Youth & students

  • Young people are the hope for the future

    To all Socialist Alliance members and supporters: I am asking for your support for the Resistance national conference, Resistance 2010: The World Can’t Wait!, to be held in Thirroul, New South Wales over April 24-26.To all Socialist Alliance members and supporters: I am asking for your support for the Resistance national conference, Resistance 2010: The World Can't Wait!, to be held in Thirroul, New South Wales over April 24-26. Resistance is a socialist youth organisation affiliated to the Socialist Alliance.

  • S11: 'We made it work by all sticking together'

    The S11 protests against the World Economic Forum were a triumph for the Australian left, writes Susan Price. But it was a tough job to put them together and took enormous efforts of many different people from many different backgrounds.

  • Enough - we must stand together to protect Victoria’s public housing

    • Naarm/Melbourne

    Australia is in the worst housing crisis in its history. The effects of this are felt mainly and most severely by low and moderate-income households. The State of Victoria has the lowest level of public and community housing in Australia, at 2.8 percent. Over 58,000 people remain on the State public housing waiting list; many more remain in over-priced substandard private…

  • Rally for WSU STudents Legal Appeal

    • Burramattagal/Parramatta

    A WSU student was arrested for peacefully protesting in support of Palestine. He was charged with assaulting security, but video evidence shows these are blatant lies.

  • Academics for Palestine WA: National Day of Action - Panel Discussion

    • Boorloo/Perth & Walyalup/Fremantle

    Academics for Palestine WA is hosting a Panel Discussion for the National Day of Action on 23 October 2024.  The panel will include speakers from Academics for Palestine WA, Friends of Palestine WA and Murdoch Students for Palestine on the topics of: Scholasticide Right to Protest Student Movements Israel's Genocide & the Palestinian Solidarity Movement

  • Student Journalist Conference 2024

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    Opening Ceremony — 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Roll up roll up! The inaugural Student Journalism Conference (or, StuJo! for short) is here, and we are commencing the festival with not a bang, not a whimper, but an Opening Ceremony to rival the Parisian athletic display earlier this year. Student Journalism is a sport indeed: it requires practice, patience, dedication and faith. At this…

  • School Strike for Climate- Magan-djin

    • Magan-djin/Brisbane

    Queensland school students striking to demand climate action from the Queensland government. Part of a global day (September 20) of climate justice actions with Fridays For Future.

  • Launch Rally - Palestinian solidarity encampent Curtin

    • Western Australia
    • Boorloo/Perth & Walyalup/Fremantle

    We are calling on everyone who stands with Palestine to come to Curtin at 4pm for a launch rally for the Palestine solidarity encampment at Curtin. WHERE: Between the Robertson library and koi pond at Curtin University, Bentley WHEN: 4pm, Wednesday May 1 Inspired by students from Columbia to USyd, we are launching an encampment to demand that Curtin disclose and divest from…

  • Rally for Paid Placements

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    We demand that the Fair Work Act be amended to

    - prohibit unpaid work in vocational placements
    - pay all students undertaking vocational placements
    - that field education requirements be amended
    - that previous field experience be counted towards placement hours.