The Palestine movement has become the core issue animating a bitter anger at the system among a new layer of leftward moving young people and millennials. And, significantly, those who march have felt themselves part of an international struggle.
The Socialist Party has grown from a membership of less than 1,000 to more than 5,000 in the space of half a year. No other Australian socialist formation in the 80 years since the end of World War Two has come close to such rapid growth.
