1969, leaders of the CPA attempted to limit Resistance's involvement in the Vietnam Moratorium Campaign in Sydney, proposing that only representatives of affiliated organisations should participate in an organising committee. However, the majority of those attending the founding meeting of the VMC rejected the CPA's proposals; Jim Percy, a leading member of Resistance, played a leading role in the following Moratorium campaign of independent mass mobilisations against the war, which built the largest antiwar actions ever seen in Australia at that time, with 75,000 marching in Melbourne and 20,000 marching in Sydney. The original name for the organisation was SCREW, said either to stand for Society for the Cultivation of Rebellion Every Where, or Sydney Committee for Revolution and Emancipation of the Working Class. After a few months the name was changed to Resistance, and at the founding national conference in 1970 the name was changed to Socialist Youth Alliance, to be changed back to Resistance 10 years later. Resistance has organised campaigns such as the high school walkouts against Pauline Hanson in 1998, which drew 14,000 students to protest, the single largest political action taken by secondary students in Australia's history. Resistance was involved in the Books not Bombs collective which organised anti-war protests in 2003 of around 5000 students, the APEC protests against George W. Bush in 2007 and Students Against the Pulp Mill in 2008. When the DSP and several other groups formed the Socialist Alliance in early 2001, Resistance gave its solidarity but did not affiliate to the Alliance until late 2003. Resistance held its 39th national conference in Wollongong, 24–26 April 2010. The organisation's 40th national conference was held in Sydney in 2011. In 2012, Resistance held its 41st national conference in Adelaide, 20–22 July. Conference participants joined local union activists in a protest at Coles in solidarity with striking transport workers. In terms of activity, Resistance is now largely dormant; with no activity on its website since 2017. The activity of the organisation and its would-be members has largely been absorbed into the broader party. References Further reading Resistance: A History of the Democratic Socialist Party & Resistance What Resistance Stands For External links Resistance 1967 establishments in Australia Organizations established in 1967 Socialist organisations in Australia Youth wings of political parties in Australia