When Queensland Went Socialist
Between 1915 and 1924, the Queensland Labor Party set about building socialism in Australia’s Sunshine State. It was and remains one of the most ambitious reforming programs in Labor’s history.
5 Articles by: Alex North
Alex North is a state organizer for the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU). He writes on Australian history and politics and has run study groups on Karl Marx’s Capital for almost a decade.
The Neoliberal Australian Labor Party Once Tried to Nationalize the Banks
Today the Australian Labor Party is among the most neoliberal parties in the world. But after World War II, Australian Labor PM Ben Chifley wanted to nationalize the banks. No surprise, the bankers ferociously stopped him.
The Government Can Build Quality Housing for Everyone
In Australia today, public housing is seen as an option of last resort for poor families only. But the South Australian Housing Authority spent decades building affordable, quality homes for all. We can do the same now.
When Fascism Almost Came to Australia
In Australia, as elsewhere, the 1930s saw the emergence of an armed, proto-fascist right who were united by their hatred of working-class politics.
Australia’s New Digital Workhouses
Unemployment has become a billion-dollar industry where private firms are turning massive profits for placing precarious workers in bullshit jobs.