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Workshop Talks: Socialism Made Easy

This pamphlet by James Connolly has introduced millions of workers to the basic ideas of socialism. We are reprinting it so that workers and young people today can continue to read it and learn from its arguments. It is also available from in hard copy for only $2 from the SP National Office.

90th anniversary of 1918 German revolution

Below we are publishing two articles to mark the 90th anniversary of seven protestors being killed during the November 3, 1918, demonstration of mutinous sailors and striking workers in Kiel, northern Germany. This clash transformed a naval mutiny into the November revolution that challenged the very existence of capitalism in Germany and throughout Europe.

Eyewitness in China

The Events in Tiananmen Square May-June 1989
The following pamphlet was written by Stephen Jolly in 1989 after the world famous events in Tiananmen Square.

What is Socialism?

The following SP pamphlet ‘What is Socialism?’ was originally written in 2005. This is an ideal introduction to the ideas of socialism and we are happy to publish the text for the first time here at socialistpartyaustralia.org. This pamphlet is also available in hard copy for $3 from our National Office.

Socialism and the Environment

This pamphlet, produced in May 2008, is a collation of material written by members of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) in Australia, the United States and Britain. SP is the Australian section of the CWI. We are happy to publish it for the first time on line.

End the Low Pay Scandal

The following pamphlet was written in February 2008 for the End Low Pay campaign in Perth. The author, Michael Suter, is a member of the Socialist Party in Perth. We are glad to publish the text for the first time on line here at socialistpartyaustralia.org.

Refugees, Racism and Capitalism in Australia

This pamphlet was originally written in 2002 by Stephen Jolly. It has been out of print for a few years but it is now available on line and in a reissued hard copy from our National Office for only $3. It is dedicated to the hundreds of people locked up in Australia’s privately-run detention centres. [...]

What We Stand For

The Socialist Party has produced this ‘What We Stand For’ pamphlet as the outline of the basic ideas and programme of genuine democratic socialism.

The Case for a New Workers’ Party

This pamphlet is an important part of the growing debate in Australia, and worldwide, about the political representation of working people. With the steady shift to the right of both the major parties, it offers a strategy to create a new workers party to fill the political vacuum that exists on the left. This [...]

Indonesia: The Rise and Fall of the PKI

A short history of the Indonesian Communist Party.
This pamphlet was originally written by Craig Bowen and published by Militant, the forerunner of the Socialist Party.
Twenty five years ago the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) was the largest aspiring revolutionary party in the world with three and a half million members. Six months later it had been [...]