Marxism brings together activists, radicals, rebels, students, unionists and revolutionaries from across the world for a weekend of debate and discussion of contemporary radical politics, history and theory.

Speaker Index

is a revolutionary from Argentina and a member of the 

Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores 

Frente de Izquierda y de Trabajadores – Unidad

 (FIT-U) an important electoral alliance of revolutionary socialist parties. 

Federico Moreno

Roz Ward is a socialist who has gained national attention as the founder of the Safe Schools program. Her dedication to fighting for LGBTI rights has remained throughout relentless attacks on her and the Safe Schools program from conservative personalities and media, and she even faced a  controversial dismissal from her position at La Trobe University in Melbourne. She was only reinstated after a successful public campaign. Roz was of course part of leading the marriage equality campaign for years until the demand was finally won, and has said “I will never give up fighting for a more free and joyful world”. 

Roz Ward

Dr. Gary Foley is a legendary Aboriginal activist, writer, actor, teacher, storyteller and historian. He is Director of the Aboriginal History Archive at Victoria University.

In 1972, he was one of the founders of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra. Foley quickly came to the attention of ASIO and was heavily surveilled for years. He continued to be involved in every major struggle for Aboriginal rights, participating in the 1982 Commonwealth Games protest, the 1988 bicentennial demonstrations, the successful campaign to save Northland Secondary College in Melbourne in the early 1990s, and the protests that stopped the Jabiluka uranium mine later that decade. A keynote speaker at consecutive Invasion day demonstrations in Melbourne as well as Black Lives Matter demonstrations, Foley is also an outspoken supporter of refugee rights.

He has a vast body of written work, from his PhD on the history of Aboriginal organisations and struggles in Redfern in the late 1960s and early 1970s through to his website:

 Foley is currently building what will be the biggest ever archive of Aboriginal history. Rather than sitting on dusty shelves, these materials are being compiled as a resource for future generations of radicals.

Dr Gary Foley

Brian Bean is a socialist organiser and writer based in Chicago, a member of the Tempest Collective, part of the Rampant Magazine editorial collective. He is author of 

Their End Is Our Beginning: Cops, Capitalism, and Abolition

 from Haymarket Books. He will join us via Zoom link for Marxism 2026

Brian Bean

Rizal A is a cadre of Socialist Union and currently serves as the National Coordinator of the Socialist Youth Organization in Indonesia. 

Rizal is currently involved in building national consolidation and campaigning to demand the immediate release of around 600+ political prisoner related to the August Uprising 2025. He is also involved in the fact-finding team that investigated the August 2025 crackdown. 

At the Marxism Conference 2026, Rizal will share the presentation on the roots of August Uprising 2025. Patterns of Indonesia’s youth movement and state's response. And dynamic and history of the organized labor and Left related to August Uprising 2025.

Rizal A

Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and socialist activist. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies.

Ilan Pappé

Chris Miclos is a member of the NPA Révolutionnaires in France. He has been active in the Paris region for 15 years. 

Chris Miclos

Marty Hirst is a long-time member of Socialist Alternative and its predecessor organisations having first joined the International Socialists in 1976. Over 50 years, Marty has been a union militant and an activist in many left-wing social movements. He is a retired journalist and academic. Marty’s latest book 

There’s no good news: Journalism, crisis, and philosophy of praxis

, was published by Routledge at the beginning of 2026.

Marty Hirst

Yasmine is a socialist activist in Sydney and is the National Union of Students Education Officer for 2026. She is the national co-convenor of Students for Palestine.

Yasmine Johnson

Kevin Murphy teaches Russian history at the University of Massachusetts Boston. His 

Revolution and Counterrevolution: Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory

 won the 2005 Deutscher Memorial Prize. He will speak over zoom about the Decists.

Kevin Murphy

Anderson Bean is a North Carolina-based activist, a member of the Tempest Collective, editor and contributor of the book 

Venezuela in Crisis. Socialist Perspectives

 from Haymarket Books, and author of the Communes and the 

Venezuelan State: The Struggle for Participatory Democracy in a Time of Crisis

Anderson Bean

Germán P. Montañes is a member of Anticapitalistas from the Spanish state. Graduate in Political Science and International Studies, he has been an active member in the student movement in 2019-2022, and also in the solidarity movement with Palestine. He also writes in diverse media, especially 

Germán P. Montañes

Purity Machogu is a member of the Permanent Revolutionary Congress in Kenya. She is one of the leaders of its women’s front and a former leading student activist.

Purity Machogu

Jordan van den Lamb AKA purplepingers is a 28 year old lawyer, unionist and advocate for renters. He also makes silly little videos on tiktok and uses his platform to passionately contribute to political discourse (and Married at First Sight — equally important).

He’ll be running with Victorian Socialists for parliament in the next federal election.

Jordan van den Lamb

Liz has been a socialist activist for the last 25 years. She is a workplace delegate in the Australian Education Union and organiser of Socialists in Schools. She has fought to get refugees out of detention and win them permanent protection through protest and direct action. Liz was the Victorian Socialists 2022 state election candidate for the Western Metropolitan region, and organised protests of thousands in solidarity with those who lost abortion rights following the overturning of 

Liz Walsh

Joel Geier has been active in the US socialist movement since the 1960s. He has written on many topics, including world crisis, Marxist economics, social movements, and the soldier's rebellion during the Vietnam War. He will speak over zoom about the history of the American far left.

Joel Geier

Kevin Lin is an activist and researcher on China's labor movement, and works to build international labor solidarity. He has been writing about labor struggles, Chinese state and capitalism for publications such as Labor Notes, Jacobin, New Politics and Red Pepper. Kevin is also the managing editor of Asian Labour Review, which publishes analysis on workers' struggles across Asia. He is a co-editor of 

The China Question: Toward Left Perspectives

China from Below: Critical Analysis & Grassroots Activism

 (Gongchao 2023), and a co-author of the forthcoming 

China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry

Kevin Lin

Janey Stone’s mother sought refuge in Australia from Polish antisemitism in the 1930s. A lifelong socialist, Janey was active in the Women’s Liberation and anti-Vietnam War movements and a committed unionist. Janey is the author, with Donny Gluckstein, of 

Janey Stone

Elly is a long-term socialist and Secretary of New South Wales Socialists. She is an editor of Red Flag newspaper

Eleanor Morley

Omar Hassan is a socialist activist and editor of 

. He has played a prominent role in a wide variety of left-wing campaigns, including the movement against the far right, for refugee rights and the environment. 

Omar Hassan 

. His articles on Indigenous politics and history have been published in Red Flag, Marxist Left Review, Revolution Socialism in the 21st Century and Arena Quarterly 

Jordan Humphreys

Chloe is an activist and host of Socialist Alternative's podcast 

Chloe Rafferty

Kim Bullimore is a long-time socialist, political activist and anti-racist campaigner. A Murri woman and an active campaigner for Australian Indigenous rights, Kim is also involved in campaigns for and human rights and other social justice issues.

Kim Bullimore

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

Mick Armstrong

Grace has organised protests against the transphobic far right, successfully disrupting the speaking tour of anti-trans activist Posie Parker and shutting down a neo-Nazi gym in Melbourne's west. She is a member of Socialist Alternative's National Executive and co-ordinates our group's campus work around the country.

Grace Hill

Rebecca Barrigos is a longtime member of Socialist Alternative Brisbane, and a rank and file teacher unionist and convenor of Queensland Teachers Fightback

Rebecca Barrigos

Louise is a long-time member of Socialist Alternative and editor of Red Flag newspaper. She regularly contributes articles on oppression and identity politics to Marxist Left Review. She was the convenor of Equal Love during the successful campaign for marriage equality in Australia.

Louise O’Shea

Jasmine is a Palestine activist and socialist organiser at RMIT university. She writes for Red Flag newspaper.

Jasmine Duff

Sarah is on the Socialist Alternative National Executive

Sarah Garnham

April has been a socialist and LGBTI activist in Sydney since 2011. She is a member of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union and co-convenor of Community Action for Rainbow Rights. She writes for Red Flag newspaper and Marxist Left Review.

April Holcombe

Jerome Small is a founding member of Socialist Alternative and our industrial organiser. He has been a socialist and union activist in the telecommunications, clothing, clerical and construction industries for over 30 years, as well as playing a prominent role in climate, refugee and anti-uranium campaigns. 

Jerome Small

Anneke is on the National Executive of Socialist Alternative and hosts the Socialist Party podcast The Party Line. 

Anneke Demanuele

Tom Bramble is a long-term socialist activist, author and retired academic based in Queensland, Australia. He taught Industrial Relations at the University of Queensland for many years and has authored numerous books and articles on the Australian labour movement. His most recent book, with Mick Armstrong, is 

The Fight for Workers’ Power: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in the 20th Century

Tom Bramble

Vashti is a socialist and member of Socialist Alternative's National Executive. She is the author of

Vashti Fox

Diane Fieldes has been active since the early 1970s in many campaigns including those for Indigenous and refugee rights. She has written about a range of working-class struggles such as the fight for equal pay and is a member of Socialist Alternative. 

Diane Fieldes

Sandra Bloodworth is a labour historian and socialist activist, based in Melbourne, Australia. She has been involved in radical politics since the 1970s, where she has played roles in the women's, Aboriginal, anti-uranium mining and trade union movements. She is a founding member of Socialist Alternative and has written on the Russian Revolution, the global financial crisis, women's struggles, working class resistance in the Middle East and Australian imperialism. 

Featured Speakers

Ilan Pappé

Professor of History and political scientist

Dr Gary Foley

Legendary Aboriginal activist

Purity Machogu

Permanent Revolutionary Congress (Kenya)

Federico Moreno

MST (Argentina)

Vashti Fox

Author of "The Story of Palestine"

Jasmine Duff

Students for Palestine national co-convenor

Chris Miclos

NPA Révolutionnaires (France)

Kevin Murphy

Socialist historian and prize-winning author (USA)

Rebecca Barrigos

Convenor of Queensland Teachers Fightback

Anderson Bean

Tempest Collective (USA)

Germán P. Montañes

Anticapitalistas (Spain)

Jordan van den Lamb

AKA purplepingers

Joel Geier

Active in the US socialist movement since the '60s

Anneke Demanuele

Socialist cultural commentator and podcaster

Kevin Lin

Activist and researcher on China's labour movement

Brian Bean

Tempest Collective (USA)

Janey Stone

Socialist publisher and historian

Rizal A

Socialist Union (Indonesia)

Sandra Bloodworth

Labour historian and socialist activist

Roz Ward

Safe Schools founder

Eleanor Morley

Editor of Red Flag newspaper

Yasmine Johnson

NUS Education Officer & SfP national co-convenor

Diane Fieldes

Veteran socialist activist and writer

Jordan Humphreys

Author of Indigenous Liberation and Socialism

Kim Bullimore

Political activist and anti-racist campaigner

Sarah Garnham

From Socialist Alternative

Marty Hirst

Associate Professor in Journalism (retired)

Grace Hill

Socialist Alternative campus convenor

Mick Armstrong

Veteran socialist

Jerome Small

Socialist Alternative's industrial organiser

Chloe Rafferty

Host of Red Flag Radio

Tom Bramble

Historian of the Australian labour movement

Liz Walsh

Socialist and refugee activist

Omar Hassan

Editor of Marxist Left Review

Louise O’Shea

Editor of Red Flag newspaper

April Holcombe

Socialist activist and writer