Victorian Socialists

Melbourne says no to Hanson: Letterboxing blitz – Victorian Socialists A day of letterboxing and community conversations in working-class suburbs around Melbourne, distributing material opposing Pauline Hanson and One Nation.

More details and registration via the event page on our website: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/events/1963

Join us on Saturday 21st March for a day of letterboxing and door knocking in working-class and migrant communities across Melbourne to push back against these toxic politics and make the case for a socialist response to housing, the cost of living crisis, and other problems facing workers today.

One Nation is surging in the polls. But Hanson’s far-right politics doesn’t offer anything to working-class people. She’s backed by billionaires like Gina Rinehart and wants to make Australia more like the racist, authoritarian hellhole of America under Trump.

A screenshot of an article headline in the Guardian which reads 'Albanese says Australia supports US action against Iran and stands with the Iranian people’s ‘struggle against oppression’'

Albanese straight off the mark with the display of fealty to the Israeli/US terror regimes that are currently bombing and killing 'the brave people of Iran' he claims to support. Disgraceful stuff.

The Socialist Party condemns the Israeli and US attack on Iran. This is part of a broader project of US imperialism and Israeli aggression in the region.

If only we had a prime minister who was as 'difficult' as Grace Tame instead of a spineless hack who has sacrificed any semblance of political principle he may once have had in order to prove himself a loyal servant of Australia's ruling class and Israeli and US interests abroad.

Melbourne Socialists Meet-up – Victorian Socialists Meet up with your local radicals in the Melbourne branch of Victorian Socialists at Twang Brewing.

If you live in the state seat of Melbourne and want to get involved, the branch's next meeting is taking place on Tuesday 3rd March, 6:30pm at Twang Brewing in North Melbourne. Details and registration here: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/events/1920

VS candidate for Melbourne Jordan van den lamb speaks at the event.

The crowd listens to Jordan speak.

Participants at the event.

Participants at the event.

A few pics from Tuesday night's 'politics in the pub' event hosted by VS Melbourne, featuring our state election candidate for Melbourne @purplepingers.bsky.social.

Meet the Candidates - Kororoit/Laverton/St Albans – Victorian Socialists Come down to hear from your local candidates as we launch our 2026 state election campaign!

You can also meet Leanna and other VS candidates in the west on Saturday 28th February, 2pm at Sunvale Community Park in Sunshine. Register here: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/events/1913

Leanna Nguyen – Victorian Socialists Candidate for St Albans

You can read more about Leanna, sign-up to receive updates about her campaign, volunteer and/or make a donation via her candidate page on our website: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/candidates/l....

While Labor continues to underfund schools and hospitals, they’ve used migrants as scapegoats for the cost of living crisis they’ve refused to fix. Working-class people deserve better than this."

Yet, the rich have rapidly increased their wealth at our expense. Property developers are given free rein to make huge profits as they throw up new homes without a thought to adequate services.

Leanna writes: "I’ve seen first hand how our community has been deprived of basic public services. We’re in the middle of a generational cost of living crisis. Working-class people have to struggle to put food on the table and keep a roof over our heads.

Leanna is a St Albans local who has lived in the area her whole life. She's been involved in numerous community campaigns in Melbourne's western suburbs, including successfully shutting down a neo-Nazi recruitment gym in Sunshine.

A graphic showing VS candidate for St Albans Leanna Nguyen

The Victorian state election will be held on Saturday 28th November. Victorian Socialists are running candidates across the state. Today, we're proud to introduce our candidate for St Albans, Leanna Nguyen.

Cutting the tens of millions going to Australia's wealthiest private schools, and using them to improve facilities and boost teacher pay and conditions in public schools, is an absolute no brainer for a halfway decent society. Unfortunately that's not what Labor believes in these days.

A screenshot of a headline of an article in the Herald Sun newspaper. It reads: 'The great class divide: Report reveals $10.8b funding gap between Vic’s private and public schools'.

Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor: that's the reality under Australia's Labor governments. The coddled children of the elite get taxpayer-funded theatres and olympic swimming pools, while working-class kids and their teachers have to make do with crumbling demountables.

Priya Reddy – Victorian Socialists Candidate for Thomastown

You can read more about Priya, sign-up to receive updates about her campaign, volunteer and/or make a donation via her candidate page on our website: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/candidates/p...

"I'm proud of the community I have grown up in and of the cultural diversity that defines Thomastown. As a candidate for state parliament, I'm committed to standing up for this community and fighting for a society that puts people before profit."

particularly in healthcare, education, public transport and shared community spaces. These are areas that directly affect working-class people and highlight the urgent need for real political change.

Priya is a veterinary nurse, student and renter who has lived in the Thomastown area for most of her life. Priya writes: "Through my involvement in the community, I've seen the failures of the current Labor government...

A graphic showing VS candidate for Thomastown Priya Reddy

The Victorian state election will be held on Saturday 28th November. Victorian Socialists are running candidates across the state. Today, we're proud to introduce our candidate for Thomastown, Priya Reddy.

A graphic advertising the next meeting of the VS Socialist Workers' Caucus, taking place at 6:30pm on Tuesday 17th February at 83 Sydney Rd, Brunswick.

Join us this Tues for the next meeting of the Socialist Workers' Caucus. We’ll be hearing report backs from our union sub-groups, discussing Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit and analysing the movement (including a mass strike) against ICE in Minneapolis. See you there! ✊

The crowd outside Flinders St station

Huge numbers out in Naarm/Melbourne right now for the second time this week to say the war criminal Isaac Herzog isn't welcome in our city! ✊🇵🇸

You can also meet Van and other VS candidates in the west on Saturday 28th February, 2pm at Sunvale Community Park in Sunshine. Register here: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/events/1913.

Van Thanh Rudd – Victorian Socialists Candidate for Laverton

You can read more about Van, sign-up to receive updates about his campaign, volunteer and/or make a donation via his candidate page on our website: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/candidates/v...

"I’m running in this election because I want to shake up the system and flip it the other way round and put people first, not profit."

"There’s a lack of quality, affordable public childcare. Instead we’re given expensive, privately run centres that pay staff slave wages. We need more public hospitals, housing and schools, not prisons.

"They tell us that migrants are to blame for the housing crisis, when it’s actually the banks and developers making record profits out of a rigged property market.

Van writes: "The rich continue to get richer, while many at the bottom see their incomes fall. Meanwhile, politicians do nothing to stop this growing inequality.