Sandra Bloodworth

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

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. Retrieved 6 July 2009. 
2. 1 2 "Contributors". Marxist Left Review. Retrieved 23 May 2011. 
3. 1 2 "Class and Struggle in Australia". Pearson Australia. Retrieved 23 May 2011. 
4. ↑ "Hundreds celebrate Alistair Hulett's life". Green Left Weekly. 21 February 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2011. 
5. ↑ "About Marxist Left Review". Marxist Left Review. Retrieved 23 May 2011.