Receive updates about our campaigns and events. Labor's resolution of status permanent visadoes not go far enough. But despite the whinging of the mainstream media, this will be no victory for the left. 8vo. Victorian Socialists is a campaign to get a socialist elected. Stop deregulation and casualisation, and use every means to improve wages and conditions for workers. 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Another articleWhat would a socialist do in parliament?written last month by Victorian Socialists candidate Colleen Bolger, likewise insisted that being elected would see a socialist standpoint injected into contemporary debates and would thereby help shift politics to the left.. 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. Contents History Australian Socialist League Socialist Labor Party According to the Greens, VS is unlikely to win an LC seat. The Victorian Socialists began as a collaboration between Socialist Alternative, the Socialist Alliance, and individuals not aligned with either group. 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. The Greens vote rose from 10.7% (2018) to 10.9%, not the widely talked-up Greenslide. A 5-year freeze on rent increases. Hug them tightly. The Victorian Socialists is a state-based political party launched in February 2018 by an alliance of socialist organisations, trade union activists, left wing journalists and individuals. In Ukraine, the US is fuelling a proxy war against Russia that threatens to escalate into nuclear conflict. Now however, abstentionism has given way to its opportunist mirror-image, parliamentary cretinism, i.e., the desperate attempt to secure seats in parliament on a reformist, non-socialist program. 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. Damien Marie AtHope's Art. Wouldn't it be great if Jolly and the Victorian Socialists could use the platform to build the case for socialism by campaigning to defend workers rights, standing up to corporate power and racist scapegoating and giving voice to the social and environmental movements. Jagdish Patel from the Monitoring Group met with Prof Satnam Virdee to speak about his book 'Racism, Class and the Racialized Outsider'. 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. The Victorian Socialists (VS) stood in all 22 seats that cover the two Legislative Council (LC) regions of Northern Metropolitan and Western Metropolitan. Turnbull and Peter Dutton predictable law and order comments are clearly meant to attack the Victorian Labor government in an election year. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and pay our respects to elders past, present and future. Refugees and their supporters have called a major rally in Canberra on March 6and around the country on April 2. In July 2022, VS Assistant Secretary and 2022 state election candidate Liz Walsh was the organiser of large demonstrations in Melbourne, protesting the overturning of abortion rights by the United States Supreme Court, as well as calling for expanded access to abortion and increased healthcare funding in Australia. [Jacob Andrewartha is a national co-convenor ofSocialist Alliance. Victorian Socialists constantly defend the union apparatus against workersactively collaborating to impose and cover up its betrayals. VS was formed as an electoral alliance between the Trotskyist Socialist Alliance, the Trotskyist Socialist Alternative and Councillor Jolly himself who has been a Trotskyist activist since well before he moved to Australia from the UK in the early 90s. 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. Overhaul the health system with funding to increase hospital capacity, improve ambulance response times, boost worker numbers and raise wages. In a 2021 article, the organisations secretary Corey Oakley declared: Imagine if we had had a socialist in the Victorian parliament this last year. Victorian Socialists would have had a voice in the mainstream debate defending Dan Andrews from all the lunatic attacks from right-wing elements, while claiming to challenge him from the left.. Socialist Alliance accepted this limitation at that time as we could see that the initial greater unity displayed by Victorian Socialists made it attractive to other new and independent left individuals and forces that might develop it beyond its limited electoralist focus. The 1920 second congress of the Communist International, in a resolution drafted by Leon Trotsky, explained: Activity in parliament consists primarily of revolutionary agitation from the parliamentary rostrum, unmasking opponents, and ideological unification of the masses, who, particularly in areas that lag behind, are still prejudiced by democratic illusions and look to the parliamentary rostrum. [7] However, Socialist Alliance withdrew from the grouping in May 2020, citing disagreements with Socialist Alternative. Republican stalwarts are striking at the heart of the socialist movement in New York City the Queens neighborhoods represented by US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and . 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. The billionaires have had it too good for too long. I'm involved in Victorian Socialists because I think getting a socialist elected means they could play an agitational role. Djab Wurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara Senator Lidia Thorpe should be congratulated for putting a Treaty with First Nations people on the political agenda. . "So, how come the left is so divided?" we are routinely asked. 27 febrero, 2023 . 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. I think revolutionaries and non-revolutionaries can work together in the same campaign (like VicSocs), but outside of those campaigns, revolutionaries need to organise separately because that's the only way revolutionaries can build their forces. There have been unity projects before: Socialist Alliance itself was born from one such effort in 2001. Chartism, Social Agency, and the Victorian Novel, . [21] The party was registered at a federal level with the Australian Electoral Commission on 7 April 2019. [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. The Ukrainian people have a right to resist the invasion. Why dont you join us now? 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. [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. And the politicians run Victoria like its their own private cash machine. [30][31], VS ran candidates in the west and north of Melbourne for the 2022 Victorian state election, reportedly mobilising over 1000 volunteers for its campaign and knocking on over 180,000 doors. 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. 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. However, small, socially progressive churches were amongst the strongest supporters of the anti-conscription campaign. All other divisions, whether they be based on religion, nationality, language or "race", are incidental to this main division. The Liberal Party only picked up one seat from Labor, and the Nationals are reportedly reconsidering their relationship. 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. Its leading figure was Robert Samuel Ross, a talented organiser and journalist. The Saarland (German: [zalant] (), Luxembourgish: [zalnt]; French: Sarre) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. A place for revolutionary socialists in Australia to analyse Australia-centric events and to organise within the country. 9 Even those such as MacDonald who dissented over the Fabian position on the Boer War did not depart from a vision of empire implicitly structured by racial hierarchies. They are likely to pick up two more upper LC, giving them three seats. Other socialist campaigns, such as the Socialist Alliance in Geelong, should also be supported - with the Greens given second preference. We recognised then that in any new collaborative effort it is important to retain the political strengths of existing groups, and that this can be a challenge to balance against developing more united structures. Sign up Get Involved There are lots of ways to get involved with Victorian Socialists in 2023. Victorian Socialists are wearing out their boot leather ahead of Saturday's state poll. The Victorian Socialist Party (VSP) was a socialist political party in the Australian state of Victoria during the early 20th century. Very scarce copy devoted to their god Stalin with Picture on front, and others The Socialist Labor Party was a socialist political party of Australia that existed from 1901 to the 1970s. Labor has underestimated just how difficult this cost of living and housing affordability crisis is for so many working people. 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. Or demanding that public housing and public transport stay in public hands and not run down and privatised? Which is more active? What are the main differences between these parties? Or is that not advisable? The left should never forget how Pauline Hanson used her first term of office in 1996 to mobilise a right-wing base of support. Authorised by C. Oakley, Victorian Socialists, 54 Victoria St Carlton South, VIC 3053. But it would help champion progressive ideas in a mainstream way. 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. Authorisation for electoral content by V. Miley, Suite 1.07, 22-36 Mountain St, Ultimo, NSW, 2007. [12][13], The 2018 election campaign gained support from several trade unions including the ETU, VAHPA, UFU, CFMMEU (MUA division), AMIEU and NUW. But Victorian Socialists do not even pretend to advance a program for workers globally. The encouraging votes for socialist solutions in working-class areas is a reminder that peopleare fed up with Labor taking them for granted, while doing little to support them, she said. Its not just about raising these demands. For many young people,the fact that modern Australia emerged from a colonial-settler society founded on the violent dispossession of First Nations peoples is a self-evident fact. In 1907 it had about 2,000 members.[5]. This shift is a revealing response to the deepening crisis of the entire Australian political establishment. The working class must have a political voice, which the Australian ruling class is seeking to stifle with this legislation. 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. John Cain was the 34th Premier of Victoria. 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. 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. We will also collaborate in handing over to Victorian Socialists any of the positions or responsibilities that we have undertaken. International Committee of the Fourth International. Jolly has been a long-time councillor on Yarra City Council, one of the local government areas included in the Northern Metropolitan seat. The Greens vote dipped by 0.6%. We need a state that works for everyone. 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. The Victorian Socialist Party ( VSP) was a socialist political party in the Australian state of Victoria during the early 20th century. However, socialists and other progressive parties also received a positive swing. I suggest you ask them if they support Australian military being in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and ask very pointedly if they believe the massive imperial propaganda campaigns against China, Russia and Iran. [10] It was officially registered by the Victorian Electoral Commission on 6 June 2018. Join the discord community at http://abolish.capital, Press J to jump to the feed. 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. The Victorian Socialists brings together socialist groups including Socialist Alternative and the Socialist Alliance, and individual activists, unionists and community organisers. Our Policy Platform | Victorian Socialists Our Policy Platform The billionaires have had it too good for too long. The Victorian Labor government looks set to be re-elected in a landslide. This has not happened since the Communist Party of Australias Fred Patterson won a state seat in north Queensland in 1944, after several years of being a councillor. We will also contest the City of Greater Geelong Council elections. There is so much that can be done to fix this state, if only it were run in the interests of workers, migrants, Indigenous people and the poor. Socialist Alliance Upper House: NSW, WA Lower House: Brisbane, Fremantle, Lilley Victorian Socialists Lower House: Calwell, Cooper, Wills: Preferences: As usual, the Socialist Alliance provides a fine barometer of which parties on the ballot are the most left-leaning. A ghost is haunting the United States the ghost of socialism. I'm Jerome Small, Victorian Socialists candidate for the Northern Metro upper house region in the November 2022 Victorian election. The Sustainable Australia Party (officially registered as Sustainable Australia Party - Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption ), formerly the Sustainable Population Party, is an Australian political party. . [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". Both Victorian Socialists and Socialist Alliance are running candidates. Victorian Socialists, in particular, are the most zealous supporters of the trade union bureaucracy. 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. Every significant issue confronting the working class demands an international solutionthe danger of US imperialism triggering a third world war, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, attacks on democratic rights and the danger of fascism. Renee Heath, who led the Liberal Partys Eastern Victoria Region ticket, was so transphobic that former leader Matthew Guy said she would be banned from the party room. VicSocs isn't really a democratic socialists party it's an alliance of different groups to get a socialist elected. Decade after decade, under both major parties, the rich have grown richer while everyone else struggles. Housing crisis can be fixed with pro-people policies VS received the fourth-highest vote, out of 23 parties, in the Northern Metropolitan Region, with4.86%. The Russian Revolution of 1917 caused a crisis for the VSP. He was born John Kane in Greendale, Victoria in 1882, as one of 18 siblings. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and pay our respects to elders past, present and future. Bolton, a founding member of Socialist Alliance, is a community leader on the Moreland Council. The Victorian Socialists brings together socialist groups including Socialist Alternative and the Socialist Alliance, and individual activists, unionists and community organisers. 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. In some places like Canberra they're just exclusively reformists. The Liberal Democrats and the Derryn Hinch Justice Party did not win a seat. 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. [6] Formed in 2010, it describes itself as being "from the political centre". Labors national executive seized control of the Victorian branch in 2020 for three years. Join Victorian Socialists Help us build the movement for a fairer, better and more sustainable society. [17][18] Endorsements were received from several prominent left-wing personalities, such as Tariq Ali, Noam Chomsky, Gary Foley, Tom Ballard, Corrine Grant, and Helen Razer. 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. Socialist Alternatives Red Flag declared in July: Imperialist [i.e., Russias] invasion cannot be defeated by pacifist methods. Establish a state bank offering low-interest loans on average mortgages. Socialist Alliance Councillor Sue Bolton at a refugee rights rally. In Broadmeadows, the combined socialist vote was9.47%, a rise of2.32%. Now, we are aiming to get a socialist elected to Victorias parliament and the effort is being supported by two socialist organisations, some unions and many left activists. In 2020, Socialist Alternative member Jorge Jorquera was elected as the Victorian Socialists candidate for Maribyrnong Council in Melbourne. Founded in February 2018, it is an electoral alliance of various socialist parties, organisations, community groups and trade unionists. NUW organisers for the union to soften its approach successfully opened the way for union staff to campaign for the Victorian Socialists. 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. Or standing up for our health and education services and demanding that the cuts and outsourcing be reversed? Victorian Socialists is a campaign to get a socialist elected. The anti-conscription campaign was arguably the first time that women entered the public stage in Australia in a significant way in their own right. The Greens, VS, Reason, Animal Justice Party and Legalise Cannabis agreed to preference each other before Labor. "Imagine if we had had a socialist in . Weve got to put politicians on a workers wage so that they live like the rest of us. Over the past year he has spearheaded the profit-driven nationwide junking of all COVID measures, causing thousands of preventable deaths, widespread infections among health workers, teachers, school students and aged care residents, and the further buckling of over-stretched and under-funded public hospitals. At the start of World War One, nearly eight in ten Australians identifed as Protestants. Support for the two capitalist ruling partiesLabor and the Liberal-Nationalshas fallen to historic lows. [2] This was in conflict with the mainstream Labor movement which was in favor of the White Australian Policy. Victorian Socialists election platform is utterly parochial, barely mentioning a single issue outside the state capital, Melbourne. Without a much stronger opposition, the racist backlash that the Trump era is trying to normalise appears to be gaining ground. 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. In the 2019 federal election, VS ran candidates for the electorates of Calwell, Wills, and Cooper. Receive updates about our campaigns and events. The property market has become a casino for speculators interested only in profits, while homes are priced out of reach of an entire generation. An Introduction to Victorian England Victorians Queen Victoria ruled Britain for over 60 years. Would you recommend joining both parties then, to get the best of both worlds? It falsely labels both Russia and China as imperialist, and through this designation lines up with Washingtons aggression against both countries. 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