Sandra Bloodworth

Sandra Bloodworth is a labour historian^[1] and socialist activist, based in Melbourne, Australia.^[2] She has been involved in radical politics since the 1970s,^[3] where she has played roles in the women's, Aboriginal, anti-uranium mining and trade union movements.^[4] She is one of the founding members of the Trotskyist organisation Socialist Alternative,^[5] in which she plays a leading role^[2] and is a co-editor of its publication of the same name.^[4] She is also the editor of Marxist Left Review ^[6] as well as having authored several books from a Marxist perspective on the Russian Revolution, the global financial crisis,^[3] women's struggles, working class resistance in the Middle East and Australian imperialism.^[4]

Selected books

• A crime beyond denunciation : a Marxist analysis of capitalist economic crisis, Socialist Alternative, Melbourne, 2008.
• How workers took power : the 1917 Russian Revolution, Socialist Alternative, Melbourne, 2008.

Selected articles

• “Sorry is the first step” Australia’s new labor government issues an apology to the aboriginal population, International Socialist Review, Issue 58, 2008.
• The poverty of patriarchy theory, (Originally published in Socialist Review (Australian), Issue 2, 1990), Socialist Alternative, 2008.

External links

• Socialist Alternative Online magazine
• Standing up to capitalism and war Audio file of speech delivered at Marxism 2008

References

1. ^ "Key moment in Australia's union history commemorated". ABC Broken Hill. 20 April 2009. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/04/20/2546761.htm. Retrieved 6 July 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Imperialist of the South Pacific - Australia". International Socialist Review. January/February 2004. http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Islands/Imperialist_SouthPacific.html. Retrieved 23 May 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Contributors". Marxist Left Review. http://marxistleftreview.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=61. Retrieved 23 May 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} "Class and Struggle in Australia". Pearson Australia. http://www.pearson.com.au/Catalogue/TitleDetails.aspx?isbn=9780733970085. Retrieved 23 May 2011. 
5. ^ "Hundreds celebrate Alistair Hulett's life". Green Left Weekly. 21 February 2010. http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/43265. Retrieved 23 May 2011. 
6. ^ "About Marxist Left Review". Marxist Left Review. http://www.marxistleftreview.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=27. Retrieved 23 May 2011.