Our movements are at a crossroads. The political landscape has shifted and crises facing young people – like cost of living and climate – are deepening. In 2025, post-election, what is the movement we need to face up to this moment? Last night, folk from Tomorrow Movement and other movements for justice across so-called Sydney gathered on stolen Gadigal land to ask: What is front of mind for us right now? How has the political context changed? And how do we build a youth movement powerful enough to meet it? Our movements are at a crossroads. The political landscape has shifted and crises facing young people – like cost of living and climate – are deepening. In 2025, post-election, what is the movement we need to face up to this moment? Last night, folk from Tomorrow Movement and other movements for justice across so-called Sydney gathered on stolen Gadigal land to ask: What is front of mind for us right now? How has the political context changed? And how do we build a youth movement powerful enough to meet it?
What’s Front of Mind Right Now?
The struggles we’re facing are interconnected. Young people are outraged by the ongoing genocide in Palestine and Australia’s complicity in it. Housing has become a nightmare, with skyrocketing rents, public housing neglect, and homelessness surging. First Nations communities continue to face brutal incarceration rates, state-sanctioned murder and systemic barriers in education. Meanwhile, our politicians are deciding to supercharge the climate crisis by again choosing big business over the people and putting 40000-old cultural heritage at Murujuga at risk.
Unjust systems of capitalism and colonisation link all these struggles.
How Has the Political Moment Changed?
Right now, politicians aren’t scared of us. They laugh at grassroots movements because they don’t believe we have power. That has to change. We need to make them fear us more than they fear big business.
Five years ago, the Black Lives Matter movement reshaped how some of us think about resistance. The pandemic proved that dramatic shifts in how we live are possible and that governments (even one headed by ScoMo) can act quickly to make people’s lives better when they want to. Since then, things have gotten worse. Wealth inequality is more glaring, the violence of colonisation is more visible, and while the Liberals are out of power, Labor isn’t offering structural change at the scale we need to address the climate and economic crises faced by young people.
Our Vision for the Future
We envision movements rooted in reciprocal solidarity—where different struggles back each other, even if our politics aren’t identical. We see a future where thousands of people have the skills to organise, and power is shared. A world where incarceration isn’t the default, where Land Back is a reality, and where education and community connection are prioritised over profit.
How Do We Get There?
We need to build deeper connections with each other. Shared purpose matters more than perfect political alignment—we have to enjoy living and fighting alongside one another. That means telling our stories and deeply listening.
Young people have a crucial role to play. We bring active hope, creativity, and a hunger for community. We need to make our movements the place to be—spaces where people feel alive, connected, and more powerful than anywhere else. We also need a clear strategy. We need winnable fights and an obvious way in.
If you’re ready to fight for a future rooted in justice, solidarity, and real power for communities—join us. Let’s make this movement impossible to ignore.