There are solutions to our problems, but they require a break from Labor, the Greens, and every other defender of the decaying liberal order.
Hi, I'm Bailey—a boilermaker, a unionist, and a proud socialist. I’m running in this election as Victorian Socialists candidate for Narre Warren South to fight for the interests of the working class.
Our living conditions are in perpetual decline as wages stagnate and prices skyrocket. The housing crisis deepens while job insecurity and casualisation rise. The foundations of the system are crumbling.
The Albanese federal government and the Allan Labor government in Victoria have continued the same policies that have, for decades, pushed society down this road. Labor and Liberal alike seek to avert the crisis by squeezing the working class. The greatest bastion against their onslaught was the organised rank-and-file of the CFMEU, which has now been largely broken through the dictatorial system of administration.
With the working class on the back foot, the ruling class is advancing. The US empire is facing similar structural issues and looks to imperialist exploitation as a solution. The drive to war is exemplified by the AUKUS deal, which ties Australia to the US empire. AUKUS spells only one thing for the working class: blood and austerity.
As an anti-imperialist, I stand for smashing the US–Australia alliance. AUKUS must be ripped up. US-aligned forces within the workers’ movement must be opposed, and anti-imperialist efforts - such as the unionists opposing the construction of new AUKUS bases around Australia - should be supported.
The housing crisis must end, and our party has solutions. Expropriate unused housing and land left empty for no reason for use or development into public housing. Introduce a state building authority under workers’ control to build it. We must rebuild our industrial capacity to serve working-class interests, increasing taxes on billionaires, big banks, and corporations to pay for it.
There are solutions to our problems, but they require a break from Labor, the Greens, and every other defender of the decaying liberal order.