Sandra Bloodworth is a labour historian

Labor history (discipline)

Labor history is a broad field of study concerned with the development of the labor movement and the working class. The central concerns of labor historians include the development of labor unions, strikes, lockouts and protest movements, industrial relations, and the progress of working class and...

 and socialist activist, based in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Australia

Australia

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. She has been involved in radical politics since the 1970s, where she has played roles in the women's

Women's rights

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, Aboriginal, anti-uranium mining

Anti-nuclear movement in Australia

Nuclear testing, uranium mining and export, and nuclear energy have often been the subject of public debate in Australia, and the anti-nuclear movement in Australia has a long history...

 and trade union

Australian labour movement

The Australian labour movement has its origins in the early 19th century and includes both trade unions and political activity. At its broadest, the movement can be defined as encompassing the industrial wing, the unions in Australia, and the political wing, the Australian Labor Party and minor...

 movements. She is one of the founding members of the Trotskyist organisation Socialist Alternative

Socialist Alternative (Australia)

Socialist Alternative is a Trotskyist political organisation in Australia formed by an expulsion from the former International Socialist Organisation in 1995. It is one of the largest groups of the Australian far Left, claiming to have the largest active membership. With branches across...

, in which she plays a leading role and is a co-editor of its publication of the same name. She is also the editor of Marxist Left Review as well as having authored several books from a Marxist perspective on the Russian Revolution, the global financial crisis, women's struggles, working class

Working class

Working class is a term used in the social sciences and in ordinary conversation to describe those employed in lower tier jobs , often extending to those in unemployment or otherwise possessing below-average incomes...

 resistance in the Middle East

Middle East

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 and Australian imperialism.

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