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. 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. Authorised by C. Oakley, Victorian Socialists, 54 Victoria St Carlton South, VIC 3053, VS Presents: A Socialist Manifesto for Real Change. Britain had become the most powerful nation in the world thanks to its growing number of colonies, however, with the industrial revolution, urban . For decades, the elements that today comprise Socialist Alternative abstained from electoral activity. 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.. A faction of the VSP hoped to "bore from within" and win the ALP for socialism. The Socialist Alliance passes resolution that Labor's Indigenous Voice to Parliament will be another token gesture, unless the government is forced by a strong popular movement to take real measures towards First Nations justice Socialist Alliance makes ambitious plans at its 17th National Conference Overhaul the health system with funding to increase hospital capacity, improve ambulance response times, boost worker numbers and raise wages. The Sustainable Australia Party (officially registered as Sustainable Australia Party - Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption ), formerly the Sustainable Population Party, is an Australian political party. Our Policy Platform | Victorian Socialists Our Policy Platform The billionaires have had it too good for too long. This is where the Victorian Socialists could make a difference. The seats stretched from inner city Brunswick, Richmond and Footscray to the outer suburbs of Craigieburn, Werribee and Sunbury. It insisted that, avenues must be made available for members to be active outside of the electoral cycle. It is running candidates in the Geelong region for the seats of Geelong and Lara as well as the seats of Broadmeadows and Pascoe Vale in Northern Metropolitan Melbourne. The Literary Theory Handbook introduces students to the history and scope of literary theory, showing them how to perform literary analysis, and providing a greater understanding of the historical contexts for different theories.. A new edition of this highly successful text, which includes updated and refined chapters, and new sections on contemporary theories As a socialist, I believe we should put people before profit, and I'm committed to fighting for that. The left should never forget how Pauline Hanson used her first term of office in 1996 to mobilise a right-wing base of support. [3] Despite the Victorian Socialist Party's rejection of independently running in elections, the party did contest the 1908 Victorian state election. Decade after decade, under both major parties, the rich have grown richer while everyone else struggles. Put key polluting industries under government control. As the cost-of-living and housing crises hit hard, Daniel Andrews Labor government was re-elected in Victoria, despite a 5.8%swing against it. A socialist in parliament gives the left access to resources, insider information and greater campaign opportunities. However, small, socially progressive churches were amongst the strongest supporters of the anti-conscription campaign. ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and pay our respects to elders past, present and future. Neither Ukraine nor China are mentioned in the Victorian Socialists policy platform. KERRYN PHELPS: Why Independents are the teal deal These groups have all either taken office or propped up the discredited existing establishment parties, in order to suppress working-class resistance to the austerity dictates of the global financial markets. Claims the new IR laws willclosethe gender pay gap andstrengthen equal pay laws are welcome. Labor has underestimated just how difficult this cost of living and housing affordability crisis is for so many working people. Victorian Socialists can typically pull out far more volunteers than the alliance too. That means taking the power back and building a society that looks after working people and those who have been left behind. Since Victoria retains the undemocratic group voting ticket system, the so-called preference whisperer Glenn Druery tried to maximise far-right parties chances of election to the LC by organising them to tightly preference each other, but none received a high primary vote. Most recently this was on display after the transnational giant Knauf locked out workers at its plasterboard plant in Port Melbourne. A zero carbon economy by 2035. Victorian Socialists is a campaign to get a socialist elected. the woman question the victorian debate about gender summary. Authorisation for electoral content by V. Miley, Suite 1.07, 22-36 Mountain St, Ultimo, NSW, 2007. 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. But it would help champion progressive ideas in a mainstream way. . 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. Leadership aspirants said they would reverse that. The Liberal Democrats and the Derryn Hinch Justice Party did not win a seat. Not all projects are perfect. [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. The Victorian Socialists brings together socialist groups including Socialist Alternative and the Socialist Alliance, and individual activists, unionists and community organisers. This brings together two of Australias most significant socialist forces, a broad range of left activists and, hopefully, more unions. Most VSP members were also members of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), or later became members. This pro-imperialist record underscores the role of Victorian Socialists. The seats stretched from inner city Brunswick, Richmond and Footscray to the outer suburbs of Craigieburn, Werribee and Sunbury. [36] The party proposes the creation of a publicly owned electricity grid, along with increased funding for transportation, healthcare system and public education, while removing government funding from private schools who have more resources than is necessary to meet the Schooling Resource Standard. Many VSP members joined the new party, but the majority, led by Ross, remained aloof. Victorian Socialists is an electoral alliance that is seriously trying to get a socialist voice into parliament, but at the same time, it is not a reformist party that thinks socialism can be introduced through parliamentary politics. Stop deregulation and casualisation, and use every means to improve wages and conditions for workers. [8] Shortly afterwards, a group of independent members formed a caucus in the party called Socialist Unity. 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. 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. 00:04. Support for the two capitalist ruling partiesLabor and the Liberal-Nationalshas fallen to historic lows. Workers and young people seeking a genuine alternative need to consider the history and program of the only party advancing an internationalist and socialist perspective, the Australian section of the International Committee of the Fourth International, the Socialist Equality Party. All other divisions, whether they be based on religion, nationality, language or "race", are incidental to this main division. Subscribe to Socialist Alliance & Green Left newsletters. He played a critical role in saving Richmond Secondary College from closure in the 1990s. 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. Justice demands that the crimes committed against First Nations people - many of which are ongoing - be addressed, not simply with words, but with deeds. [2] This was in conflict with the mainstream Labor movement which was in favor of the White Australian Policy. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and pay our respects to elders past, present and future. The February 5 announcement in Melbournes Herald Sun that the Victorian Socialists an alliance of socialist groups will contest the Northern Metropolitan Regional upper house seat in the November Victorian elections flags a new, exciting opening for the left and progressive movements. A socialist looks to the past to establish two pat ism underlay their socialist ideas; as a consequence, class terns of development: first, to trace the fundamental mecha struggle and revolution played less of a role than statist re- nism of the development of the means of production which formism (Pierson 212-239). 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. Socialist Alliance councillor Sue Bolton will run with Steve Jolly and Colleen Bolger on the Victorian Socialists ticket in the November Victorian state election. For eight years, Victorian Labor Premier Daniel Andrews has headed a pro-business government. [9], The party's formation was announced publicly on 5 February 2018. Which is more active? [22] The party won votes of 4.6% in Calwell, 4.5% in Wills, and 4.2% in Cooper. A leading influence in the VSP's formation was the British trade unionist Tom Mann, who lived in Australia from 1903 to 1910. We need wage increases and improved work conditions to fix the retention crisis, and funding for 10,000 new staff in state schools. 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.. What are the main differences between these parties? Nevertheless, the combined votes of the far-right parties were substantial in Eastern Victoria Region (20.8%); the Northern Victoria Region (20.02%); and the Western Victoria Region(19.8%). Like other socialist parties, the VSP supported the "One Big Union" campaign advocating a united national labour movement, a campaign which led to the establishment of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. Whether its the relentless attacks on trans people, the racist panics about boat people or African gangs or the attacks on Aboriginal sovereignty all of it is there to divide us and to distract us from the great robbery going on right in front of our eyes. Hug them tightly. Rowntree's research into paucity appalled the nation, and came at the same time socialism found The assassination of Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand an outlet in the minting of the Labour Party. Colleen Bolger, a lawyer and activist with Socialist Alternative, is the third candidate on the ticket. The unjust jailing of climate activist Violet CoCo exposes the limits of thetype of democracy we are being asked to uphold. [Jacob Andrewartha is a national co-convenor ofSocialist Alliance. With an area of 2,570 km 2 (990 sq mi) and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and the smallest in population apart from Bremen. The property market has become a casino for speculators interested only in profits, while homes are priced out of reach of an entire generation. Socialist Alliance is hostile to the elimination policy advanced by the SEP and principled epidemiologists because it is oriented to the very political parties responsible for the mass social. Whichever group wants to bring the troops home from adventures in murdering foreigners for the profit of the ruling class, and wants to make peace with nations which want to be independent of US imperialism hug them. [36][37] In order to pay for these policies, the Victorian Socialists support the introduction of a wealth tax, a tax on luxury properties (defined as the 25,000 most expensive residencies in Victoria), ending the ability of businesses and organizations to receive land tax exemptions, and instituting or increasing numerous other taxes on large corporations. The Socialist Alliance sends its warmest fraternal greetings to the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on the eve of the 21st hearing in the "Kobane" show trial against 108 HDP leaders, 28 of whom are currently being held in prison. [4], The party was founded in 1906 in Melbourne as a merger of a number of older socialist groupings. The party was founded in 2001 as an alliance of various socialist organisations and activists. 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. 8vo. But, even then, there were signs that the project may have a limited scope, as Socialist Alternative, the party with the greatest numbers participating, rejected proposals to invite other socialist groups to join. Both Victorian Socialists and Socialist Alliance are running candidates. [3] These included more mainstream activities such as "regular lectures on political topics, speakers classes, the writing and distribution of radical literature, and public protest" to more eccentric such as "dances, camps, bicycle riding clubs, choirs, a Sunday School for youth". 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. However, socialists and other progressive parties also received a positive swing. [2] Party members such as Tom Mann and John Curtin took the stance of anti-imperialism and internationalism, while members such as Maurice Blackburn argued that Australia required a strong army to enforce the White Australia Policy. We will also collaborate in handing over to Victorian Socialists any of the positions or responsibilities that we have undertaken. Socialist Alternatives Red Flag declared in July: Imperialist [i.e., Russias] invasion cannot be defeated by pacifist methods. [25][26] Socialist Alternative member Jorge Jorquera became the first Victorian Socialists candidate to be elected to office, winning a seat on the Maribyrnong City Council. Whichever group rejects this new round of war propaganda against China and Russia (which we have seen before, over and over, targeted at lots of nations over the years) which only serves the violent expansionist plutocrats give them your spare dollarydoos, or at least your spare time. VicSocs isn't really a democratic socialists party it's an alliance of different groups to get a socialist elected. The avowed purpose of the campaign is to get at least one Socialist Alternative member into the upper house of Victorias parliament, aided by second or third preference votes from other parties, all of which are horse-trading preferences with bourgeois parties to secure seats. The Victorian Socialists office is located on the traditional lands of the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. According to the Greens, VS is unlikely to win an LC seat. We will also contest the City of Greater Geelong Council elections. 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. Progressives need to support that campaign. We have to change things. Politics of Australia. 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Socialist Alliance councillor Sue Bolton will run with Steve Jolly and Colleen Bolger on the Victorian Socialists ticket in the November Victorian state election. The trade unions are having increasing difficulty in suppressing breakouts of struggles by workers against crushing inflation and a corporate offensive, which has included lockouts of workers. Under these conditions, the Victorian Socialists is hoping to join the political establishment as its left flank, trying to prop up lingering illusions among workers and youth in the Labor Party and Greens, including by directing ballot preferences to these parties and promoting them as lesser evil alternatives to the Liberal Party. In Ukraine, the US is fuelling a proxy war against Russia that threatens to escalate into nuclear conflict. The Greens increased its vote to retain Melbourne, Prahran and Brunswick and won a fourth lower house seat in Richmond. Victorian Socialists, in particular, are the most zealous supporters of the trade union bureaucracy. 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. Would you recommend joining both parties then, to get the best of both worlds? By running as a candidate, Bolton can harness support from anti-racist, Islamic, First Nations and disability activists. The Committee for Public Education (CFPE), a rank-and-file teachers, parents and students group supported by the Socialist Equality Party, politically led the opposition to the sell-out. Women's movements were amongst the earliest and strongest opponents of militarism and conscription in Australia. They both have good socialist policies. 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. [2], The Victorian Socialist Party in 1905 was "unique among Australian political organisations for its explicit opposition to racism". Of course the Greens should be doing this too but, as a party, theyre just not as convinced as we are that the system stinks. Damien Marie AtHope's Art. With the departure of Socialist Alliance from their ranks, their party looks very different to the one which almost won an Upper House seat in the 2018 State Election. The Socialist Party of Great Britain recognises only one fundamental social division in the modern worldthe division that exists between the capitalist class on the one hand, and the working-class on the other. 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. When the Construction Forestry, Mining, Maritime and Energy Union organised a return to work, accepting the companys below-inflation wage offer that the workers had previously voted down, Socialist Alternative trumpeted this as a victory.. At that time Socialist Alliance joined with Socialist Alternative and socialist Yarra councillor Stephen Jolly to recruit more than 500 people to secure electoral registration for state and federal elections. Chief amongst these movements were the Women's Peace Army, led by Vida Goldstein. 27 febrero, 2023 . Join the discord community at http://abolish.capital, Press J to jump to the feed. This was formed in 1915 as an explicitly anti . A broader left is an urgent necessity right now. Indeed, the majority faction organised by Socialist Alternative has made clear that it will not accept anything which is not electorally oriented beyond the very limited Membership and Activity Committee decided upon at the Governing Council on May 9. Public transport should be publicly built, owned and managed. [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'. The Victorian Socialists office is located on the traditional lands of the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. Growing working-class hostility toward Labor threatens an historic crisis of capitalist rule. [11], In August 2018, the party announced that it would field candidates for the 2018 Victorian state election in every Legislative Council seat and several Legislative Assembly electorates. E-Book Overview. Lots of people involved in the campaign are revolutionaries who are also involved in other socialist or activist groups like Socialist Alternative. [32] The party increased its vote from 2018, with its best result being a score of 9.3% in the seat of Footscray. The Victorian Socialists also support the introduction of a carbon neutral economy by 2035. I suspect hole #1 Under business-as-usual politics, its divide and conquer. Victorian Socialists are campaigning in those wards because the Alliance demanded that we do that when they were still part of VicSocs and now the Alliance is likely to just split the vote and make it harder to get a socialist elected into any of those. Western military supplies went some way to preventing a rapid Russian military victory and the imposition of a puppet government in the early stages of the war.. 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