Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 2hVS candidate for Pascoe Vale Yasemin Shamsili was out early this morning supporting striking Merri-Bek council workers - members of the Australian Services Union - fighting for a better deal than the real wage cut of 2.75% that's currently on the table. Solidarity with these legends! ✊ ❤️ 🙌 050
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 21hVOTE '1' Victorian Socialists for a healthcare system, and a society, that puts people before profit. pledge.victoriansocialists.org.aupledge.victoriansocialists.org.auPledge to vote socialistThis November's state election will be a pivotal moment in Australian politics, and the outcome will shape our society for years to come. 051
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 21hWe need radical change to fix the crisis in healthcare and build a system that values its workers and puts patients' health and wellbeing first - starting with a major investment to increase the number of hospital beds, hire more healthcare staff, and increase funding for frontline community health. 161
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 21hSince Labor came to power in 2014, the number of hospital beds per 1,000 people has declined. For those aged over 65 - it's down by 12 percent. Any paramedic, nurse, doctor or mental health worker could tell you: statistics like these are just the tip of the iceberg. 151
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 21hVictoria's healthcare system is in crisis - held together only by the self-sacrifice of the health professionals who make it run. Victorian Socialists led the fight to save cohealth community health clinics from closure, and in parliament we'd take up the fight for the entire health system. 1247
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 23hHear from and chat with Jasmine and Anneke, meet members of our local branch, and find out how you can get involve in our historic campaign! Tickets here: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/events/2819victoriansocialists.org.auFootscray Campaign Launch – Victorian SocialistsJoin us as we launch our campaign to get Jasmine Duff elected to the lower house of Victorian Parliament, and Anneke Demanuele to the upper house in the November state election. 021
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 23hJoin VS members and supporters in Footscray this Saturday 17th October from 5pm at Littlefoot Bar + Kitchen to launch the campaigns of VS candidates Jasmine Duff (Footscray) and Anneke Demanuele (Western Metro). Ft. special guest speaker Professor Gary Foley. 141
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Join us and get involved! www.victoriansocialists.org.au/joinvictoriansocialists.org.auJoin – Victorian SocialistsEndless war, growing inequality, and environmental destruction: this is the reality of capitalism today. Many are struggling just to maintain the bare necessities - like secure housing, education,… 074
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Massive shout out to the hundreds of new volunteers who are helping us take a socialist message of hope, solidarity, and collective struggle for a better world to voters across the state! ✊❤🙌 1185
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 14/10/2026A few pics from the last month or so of campaigning. We've knocked on more than 160,000 doors so far and had tens of thousands of conversations with residents. 25012
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Grab your ticket today and come along to help us launch our campaign in style! www.victoriansocialists.org.au/events/2770victoriansocialists.org.auPingers4Parliament Campaign Launch – Victorian SocialistsCome along for an inspiring evening to launch Jordan van den Lamb's campaign for parliament! Featuring Jordan and upper house candidate Omar Hassan MC'd by the marvellous Roz Ward. 031
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026MC'd by Safe Schools Founder Roz Ward, the launch will feature music, art and a special live presentation by Jordan about his socialist origin story and his plans for parliament. Also speaking will be Omar Hassan, the Victorian Socialists candidate for the Northern Metro. 131
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026For years Jordan has been exposing how broken our housing system is through his website shitrentals.org and online campaigning as 'purplepingers' – now he's taking the fight against bad landlords and real estate agents to parliament.shitrentals.orgShitrentals.orgThank you! Your submission has been received! 131
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Join us this Friday 16th November from 7pm at the Drill Hall to launch Victorian Socialists candidate Jordan van den Lamb's (@purplepingers.bsky.social) campaign in the seat of Melbourne. 1154
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Grab your ticket today and come along to help us launch our campaign in style! www.victoriansocialists.org.au/events/2770victoriansocialists.org.auPingers4Parliament Campaign Launch – Victorian SocialistsCome along for an inspiring evening to launch Jordan van den Lamb's campaign for parliament! Featuring Jordan and upper house candidate Omar Hassan MC'd by the marvellous Roz Ward. 011
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Support our policies? Sign on to our 'vote socialist pledge' - rejecting the major parties and One Nation and supporting a socialist vision of society that puts people before profit and ensures everyone has what they need to live a decent life. pledge.victoriansocialists.org.aupledge.victoriansocialists.org.auPledge to vote socialistThis November's state election will be a pivotal moment in Australian politics, and the outcome will shape our society for years to come. 031
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026We would also end all ‘voluntary’ parent contributions for things like uniforms, devices, camps and excursions, which should be paid for out of the state’s general revenues to ensure that no child is left disadvantaged and no family is humiliated for lack of money. 161
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Hundreds of thousands of Victorian children are living with extreme food insecurity - with many regularly skipping meals. To address this, and bring relief to working-class households, Victorian Socialists propose to implement a free lunch program for all public primary school students. 1103
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 12/10/2026In the coming week we're holding official launch events for our campaigns in Melbourne, Footscray and Preston/Thomastown among others. Check out our events page for details: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/eventsvictoriansocialists.org.auEvents – Victorian SocialistsFri 16 Oct @ 7:00 PM 030
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Thanks to the 70+ people who turned out to the Woodlands Hotel in Coburg on Saturday afternoon to help launch VS Pascoe Vale candidate Yasemin Shamsili's campaign. 🚀✊🏼❤️ 1153
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Want a sign for your place? Order online here: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/yard-signvictoriansocialists.org.auOrder a Yard Sign – Victorian SocialistsDisplaying a sign advertising your local Victorian Socialists candidate out the front of your house is one of the best and easiest ways you can support our campaign. 020
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Some of our extra-large campaign signs starting to go up in prominent spots around Melbourne! We don't have the $$$ to run anywhere near the kind of paid advertising the major parties can, but we've got a strong base of support and hundreds of volunteers to help get our message out. ✊ ❤️ 1203
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 10/10/2026From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! 080
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and terror campaign of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank continues, and so must our resistance! We demand an end to all weapons trade with Israel and for the Australian government to sever all ties with the Israeli terror regime. 180
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Victorian Socialists encourages its members and supporters to attend tomorrow's Global Day for Gaza rally - taking place at 12pm at the State Library (look out for our stall and contingent near the Sunken Library on corner Swanston & La Trobe Sts). 1225
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/08/v...crikey.com.auHolding back the tide in Victoria's closest seatWith seven weeks until the Victorian state election, things on the ground are heating up. Crikey went to the state's most tightly held, and hotly contested, seat, to see whether Labor can cling on. 030
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Nice to see VS candidate for Bass Chris Jobe getting a mention in Crikey for talking sense on potholes at a recent candidate forum on Phillip Island (article link below). No doubt there will be many such moments 'halfway between sincere amusement and genuine irritation' in this campaign! 1113
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026VOTE '1' for Victorian Socialists to put people in parliament who'll take on all the big corporate and elite interests that dominate politics in this country and put the fear up billionaires like Gina Rinehart who've had everything their way for so long! pledge.victoriansocialists.org.aupledge.victoriansocialists.org.auPledge to vote socialistThis November's state election will be a pivotal moment in Australian politics, and the outcome will shape our society for years to come. 0125
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This kind of policy is one reason why major party politicians and the billionaires they serve feel threatened by socialists. They don't want anyone in parliament who is going to upset 'business as usual' and actually fight for a better deal for working-class people and the oppressed. 170
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026We think politicians should be paid an average full-time worker's wage - equivalent to a 6th year nurse (currently $96,000), with increases pegged to the nurses' award. If elected, our candidates will accept only that amount and put the rest into community campaigns in the areas they represent. 140
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This, combined with the cosy relationships that develop between politicians and corporate lobbyists and other big business representatives, mean they're much more likely to identify with and look after the interests of elites than working-class people in the communities they represent. 140
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Put politicians on a worker's wage and get the big corporate interests out of parliament! The starting salary of a Victorian MP is $219,000, putting them in the richest 4 percent of income earners. Ministers get more than $390,000, putting them in the top 1 percent. 23212
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Support our policies? Sign on to our 'vote socialist pledge' - rejecting the major parties and One Nation and supporting a socialist vision of society that puts people before profit and ensures everyone has what they need to live a decent life. pledge.victoriansocialists.org.aupledge.victoriansocialists.org.auPledge to vote socialistThis November's state election will be a pivotal moment in Australian politics, and the outcome will shape our society for years to come. 011
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Didn't need a think tank to come up with this one for us. A good idea is a good idea. 👍 2115
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 06/10/2026See our full list of candidates announced to date here: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/candidatesvictoriansocialists.org.auCandidates – Victorian Socialistsfor Northern Metropolitan 020
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Nice write up on our candidate for Kororoit Rayan Hassan in the Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly. We're currently finalising our last candidate preselections and will be running in all 88 lower house seats and all 8 upper house regions across Victoria. 1143
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Read our full housing policy on our website: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/policies/hou...victoriansocialists.org.auHousing for all – Victorian SocialistsHousing should be a right, not a commodity. We’re fighting for a five-year rent freeze, 150,000 new public homes, and a ban on hoarding property. 1121
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 05/10/2026- Establish a state bank offering loans to owner-occupiers at below market rates - Conduct a statewide audit of empty and underused property and appropriate (and where necessary refurbish) homes left empty for two years without a good reason for use as public housing 293
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Our policies put people before profit. We'll fight to: - Impose a 25 percent cut to all residential tenancies followed by a five-year rent freeze - Establish a publicly owned and run construction firm to build 150,000 energy-efficient public housing units over the next decade 182
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Victorian Socialists has a plan to fix the housing crisis and build a housing system centred on meeting human needs rather than generating profit for the big banks, developers and wealthy investors. 23313
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Want one of our campaign signs for your place? Order online here: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/yard-signvictoriansocialists.org.auOrder a Yard Sign – Victorian SocialistsDisplaying a sign advertising your local Victorian Socialists candidate out the front of your house is one of the best and easiest ways you can support our campaign. 051
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A message from one of our supporters in Footscray who was forced to resort to a bespoke solution when someone kept tearing down the Jasmine Duff for Footscray campaign sign from their front fence. ❤️ 1254
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 03/10/2026One Nation fascists getting in early with the promise of extrajudicial punishment for their political enemies. Who else is on their list to 'disappear' if they come to power in Victoria? 852711
Reposted by Victorian SocialistsPurplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Why I'm running for parliament - if you want to get involved, then come along to my launch! www.victoriansocialists.org.au/events/2770 youtube.com/shorts/smxk0...youtube.comCome help me launch my campaign!YouTube video by PurplepingersTV 38225
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Support our candidates and policies? Sign on to our 'vote socialist pledge' - rejecting the major parties and One Nation and supporting a socialist vision of society that puts people before profit and ensures everyone has what they need to live a decent life. pledge.victoriansocialists.org.aupledge.victoriansocialists.org.auPledge to vote socialistThis November's state election will be a pivotal moment in Australian politics, and the outcome will shape our society for years to come. 010
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"My ideas aren’t radical. They’re rural common sense. Care for land. Care for people. Build a future where everyone can live with dignity." 131
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Welcoming migrants, opposing racism, respecting Gunaikurnai Country and protecting land, water, trees and wildlife are core values. No matter our age, race, gender, sexuality, ability or story, we are Gippslanders. 100
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Everyone deserves secure housing, fair wages, free childcare and schools, and resourced hospitals. Gippslanders survive fire, flood, drought and epidemic as a community. My place is with workers, with families who built this region, and with anyone who relies on public services to live with dignity 100
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Amy writes: "Raised near the Great Lakes, I learned early that neighbours get through hardship together. As a young immigrant to rural Australia, I found myself among country folks who lived that same truth. 100
Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Introducing the Victorian Socialists candidate for Gippsland East, Amy Espeseth. Amy is a Gippsland Lakes local who has worked as a lecturer, novelist and advocate. 1102