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A new edition of this highly successful text, which includes updated and refined chapters, and new sections on contemporary theories Labors vote continued to drop in working-class areasthe result of decades of imposing the dictates of the corporate elite at the expense of the jobs and conditions of workers and their families. Overhaul the health system with funding to increase hospital capacity, improve ambulance response times, boost worker numbers and raise wages. The Greens vote rose from 10.7% (2018) to 10.9%, not the widely talked-up Greenslide. Bolton, a founding member of Socialist Alliance, is a community leader on the Moreland Council. In Melbourne, the Alliance has about half a dozen regularly active members. But it would help champion progressive ideas in a mainstream way. There could be a similar or worse result on November 26, possibly producing a hung parliament, with neither Labor nor the Liberals able to form a majority government. VS received the fourth-highest vote, out of 23 parties, in the Northern Metropolitan Region, with4.86%. [Sue Bull is the co-convenor of Geelong Socialist Alliance and a long-time union activist. This work must be completely subordinate to the goals and tasks of the mass struggle outside parliament.. For eight years, Victorian Labor Premier Daniel Andrews has headed a pro-business government. A place for revolutionary socialists in Australia to analyse Australia-centric events and to organise within the country. The Russian Revolution of 1917 caused a crisis for the VSP. While Socialist Alliance supports the right of the Ukrainian people to resist the Russian invasion and to access military assistance to do so, including military training, it is opposed to Australian personnel participating in the British training program Operation Interflex. The Victorian Socialists (VS) stood in all 22 seats that cover the two Legislative Council (LC) regions of Northern Metropolitan and Western Metropolitan. [10] It was officially registered by the Victorian Electoral Commission on 6 June 2018. However, the Greens vote grew in the seats they had already won and they won Richmond. The Andrews government has presided over a state with the highest number of police in Australia, a hospital system in crisis, skyrocketing rents and mortgages, and inflation that is seeing profits grow even as the rest of us struggle to pay our bills. Around half of those were Church of England, with Presbyterians and Methodists being the next two largest . After a conversation in which we try and put 150-odd years of struggle into its historical context, they inevitably respond with: Yes, but dont you think youd be able to fight the right better if you were bigger and stronger?. The Ukrainian people have a right to resist the invasion. The seething discontent saw a 40 percent vote by government school teachers in May against a deal struck by the government with the Australian Education Union that cut real wages and did nothing to alleviate intolerable workloads. It falsely labels both Russia and China as imperialist, and through this designation lines up with Washingtons aggression against both countries. The party achieved a vote of 4.2% in the Northern Metropolitan Region while achieving 7.2% of the vote for the lower house seat of Broadmeadows, in a field of four candidates.[19][20]. [27][28], VS ran candidates for the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 2022 federal election, and subsequently launched a campaign to win a seat in the 2022 Victorian state election. 00:04. [2] By 1921, after the foundation of the Communist Party of Australia, the then secretary Robert Ross advocated a eugenicist stance, stating to 'keep your races pure'. In Victoria and across the country, Labor and the unions are imposing continuing real wage cuts, as well as cuts to public hospital and health spending. On every issue, the maintenance of the bourgeois state and capitalist property relations is taken as a given, regardless of the global economic crisis. Help us build the movement for a fairer, better and more sustainable society. Spence) advocated the Land Plan, others, after the rejection of the third Petition in 1848, were attracted by Christian Socialism, co-operative associations and trade unionism. Take the following, from the private official paper of this weird organisation, the "Socialist Record" (Feb. 1913) : "I [the writer of the article, Mr. F. Edwards] know one branch of the Party which will not sell 'Justice' or the 'Clarion' because they advocate piffling reforms. Originally formed as the Australian Socialist League in 1887, it had members such as George Black, New South Wales Premier William Holman and Prime Minister Billy Hughes. Join us for the launch party of our 2022 state election manifesto, and find out how you can get involved in the historic campaign to get the first socialists elected to an Australian parliament for almost a century. In Ukraine, the US is fuelling a proxy war against Russia that threatens to escalate into nuclear conflict. Contents History Australian Socialist League Socialist Labor Party He played a critical role in saving Richmond Secondary College from closure in the 1990s. . That motion called on Victorian Socialists to: develop its organisational structures and sustain a more active membership. CEO salaries are up more than 40 percent in a year while living standards for everyone else are getting smashed. In the 2018 Victorian state and 2019 federal elections Socialist Alternative campaigned alongside the Socialist Alliance to support the newly founded left-wing political party, the Victorian Socialists. Support for the two capitalist ruling partiesLabor and the Liberal-Nationalshas fallen to historic lows. Socialist Alliance is running on the campaign theme, Community Need, Not Corporate Greed. Victorian Socialists, in particular, are the most zealous supporters of the trade union bureaucracy. The Victorian Socialists brings together socialist groups including Socialist Alternative and the Socialist Alliance, and individual activists, unionists and community organisers. According to the Greens, VS is unlikely to win an LC seat. Labors national executive seized control of the Victorian branch in 2020 for three years. The motion also noted that, the bulk of Victorian Socialist activity is confined to electoral activity, where it should be fighting around multiple issues the whole year round.. For example, Victorian Socialists propose not the expropriation of the banks but rather a state-based Bank Super-Profits Tax on the biggest five banks operating in Victoria at 20 percent of annual profits and the creation of a State Bank of Victoria that would supposedly lend according to criteria encompassing the interests of society as a whole.. While Socialist Alliance is withdrawing from Victorian Socialists, we remain committed to building democratic alliances that will help fight for anti-capitalist change in the unions, the environment movement, the campaigns for Indigenous and refugee rights and elections. International Committee of the Fourth International. It undoubtedly has contributed to the vote for socialists both where we are known as campaigners and also where socialist policies made sense to those who dont really know us so well.. The far right failed to capitalise on the anti-lockdown/anti-mandate movement. Hug them tightly. As a young man, he changed his name to Cain when he converted from Roman Catholicism to Anglicanism, though very little else is known about his childhood. The only criticism of the US military alliance is framed in nationalist terms, with a section on Militarism and Solidarity beginning, Australia faces no threat to its sovereignty.. Under the business-as-usual politics of Liberal and Labor, Melbourne has become a segregated city: working-class areas are starved of resources while the wealthy suburbs get the best of everything. The working class must have a political voice, which the Australian ruling class is seeking to stifle with this legislation. The Victorian Socialists brings together socialist groups including Socialist Alternative and the Socialist Alliance, and individual activists, unionists and community organisers. How else could Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull get away with his disgraceful attack on the Sudanese community, blaming them for gang violence? The micro-party's volunteers have knocked on more than 10,000 doors in the inner-suburban seat of . I'd preference both above lab/lib/greens. Nah, the people in the Alliance who called themselves trots stopped doing that in the 80s. Weve got to put politicians on a workers wage so that they live like the rest of us. [12][13], The 2018 election campaign gained support from several trade unions including the ETU, VAHPA, UFU, CFMMEU (MUA division), AMIEU and NUW. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. During the state election, Victorian Socialists could get out 150 people to mass doorknock certain areas and get similar numbers to meetings. NUW organisers for the union to soften its approach successfully opened the way for union staff to campaign for the Victorian Socialists. I'm Jerome Small, Victorian Socialists candidate for the Northern Metro upper house region in the November 2022 Victorian election. Authorisation for electoral content by V. Miley, Suite 1.07, 22-36 Mountain St, Ultimo, NSW, 2007. During this long reign, the country acquired unprecedented power and wealth. . Authorised by C. Oakley, Victorian Socialists, 54 Victoria St Carlton South, VIC 3053, VS Presents: A Socialist Manifesto for Real Change. This was smaller than 2010, when they scored 11.2% andin 2014, they scored 11.5%. Progressives need to support that campaign. This corruption underscores the true character of the Labor Party as a state-financed and trade union-backed bureaucratic shell, operating on behalf of big business against the working class. Jimenez is a Mexican-Australian who joined the Campaign Against Racism and the Socialist Alternative when she moved . As at November 2020, the party had one elected representative, Jorge Jorquera, a Councillor on Maribyrnong City Council. A 5-year freeze on rent increases. As we go to press, counting is still underway. Politicians are overpaid and out of touch. We need a socialist society of equality, social justice and environmental sustainability, in which we can organise together to save our planet and reclaim our future. Socialist Alliance participated in the founding of the project because we felt that it could be a step towards a bigger and more united left, beginning with an electoral alliance. The Greens, VS, Reason, Animal Justice Party and Legalise Cannabis agreed to preference each other before Labor. Socialist Alternatives Red Flag declared in July: Imperialist [i.e., Russias] invasion cannot be defeated by pacifist methods. No to NATO expansionism, The movement for refugee rights must continue, Blak Sovereign Movement given a boost by Senator Lidia Thorpe, Robodebt fiasco reveals Centrelink workers opposed it, Jim Chalmers values-based capitalism magic trick wont fly, Voice to Parliament has to be more than a token gesture, Socialist Alliance makes ambitious plans at its 17th National Conference, Invasion Day 2023: The struggle for First Nations justice and sovereignty continues, Socialist Alliance opposes deepening military cooperation with Britain, Labors IR law dont leave workers better off overall, Australian armys torture resistance course breaches human rights, United States ramps up threats against China, Russia, Macquaries statue must tell the truth, activist says, Miko Peled: Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir have all but guaranteed a new Intifada will soon erupt, Corrupt and fraudulent: Laying bare the Adani Group. However, we no longer feel that the Victorian Socialist project is capable of uniting broader layers of socialists in an alliance that has the dynamic to move beyond electoral politics. It is exciting to think about how effective this campaign could become. Founded in February 2018, it is an electoral alliance of various socialist parties, organisations, community groups and trade unionists. ], Subscribe to Socialist Alliance & Green Left newsletters. 8vo. The obvious question is why? KERRYN PHELPS: Why Independents are the teal deal The Robodebt royal commission has revealed that lower level Centrelink workers were telling their bosses that the system was wrong and cruel. Vic Soc is organised by Socialist Alternative (Cliffite Trotskyists) and other socialists. The property market has become a casino for speculators interested only in profits, while homes are priced out of reach of an entire generation. The Greens increased its vote to retain Melbourne, Prahran and Brunswick and won a fourth lower house seat in Richmond. We invite all who wish to build a stronger, more united left to support this endeavour as a practical step towards building the socialist movement we so urgently need. At the start of World War One, nearly eight in ten Australians identifed as Protestants. "So, how come the left is so divided?" we are routinely asked. A faction of the VSP hoped to "bore from within" and win the ALP for socialism. Labor has underestimated just how difficult this cost of living and housing affordability crisis is for so many working people. Politics of Australia. Our schools are in crisis. VS out-polled the Greens in several outer suburban seats. It is not just that the lead candidate Steve Jolly has a strong track record as a fighter and socialist activist. Our Policy Platform | Victorian Socialists Our Policy Platform The billionaires have had it too good for too long. This is diametrically opposed to a genuine socialist, that is Marxist, perspective on the role of elected socialist representatives within bourgeois parliaments. In 2012, Corey Oakley declared backing for US imperialist interventions, writing: The time for knee-jerk anti-imperialism has passed. In Ukraine, Socialist Alternative openly supports the pouring of US weaponry into the hands of the right-wing Zelensky government in the war against Russia, just as it agitated for the US assault on Syria. Disgraced former Labor MP Adam Somyurek, who ran for the Democratic Labour Party, is predicted to win the last spot in the Northern Metropolitan region. While Victorian Socialists showed great potential when it was formed in early 2018 and ran two big and exciting socialist election campaigns, it has not lived up to its promise to build a more united left. Subscribe to Socialist Alliance & Green Left newsletters. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The Sustainable Australia Party (officially registered as Sustainable Australia Party - Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption ), formerly the Sustainable Population Party, is an Australian political party. Most recently this was on display after the transnational giant Knauf locked out workers at its plasterboard plant in Port Melbourne. The unjust jailing of climate activist Violet CoCo exposes the limits of thetype of democracy we are being asked to uphold. Lots of people involved in the campaign are revolutionaries who are also involved in other socialist or activist groups like Socialist Alternative. Its not just about raising these demands. Socialist Alliance needs your financial support, Robodebt fiasco reveals Centrelink workers opposed it, Jim Chalmers values-based capitalism magic trick wont fly, Voice to Parliament has to be more than a token gesture, Socialist Alliance opposes deepening military cooperation with Britain, The movement for refugee rights must continue, Blak Sovereign Movement given a boost by Senator Lidia Thorpe, Socialist Alliance makes ambitious plans at its 17th National Conference, Invasion Day 2023: The struggle for First Nations justice and sovereignty continues, Australian armys torture resistance course breaches human rights, United States ramps up threats against China, Russia, Macquaries statue must tell the truth, activist says, Miko Peled: Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir have all but guaranteed a new Intifada will soon erupt, Corrupt and fraudulent: Laying bare the Adani Group. The Socialist Alliance passes resolution that Labor'sIndigenous Voice to Parliament will be another token gesture, unless the government is forced by a strong popular movement to take real measures towardsFirst Nations justice. Leadership aspirants said they would reverse that. Erroneously, though conveniently labeled "socialism," this formation based on parties advocating the interests of the male, skilled, industrial working class as an expression of progressive 8 CHAPTER ONE politics remained ephemeral in the United States compared to all European industrial democracies, as well as Australia and New Zealand. Victorian Socialists was established in 2018 as an alliance of pseudo-left groups, but now functions as an electoral front for Socialist Alternative. A leading influence in the VSP's formation was the British trade unionist Tom Mann, who lived in Australia from 1903 to 1910. Growing working-class hostility toward Labor threatens an historic crisis of capitalist rule. The Victorian Socialists (VS) stood in all 22 seats that cover the two Legislative Council (LC) regions of Northern Metropolitan and Western Metropolitan. Check out some of our events here. Labor's resolution of status permanent visadoes not go far enough. Victorian Socialists is a campaign to get a socialist elected. Their function is not to promote illusions that these institutions can be pressured to the left but on the contrary to expose their function as a vehicle of the ruling class, develop socialist consciousness, and promote the understanding that the working class has to build new organisations to take political power. Albaneses Labor government is committed to both offensives, placing the population on the frontline of a potential World War III. Socialist Alliance intends to run a full ticket in the Moreland Council elections in 2020 and will work hard to have Socialist Alliance Councillor Sue Bolton re-elected. [2], The VSP did not primarily contest parliamentary elections, seeing itself mainly as a force for socialist education in the wider Labor movement. In 1907, the VSP, plus similar groups in the other Australian states, came together in a loose federal organisation calling itself the Socialist Federation of Australia, but this never became a functioning national party. But Victorian Socialists do not even pretend to advance a program for workers globally. Victorian Socialists candidates Stephen Jolly and Sue Bolton. But the Daniel Andrews government barely sustained a graze, while the very vulnerable combined African community has been left reeling and open to further attack. 10 In Geelong, where they are strongest, their members have done stuff like doorknocking to hand out "change the rules" campaign material that advised people to vote Labor. Chartism, Social Agency, and the Victorian Novel, . In the state election campaign for Victoria on November 26, the Victorian Socialists organisation is standing 38 candidates in both upper and lower house electorates, representing the largest election campaign ever mounted by the Australian pseudo-left. The party was founded in 2001 as an alliance of various socialist organisations and activists. At the end of the day, change had to be fought for by ordinary people not parliament. Victorian Socialists' state election candidates on our vision for a society that puts people before profit, and why you should VOTE 1 Victorian Socialists this November and elect a socialist to parliament to fight for real change. Djab Wurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara Senator Lidia Thorpe should be congratulated for putting a Treaty with First Nations people on the political agenda. Even though Socialist Alliance aren't able to properly campaign for all of the council wards they're running in, they have put up candidates to compete with Victorian Socialists who could have actually won some of those. Founded in February 2018, it is an electoral alliance of various socialist parties, organisations, community groups and trade unionists. Other outer suburban seats were similar to Broadmeadows, with swings against Labor going to the left and the right. The Victorian Labor government looks set to be re-elected in a landslide. The Victorian Socialists is a democratic socialist party that was formed in 2018 out of an electoral alliance of various socialist parties, organisations, community groups and trade unionists. Some of the anti-Labor swing went to the Liberals and the far right. Socialist Alliance councillor Sue Bolton will run with Steve Jolly and Colleen Bolger on the Victorian Socialists ticket in the November Victorian state election. Victoria has now registered nearly 6,000 deaths during the pandemic, the highest of any state, with the vast majority of these occurring this year, as a direct result of this live with the virus policy. Under business-as-usual politics, its divide and conquer. Privatisation of Victoria's transport system has been a total failure, and should be reversed. Or demanding that public housing and public transport stay in public hands and not run down and privatised? Socialist Alliance Councillor Sue Bolton at a refugee rights rally. If the group publishes the US state department narrative on China and Russia, you'll be able to note an example of controlled opposition, willing or not. 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