This week, I found out the Victorian Socialists, spearheaded by Jordan Van Den Lamb (aka Purple Pingers), have made it to the sunshine state.

Yayyyyy!

As they launch their campaign to build an official political party in Queensland, like the one they have down south, I have joined with gusto. 

I mean, founding members like me pay only $10 a year, which I can actually afford omg.

But I also genuinely think they are so cool, no sarcasm, just a desperate Millennial finding hope in fighting back against the establishment in this, Australia’s version of late stage capitalism. 😎

Some inspiring words from Rebecca, one of their organisers, are below in quotes.

The rest is my own commentary and praise of their efforts. 👏👏🤩

Why Queensland Socialists?

They say – and I agree! – that:

“Queensland desperately needs a political force that stands up to the powerful, and stands with the people who are fighting back.”

The greater Brisbane region has been dubbed the homelessness capital of Australia, and it’s for the worst of reasons:

Soaring rents…

Climbing house prices where no first home buyer has a chance anymore…

Renter’s “rights” that give you just a hint of hope, before you get to the Queensland tribunal – which is run by rich white men who are actually, surprise surprise, landlords…

Oh, and luxury skyscraper apartment blocks popping up so often that they started calling us the City of Cranes, but you can’t afford to live there unless there’s 6 people sharing a 2-bedroom… 🏗️

And all of that nonsense, which is easily avoidable by changing policy, has tragically pushed many people and their families into housing stress.

Tent cities have popped up all across South East Queensland.

But that’s not enough for the fat cats in Queensland parliament. No, in 2025, the city councils of Moreton Bay and Brisbane have “coordinated with the police to forcibly” – and in my opinion illegally – evicted residents of the tent cities in Moreton Bay and in Brisbane’s Musgrave Park.

Rebecca of the Socialists says, “Since taking office in 2024, the Crisafulli LNP government has initiated a crackdown on government spending, whilst pledging $3.8 billion to construct an Olympic stadium over public green space at Victoria Park. They have put forward a government wages policy behind inflation for Queensland’s public servants, threatening to further drive back living conditions for nurses, teachers and paramedics.”

So it’s time! 

Let’s take inspiration from the Victorian Socialists.

Because even if nothing else is changing, some squatters are now getting the rights they deserve, because of real people in the Victorian Socialists who give a f*CK about their fellow humans who live in Australia.

So the Queensland Socialists aim to build “a political force in this state that puts people before profit and fights for the rights of workers and the oppressed”.

They also want to build, not just a visible, electoral challenge to the people currently in power, but “a movement of people who think politics should be about more than parliamentary games“.

(Ever watched Parliament House’s question time? Disgraceful. The manchild politicians act like hangry toddlers.)

Get involved: sign up, and tell all your friends

The Socialists still have to reach a target of 500 members who’ve joined, in order to register with the Electoral Commission of Queensland as an official political party.

You can help them do this by “talking to all the lefties in your life who are sick of the major parties ruling for the rich”, and encouraging them to join at socialists.org.au where you can become a founding member for as little as $10.

Or give them a follow on the socials!

Looking for the Socialists political party in other states?

Follow them on Instagram, or on Facebook.

Or I guess if you absolutely must, if you are a journalist or some other profession where you’re used to using the musky platform Twitter (X),  but otherwise please don’t support the platform of that fascist Nazi narcissistic abuser. 🤢🤮

Hey wait, why aren’t they on my favourite platform of all time, Tiktok? I’ll have to ask them. Watch this space. 😉