Introduction : Labor ideology and socialism / B.D. O'Meagher -- Socialism, working-class mobilisation, and the origins of the Labor Party / Terry Irving -- Dilemmas of democratic socialism / Peter Wilenski -- Reshaping the socialist objective / Gareth Evans -- Equality and the objective / Andrew Jakubowicz -- Australian economic realities and socialist strategies / Bruce Hartnett -- Women and socialism / Susan Magarey -- The extension of democracy / Gary Johns -- Social and political barriers / Dennis Altman -- Economic barriers to socialism in Australia / F.H. Gruen -- Socialism and the Australian Constitution / Gareth Evans -- Towards a socialist programme / Bob Connell.