Mick is a founding member of Socialist Alternative. He writes for Marxist Left Review and has authored many books including 

Mick Armstrong

The early 1970s in Australia were days of meteoric class struggle and, for the small anti-Stalinist left, fierce debate and political clarification. 

From theoretical discussion groups to audacious industrial agitation and early successes among students, this talk will follow the twists and turns of experimentation that led to the founding of a stable International Socialist current in Australia in the seventies.

The SWAG years: revolutionary organising in 1970's Australia

Marching Down Marx Street

History of Socialist Alternative: SWAG and the IS

Pauline Hanson's demagogic maiden speech to parliament in 1996 was given wall to wall coverage by the mainstream media and provoked a surge in racist attacks. This talk will look at how the momentum of her far right party was broken by an inspiring mass movement and the lessons for taking on the far right today.

Mick Armstrong

Veteran socialist

Sessions