5-f83f-402f-a77a-a436e6186b0J/eyti-a09.html2025-04-09T05:09:54Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/07/lrex-a07.htmlThe SEP candidates are alone in fighting to build an independent, socialist movement of the working class against the program of war, austerity and increasing authoritarianism, supported by every other party..Mon, 07 Apr 2025 06:03:30 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3267404c-2cb4-4095-a61e-9a2c4674c91C/lrex-a07.html2025-04-07T06:03:30Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/07/evfs-a07.htmlWhat is starker in 2025 than ever before is the growing gulf between the interests of the workers the unions claim to represent and those served by the Labor Party and its governments.Mon, 07 Apr 2025 04:41:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0d66a49f-2c90-44d8-9b7f-6e026c1e2a2C/evfs-a07.html2025-04-07T04:41:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/05/ebtj-a05.htmlAmid profound global shocks and dangers, it is essential for workers and youth to review their bitter political experiences with the Labor government and draw the necessary conclusion—to join the fight for a socialist future.Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:58:58 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a092ad8f-0948-491d-a5db-16335a6bb18O/ebtj-a05.html2025-04-05T00:58:58Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/02/egko-a02.htmlThe SEP urges workers, students, young people and all those seeking an alternative to Labor, the Liberal-Nationals and the Greens to attend the online meeting on Thursday April 10.Wed, 02 Apr 2025 04:12:08 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2ead5722-f3e2-4832-a4cd-bc236c3b4d2I/egko-a02.html2025-04-02T04:12:08Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/03/31/ditm-m31.htmlThe Socialist Equality Party is standing candidates in the Australian federal election to build an independent movement of the working class against Labor, the Liberal-National Coalition, the Greens and capitalism itself.Mon, 31 Mar 2025 04:14:24 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/23e4989d-2168-4032-9aa2-95ba8f75aa7M/ditm-m31.html2025-03-31T04:14:24Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/03/21/vwuo-m21.htmlHeld in person in the working-class Sydney suburb of Bankstown and streamed on Zoom, the meeting was attended by a broad cross-section of workers, students and young people.Fri, 21 Mar 2025 03:59:13 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a35d7583-29d5-4eef-b297-d8cf85b8cb4D/vwuo-m21.html2025-03-21T03:59:13Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/03/20/knqy-m20.htmlThe statistical method used to test party membership serves the political purpose of anti-democratic legislation requiring party registration: to shore up the failing two-party system by preventing parties such as the SEP contesting with their name on the ballot paper.Thu, 20 Mar 2025 03:39:18 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/01a9133b-28d2-405d-b05c-7cbf42608c1J/knqy-m20.html2025-03-20T03:39:18Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/03/10/zgzl-m10.htmlDespite the late hour, the demolition can and must be defeated! That requires mobilising the independent strength of the working class against the Labor government.Mon, 10 Mar 2025 04:55:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/6b66a18c-d328-49f5-959a-d5ba161932dN/zgzl-m10.html2025-03-10T04:55:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/03/07/iepv-m07.html“To not allow the SEP to have a voice in our democracy is scurrilous to say the least and is anything but democratic!”Fri, 07 Mar 2025 04:45:45 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/cb13c30a-c646-4378-b7bf-a1eda4d0880C/iepv-m07.html2025-03-07T04:45:45Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/03/05/sncw-m05.htmlThe meeting will be held in person in Sydney and live-streamed. It is part of the SEP’s campaign to challenge the rejection of its application for official party registration.Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:28:05 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f9790b00-8da3-41d1-816e-eb5a55a7deaI/sncw-m05.html2025-03-05T02:28:05Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/03/01/jkxn-m01.htmlThe SEP has formally challenged and launched a public campaign against the Australian Electoral Commission’s rejection of our application for official party registration.Sat, 01 Mar 2025 04:01:44 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d7ab9777-1a0b-488a-a8f9-227c6c4350cG/jkxn-m01.html2025-03-01T04:01:44Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/02/19/libj-f19.htmlThe decision was made as the looming election is characterised by mass hostility to the official parties and a growing desire among workers and young people for a genuine alternative.Wed, 19 Feb 2025 05:58:06 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/fdbf0307-3f54-4fb8-8e1e-b0e469ba76fA/libj-f19.html2025-02-19T05:58:06Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/cazp-d17.htmlIn the discussion of his recently published books, North stressed the essential role of Marxist theory in the analysis of world events and the development of socialist strategy.Tue, 17 Dec 2024 05:29:12 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/82fec2c2-b3aa-4b2a-9fd2-1920313e3c5K/cazp-d17.html2024-12-17T05:29:12Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/11/11/zmfc-n11.htmlThe past three months have demonstrated that the fight against Labor’s administration of the CFMEU requires a rank-and-file movement independent of the ousted union leadership.Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:30:31 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0e8fcf28-d4d8-43e8-a71f-d104cb6afbbB/zmfc-n11.html2024-11-11T05:30:31Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/10/17/afrs-o17.htmlThis resolution was adopted by the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), held from October 3-6.Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:59:10 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/fba422bc-9b9b-4580-a813-8982c649d81G/afrs-o17.html2024-10-17T23:59:10Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/10/12/rfrl-o12.htmlThe meeting, live in Sydney, Melbourne and online, will discuss the political issues behind Labor’s attack on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), and the way forward for workers.Sat, 12 Oct 2024 05:55:10 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/39947211-66e9-4eec-a518-a2806e32f8bG/rfrl-o12.html2024-10-12T05:55:10Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/10/12/ijmm-o12.htmlThe four-day Congress reaffirmed the SEP’s revolutionary and socialist perspective and involved intensive discussion of the unprecedented crisis of the global capitalist system.Sat, 12 Oct 2024 05:46:50 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ba934caf-b4e1-47d9-bb7f-456c9367864D/ijmm-o12.html2024-10-12T05:46:50Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/06/13/gkrs-j13.htmlMike Head urged listeners to support the global campaign to free 25-year-old Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk, the victim of a political frame-up for his socialist opposition to war.Thu, 13 Jun 2024 02:48:18 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d7aa0cb6-3b1a-430e-a08c-7c48e672b4bF/gkrs-j13.html2024-06-13T02:48:18Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/05/31/dtif-m31.html“In acting to oppose Assange’s persecution, you are stepping into the titanic storm now blowing through world politics; you are coming up against fundamental class interests and imperialist objectives.”Fri, 31 May 2024 04:13:53 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1129d70f-e934-4fc9-86c9-f43be16d95bI/dtif-m31.html2024-05-31T04:13:53Z