Victorian Socialists
@vicsocialists.bsky.social
A socialist voice in elections. Electoral content authorised by C. Oakley, Victorian Socialists, 83 Sydney Rd, Brunswick 3056.
Massive props to the public school teachers (socialist and non-socialist alike) who are pushing back against the Queensland government's attempt to force through an agreement that will cut their pay and do nothing for their conditions. ✊ 🙌 ❤️
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Massive props to the public school teachers (socialist and non-socialist alike) who are pushing back against the Queensland government's attempt to force through an agreement that will cut their pay and do nothing for their conditions. ✊ 🙌 ❤️
Tonight 6pm at Kathleen Syme Library in Carlton join us for a public forum on the fight to save cohealth. Ft. community healthcare doctor Shaday Wheatley and VS candidate for Richmond Chris Dite.
November 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Tonight 6pm at Kathleen Syme Library in Carlton join us for a public forum on the fight to save cohealth. Ft. community healthcare doctor Shaday Wheatley and VS candidate for Richmond Chris Dite.
Join us this Friday in Brunswick for a book launch hosted by the VS Socialist Workers' Caucus and Socialists on the Tools. Come for the history of some of Australia’s most inspiring efforts at building working-class power. Stay for the discussion of the lessons for rebuilding union power today.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Join us this Friday in Brunswick for a book launch hosted by the VS Socialist Workers' Caucus and Socialists on the Tools. Come for the history of some of Australia’s most inspiring efforts at building working-class power. Stay for the discussion of the lessons for rebuilding union power today.
When it comes to the housing crisis, supply is only part of the picture. The system is currently so rigged for wealthy investors and developers that it's often profitable for them to keep properties empty, rather than sell them or rent them out. This urgently needs to change!
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
When it comes to the housing crisis, supply is only part of the picture. The system is currently so rigged for wealthy investors and developers that it's often profitable for them to keep properties empty, rather than sell them or rent them out. This urgently needs to change!
Rallying in Fitzroy earlier this afternoon to save the Cohealth community medical clinics. Thanks to everyone who made it along despite the rain! ✊ ☔ ❤️
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Rallying in Fitzroy earlier this afternoon to save the Cohealth community medical clinics. Thanks to everyone who made it along despite the rain! ✊ ☔ ❤️
Okay grandpa, let's get you back to bed.
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Okay grandpa, let's get you back to bed.
Tomorrow! Join us on Saturday 8th November, 2pm at 142 Johnson St, Fitzroy (Labor MP Sarah Witty's office), to rally against the closure of Cohealth Community Clinics.
Read about the closures here: redflag.org.au/article/comm...
Join the campaign here: victoriansocialists.org.au/form/campaig....
Read about the closures here: redflag.org.au/article/comm...
Join the campaign here: victoriansocialists.org.au/form/campaig....
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Tomorrow! Join us on Saturday 8th November, 2pm at 142 Johnson St, Fitzroy (Labor MP Sarah Witty's office), to rally against the closure of Cohealth Community Clinics.
Read about the closures here: redflag.org.au/article/comm...
Join the campaign here: victoriansocialists.org.au/form/campaig....
Read about the closures here: redflag.org.au/article/comm...
Join the campaign here: victoriansocialists.org.au/form/campaig....
When the class divide in housing becomes so extreme it turns into a form of literal apartheid...
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
When the class divide in housing becomes so extreme it turns into a form of literal apartheid...
Grotesque. We could solve world hunger for $40 billion a year. (And before anyone jumps in with the 'but, but, but, the value creation!' - Elon doesn't create sh*t he just gets high and posts all day. The people creating value are his workers.)
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Grotesque. We could solve world hunger for $40 billion a year. (And before anyone jumps in with the 'but, but, but, the value creation!' - Elon doesn't create sh*t he just gets high and posts all day. The people creating value are his workers.)
Zohran Mamdani is a relatively moderate social democrat not a 'jihadist communist' as some on the right have labelled him. Nevertheless, his decisive victory shows there's an appetite for real change - even in the heartlands of capitalism like New York.
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Zohran Mamdani is a relatively moderate social democrat not a 'jihadist communist' as some on the right have labelled him. Nevertheless, his decisive victory shows there's an appetite for real change - even in the heartlands of capitalism like New York.
Zohran Mamdani aims merely to reduce somewhat the extreme inequality that blights US society today, particularly in places like New York. The right-wing hysteria about him shows how coddled the US ruling class has become in a system rigged to benefit them at every turn. 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Zohran Mamdani aims merely to reduce somewhat the extreme inequality that blights US society today, particularly in places like New York. The right-wing hysteria about him shows how coddled the US ruling class has become in a system rigged to benefit them at every turn. 🧵
Labor's 5% deposit scheme contributed to price growth at the lower end of housing market of 14.4% (annualised) in October. This policy, predictably, is going to lock even more people out of the housing market while pushing others to take on excessive levels of debt.
November 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Labor's 5% deposit scheme contributed to price growth at the lower end of housing market of 14.4% (annualised) in October. This policy, predictably, is going to lock even more people out of the housing market while pushing others to take on excessive levels of debt.
Makes sense. Fascism is an ideology not of workers but of the frustrated upper and middle classes which in practice, historically, has primarily served the interests of big capital. Wherever the far right has come to power, working-class people (and particularly working-class women) have suffered.
October 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Makes sense. Fascism is an ideology not of workers but of the frustrated upper and middle classes which in practice, historically, has primarily served the interests of big capital. Wherever the far right has come to power, working-class people (and particularly working-class women) have suffered.
A wonderful illustration by NT Socialists member Dani (enkidooby_doo on Insta), bringing to mind the classic Brecht poem, 'Questions from a worker who reads'. Look it up if you haven't come across it before. Essential reading for socialists! ✊
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A wonderful illustration by NT Socialists member Dani (enkidooby_doo on Insta), bringing to mind the classic Brecht poem, 'Questions from a worker who reads'. Look it up if you haven't come across it before. Essential reading for socialists! ✊
The only danger to parliamentarians from this guy visiting will be from all the truth bombs.
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The only danger to parliamentarians from this guy visiting will be from all the truth bombs.
Tonight 6:30pm in Brunswick! Come along to the monthly meeting of the VS Socialist Workers' Caucus. Meet other socialist trade unionists in your industry, and help plan our upcoming activities and events as we seek to rebuild socialist politics as a force in the union movement.
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Tonight 6:30pm in Brunswick! Come along to the monthly meeting of the VS Socialist Workers' Caucus. Meet other socialist trade unionists in your industry, and help plan our upcoming activities and events as we seek to rebuild socialist politics as a force in the union movement.
Rallying against racism and fascism at the State Library now. ✊🖤♥️💛🇵🇸
October 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Rallying against racism and fascism at the State Library now. ✊🖤♥️💛🇵🇸
Classic Labor move to squeeze Victoria's poorest people for an extra $40 million in revenue from fines while allowing Transurban and other toll road operators to take in hundreds of millions in profit annually from roads that should long ago have come back into public hands.
October 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Classic Labor move to squeeze Victoria's poorest people for an extra $40 million in revenue from fines while allowing Transurban and other toll road operators to take in hundreds of millions in profit annually from roads that should long ago have come back into public hands.
United Workers Union members at Padre coffee roasters are taking industrial action this Friday morning, 17th October. Get down and show your solidarity for these striking workers, taking a courageous and important stand. 8am, 423 Lygon Street Brunswick East.
October 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
United Workers Union members at Padre coffee roasters are taking industrial action this Friday morning, 17th October. Get down and show your solidarity for these striking workers, taking a courageous and important stand. 8am, 423 Lygon Street Brunswick East.
Trump (just like Biden before him) is an accessory to the crime of genocide. He doesn't deserve congratulations, he deserves to be on trial in the Hague.
October 13, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Trump (just like Biden before him) is an accessory to the crime of genocide. He doesn't deserve congratulations, he deserves to be on trial in the Hague.
Marching down St Kilda road now for Palestine. Whatever happens from here, we won't stop fighting until we see real peace, justice and freedom for the Palestinians - not some US-Israeli backed dictatorship! ✊ 🇵🇸
October 12, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Marching down St Kilda road now for Palestine. Whatever happens from here, we won't stop fighting until we see real peace, justice and freedom for the Palestinians - not some US-Israeli backed dictatorship! ✊ 🇵🇸
Some pics from yesterday's 'politics in the pub' event in Dandenong on Labor's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza, featuring Dandenong councillor and Palestine advocate Rhonda Garad and VS's Jack McMahon. Thanks to everyone who made it along!
October 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Some pics from yesterday's 'politics in the pub' event in Dandenong on Labor's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza, featuring Dandenong councillor and Palestine advocate Rhonda Garad and VS's Jack McMahon. Thanks to everyone who made it along!
Two million on the streets in Italy for yesterday's general strike for Palestine. Absolutely wonderful to see the power of the working class mobilised against Israel's genocide. An example for the rest of the world to follow! ✊ 🇵🇸 ❤️
October 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Two million on the streets in Italy for yesterday's general strike for Palestine. Absolutely wonderful to see the power of the working class mobilised against Israel's genocide. An example for the rest of the world to follow! ✊ 🇵🇸 ❤️
Happening this Saturday 4th October, 2pm at Bojak Brewing in Dandenong. A special 'politics in the pub' event hosted by VS Dandenong discussing Labor's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza. Featuring Dandenong councillor and outspoken Palestine supporter @rhondagarad.bsky.social.
October 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Happening this Saturday 4th October, 2pm at Bojak Brewing in Dandenong. A special 'politics in the pub' event hosted by VS Dandenong discussing Labor's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza. Featuring Dandenong councillor and outspoken Palestine supporter @rhondagarad.bsky.social.
Part of the purpose of the VS Socialist Workers' Caucus is help rebuild the kind of union movement that might actually consider serious strike action around issues like this - its next meeting is on Tuesday 21st Oct, 6:30pm at the VS volunteer centre at 83 Sydney Rd, Brunswick.
October 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Part of the purpose of the VS Socialist Workers' Caucus is help rebuild the kind of union movement that might actually consider serious strike action around issues like this - its next meeting is on Tuesday 21st Oct, 6:30pm at the VS volunteer centre at 83 Sydney Rd, Brunswick.