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. "Contributors". Marxist Left Review. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
3. "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.